The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-08-16
A Five Pound Kiss.

sand and am man of my word'
So spoke Mr.. John Beardmore, drysalter
and common. councilman of the city OF
London, TO Dorothea Elizabeth, his Wild
owed sister-in.law, who had applied to
him for pecuniary succor about three
months after the death of his younger
brother Isaac, her husband. There were
harshness and stubborn determination
enough in his reply, but there was no
nggard cruelty. Mrs. Isaac wanted
money, 1t Is true, but only In the sense
in which we all want It. She was only
poor in comparison with the great wealth
of this relative by marriage. Her income
was large enough for any ordlnary-Mr.
John said Legitimate ate"-purpose, but
not sufficient for sending her boy to
Elton and finishing him off at the uni
versities, as it was theimaternal wish to
do. Mr.. John hated such genteel in
tentions; Christ's Hospital had been
fashionable enough school for him,
and he had " finished OFF, as q clerk at
forty pounds year in that very respect
able house of which he was now senior
partner. With the results of that edu-
cation, eXemplfied in himself he was
perfectly satisfied and if his nephews
only turned out half as well their moth
er, he thought, might think herself un-
commonly lucky. Her family had CIV
en- themselves airs upon the occasion of
her marrying Isaac" allying herself
with commerce" some of them called
it,-and John had never forgiven them.
He gloried in his own profession, al
though government had never seen fit
TO ennoble any member of it, and per-
haps all the more upon that account;
for he was one of those radicals who
are not Z" snobs" F" at heart but rather
aristocrats. He honestly believed that
noblemen and gentlemen were the low
er orders, and those who toiled and strove
in their own way as much as others, he
made gesture of contempt, and "blew"
like All exasperated whale. 1t is vul-
gar sort of retort, of course, but so en-
nenty expressive, that his opponent
rarely pursued the subject.
He rather liked ha sisterin.law, in
doubtless, largely assisted her had she
consented TO bring up her children ac-
oording to his views but since she pre-
ferred to take her own way, he with
drew himself more and more from her
society, until they saw nothing at all of
one another. He had no intention of
leaving his money away from his broth
er's children he had much too strong
sense of duty for that; and as for mar
riage, that was an idea that never enter
ed into his hard old head. He had not
made fool of himself by falling in love
in middle age, as Isaac had done { in
youth, he had no time for such folles),
and it was not likely that at sixty-fi he
should commit any such imprudence.-
so his nephews and nieces felt confident
of being provided for in the future. In
the present, however, as time went on
and the education of both boys and girls
grew more expensive, Mrs. Isaac's in
come became greatly Strengthened. Her
own family very much appauded the
expensive way she was bringing up her
children, and especially her independ.
ence of spirit with relation to her trades
man brotherin law, but they never as
sisted her with penny. The young
gentleman at Cambridge was therefore
kept upon very short allowance and the
young ladies, whose beauty was some
thing remarkable, affected white muslin.
and wore no meretricious iewelry.-
Iheir pin money was very limited, poor
things, and they made their own clothes
at home by the help of sewing ma
chine. If Uncle John could have seen
them thus diligently employed his heart
would perhaps have softened towards
them, but, as / have said, they now
never got that chance, Julia, the elder.
had been but six years old when he had
last called at their highly. rented but
diminutive habitation in Mayfair, and
now she was eighteen, and had never
seen him since Although she had, of
course, grown out of the old mans rec
objection, she remembered his figure
head, as she wickedly called his rigid
features, uncommonly well and indeed.
nobody who had ever seen it was likelv
to forget it, His countenance was not
so much human as ligneous and his
profile Nephew Jack had actually seen
upon a certain nobby tree in the lime.
walk of Glare Hall Cambridge, much
more like than any silhouette ever cut
out Of black paper. They had laughed
or t,a oil in ri .lox,r \