Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1877-03-10

ner, but it wasn't our pretty little
| FRIEND"
But l heard you were very attentive
some say engaged"
There's no telling what might have
been but for that fool OF an uncle making
mistakes i'm names. However. it's all
over now. You know that l at least
can't afford to marry poor woman, no
matter if she is Peri. / know that YOU
entertain some sort of foolish notion
what love, etc., will do, but it's all bosh
Give me the dimes, my boy. When pow
erty comes in at the window, etc.. YOU
know. Take my advice and drop all
such foolish ideas.n
Ashton might just as well have talked
to the lamp post for the hearing Farnum
paid. What he was thinking of we can
not say. but he did not 90 to the mark
that afternoon, but the evening found
him III II little parlor which had so often
been graced by Charleys presence. Ere
the evening was over he had explained
his long absence, told of his better pros
poets, and offered his heart and hand.
She asked three weeks to consider, and
ne TO visit her as often as he wished. At
the end OF that time he was accepted, and
Anna learned what true love was.
Here my story might end, but there is
sequel. Some months after the ell
gagement Mr.. Smith tapped Ned on the
shoulder, and mOtiOned him to the pri-
vate office.
Going to marry my nieee," said the
gentleman.
Il am engaged to Miss Anna Temple;
sir, and We expect, in quiet way, to be
married one month from to-day. But
was not aware that she was your niece"
Neither was | until few days since.
AS for your quiet way, understand me,
sir, the child OF my only sister can be
married nowhere else but i'm my house.
Come now, no flinching. I've heard all
about it. But she's pOor-poor as Jobs
turkey; and have too many children to
give her more than decent wedding"
Ned did not understand the expression
on Mr.. Smiths face, but he felt little
angered, and replied:
Il never should have addressed her, and
would release her this moment if l
knew she was an heiress."
mo you don't, no you don't. know
you and know the whole story. You
can gO.n
Ned pondered long over this singular
but got no satisfaction from
his own thoughts or Anna. She replied
only by smile and kiss.
Notwithstanding all the urging of her
new found uncle, Anna refused to leave
her aunt until the time of her wedding.
That event came, and the ceremony over,
MIR. Smith called the young people into
his library, and, drawing from his safe
an iron box, said.
Now, young man, you're tied hard
and fast, and Ill tell you that you've got
an heiress, and rich one. too. A fool
ish brother of her fathers, who would
60 to Australia. took it into his head to
die, not long since, and left such blotch-
ell up will that it has taken six months
to get the straight of it. We were his
agents, and kept the matter to ourselves.
because it was a large sum and might
create imposiers. We soon disposed of
the one hundred thousand dollars to
Miss Anna Thompson Temple, but the
of this box, one hundred thou
sand pounds in consols, we used more
scrutiny in assigning, and in the course
of our investigations. L not only found
the rightful owner OF our trust, but the
child of my only sister. Sir, you are
worthy of her, and what is of less value.
her fortune. The morning papers will
announce you as partner in our house.