Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-02-09

caught the suggestion and improved
upon i'll signed every check in the
book, and handed it into the cash.
ier's safe keeping. And so with
nothing to clog its open revolution,
the wheel tsFned round until the
day of uncle Fred's return; when
the discovery was made that the
round balance at the bank, and old
Groby's honesty, had disappeared
In company.
CHAPTER II.
MARRIAGE.
After the occurrence Just related,
my connection with commerce
ceased. Even my uncle's imper-
turbability was moved, and it was
arranged that q should retire into
private LIE. n q little sadness
marked my l9lative's manner on
the first nsy1 II Mr.. Groby's NAL.
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"You have. ample means loft,
Algernon, notwithstanding this piece
of ill-luck," he said. "You are
wasting your talents here. This is
no sphere for genius. You should
settle down and take to some scien-
tific amusement. I do not recon-
mend chemistry-there is the risk
of q blow-up. But the microscope
now-the microscope is safe. And
then why should you not marry
Geraldine Shaker p
Now, Geraldine Shaker was the
greatest beauty in our circle-tall,
handsome, and blonde. Although
my opinion of myeelf was a man g
opinion, that is, very considerable,
I had not hitherto raised my eyes
quite SO high as to this fair creature.
For she possessed not only great
beauty, but o great fortune; aud it
was the talk-these things are talked
of-that Geraldine would marry q
coronet. But after little time,
fancy had taken q lower fight, and
had given the heiress to Charley
Martindale, who we know had only
the bare chance of reaching a coro-
net. It WAS first necessary that
death should play an unprecedented
havoc among his kith and kin, and
remove the two uncles and fourteen
cousins that barred the way.
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