The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-11-29
LIKE NAN, LIKE HUSBAND.

LIKE NAN, LIKE HUSBAND.
Mr.. Marcus Wilkinson sat alone in his
31s, with dsinty little perfumed note
Aslseen his fingers, and puzzled frown
1poa his brow. Tue note, directed in a
giaseful feminine hand, was brief:
GEAR GUARDIAN: I will be at the Of
Re NJ ten in the morning, to consult you
ION matter of importance.
MILE.
"A matter of importance" muttered
Nkr. wilkinson, twisting the note ner.
vsusly. "6an my fears be true? Has
05nl Ormsby proposed to my pearl? I
m afraid he has. And what can say?
What can urge against the man, if
AkAhe's own instincts have played her
A3se. Ten o'clock"
The last silvery stroke of the mantel
aasek had not died away when the door
~ The Office was opened by clerk. and
Lille Bentley entered the room.
Just few words to describe the ward
a whom Marcus Wilkinson always
6eosght as pearl, a lily, everything
pare and fair. She was of medium
Asieht, slender and graceful, with
hAos ghtful face of exquisite beauty.
Very young, only eighteen, Mile
Dsniley had born early the sorrows of
lie. Her father, having been wealthy,
xAd failed in business. and committed
vxicile. Her mother, delicate and help
-, had fought poverty feebly for two
ysars, and sinking under privation and
mi had contracted fatal disease When
Al hope of life was over, news came that
Mlie's uncle, dying abroad, had left
hgge fortune to his only sister. A will
~ made by the dying woman, leaving
In own too lately won independence to
Mile, appointing their old friend.
0Are1s Wilkinson, guardian to the heir
-.
Borrowing and womanly beyond her
y~s, Mile had turned from her own
RxiDf TO solace some of the trials of those
~ whom her own poverty had made
~ familiar.
A sousin had come at Mr.. Wilkinson's
inquest to make a home for his ward.
md she resumed many long interrupted
ak~ii5ss. But large portion of her time
y0 spent in the humble homes Of those
vAD had been her mothers friends in
~ lark days of her widowhood; and her
grille charities soon extended far be.
yss3 the small circle.
h had been an orphan for w, years
- he day when she came to seek Mr..
Vlhinson, - already described, and the
SHOWS Of her life had lost some of their
Akis1 sting, leaving only q gentle sad
~ behind.
well, Mollie." the old gentleman
A1, what brings to me the pleasure Of
Dsng you to-day?"
-H j. about myself" Mile said, the
9Asst rose tints flushing in her cheeks.
s.Dssr mel l don't know how you
suss took such an insigni6cant person
- consideration 1t all"
~xow Uncle Marc. please don't tease
-fhe wants something ENORMOUS"
- the old gentleman, mentally ad-
&1ssing the walls. whenever I am
UhsDs Marc, / krow what to expect
Hut Just then the kindly man detected
XsG1g voice WAS turned to ono Of tender
0viiy.
-'What il Il. my child?"
Oynl OEmsUy cam0 70 mo laDt oveu'
-, and. he will come here to-day; but
usated TO zee You FIRST. He wants me
- ~ his wife, Uncle Marc, and"-she
1ainAed-''you do not liks him?"
~yheteld you thsEs" 81
40 o.; I zee it nyself.' -
well. ron are right. I do mot like
- Bat ny like or disliks has no con-
.HesosSrol r. lfinnis's voies was pits.
- 'Plsass doa't talk thst way.
- y yos iest = ! voald have gons
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-, = 20 would your own fa9hss, ia
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