The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-10-17
A viii That Had Its Way.
BY ANGELINA's AUNT.

Dl ANbELANA . aONl.
When brother Homer first spoke to
me about 1t, | said: "No | can't; so
there now l shall always act on my
first impulse after this. NO l can't,
said l land if brother Homer has an
unruly daughter let him manage her.
Mine are all married and settled, and
there's peace ct last, and / have every
reason to be thankful. Why should l
upset everything for brother Homer's
girl?" And l sat down and answered
him and said it was impossible. But,
before l sent my letter to the box, l
read his over again; and really, | felt
that might have spoken more kindly.
Angelina has no mother he said.
If poor Amanda had lived she would
have watched the girl better than |
have been able to do. Sister Kitty
you always had tender heart | am
sure you'll be a mother to my girl"
Yes, that is what he had written, and
there was l, giving him selfish, I'M
feeling No.
Why shouldn't I do as Homer asked
me to do, after all and in an unlucky
moment, tore up my first letter and
sent Yes, instead of No.
Let Angelina come | said, "and
I'll DO my best. As for the young man
who is making love to her-both my
girls had ridiculous attachment, be-
fore they settled in life and were angry
enough at their poor widowed mother
for interfering; but Anne, as you know
is married to the president of a bank,
and Elvira to most respectable Wall
street broker, neither of them under
fifty, so think you need not trouble
yourself about Angelina's silly fancy.
Absence is the best cure in the world
for love, though some absurd poet Or
other has said that it makes the heart
grow fonder.
And. that very Saturday, a carriage
stopped at the door and out stepped
Homer and Angelina, and her trunk
was brought into the hall, and my
troubles had begun.
Brother Homer held out both hands
to me and kissed me, but Angelina
stood stiff as apoker. with her lips shut
tight and her arms folded.
Why DO you not kiss your dear
aunt, Angelina, said her father.
And upon my word, the girl only
looked a; me ont Of the corners Of her
eyes a4d said CONTEMPORARY
Prisoners 10 not usually kiss their
jailers.'
Homer did not stay long. He vas
gone by nine o'clock; and when bed
time came, Angelina and l were alone
together.
"Angy, my child, said I, as 1 opened
her coor for her, "you are doing very
wrong Why don't You make friend
OF me. What is the reason brother OBJ
iects to this young man? Who is he?
What is hep
You ask me what Orlando Boggs
is?" said Angelina. "Auntie, he is the
most perfect of human beings. If you
were 10 see him you would admit it.
Oh, alntie, you always were good to me.
Let me send for Orlando? He is clerk
in his uncle's drug store. He is one
and-twenty, and has such a beautiful
moustache. He adores me. Papa don't
like him, because papa has heart OF
stone, and Orlando has only five dollars
aweek. But oh! I cannot sell myself
TO mammon, aunt" said she. Cant
Orlando come and see me?"
ION no account" said |. I've
promised your papa to take care of you.
and will You'll be very glad did
it some day. Now don't kick at me
that way. I've said nothing against
Mr.. Boggs. May be he will be better
off some day. and papa may relent.
Nobody knows what may happen in
this world"
May write to him." interrupted
Angelina
II promised papa you should not,
said L.
"You mean, old wretchT said Ange-
lima.
She shut the door in my face as she
left the room. and, for n week, fancy
Bedlam would have been pleasanter
place. But, at the end of that time,
she came down to breakfast with smiles
on her face, kissed me, and declared
that she was going to be good.
And to prove it. said she, here is
A letter that took from the postman.