Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-07-16

the will. did not CO."
"You might have seen The grandnephew."
III wouldn't have gone to see the Grand
Lama. But saw him at church, and
thought II wouldn't be so difficult to fall in
love with him as with the squire, upon my
word-now don't laugh-though he isn't
my beau IDEAL"
LET those laugh who win"
Miss Liz was wondering If the squre's
nephew would settle down in the old place,
or go skylarking over the world, and If
Parson Longmetro would bring him TO
call, or how she should contrive 10 make
his acquaintance, and whether green or
blue became her complexion best, like the
foolish milkmaid in the story; while Aunt
IIidden's mouth was watering on account
of the old china aud silver ware at Gablo
Hall, "that might as well have been ia the
family as not" she grumbled. "And there
wasn't track il the carpets nor a scratch
on tho 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 10 say that the
squire had left his money to Pearl, and cut
off the poor nephew with a paltry five
hundred dollars!"
Pearl FASTENED 10 telegraph the news to
Luch Lorilard.
"Now fear you will not wish TO share
my cottage, gentle maid?"
"You don't suppose I'm going to keep
the filthy ?" answered Pearl.
81 certainly do.'
81 wouldn't touch a copper of it for the
world"
"If you don't keep every cent, I'll have
nothing moro TO say 10 you"
"You're joking of course"
II was never more serious in my life."
"I can't believe it OF you"
"Gf you give up the money, you will give
me up too"
"Then dearest friends must part you
are not the one 1 took you for"
"I'm your best friend, however"
~ couldn't follow your advice and satis-
fly my conscience"
Then you love your conscience better
than me-"
az could not love you, dear so well,
Loved not honor more"
l1Sb uic pSisuduS YOU " http lls
"You can not; the woman doesn't live
who could.'
"Let me come and talk to your"
"You may come and talk till the heavens
fall"
"Shall our interview take place at your
aunts?"
"With Liz a the key-hole and Belle at
the closet-slide? No; here at the office.
The messages are too infrequent to signify;
only you and 1 have kept the wires from
rusting."
"But all that is at an end. Tomorrow,
then, at the Office. Amt disinterested
mortal TO travel 10 Jones's Station just TO
persuade you 10 keep fortune?"
Excuse me ir call it FOOLS Grand"
"Philanthropists are always called
names. Ia reUoir."
Pearl waited at the Office next day in
fever OF expectation. What would this
friend be like, whom she was about to de-
ny herself, this friend whom she had once
lOnged and now dreaded 10 see-persua-
sive, and difficult TO resist, with soft dove
eyes? Every step upoh the stairs sent a
quickened pulsation through her being;
yet she was already absorbed in her rev.
cries when the door swung open and Gd-
milted a dark-browed woman. In an in
Stant the color famed and flckered in
PEARLS cheeks, her eyes dilated, her hands
trembled; but the dark browed lady calm
ly wrote message, and made way for the
gentleman Who had entered behind her-a
somewhat short and thickly built man,
with large gray eyes and curling blond
hair and mustache. whom Pearl Instantly
recognized as Squire Cables nephew.
Again the warm flush stained check and
forehead. Had he come to upbraid herr
Had he come TO demand his own, TO appeal
TO her sense of justice? What II Lucy
Lorillard should meet him, then? Why
not steal march upon Lucy, and put it
utterly beyond her power TO be persuad-
ed ?-not that she doubted herself. Why
not, before he could demand II or repruach
herr
Excuse me-" she faltered, 'if take
this time 10 speak 10 you about a matter
that troubles me. You are Squire Cables
nephew. l merely wish to- say, as 1 may
not meet you elsewhere, that do not
mean to accept the fortune LEFT mo in his
will. l shall restore il to the rlghtful own
er as soon as the lawyers can arrange it,"
"Your motives are commendable but do
nOtdisquiet yourself" returned the squire's
nephew. "Another and later will has been
unearthed, which renders your somewhat
Quixotic design unnecessary, as the be-
quests are now reversed: l have the for
Inn and ba Hrn lnpIro1
Pardon: but have a message TO write"
Which he scratched hastily of, and gave to
Pearl, who presently dropped in a heap in
to the nearest chair and burst into tears, at
the discovery that Lucy Lorilard was a
man!
The telegram read,
"Let me persuade you to accept not only
Squire Gables money, but his graceless
nephew, Lucy LoRILLARD."
at was perfectly inexcusable, 1 allow"
Lorillard averred, later; "but what can a
man do when pretty girl wishes him a
happy New Yeari 1 took pains 10 satisfy
my eyes many time and of, and found
she was more than fancy painted her. And
as for the rest, have my maternal grand
father, one John Lucy-peoce TO his ashes
to thank for the legacy ofhis name, which
I always despisea ill 1 found out that
Pearl Slverly loved nobody so well as
Lucy Lorllard."
And so, you see, Pearl was persuaded ar-
ter all.-Hdrper'S Weekly.
The coolness of some men In certain try
ing emergencies is beyond praise. He was
a cool man, if he was poor carver, who,
having at dinner party deposited by his
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