The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-20

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I,I1 lard 3 extended Win lSno. a nfnes.
Ills h1kf6tkal rinx. aIira 'ni,oa -. aisnder
'anss. and lie loves seal 4 Asrs viii Ii
cot liQht IN
Al exuIkank CRY eananee tha l.hor;n0
breast beside her. Maare turns 20 eee
her uncle,e faoa almoe. demnn;an ,v;th lie
6ercs rage Of triumph and hate.
: The hour i here. The fruit il ripe
for gathering. Nv venreanoe il 1t
hand he sayA IN slow and h0arse and
deadly vindictive tone&
= Great heavens Uncle, Uncle, what
do you mean 2 Come away, oh, come
away I" implored Madge.
He laughs fiercely.
What, child, before you receive the
gift 2 I promised you Christmas gift.
The sight ffst, and then the gift. Il was
. brave show, was il not? She makes
rare picture, the grand woman in von-
der"
sob, It was beautiful; but It has left
me full of pain. Uncle. it was not good
Christmas Gift TO show me NV bitter luck
my sore strait" moaned Madge.
uChiId ), sDoke he. coIdlv with a aort
Of fierce contrmp, for her IscE ~ sn;r;t
8 wh., von 80 |. r;,-h,e,,rv :, =
Ali vours And she-she netted nnaen IF
All this luxurv-who stands n h;ch What
will Il he for her9 Nv Chr;.,mss oFT.r.
inc il vet TO be added 70 her s.ore and Il
shSIl ba : bloyv ~ d..h .v..,..,h;,,,. ,s,an
from her Come the hour ia Is hand
am taking Won IN vonr fathers home
MadoeD
h .o;,aA ho, . end f.;-,v d-.,,coa
~ shs;nL;n. c.. 49, a. ssI.
sr o ~ - - $500. a.Os ~. f.o'.
entrance wboss vrsnd yestibuIe vas one oas
f;-,, .sI.,.r, sc l;s.h. - 1880 ,,;,h
Evayr;aS eerven,s 5.rt;Dr, 20 and fro Al
elegantlv anno;nted ca1r;aoa wa;,sd at
the3 foot ~ fbe s,ono .,ons with : coooh.
man wran,e5 IN HE 49, IN costlv fms
nodd;no on the zoe,
The der;ng in, rudor Anno ONT o,;cL
gesture toward II
~Vo, 90 tha s;oh.e,,l r,;..ross M.doo
&c ooaoh ho,,so $500" To- ss,
- toi1 t5au, 49, ''- So ' ." O"s
She conId 10, .rswo- Har h,.;n a,os
in ] d;vvv wb;rI and her hoert Au,toro5
lie a fr;gb,ana3 h;rd n hsr hrs.s. W,
abe Welded tn his on;dance Tins he
horo her into The 0roe, n;ot"ral;nod g.
mor.bnno hall Hair = dozen ,,ert iscL.
evs stared forward anor;Iv
He waved them back imperiously. and
seemed to gain q majestic bearing that
awed them as he moved on.
g i come hither at the bidding of the
family LAWYERS. It is the hour thew set.
They are waiting, are they not, in the
librarvP Tell them to come to nv LADY
Annabels boudoir. l shall take the
daughter of Marmaduke Wharnlev
thither3' he said. in a sternlv resolute
voice.
The serving men stared at each other
and at these coarsely clad intruders in
dumb amazement. Then one of them
found wit enough to hurry to the library,
and met his master on the threshold as6y
pale. shaking like man with the palsy.
The family lawyer, with deeply aeitated
face and bundle of opened papers Ant
tering from his hands, stood behind him.
They had both the look of men stunned
by a thunderbolt.
He stamnered out his message. and re-
treated in hot haste to whisper TO his fel
lows that something was surely amiss for
thew obeyed the insolent intrHder's mes
sage. and went straight to the boudoir OF
the fair daughter of fhe house
Madoo no. o,rood,, tharo H. no,o
had IaS he wav coyfdontIv w;,bomt :
single mistake in The doors and had an.
tered w;,b'a single abrunt EnocL - on.
nonncs his coming
Tadv Annahai ononad ba- lovolv ovas
- an ;1crodnious go Co. o!, "a
than s,re,cbad ont bsr H."d toa"arJ 1 -"
Nh '''"~ 'o""'" ''o
aTbere i some .tr.nna ,o;.,.la Oh,
ala - &c. 49, '.@ e. Ia. sno
ice aHoy was I, noss;hIs Co.. our Won CON- =. a.
~ NV was !" P"sslole ior you 70
sonoe co.. cSsr;.n ' xo Tue .h HousS you ,S
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u"v". W., % lAe WIN ""S"er
NY ing Wusn1
d. tnc " ~" ;a SeSo"AI: eI n:n an
SaJ ~, ,Je 1880 ,"n WIN wien e nc
neI 00e" P'"!i"s' "nu o@'ne Pio'"P''y 'or-
waEq 1.u
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g T ~ .,ha ""f v""''y' vega" me-
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an IN aI 49,,
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. .no:e WIN "nlCl you nave peeh uelaged
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crossed 1 her lace ''O0"s ''"'''
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IT. Ium yoSEa gu. rom you
1l0 lhugneu ngntly.