Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-03-16
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little ears, the luxurious upholstery of the
carriage, and Joshua looked very lugubri'
Gus.
II seems you are not in want then" be
said, sternly.
"In want, dearP Why, certainly not" "
You are perhaps even rich P' he add
ed. grimly.
well, moderately so. Josh. I've pen-
~ to help you with dear, II you want
help
Joshua lifted her head from his shoul-
der.
Kitty" he said. "this is hard, this is
cruel. Here I've come a thousand miles
expecting to find you in want, destitution
perhaps even starvation. | have plenty
of money to relieve you. ! counted upon
il it has been the dream of my life. And
to see you here, dressed up like puppet,
with trinkets in your ears that would buy
big share of the old place. offering even
TO help me-its too much--it'S not TO be
borne, Kitty"
I'm so sorry :" said Kitty. ITS too
bad to disappoint you. but it's all the
fault of James-he will keep getting rich
do what you can. | spend all the money
! can. You don't know how hard | la
Dor in this way. But he is the most ire
pressible fellow; the more ! spend. the
more he gets. Aud there he is now on
the doorstep yonder. It's the only fault
he has, Josh try to forgive him for my
sake"
And actually there James Murphy stood
on the doorstep of his brown-stone house,
looking as well and prosperous as il he
had never been killed in a Drawl.
When Kitty told him all about it, he ex-
tended hand to Joshua, the little finger
of which held a diamond as big as plo-
ver's egg, and declared he never was so
glad OF anything in his life.
s.For you see, Josh" he said, when they
were all comfortably settled at dinner,
and the plate and porcelain and prodigali-
tv has almost taken away Joshua's breath
as well as appetite you see, Kitty has
had everything else. and it's a woman's
nature to be always wanting so all these
years she's been pining for the waste of
land out on the prairie and her brother
Josh. I've told her | had no objection to
hunting you out, if it wasn't for the rest.
They treated me rather shabbly out their
in the campaign, if you remember; but
you had always a good word for me,
Josh, and I'm not the man TO forget these
things. II you stay on this way, III make
place for you somewhere something in
the customs would suit you. think" And
this prosperous politician surveyed Josh
ua with rather critical air.
Pm Obliged" said Joshua, coldly,
"but must 90 back to that waste land on
the prairie And then, as he was very
fond of Kitty, and his heart was softened,
he reflected that this brother-inlaw of his
didn't look like the thief and murderer
their local paper had pictured him; and
now that he remembered, the other side
had held up as a pattern of purity and
righteousness. IL must go back, James"
he said, meekly; 'but. with your permls-
sion, I'll take Kitty with me for II visit,
and show her the setting SUM-"
''All right" said James, "only remem-
ber that until she comes back my sun will
never RISE"
Then Joshua went out and telegraphed
to Mrs. Bixby that he had found Kitty but
everything was not exactly rs he had ex
pected.
mo, | guess not" said Mrs. Bixby
.oh no, she isn't quite the innocent angel
he imagined; some impudeDt baggage,
suppose, that he has picked up in the
streets. I've no doubt she'll cheat and
mislead the poor old idiot to his hearts
content; but he mustn't bring any OF his
Murphy's here. l won't have them at my
house that's very certain"
But when, some weeks later, she, togeth-
er with the rest of the family, went down
to the train to see Joshua off, she found
there beautiful and fascinating woman,
who gave such pretty little compliments
and greetings to her grown-up relatives,
and lovely little silver bits and trinkets to
the little ones, that even the adamantine
heart of Mrs. Bixby was softened and
when the train went off, taking with it
Joshua Flanders and Kitty, and when a
gentleman, with diamond upon his little
finger as big as a plovers egg, offered
her his arm on their way from the wharf,
Mrs. Bixby took it blandly, saying to her
self. ''After all there's many Murphy.