The Newtown bee., 1878-04-25
Bachelor Browns CourtBllip

iBaCilGl0r BH0Hn'S CourtSlllp,
 afaa and -7t77rr-.1li s.E 4 Rieharl Brown had Igea q bachelor fer ferty years, and declared his iaien- ton of continuing in the state of single blessedno3s the remainder of his liTe--- greatly to the satisfaction of his rela- tiye5 the Hinkle5, with whom he resided; for, be it known, Un- cle Richard wa3 worth ' eoql half mil i lion, and unless as Mrs. Hipklo said, Esomo " nasty charity" eame in for his property, whom shouIl he leave i lit to but to his two own cousins or thoir children
 1 Hopeful as poor human nature is Of l longevity, Mir. and Mrs Hinkle scarcely fexpectoI to survive their cousin, who awt8 their junior by ten years, but Ale ] laide and Rose, and Charles and Wil- liam might in all probability be his heirs, and to this end their parents la- bored. Uncle Richard had the best room In the house, the best chair, tho most particular consideration. His wishes were deferred to and his advice ! taken on every oeeasion aud he aetitally came to be loved for, with all bis quaint, old fashioned .w9ys, and his habit of sitting as utterly silent as though he had been deaf and dumb, he 1 was 3 .loFeable man. Matters progress cd smoothly enough until it Was habit and not hypocrisy whieh male Cousin Richard master of the house. K 1 He wasSery obliginss- wonderfully 50 in most respects. He would attend to anything for. anybody y7-nstch X II ribbons when nobody else conld escort the girls to places- of anuseIpents tlntifully \ to church with tnetr nHtmi}ia- attend to marketing and the posting of letters, and tic gas-nieter, and the turning of of tie water ii frosty weather. He %a3 always ready to search thc Iloase with | poker at tue dead -of night when anyone : heard a noise ! He went to the dontist with people < who wanted their teeth drawn, and d. ,. ways seened to, o,haFe sdsar-pluans in lis ! pocket But one thing Cousin Richard { would not to. and that was, to oxhibit the least sign of politeness to lady yisl- tors. 5 4
 He never saw one home. Ho never even spentthc evening Ii tbeir company. I He invariably shut himself up in his own broom a | had his tea thera ayhea oae3ct them was reported to be in the house; and, when travelling haa been known il 5 train to shut his eyes tight when q young lady entered, and remain with them closed until she left the car riage. As q general thing, indeed, he always chose carriage, where he need not be intruded upon.
 :" 1t was just as well, after all, {" said Mrs. HinlEle, but it Was a peeuliarity not quite as agreeable to Mr F., when he found the pleasant task of seeing Miss Smith or Miss Jones home imposed upon himself. He urged that such duties were Cousin Dicks, though he never told him so It would not havo been pleasant to provoke him, and if sthiIs could have offended Bachelor Brown morally, it would have been to insist upon his offering any gallant at l tentions to tic setter sex.
 1 However day came at last which set the whole household in eonlmotien.
 Miss Amanda Dove had been invited 1 to spend !. week with the Hinkies, and Miss Dove, being a stranger, was to wait at the station until some one came for her in a carriage.
 ] The TTinklos resided some miles out Of town and had not occupied their resi- denee for many months. 90 that people were not always properly directed by tho Eneighbors. -
 It was decitlest that Mr. Hinkle should escort Miss Doyo, but before the day of Elicr arriraf elaw1ed. business had called fthat gcatlefsan to Sheffield. Moreover, Mrs. Hinkle had the influenza. and the two boys were at boarding school No ore WIS 10 befoaad to drive. and neither Rose nor Adelaide could hssniIo tho reins. Miss Dove was to come at nine, and what would she think Of them if no one came for her
 a Insieed," said Mrs. Hinkle. $" ii would b shocking treatment for the dear girl. I must ask your Cousin Rich ,.srti
 Ton never dare. ma. said Rose, aghast.
 "In such a case ycu know- said Mrs. HiukIe.
 ," HeIH mos do ii. said Adelaide.
 "0f course not. 2 said Rose.
 Mira. HinkIe shook her head.
 Hear iss Nil nes. 2 she said. and, as- suasiar sn exTIe&icn which s7sslia i..,ss