Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-03-06
JHisrfHann.
MADGE'S COUSIN.

MADGE'S COUSIN.
From Gas els Magazine.
Madgcwas sitting upon the hcarth-rug,
pulling to pieces white camcIiA and ex-
cusing herself to her kind old guardian by
saying it was "only jacks"
"My dear" said Mr. Sclwyn walking
up and down and stroking his gray beard
in pcrGIeSity, 81 want totaIkto you about
Jack.
"Oh! please, not now, Papa Sclwyn,'
She called him Papa Srlwyn when she
meant to be- coaXing, and that was nearly
always.
"Iint, my dear" that is all nonsense. I
must talk about Jack some time. YES
tcrday it was, oh! please don't-my head
is aching; and the day before, 'Dh.
please don't want to 90 ont with Ger.
ty.' Come, let us face the affair." And,
sitting in the easy char behind her has.
sock, he drew up on his knees the hand
that held the broken flower and proceeded
to lecture his mmanagcabn charge on
the endless subject of ''lack,'
Malgc was charming charge for any
kind old mans heart to have. No one
cOuld look into her large gray eyes with
ont seeing the great warm heart, whose
| tale they told every moment; and vet the
| bright, quick gIanCcs and saucy set of the
! lips showed that Madge had a will of her
own, and wit and ceycrness enough to
carry 1t out.
This lecture on Jack was the same Us
] al. l.tl l,,,, IL -
two parts, the first being that she ought
to throw her own whims and pleasures
aside. and as dutiiul girl fulfill her dy-
ng father, request and marry crcousin:
and the second was Il culogium on the
many good qualitie, of Jack Hawkes.
bury
"Do, Mr.. Sclwyn, laughed Madgr, at.
ter he had been making out that even
| Jack 5 awkwallnrS, caTr from an over.
plls of good nature; "do throw him at
Gcrty's head as You throw him at mine,
and shall make him over her, and they
will be happy tor life. 81
Gcrty was Mr.. Srlwyn's own daughter,
and at the mention of her name Il strange
expression crossed his face, which Mudgr
could not read
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"U.u1 you w. ',,'' ,o i'I eNu;",,'i,' u'
troll 81 wish you had half Gcrtrudr's
good sense. Iou fancy Jack thinks Of her
is that it; He is the soul of honor, and
as far as it depends ON him your fathers
word will hr kept,
"Oh! Papa Sclwyn, don't be vcxcd
with me; am so sorry! mdhcr face was
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could % he cbongnd into tbis st,naor |"iS t%ot
sbo % colloJ t;midlv Mr E;tnaIiSn , ,""i nmJ
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Sne % gave dcep sigh, prompted by a sad