The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-13


when such u thing was suggested,
as II her vertebrp had an lnula rub
Der extension. After he i Your
husband, Alice. it VIII be time
enough for You TO receive quits Of
wearing apparel from Mr. Des-
camps" she said but while You
are simply my daughter, | shall
claim the poor privilege OF aturlnS
you myself" And Eugene watched
with some Impotence the four sets
of fingers hylng " the gray tan-
nel morning suit and the black bril-
lIantlne afternoon dreSS-to procure
which had somewhat strained the
Magllvray purse-together with the
stunning toilette gotten up 1rom
Mrs. Magllyray ancient brown sIlk
and Allces own old tamlse cloth !:
and he lnwaldly vowed that those
articles should be worn by his BRIDE
no longer tnan the time III which
she could reach the city and nave
an outfit suitable to his own purse.
Its a most plethora ana com
Portable purse, this purse OF ours,
said he to Alice, thanks to my good
luck. I'm a perfect fool for luck.
Just look at 1.-two years, and 1
have just doubled my capital F.. l
could give that Institution for the
Blind ~teejeeans as much as took
from them, and be as we'll off as |
was the day they surrendered the
property"
:Oh, | wish you could - said
Alice. THAT would be So charm
lng-to think our happiness had
not robbed any OF the nttle bllnu
re~ejeeano OF tneIr raised letters
lit shall be done on our wed
ding day, SAID Eugene, "Just a
Oh such days princes pardon tAeA
prisoners or send dinners to con
vlcts. | shall Ieel better abou 1t
myself for I've always had a sen
saJIon Of smallness Oh the side q
the Feejeeans, and Of some not verl
eXplainable want of duty on the
sIde of Uncle Descamps. | knew
ne grew very fond OF me after he
took me home but | always felt
that his heart was with the teejee-
ans"
4 suppose if we had been cast
away at sea Gin our youth, and had
fallen among the Feejeeans, and
they had taken a fancy to us az
naturel, instead of dlshed up III
gravy, and had sent us home reIuc-
family at last on a passing frlgate,
and we had amassed a fortune trad
ing back with those islands, we
might feel a desire to serve them,
too" said Alice.
That's what made the last will
seem SO strange to me. | don't see
why he didn't even mention the is
Ianuers, when their OpthaIma was
his hobby. I've protited by 1t; but
cant help the feeling that, now
I'm all right, it viii be only doing
the far thing to uncle's real inclIn-
atlons to give the original amount
back to the institution, and TO give
1t III his name-so long as you are
willing"
"Oh, I'd rather :"
"And | think we had perhaps
best not speak of it to your mother::"
Decidedly" said Alice.
1t was a month or 50 after Alice's
wedding that an officer waited upon
her one morning with the request
that she should 90 TO the city phi
son IN order 70 identify a party sus-
pected OF breaking open the VAN
sutteag Bank on the same night
that Mrs. Magilvray's house had
been entered and the little fiat tin
box SO nearly made away with. If
Mrs. Descamps could identify the
scamp he could be detained other
wise they would be obliged 10 let
nm 90. the officer had told EUGENE.
IL he could be identified as the
wretch with whom Mrs. Descamps
had the struggle" he said. III
would be d benefit to the commun-
ity."
Is he so very bad :" she said,
%shivering.
Wei, ma,am, he has BEEN" the
officer replied. just now he's
been playing off. We found him at
q trade, with some custom, and he
begged hard to be let of and left
TO lead an honest life. That's his
blind. Oh, he's a bad 'un, TN
only take a half hour"
On, Eugene, | can't 90" she
exclaimed, shrinking back and GOV
erlng her eyes. i couldn't be the
means OF keeping him-and oh /,
couldn't see that face again. 1t
would drive me Wild"
1t made an IMPRESSION" said
1he olllcer. you're the very per-
son We need, Mrs. Descamps.
maven the power to force you to
go with me, except as a criminal