Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-07-09

Min Hsywood h hes last hours which
it Was thought that Margery would die
puta. Bat The rumor died, and the
young heirem apparently settled down 10
. monotonOus life, In which nothing Of
youth seemed left her but the "havine
loved"
In the second year q little ripple va,
made In Haywood BY the advent Of
Harry Lake. Harry had been Dion'i
great friend, and was probably even theu
In correspondence With him. Margery
had always avoided Harry's uncle
hitherto; but now, with asweetnea that
no old man could resist, she inquired
after his health, his crops and whatever
other subject seemed Of importance to
him.
In fact, she quite won the old bach.
elors heart. It was . great grief to him
that he could mot hope to we'd her fol
himself, and he half disliked his nephew
for his chances. But at any rate he de.
termined that such . nice girl-and such
: rich girl-should not 20 out Of the
family; and he soon let Harry know that
the prospect of inheriting the Lake
estate rested very much upon his mar
riago with Margery.
"But suppose the young lady will not
have me, unclef"
"You are not to suppose failure, sir,
In anything. You have no rivals here
me-" the old man grumbled, not
very pleasantly.
Harry was in . dilemma, and he sst
thinking long over 1t that night. But
he was endowed with . nature sir gularly
honest, and at this juncture it helped
him better than intrigue. He simply
wrote . little note to Margery, asking
permission to zee her next day at noon.
He received, - he expected, q cordial
assent; and 10, putting Dion's last letter
in his pocket, he went almost confidently
over to Haywood Park.
It was . very pleasant meeting but
Harry was determined not to let the
conversation drift into generates.
Miss Haywood" he said, II am going
to ask from you . very singular favor. l
Il want you. In short, / want you to
refuse to marry me-"
Margery could not help q smile at
HarryG awkwardneaa. She readily
OWNED that he had something import
ant to say to her, and that he had in his
eagerneA to be perfectly plain about it,
begun at the end instead of the begin
ming. So she said, ~ shall certainly
refuse you-when you ask me, Mr..
Lake."
ooh, that of counsel No fellow like
me expects to get q hearing, after poor
Dion could not succeed. But the truth
IL just this: my uncle admires you 20
much that he threatens to leave me
nothing unless l marry you"
"And you prefer to be disinherited,
of coursef"
"No, no, NO; but, Miss Haywood,
am dead in love with the dearest little
girl, and / am over head and ears in debt
also; and If I vex uncle, he will give me
no money-and don't you see how the
thing isi"
"Not exactly. Now what am l ia
do? Tell me plainly"
"Well, I shall write you a letter to.
MORROW real, old-fashioned Sil
Charles Grandson letter-and AJAX your
permission, ETC., ETC., to pay my devoted
duty, etc, ETC., to you. And I shall
show this letter to uncle, and get hia
suggestions and appreciation"
"Yes; and then I am to"
ITO answer it, just in your Hottest
style, Miss Haywood. If you say q few
words . little down on the Lakes,
don't mind it all, and it will finish the
matter. Of course I shall be cut up,
and all that. If my poor Dion was here
he would find some clever way out oil
the scrape; but l can never think Of
anything but just going to headquar-
teri, a. l have come to YOU"
cit is the best way. A straight line
is just - good in love a. in geometry"
Then the affair was talked over, and
Margery brought all her woman's tact
and delicacy to its arrangement
Things were planned . a. to proceed
more lesurely; for the climax, instead
of coming the next day, "a Harry pro
posed, was indefinitely put of. But
Margery thought herself well paid TO,
her complaisance; for in q very short
time Harry knew a. well a. possible the
true state of her heart, and many q
precious bit of news he brought hel
concerning Dion, and one day he man
aged to forget . photograph Of him, and
never afterward to remember its loss.
So, with this fresh interest in life
time did not seem 90 heavy to poor Mar
gerry. She had Dion's pictured face
and every nOw and then q few words o.
information about him, or else = Ion,
talk with Harry concerning the mani,
fold projections of one 30 dear to both,
But though the final letter was de
layed - long Is possible, Uncle Lake q
last got impatient. "Harry had spen,
part Of every day at Haywood for foul
months; If boys and girls did mot know
their minds in that time, they never
would" So the old gentleman wrote
the proposal himself, stated frankly
lands and money he intended to give
Harry, and solicited for the young mar
the hand of his fair neighbor.
The answer had been carefully pre-
pared By the young people. 1t was ex
quisitely polite, but yet it contrived t.
hit d~elicately several points on which
Uncle Lake was very sensitive; and, il
fine, It absolutely declined any allianc,
with his house.
The effect was better than they hae
dared to hope. Uncle Lake was greatly
offended, and for Margery's sake recalled
the very worst of the stereotyped fling
at women and women's ways 10 general
" familiar to bachelors young and old.
However. he was very sorry for me
Margery,'" said Harry, n day, . weel
afterward, "and he has shown it in
way that ] thoroughly appreciate"
"A checki"
eyes, for ten thousand dollars"
"Did you pine much, Harry"
"No, / could not manage it; and, d.
you know, that pleased uncle. II,
praised my spirited behavior, and sale
that was just the way he took . aaucy
woman's NO thirty years ago; and thel
he gave me the check, and TOLD M to 6
"And you 60, I supposef"
"Just - 0 a. the dearest little cir
ID ready to 90 with me-"
Will you have enough, after payinl