The Republican journal., 1876-11-23

plain. for it gives me bread and butter,
You know"
"Spread thin enough though, " grumhled
the invalid II declare. Jenny, in common
justice she ought T. make it up TO You in
! her viii. Besides you're some sort Of
cousins. aren't Won, like the Scotch ~
'kather too diluse relationship to No
me much good, I'm afraid" answered ia
net, laughing. as she began putting on her
| t-door things
Angie was quite right, however; there
was u cousinship near enough to reckon
| between her haf-sister, Janet Macdonald
| lIollister, and this old lady who bore the
| same name 50, at last, Mrs Macdonald
| had declared. and demonstrated it to Her
| own satisfaction Their acquaintance was
! entirely a chance one. made through the
medium OF the advertising columns ia
/ net lett With the charge Of Il sicilIy half
| sister and 4 Young brother, looked around
! tur something to help herself out, and
/ Thought she might satisfy the requirements
| of an old lady who lid not expect to s.
care a finished professor in music, art And
! languages for less than She would pay her
cook. The result was Il Cail on Mrs Mac
donald, and an engagement which ha't
! lasted ever since. 1t was not likely to last
much longer now, for it hatI CROWN but
too plain 10 Janet that her empIoyer's davs
we're numbered Her warm heart could
lot help Il thrill uf pity sometimes at the
Thought of the etoiral old woman diving by
inches, alone in the midst Of her riches
Not, indeed. that ;he need to have been
alone, as She grmly remarked To Janet
one day when She had been amusing her
self by tracing out 4 relationship through
twists and turns 100 intricate for any hut
u Scotch head
''I'Nc relations enough. can assure you.
Miss Janet fond ones too. that would
make mau9ht ol givinn llD the pleasures of
this worldto smooth my path into another.
But I'll rather take the Will tor the deed
YOU see they re welcome to my old shoes
when I'm done with en- But.s0 lone ~
do stand in en- I'M have nobody tread
INC on my heels Now. its different with
YOU; YOU are one Of the elan. To be sure.
but then you weren't brought ~ to look
upon Your own cousin rs Vour natural prey.
Now, | dare say il were to take a notion
to leave you enough to buy some sort Of
mourning tol-de-rpl, YOU are lust silly
enough to let it give You il friendly thought
of me. instead OF hating my memory BE-
cause il was not more: hey. child ~
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..No NO. > she saiJ .Hy.t lei wrll a1oD,
I'm not denyinz its 4 comfort 10 hear and
see YOU, but Eve cot 100 set III ny WAYS to
90 ont OF 'em ri the last-and after ALI, it's
as easy dyinr rs living alone. ch, Iassic ?
No. you'll Just come tor Your bit Ii ,lr or
two daily. rs we AGREED. i'm time saves ui
both the trouble"
Time was rot long in doing ihat Mrs.
Macdonald failed 81 raOidN that before
many DAYS all was over Janet, as She was
hidden attended the funeral rcmaninr
| likewise to hear the reading Of the will
The GREAT Gloomy parI0r old-Gashiuncl
and set as ils late mistress. was sprinkled
about with Mardonalds relatives in every
degree of Scotch cousinship, who locked
cautiously at each other anI c0ldll at "a
net subtuno to a decent sadness the earet
olance4 that SOUGHT the man of law in
whose hands tbc win had Errn placed
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keenly over the surrounding faces. which
had suddenly exchanged angry protest
! for acuuirscence. For each, III his own IN
tcrest. must now support the interest OF
tie others
"Cudici second" resumed The lawyer,
''rclates to the watch worn by the deceas-
ed the only piece Of property excepted
from the general sale Ii is an old fash
ioned article, Of no very great intrinsic
worth, and valuable to the deceased
friends simply as 4 souvenir, having on the
two cases MIXTURES of Mrs. Macdonald
and her husband. The will provides thai