Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-28
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lIOntinucG uom faSS'i
abou. it," Aud so saying, he lett the
room.
I think Il Was tt-cs AIR. -Braidwood TO
leave me the money because he thought
would not get married; for you know,
mamma, it is true am plain"
you have the best and kindest lace IN
the world to me, DEAR" said my mother
land YOU have been my greatest comfort
in all our years Of poverty; and, though
Mr.. Braidwood's words about you are
hardly polite, think with yor that he was
very kind in leaving you the money. ne
knew your fathers embarrassment. anu
that there could not be much provision Tor
YOU. know, dear, it has always weighed
heavily on your fathers mind that; IN MS
neculjar circumstances, there could be so
little provision made for you and Lefty,
and this money will relieve him OF that
anxiety: that is to say, Nelly" she con-
,inued, smiling, ''if you are not too proud
to take the money that has been left you"
because am ugly, mammal" said
80. no. ! am not too proud; and, besides,
think of all that the money will do. al
WAYS wished for some, but certainly did
not expect it. But tell me all about the
will, mamma, and who gets the rest the
money, and how much there is"
II. seems, Nelly, that Mr.. Braldwood
has left about one hundred and thirty
thousand pounds" she replied. Or this
thirty thousand is left in legacies OF various
amounts, yours included; the rest OF the
money is left to a nephew hitherto I'M
heard of, who is in Canada, and who thus
succeeds to fortune Of hundred thou.
sand pounds As this nephew was never
heard of here before Che is supposed to be
the son of sister Of Mr.. Braidwood's
who ran away from home about thirty
years ago. his coming in for SO large a
share of the fortune of course disturbs the
many calculations made, and the will al.
together has taken every one by surprise.
Il am sure II has surprised us not lit
tie, mamma" said |. ''What does Mr..
Brown getp"
IA hundred pounds to buy mourning
ring" was the reply.
THAT accounts for his scowl at me this
afternoon said ], and related our won
der at Mr.. Browns cross looks. "Well,
mamma, "I continued, sit is very strange
to think of my having fortune. and to
think that instead OF the beauty that gen.
orally brings other girls their good for
tune, it should have been my want OF it
that brought me mine. don't think that
shall grumble any more at my unclassi-
cal nose aud mouth"
When left alone. Ipondered with mixed
feeling on my legacy. 1t was certainly
rather humiliating TO have it thus put be-
fore me-that was too ugly to get mar
ried; for was obliged to confess to my.
self that, in spite OF my having reached
the mature age of twenty-four unwoed'
and of my plain face. had always had
lingering hope that some one might love
me, even without beauty, for the sake oil
the loving heart could give in return
However, consoled myself with the re-
Election that Lefty and / were now pro.
vided Cor, and that my dear fathers mind
woul1 thus be set at rest. / also thought
of the many comforts three hundred a
year, added to our slender income, would
{ procure and then began to feel rather
proud than otherwise of my ugliness. II
papa's eldest daughter had been q beauty.
thought this fortune would not have been
left to her; she would likely have been
married, to be sure but then she wouldn't
have been at home to nurse her mamma.
and take care of papa, as she will now be.
There was always some compensation for
every adverse thing in the world, thought
/, continuing my philosophic meditatiOns
and though people will De sure TO talk
about my legacy, and may hear some
il-natursd comments, it is substantial
good, and l don't intend to mind what
they say.