Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-07-28

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wives, -' money wss no obisc1-~
learned. however, shortly sller
the event above described. that my
future wife was put down - laxEo
keiress, IN the vii os q very bene-
voisnt old gentlemen, whose kindly
feeling for her welfare dated hack 10
the time when she lay in her cradle.
l was much obliged to the old gem
tlemau.
One day, when I called upon Con-
stance, I found her pretty face ~
diant with smiles.
"I'm so glad!' she cried, as soon
as she saw me.
What about, dearie?"
"My good, dear old mother is
coming to the city, and you shall sec
her."
"I shall be most happy"
You will be more than that-you
will like her immensely. She is such
dear, good, old-fashioned LADY,
shouldn't wonder if you fell in love
with her, and neglect mel! Never
mind, I shan't be jealous OF her.
You would make . pretty nice faith
er-in-law, I guessr'
Business kept me closely engaged
for something like week after this
announcement, and Iwas unable u
,sea Copatsnne again, until oe1 - y
ing, mamma mad come. t16 . ta6gc
prepare myself forthwith.
I went to tho house, and was well
coined by Constance, who was quite
beside herself with Joy.
:" Mamma will be down in q mo-
ment-in the meantime, there il
somebody else you must see."
She went to the glass door of the
conservatory, and called:
"Uncle Jack! come here-throw
away your cigar-do now-you shall
have another directlyr
A portly, good-looking old gentle
man, with white hair and heavy
watch-chain presented himself, and
Constance introduced him as Mr..
Farley, her " adopted uncle" s
"She calls me uncle" said Mr..
Farley, although we are not re-
lated"
Constance begged me to excuse
her for a moment and ran upstairs
to call mamma"
"Indeed," I said to Mr.. Farley,
81 thought from the name that you
were relative. It is an odd coin
cidence."
"No," said the old gentleman,
" not at all-did she never tell you?
You see, I am an old friend of the
family-Constance, bless her heart,
has been a pet of mine from her birth,
and I have made her heiress to my
property, on condition that she takes
my name?"
go! I have often heard of yeu,
then, sir. Constance never told me
that Farley was not her real name"
"She has borne it ever since she
was three years old, and has lived
at home but very little, 80 that she
rarely thinks, I suppose, Of ever
having any other name"
Twas about to ask What her family
name was, when I hsard Q voios q
ths stairs. and in Q neoent she -
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