The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1881-01-20

cd year now, and at last I've got
TO be n foreman in the factory.
Why shonld we put IL off any long.
er Tell Emma Jane that it's all
nonsense. She won't Ii sten TO mo.
"Well, don't think 10 pg engage
ments are bost, said Mrs. Hacker.
What l should say to Emma jane
would be, Have him now"
ooh, we'll ! I sup pose shall b,
bothered until do say yos,' replied
Emma Jane ani thon I he anxious
lover, pleading his cause earnestly,
the wedding day was actually Sc,
for Christmas Eve, which was at
that time about month off.
This conversation, as we'll as the
evening meal being over, Mrs
Hacker discretely retired to the
shop and left the lovers alone.
However, sho did not stay away
long. In fss moments she cano
running io with Ter glasses on her
nose, aal au op,a lottsr ia hsr
hapd
ar Dad this one Of you," she sail
Il have read it, but cant uudcr.
staui IT, 1t sosnJ a. though J
must be crazy. See, here. you road
it, Thonas-I have more confidence
in you."
Then she pat tho letter into
rbomas Hunts baud aud sat down
at the table.
81 foinl it on the h,or,'' sail
she. "Fhs postmin mnst have
thrown it IN ut tho silt. dom,
know whether il isa hoax or not
but it's go, tho regular stamp on all
Ny gracious. how queer I dc
feel
Meanwhile Thomas Hunt solemn
y laid tho sheet Of paper before him
road it through, anl tarnod back to
the first lino.
1T ism. a hoax, sail ho "1t'f
a regulr lawyer s.lotter, and what
II tells you ia that your old uucle,
Simon Hacker, OF London, England,
il dead, and you are his heiress to
tho tnue OF nbout one hundred
thous md dJllars. irs t,osn in
oounds. but t'at = tho sam in on,
'wn q, pney"
"l'inch mo. Emnl Jape.' crie.i
Mrs Hacker. IL mlsp it, dear-
and If | don't wax up Ill think til
true.
'Oh, pshaw, ma !lt's tru,
snough, 'c ,od Emma Jane. ".low
splendid. Oh. when are we TO have
tho money ? Ol, isn't it Just love-
Tyr
Dnt Thomas gave q little sigh.
"Ere. Hacker he said, "maybo
yon think u mschanic not rich
enough nr fine enough for yosi
daughter now you are as we'll OF
that. IL so, say so, out and out, and
III bear it as we'll as | can"
"Why. Thomas, il I WAS qnoep
Id think you q good son.in.law," +"
said Mrs. Hacker.
And you, Emma ?" said
Thomas.
II shalt wait until I get my dia-
monds on before l take airs" said
his lady love.
Nevertheless the fortune made a
change in the programme. 1t was
necessary. for Mrs. Hacker to go to
England, and Emma Jane must 20
with her, she said and on the
whole it seemed best to postpone
the wedding for while.
at wouldn't be respectful to Un-
Gle Simon to marry immediately"
said the mother.
i So Thomas had the unhappiness
Of seeing his lady love leave the
shores of her native land, and went
back to the shop with very heavy
hoert.
However, he worked hard, and
many letters comfortsd him and Ut
last his Emma Jane returned gorge
Gus in the latest Loudon fashions T;
and there was all the hustle OF buy :
ing new house. furnishing it and
taking possession Of it--and very
little time for lovers to bs together.
"You Soc" said Mrs. Hacker to
Totn, "you see Emma Jane Is al
stirrsd up. She'll settle down after
swhile but you know young people
viii b yrsug people,
~ ks,e Tom got less comfort.
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