Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-06-10

ITO tell the truth, I'm afraid to meet
you. Now you can believe me every
thing that is beautiful; then there'll be
no more illusion, and you may not like
the result. And should die if you turned
against me-"
"Then promise not to marry the
| Squire; take his poor grandnephew in
stead"
"H you'll forward the young man.
They say he lives in Nineveh, and that
he's one of nalure's noblemen. Do you
know him,"
Il doubt if you'd agree to the descrip,
ton il you knew him IS well as | do.
However, you might prefer him to his
granduncle.
al should prefer the King of the Can
nibal Islands"
"Then why reflect so long,"
ITO gain time"
! ITO waste it, | should say"
$50 be il. I'll refuse him tomorrow,
and trust to luck"
Never put off till tomorrow what
can be done to-day"
Later:
81 feel SO wicked! l shall not refuse
the Squire, and shall not marry him.
| He was found in his library chair stiff
| and cold last night Aun. Hidden says
no doubt he has left me something hand
some, and if he hasn't, it's a justice upon
mel / shall never accept an iota. Ii be-
longs to his poor nephew, and would be
| only legalized highway robbery"
"You have the nephew's prospects
very much at heart; he ought to feel
hattered."
Later still:
Liz and Aunt Hidden went TO Squire
Cables funeral. had a nervous head
ache, and so escaped. Liz came home
raving over the 'Squire's Granddaughter,
| the only mourner-she had eyes for little
else. But how foolish / am! What do
you care about Squire Cables nephew"
Perhaps care more than I'd like to
own, alasw
All, sits the wind in that quarter
! They sent for me to be present at the
reading of the will. / didn't GO"
You might have seen the grand
nephew" !,
II wouldn't have gone to see the Grand
Lama But | saw him at church, and
| thought il wouldn't be so difficult to fall
| in love with him as with the Squire,
upon my word-ncw don't lsugh-though
| he isn't my beau ideal
"Let those laugh who win"
Miss Liz was wondering il the 'Squire's
nephew would settle down in the old
place or go sky-larking over the world,
| and il Parson Longmeter would bring
| him to call, or how she should contrive
| to make his acquaintance, and whether
green or blue became her complexion
! best, like the foolish milkmaid in the
story; while Aunt Hidden's mouth was
watering on account of the old china and
silver ware at Gable Hall, "that might as
well have been in the family as not" she
| grumbled. land there wasn't a track in
| the carpets nor a scratch in the furniture,
and I've no doubt there's silks that would
stand alone folded away in the attic, and
| nobody the better"
| And while she bewailed PEARLS folly
Lawyer Verdict dropped In to say that
the Squire had left his money to Pearl
and cut off the poor nephew with pal
try $500!
Pearl FASTENED to telegraph the news
to Lucy Lorillard.
Now / fear you will not wish to share
my cottage, gentle maidt"
"You don't suppose Pm going TO keep
| the filthy lucref" answered Pearl.
Il certainly do"
a wouldn't touch a copper of IL for
| the world"
II you don't keep every cent III have
nothing more TO say to you"
you're joking, of course"
81 was never more serious in my life"
81 can't believe it of you"
"If you give up the money you will
| give me up, too"
"Then dearest friends must part; you
are not the one / took you for"
I'm your best friend, however"
al couldn't follow your advice and sat
isfy my conscience"
Then you love your conscience better
than me.
81 could not love you, dear, so well,
| Loved | not honor more"
"Let me persuade you to keep it,"
"You cannot; the woman doesn't live
who could"
"Iet me come and talk to you"
"You may come and talk till the heav-
ems fall"
"shall our interview take place atyour
aunt's?"
"With Liz at the key-hole and Belle at
| the closet slide? No; here at the Office.
The messages are too iDfrequeR to signi
fly; only you and have kept the wires
! from rustiDg."
" But all that is at an end, To-mor-
row, then, at the Office. Amt disin-
teresied mortal to travel TO Jones Sta
ton just to persuade you TO keep for
! tuner
Excuse me If call it FOOLS err
rand"
Philanthropists are always called
names Au reU0ir."
Pearl waited at the Office next day in q
fever of expectation. What would this
| friend be like, whom she was about to
| deny herself, this friend whom she had
| once longed and now dreaded TO see--per
suasive, and difficult to resist, with soft
dove eyess Every step upon the stairs
sent quiekened pulsation through her
/ being; yet she was already absorbed in
her revcrie when the Office door swung
open and admitted dark browed woman.
| In an instant the color famed and flick
cred in Pearls cheeks, her eyes dilated,
| her hands trembled; but the dark. brOged
lady calmly wrote a message and made
way for the gentleman who had entered
behind her--a somewhat short and thick.
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