The Osceola times., 1877-03-24
READY MONEY.

=" So you are going to be married, Kate?
Well, hope you have made wise
choice"
80 yes, uncle" replied lightly al
know | have. Henry is to make me per.
fec happy"
l.yhat has he got ?" was the next
pleasant observation that fell from Uncle
Jocelyn's lips.
"Got uncle don't know what you
mean," l answered, growing rosy red at
the unexpected inquiry.
"Wha. are his means? WHAT does he
intend to settle upon you ?"
He has his business" promptly in.
terrupted my mother.
And he is no clever, he is sure to get
on, / added, in my eagerness TO assure
Uncle Jocelyn it was all right as regarded
my future.
THAT will depend great deal upon
you, Kate" he replied gravely. " The
wife has moro to do in making or marring
4 her husband than is generally suspected.
A careless, extravagant, bad wife is the
greatest curse man can have 4; a good
~ 'ha greatest blessing"
-, Acle o yes" assented, glanc-
nnds my mother, who was smiling
cNs!hat scornfully, fancied, at his
- ,.dions.
?" Take care of his pence and his pounds
Y will take care of themselves" continued
uncle and beware of ever getting into
debt, Kate ; it's the easiest thing to get
into and the hardest thing to get out Of.
Like my advice live well within your
means and always pay ready money"
Yes, uncle; o yes" ] responded. "I
Am sure you are right and Henry is so
prudent, he is certain to have the same
ideas"
"Well, keep them before your mind.
Don't despise an old mans counsel buy
nothing that you can't afford, and always
pay ready money"
| remember that conversation so we'll
with Uncle Jocelyn, some few weeks be-
fore my marriage at the time il did not
strike me 70 forcibly as afterwards, for
my mind was too filled with other and to
me more interesting matters.
Uncle Jocelyn was an old mar, and
the amount of his fortune had ALWAYS
been wrapped in some obscurity; but he
lived com f..o-bly, ana possessed small
~ property inSerkshire, upon which he
had built q Pity and substantial house
where ! hadpent many happy days
He hM alwayhown a special affection
for me, no dou owing to the fact of my
being the dauter OF his only brother
who had died Nn was quite an infant
leaving me to sole guardianship o.
my mother' Ultimately for me, there
haI never oeenny love lost between
the latter ana ule Jocelyn; tho cool
ness mao iatner itased than diminished
as years .sn' py nd when invitation
were sen,,o, u' e.sit Conington, which
was inc t;oLiy nnne Iiy uncle's place, m,
motnei u,s'iaoly ;,s lyefused for herself
anu oh ~" s'e''tsuasion permitted
How ] enjoyed l. .,.;,., H..
uptod w. w." n,a,dnw, Aids and clover
the marbleslsbbed da coo, ., ana iIes, ',,
OF brimning basins WIN WIN i's 3N ,9M
cream How fragrant lio'ny soiueIi u'I
fashiored garden, with fas .he o,u
walks and great big dewy a ,one Sl"'s ~
old cedar tree SO shady anu VI
N Uncle Jocelyn would sit Of fliueI wh'c
II smoking, listening APPARENT ai.efnoo
4 fed with my childish convers ulte SAT- 80,
sun always seemed to be shinil u A., u
days | can recall no gloom, N ''io'
things all wore a charm, which nen, 81, al a.,
know lay chiefly in the fact Of ulu no m
youth and utter ignorance OF liGna! : 1W !,
cares. ana IL
However, not to digress, | ha 40
seen so much of Uncle .Iocelyn 81 ~
had grown up, partly on account o, d. :,
mothers undated dislike to him. pa u, ',
because of the existence of a new inte,
IN life. had met Henry Arden. He =
sx-and-twenty, five years INV senior =
position in life was fairly pood nns
having small interest in a fir.t-rate i
business which gave him over three h,
dred year; his character was IL
proachable and when saw that he u
general favorite wherever he wen,
may be surmisec tha, in NV oninion
was, II not quite perfect. yery cln.e
AKIN to it. For myself was nassa III. ~
perhaps little moro than tha,-~hn,
was penniless until my mother died