The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1881-05-12
POLLY.

Statl0OaT
Aw business that produced them bare Iiv
Man lng' rather to PolIy's discomfort for 81;
- would fam have been able to dres
,,r,, smartly, and see more of the world tho
The scarborough was able to show her
- but Polly was good girl at heart. !
little vain and discontented with he
caI AT lot, and she was better off than som,
le15 girls, too, for she had lover, Ricbar,
Dempster clerk in the Stillboropgl
IN oank, who lodged with his mother-aIsc
y US, Wldow-in the upper rooms Of Mrs
. Cranstone's house.
One evening, Mrs. Cranstone and bor
to- to- daughter sat III the little parlor behind
the shop taking tea. It was frosty
winter night, and the brown teapot was
W Kept on the hob that it might not chill
- 30 was the plate Of sausage, which fast
r. ed all the more crisp and savory in con-
sequence. The door between the sbon
e4 l4 ana the room stood open that any chance
customer might be seen at once bv tba
Tea drinkers, but the bell had not iinoIad
z since they took their seats.
Trade Is dreadful" said Mrs. Gran
Z sVohe' transferring sausage to her plate /
Oy means OF the long cooking-fork-
!, trade is dreadful [ sbould i,st ,,;uo
. It up If it got little worse: but. daer
me- never had any luck in aDvtbino
Another cup, Polly? What a comfort
tea Is, to be sure !''
Then give a cup, won't Won srrs
Cranstone?" said voice behind them
l want comfort, I'm sure. Here's nv
| mother gone out, and forgot to leave the {
KEY and nothing for me to do but to sit
on the stairs and cool my heels" =
"Dok ! la how you scared me con, G
ing N SO sudden, )" screamed Mary Anne
'olt down, do" said Mrs. Cranstona o
lake your seat, Dick, and have vopr s
supper with us. Your mother stan,oa A
IN TO tell me she wouldn't be back mill
late, and the key is in the till" 6.
About all there is there, too" said al
Mary Anne, with a pout, ''and I want l.
new winter jacket" df
H0'e' -iiS' Granstone, said the
young man. slowly turning himself to 90
ward the young lady. "I.ool, here i'll
~" am; here's someone ready and willing
70 buy that winter Jacket and all the TO
other things Polly will ever want. We've ev
'eeh engaged yeor .AaT. and at last Two he,
5ut it off any .iary. Tar Why should NO fix
t's all nonsense. She won't listen to we
me- wa
"Well, don't think long engagements LIE
are best, said Mrs. Craastone. "What
should say to Polly-would be, Have sal
lim now" ca,
'Oh, well l suppose I shall be both iue
3red until l do say yes, replied Mary
Anne; and then the anxious lover, plead ex,
ng his cause earnestly, the wedding day exc
vas actually fixed for Christmas Eve. lad
which was at that time about month Off dal
This conversation as well as the even for
ng meal being over, Mrs. Cranstone dis de,
;reetly retired to the shop, and left the drc
overs alone. However, she did not stay
away long. In few moments she came ant
'unping in with her glasses on her nose,
md an open letter in her hand. cal
Tread this, one of you," she said.- agl
I've read it, but [ can't believe [ un- On
ierstand it. 1t seems as if l must be mu
'razy. Here, you read it, Dick, I have in
more confidence in you an,
Then she pat the letter into his hand, spe
md sat down at the table. thi
81 found it on the counter" said she.
THE postman must have thrown it there. tur
don't know whether it's hoax or not, loo
'ut it's got regular stamp on, an all.
Ny gracious, how queer [ feel
Meanwhile Dick solemnly placed the ant
heet of paper before him, read it through doc
nd turned back to the first line. I
at isn't a hoax" he said sIt's 2 mo
egular lawyers letter, and what it tells lati
'ou is that your old uncle, James Gran thu
tone, of Miucing Lane, London, is dead. {
nd you are his heiress to the tune of ada
venty thousand pounds" ny, Iis
pinch me Polly" cried Mrs. Gran tro
tone. Il mean it, dear; and if I don't you
7ake up, I'll think its true not
"Oh, psha ma! It's true enough"
ried Mary Anne. ''How lucky When +,
re We to have the money! oh, isn't it tn,
tho
But Dick gave little sigh. nov
''Mrs. Cranstone," he said, tsmaybe tho
on think poor clerk not rich enough elias
r fine enough for your daughter, now tba
on are so well of as that. If so, say so yo,
ut and out, and I'll bear it as well as ! mo,
an" -
'Why, Dick, if l was a queen, I'd -.
link you good son-in-law," said Mrs
20"
"And you, Pollyl" said Dick. ,:s 81
Il shall wait until I set my diamonds -''e =,
4 before L take airs, said Polly.
Nevertheless the fortune made change Mrs
the programme. 1t was necessary for was
Irs. Cranstone to go 20 London. and hair
larry Anne must SO with her, she said s.
IA, on the whole, it seemed best TO 5or
1stpone the wedding for awhile. D
1T wouldn't be respectful to Uncle Thin
mes to marry Immediately" said the had
other. FORT
So Dick had the unhappiness of seeing she
S LADY love leave Stillboroagh, and was
ent back to his desk at the bank with 81
~ heavy heart. an
however, he worked hard, and many shol
tiers comforted him; and at last his mirt
AHoe returned gorgeous in the last II
0nooh fashions; aud there was all the one