The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-10-25

cd irritation upon bis brow which
BODIED i'll for the unfortunate pris.
oners who were to como before
him. But, an hour later, no sudden
y recovered from his ill.humor, and
Tor the rest of the day, his demean.
or was, for HIM, quito amiable and
inohensive. The cause of this pho
nomenon was that during short
pause which ensued between one
case and another, a brother magis.
trato had whispered behind his
hand;
Il say, Parsdisel Do you reeol.
lee. that young Balbernie whom l
! .tf6u-rfed tcaz4..sst summer.t
Yes, | do he returned shortly.
Have you heard he has come in
for q fortune-nearly halt a million,
they say
Really, nowf How do you knowF
inquired old Mr., Paradise quickly.
Il saw it announced In a Scotch
paper, but | had heard it before.
An uncle died and left him every
thing. By.the.by, | heard he was
spoony on your daughter, Paradise
The next case being then called
on, Mr.. Paradise was spared tho
necessity of replying to this awk-
ward remark. The news fairly
took his breath away, but though
no could hardly realize it, 1t had tho
effect OF baniahing his evil temper.
He had an uncomfortable feeling
that he had made fool of himself
but, on the other hand, the discov-
cry that his daughter and young
Balbernie had come together again
was now great reliefto him, in
stead of a source of anger and in.
dignation. Now that the young
man was wealthy, even compared
with himselt-though, TO be sure
he still had tho satisfaction OF feel
ing that he could "buy up" his fn
ture son.sn-law if he choose-hC
saw no possible objection to hi
marriage. He had no particular
prejudice against young Balberni'
personally, but rather the reverse
and it was satisfactory to find tina
he could, after all, honestly approx
fof his daughters choice.
-Y-vrtsAgIng z CIV w.1 es furnish Z
5 young Balbernie's good fortune
= Mr.. Paradise returned homo in tn,
: best possible spirits, in Joyful an
ticipaton of the agreeable task o
withdrawing his opposition to hi,
chlld's wishes, and briE ging abou'
the marriage without delay, Blu
he was a shrewd old gentleman, anC
during the drive homo it occurred
to him that upon the whole it might
be wiser, under tho circumstances
not to volunteer his consent. He
had not much delicacy of feeling
hut be could not ignore tho fact
that his sudden change of front
would be attributed to its true mo
tive. Moreover, it was possible
that his future son.in.law, being
now rich and independent, might re.
fuse to BIO married under his au.
spices, and it would be awkward il
the young man should publicly dis
play his resentment. Upon the
consideration, therefore, no resoIy.
ed to allow the conspiracy which he
had discovered to take its course.
There was something in the notion
which tickled his sense OF humor;
and the prospect of quietly looking
on while bis wife and daughter i'm.
agined he was ignorant of their pro.
ceeding5 promised 10 afford him
amusement. When the marriage
had taken place, he would DO able
to play the part ola mvgnanlmous
and forgivlng parent, while his
neighbors would not be able accuse
him of having brought about the
marriage in consequence of his son.
. in laws altered circumstances.
Old Mr.. Paradise thought himself
very clever indeed whom he had ar.
/ rived ut his determination, and he
/ chucklod a good deal at bis acute,
I, ness. Ho first posted bis daughters
). letter. which he had fortunately
}. opened in such a manner that be
d was abo to seal it up again without
d leaving any trace of its having been
d tempered with. He also took the
!. precaulon to bribo his daughter's
ID maid, and had the Satisfaction OF
, ..-.kot aha had mt mprbon.