The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-07-11

have come at all but for one reason.
wished 10 say 70 you that II there are any
articles or pieces OF furniture you wishet
specially TO retain, that you would do M
the favor 10 do so-your piano. you
fatherS DOCKS. any pictures or statuary.
Nothing. Let all go TO pay the debts
with the exception OF my mothers cham
Der furnishing. Inese, neg OF you, ie
me keep I0r ner! Ermme cried.
Cer'auy.
Un, tnank yous
Here IS a nne harp, suggested GREGG.
| ~, l0r tney mad passed the threshold o.
the aIawlns-r0om 9oOr.
II Is nhe; DuI ask Ior mourning more.
iet she looked pack once at tne deal
Oid hslrumehI, as sne went up STAIRS
gregory saw me LOOK: ne saw. 700, tnt
Prouo cofrectnesS OF MISS Graltons pro.
me, anu eou Oh abundant Drown nair wnicl
crowned ner nead. tnouen the last yea
hau u'Ieu lew SILVER hnrs at tne 'eh'
pies. ne mao seen ner Drotner ana sls,
ters, ne knew Wnat her motner was, ahG
when ne had READ her lace ne uhders'ooo
lhe Mnoie SUory.
sne an iather, ne mutteIeo.
1es, Ermne urHpoh' Win her nne
moral NATURE, her correct lace anu que.
6 Gat.o u p on Was was very ,h k hno"t;s,I
t Sraison' fussy ana Iot, Doln Deau tnou
bd Is were more , luxe M.' i Ia nsait
haa peeh' aIo AiortiHer was Ike linisei
only. ~
u nov We caA se' n'o'her always
sa,u Grnilne W Mcn.
~ was nouel ms'' Tic oiniuio" 'A'oi-
"aru-heNen hersen.
MIS-; uraiDon was sin9lnereu N Mi"p ~
anu taAeIi away III d Siosc eio LIZ
next morning. one did not see the reo
nag;
LINK INT uii9 iic nEs as wen uo,
she sun W Gfne Anc pe.ue ,,, MS
, auis ni D ~ ny .u;.hH.ra NJ. 9'Il 1871 ou
LAWNS D,oMn' -. M u I'M W..
tne wihuoms, out lneie ~"9 n' oe'ioi
pace lor II M tne olu houss .u ..
mere her cHucisH enueu, 10 wei ~
,nlsnt, Ior siie never Ielt nen cnain geI
mere sne dMly haoe iasudlous tonei;
assisted PauenAy ~ L LIN anu My aal
uay vi heI soi',' VI N hei Easy -In0I, hei
white, useless hands crossed on her ZAP:
raIe WINS PfoP1Mous ~ IesaI . W .e'uns
inc cnannpers. Inc hree aPPno'I Mae
actuaiy i9reisn n0gieman, ihPecunlous'
put Oh Diue DiOod. no pau ms comPl-
menus 70 madam, anu sne was oensnIeu.
we snail DC happy 70 serve you Win
an apartment, coun1, she sad Lnlne,
my dear issue ne teAs US tnat no ls
only three removes rom tne actuai OAR
oneucy. Innk wnat an opportunity:
What are nus resources askeu En-
mine, win an anxious eye 10 ner rent:
Ahem! wen, ne oeacIes niuslc nlue,
put propapiy tnat Is only a temporary
thing. just think, II MS COUSIN sno9id
die, ne would Dc Baron Mentenskl-hs
wife the baroness, mind you, Ermlne, and
mistress OF magnificent estate In Sax
ony."
The count was elderly, bald and gallant,
vet q modest little man; ana Ermlne,
though not naturally credulOus, had no
doubt that he was what he represented
himself to be. He engaged modest bed
room, and forthwith spent nall his eve
nings with her mother.
he had tact, the good little count. when
Mrs. Grafton told him that Ermine was
out, and she presumed that She was at an
opera or concert, he did not blurt out
that Miss Grafton was selling flowers,
confectionery and perfumery in the shop
below. He only smiled and bowed, and
begged to tell madam another OF those
little stories OF the nobility In which she
SO delighted.
Yes, Ermine had secured stock In
trade. How? By soliciting loan OF
George Gregory, Jr.
That hunky grocery fellow!" exclaimed
Mortimer.
He is not flunky, MOrtie; he has
treated me well, and knew OF no one
else who had the means whom l thought
might have the disposition. l have bor-
rOwed five hundred dollars Of him, at six
per cent, to be paid semi-annuaily."
She had requested OF George Gregory,
Jr., that he would call for his payments,
and he had consented to do SO.
Then there was a later loan, which he
offered without interest; and so 1t came