The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-12-29


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any o. these labor-savin' humbugs2 Be.
cause"
TITS about your cousin Roll" said
Mr.. Carey-"Paul Welland son. Heb
come back from Australia. He request.
ed me to come over here, as ] happened
to be passing this way, and see what his
relations would do about giving HIM q
home.n
At these words, Mrs. Philo Welland
emerged from the currant-bushes, where
she was picking the sparkling, ruby-col.
ored fruit to make jelly. For Mrs.
Philo believed in always picking her
neighbours fruit before she began on her
own.
"a home, indeed /" said Mrs. Philo,
"It's what 1 always told you, Philo
Says L, that man'll be sure to come back
some day, poorer than poverty, says l..
And he'll expect us to take care Of him
then. But we've worked deal toe
hard for our money--me and Philo-and
If he wants to be supported, let him just
go to the poor-house. Paul Welland al
ways was rovln' creetur', and Roll
amt no better, I'll go bail ]"
Mr.. Philo Welland screwed up his
face into an expression Of the utmost
caution.
"P'r'aps you're his lawyer, sir ?" said
he.
Mr.. Carey nodded.
81 act for him" said he.
'Then tell him, said Philo, succinct
ly, "that if he expects we're goin' to
support him, he's considerably mistook
We've always took care of ourselves
he can do the same Come, Betsey,
we'd better be goin'r'
'Philo ~ cried out Desire, show can
you be so selfish2 Rolf Welland is ouI
cousin. If he is in want OF trouble.
whom has he to look to but us ? Nal
vrna, you won't be SO hard-hearted I
The old farmhouse is big enough fol
our Cousin Rolf as well as for us. You
never would turn sickly old man
adriit upon the worldp"
"No, 1 wouldn't p said Miss Malvi.
ma, humping her hoe upon the ground.
'Look here, stranger, tell Rolf Welland
he's welcome TO home with us. We
live plain, but we're ready to give him
hearty welcome. Tell him to come
here at once. The sooner the better l'i
"Women is FOOLS" incidentally re.
marked Philo Welland, chewing stalk
of currant leaves. "If you lost what
little you've got, do you s'pose this rel
atlve o. yourn would raise a finger to
help you? Let every man take care OF
himself, say !''
"And who knows" cried Desire
brightly. "Perhaps we can get him the
district school to teachP L heard Squire
Loames say that the new teacher wasn't
going to stay more than quarter long.
err
81 m glad you can afford to take free
boarders," )" said Mrs. Philo, acidly. "Me
and your brother--we cant %
"Do come in, now, and get the coffee,
said Desire. "And a few late straw
berries, Mr.-Mr.-"
"Carey is my name," said the stran'
ger, who had stood immovable beneath
the fiery hail of this conversational epi.
sode. "That is to say, it is my name
now. CHANGED to make myself useful
to rich old gentleman in the East, who
took fancy to me, and left me his prop.
erty in his will. The only condition ap.
pended was that should take his name
in addition to my own. And Carey
isn't bad name."
"Certainly it ain't," said Philo, with
watering eyes. 81 only wish we had
few of that sort of old gentlemen out
this way. I'd change my name half a
dozen times day if it would be any
accommodation to 'em. So you're rich
ehp Betsey,"-te his wife-''if this
gentleman would be so kind as to come
and take dinner with us to-day"
No." said the stranger, in a clear
decisive voice. "Will YOU be so kind
as to hear me outP Carey, as 1 have
already told you, is only my adopted
name. My real name is Rolf Welland. T"
"Whatl" roared Phlo.
Mrs. Philo scrambled so hastily to
her feet that she upset the pail, half
full of eurrants. Miss Malvina dropp-
ed her hoe; and Desire, who had just
brought out little saucer of. late,
luscious, red Strawberries, stood amazed
at this revelation.
"Youl" she cried, "our Cousin Rolf
And nearly hit you with the stick,
chasing the cow, and half startled you
out Of your senses and"
Sand taught me, - said the old bache.
lor, with strangely-sweet smile, "that
there is yet left spice of unselishness
in the conglomerate called human
nature. Cousin Desire, thank you
for the lesson. Believe me, shall not
soon forget itl'
And before the day was over, he had
helped Miss Malvina finish her patch Of
sweet-corn, and mended the defective
fence-rails where the offending COW had
broken through, besides stalking up the
sweet-williams, and mailing the big rose
tree to the frame from whence its ovei