The daily Cairo bulletin., 1882-08-24
THE UN0LE's LEGACY.
BY WILLIAM CoMsTOCK.

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were accustomed to designate him by
the name of Green Peas" Notwith-
standing the fact that he had some
whimsical notions, he was a very we'll
disposed man, and, in so far as his
rather limited means permitted, he was
generous to the poor
But he had one nephew, bright
enough little lad, who was prone to mis-
chief, Being of very lively and active
| disposition, little Arthur liked to play
tricks upon tcsty persons, and upon his
UncIe Pease in particular,
As he grow older Arthur grew wiser,
and 10y the time he had reached his siX-
teenth year he was remarked for his
manly behavior and his intelligence.
But Arthur reformation came too late
to prevent catastrophe TO his uncle
which he dcplored to the end of his life.
He had been delighted, on certain oc-
casion, to see his uncle jump and hear
him storm on account Of n sharp darn
ing-needle that the lad had slyly thrust
into his leg,
The accident had serious Conse-
Quenccs. The wound was difficult 10
heal, and, finally the uncle was obliged
TO have his leg amputated.
II NAV well he believed that, after
that, Arthur played no more tricks on
ANYBODY, and that the uncle could never
| again endure the presence of his nephew.
Arthur was about fifteen years of age
when "Green Peas removed to the
city, and, entering upon new business,
which proved very successful, was, in n
few years, acknowledged by all to be a
rich man,
Arthur heard of his uncle's good for
tune, but with the same indifference
that the other villagers heard of it, as
he regarded il, as a matter of course,
that the wealth of "Green Peas would
never do him any good,
Although Arthur was, at this time, an
orphan, he never dreamed that his uncle
would so far forget the loss of lee rs
to line the pockets of the youth who
had caused lis loss,
Yet, sometimes Arthur's regret for his
unrle's calamity was not wholly of q
disintercStcd nature; especially when, on
pleasant afternoon in May, he stood
upon little knoll in the outskirts of
the village, and looking across the creek,
which flowed by its foot, he watched a
clump of trees on the rising ground be-
yond and GOT glimpse of Snow-white
dress partly hidden by the early spring
verdure-aS ittlitted by the open windows
of a neat, pink-colorcd cottage which
was shaded by the foliage.
There, indeed, dwelt Lucinda W,
n very pretty girl, who had recently
fallen heir TO one thousand dollars. SO
much the worse for Arthur, who had
previously evjnrCd fancy for Lucinda,
while his attentions TO the young lady
had not been 50 marked as TO give him
a claim to urge his suit now without, as
he imagined rendering him liable to the
suspicion of loving the thousand dollars
more than he loved their owner
But such a suspicion would have been
very unjust to Arthur, who really loved
Lucinda with bis whole heart, and his
passion was fully returned by the young
lady, although she was woman enough
to veil that secret closely until the youth
should declare his love to her
And now it was that Lucinda bad
some miSgivings about the young mans
intentions, since he seemed TO have been
less as,iduous of late than he had form
erlv been. The true reason never oc.
CURED 10 her She had always heard
that men had no objection to come into
the possession of money, even if it was
found TO be in the hands of the woman
they took for better or for worse.
While Arthur thus hesltated, and Lu5
cinda thus doubted, the tidings We're
brought to the village that the uncle,
"Grcen Peas was attacked with the
dropsy and could live but few weeks
longer, and it was privately communi-
Gated To Arthur that his uncle would
leave him handsome legacy; and, final
", the lawyer who had drawn mp the
uncle's will made known this fact not
only to Arthur, but to the whole village
also.
Arthur felt no more scruples about
urging his suit TO Lucinda; but while he
was cogitating in his mind how he could
best open his mind TO her he received a
visit from the village schoolmaster
The youth was not surprised at that,
for, ever since his good fortune had be-
come publicly known, many persons
who had previously passed him without
deigning to honor him with a nod, had
suddenly discovered that he wa, lad
OF excellent promise and had shown u
disposition to cultivate his acquaint-
anCc.
Therefore, although the schoomaster
was n very proud and important young
gentleman, whose father was n minis
ter Arthur regarded his visit as no more
than what might have been naturally
expected
The schoomaSter however, did not
so far forget his own dignity as to hide
the fact from Arthur that he had called
for the purpose of offering him little
good advice.
Il have heard Of the change in your
prospects" said the tutor
$50 supposed " answered the youth,
without in the least percciving the sar-
casm contained in his words.
"lou must be- sensible" continued
the man Of learning, "that common
prudence sometimes requires change
in our plans when there has been Il
change in our condition.
81 suppose there is something in
h.n, I'll ~.