The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-04-09
LOVING THE MONEY, Nor THE MAN


Uncle Colemaen put down his news.
paper, pushed his spectacles rlp on his
forehead, and glared at his nephew.
Golng to marry Lucy Frothinchara -
ne cried, after gasping awhile in sheer
dlsmay. You idiot p
Thanks, was the cool reply. ssT
know you do not like the lady, bnt
wnere there is a strong mutual love-
Strong mutual fiddlesticks p inter.
Iupted Uncle Coleman, contemptuousiy.
fou may love her /; she Is pretty and
fascinating, but what she loves is vo1,,.
psnk account, my boy. knew it world
ne so when Aunt Jennie left you a cool
hundred thousand. But bows will 1,a
o<>ys- Only for goodness sake, wait n
year or two before you saddle yourself
with q wife -
l am twenty-one, sir, (withan i'm
mense air of dignity.
am sl1ty-four! Now, Frank. do
near reason. Lucia Frothinphano "a n
fascinating woman, touching the thirties
II not already over the hne-a finished
5nrt, and as mercenary as she is pretty.
know her, and tell YOU her atfectio9n
Is centered upon Aunt Jennie's LEGACY
and the half million in prospective at nv
$ Uncle Coleman cried his nephew
spoke of it, -s'0
81 don't suppose you ever did. Hav-
ing always had an Independent income.
don't think you ever counted on a dead
mans shoes. But Miss Frothinoban
was educated IN the hard school of oen-
teel poverty, and rich husband is tba
pr1ze Tor which she has studied and
eolled, Tor = wei, say ten years. She
was IN society before you were done
playing with tops and marbles -
inRln 4ss3lafaav,
my betrothed wife, remember
Hem -
:, s Years are of no consequence where
there Is true love-
Hem r'
't And love Lucia as she loves me-
t' Not bit Of it,
Tomorrow she goes to Saratoca.
and II you can spare me VIII go, too. .
And the business in Hartford
should advise you to attend to all matters
belonging to your aunt's estate as soon
rs possible, Frank -
may keep me in Hartford a
month, sald Frank, disconsolatelv.
Coleman Burke looked with a pityinp
affection at his young relative, such a
ooy yet IN many matters, though he had
reached 't mans estate
9 A month that may settle yo1r whole
fortune" he said. Remember. men Do
not fall heir to a hundred thousand dol
lars more than once IN a lifetime.
suppose must co.
1t val be best. Besides added
Uncle Colenzan, dryly, sit VIII be a
good test of your lady loves constancy -
g am not afraid OF her forgetting me. ,,
said Frank, loftily.
E' You are actually engaged 20
IS Certainly I bought a diamond
ring at IS yesterday, and put il on I
her taper finger last evening"
hem !! Wen, the fool-killer hasn't I
been here lately, that's certain There.
be of, and let me finish my paper in
peace. You will go TO Hartford s''
ts Yes +
But after his nephew left him Cole
man Burke let his paper lie idle upon
his lap, while he fell into fit of 1n,,sIror
often' interrupted by impatient eiacuIa
lions. He was man, as he said. OF past
SIXTY and had been cllldless widoyer
for thirty years, while four little graves
beside that of his wife recorded the heart
history of his life.
When he had lived lonely and sin
sere mourner for many lor years, his
brother and wife died. lea ing Frank,
curly headed boy, to thecar of his uncle
Coleman AL the long seated fountains
of love in the desoIated heart opened to
pour out their affection upon the child.
he was truly the starlight Of the old
mans existence, and though his manner
aad been cynical, his heart had been
'orely wrung by the announcement of {
aas engagement, bur not from any PAL
y jealousy or any mercenary motive.
Lad Frank loved true, tender woman,
Vere she beggar, his uncle would have I
,1ven her q fathers love and welcome. |
3ut by the light of his own brief mar f
led happiness he read the misery in il
tore for hls nephew, If he narr4ed Lucia J
sEotnlngham-A H1rt, extruvapant and Ea
e4flsh. How to save him was costing
be old man torturing Thought Active t
Ppo1tion would only strengthen what
Fas but boyish Inflammation, and vet I
aved he must be. Suddenly q Light i
roke over Coleman Burke's face. and
e rose from his chair al.d went to a ].
oug mirror In the room. The refec- 4
ION was not calculated TO waken dny
an1ty. yet the old man smiled weiI T
leased. 3
9 II I can only carry it out, it wiz. be
roof positive he Thought. y
Short, fat nearly bald with specfacIea. q
IA 2 cane, Coleman BzzrkesWnS certain d
7 q strOng contrast to the tall. hand / !,
onle young fellow who had Won Lucia 1.
q hia promised brides yet ha said h
loud
sss III cut him out l'' g
A week later al the fas1lioa,tsk kles III The s
- hotel, Sc Saratoga, knew that Cole
ian Burke intended to take q wife. q
VhAt bird first bore the news upon the b
oented air no one could have told yon, b
ut there was no lack OF information d
bout the elderly bridgroom In prospect
Fe. Everybody (that was anybody
new that Coleman Burke had retired I.
ON business years before, worth half &
lalIiOn of money, and had made fortun- e
e Investments since That he was
scked Ia fashions latest styles, wore
iamond studs andrings, carried d switch Il
lne, drove fine team, and occupied Il
Epensive rooms at the hotel, I'll could lil
se for themselves. Il q
very coon after he came another fact b,
as patent 70 all observers -thai he was Il
ny attentive to Miss Lucia Frothing-
am, the belle OF many seasons. m