Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-08-13

out Or the whole year.
"You forget" said Matt, ''your rich
uncle who is coming here from Austria
liza soon, and who will, no doubt, so ar
range things that the family will need
no help at all from your hands,
20 dear!' said T., $50 Ibid. But he
has forgotten us for so many years IL
ever since was five. and was nine.
teen on my last birthday that now he
has condcscended TO remember our cx-
istence. and promise US visit, it's no
wonder that can't keep him in mind,
And we are not sure that his coming
will benefit us any. He may be
cranky old man, and very hard TO
please. II is more than likely he is,
for father with whom he could never
agree, though he Is his only brother)
tolls me no was an unusually cranky
young one.
20. you must make him pleased with
you,' declared Matt, decisively "You
have one advantage. and great one,
over the others. You are his god
daughter, you know"
| II know II tony sorrow,n assented,
"Samuollal What name TO give an
unfortunate girl babyl II IL hadn't
boon for that saving Ella, what would
I have donor Fancy u womans being
called Sam all her llfc!"
"But you will do your best TO get
into the old chaps good graccs, won't
youp" said Matt, coaxingly.
well, yes, will, since your heart
seems to DO set upon It," | promised,
though wondered at the time why he
was 80 anxious that | should become .
favoritc of Uncle Sans. I'm do
everything but give up the Reader"
Matt brewster was chief propricto,
of the store whore my brother George
was clerk, and he was also my aokowl-
edged lover. The latter fact made
me the envy of half the girls in Wild.
wood, for Matt was considered the
handsomest and most fascinating yonng
bachelor in the place. lie was tall and
slender, with very fair hair, light blue
eyes, straight nose, and n small
mouth.
Mrs. Leroy, the young wife of old
Captain Leroy-looked up to with great
respect by three-fourths of the popula-
ton of Wildwood, because she had her
bonnet and gloves straight from Paris
gave it as her opinion that his brow
was too narrow, and his chin too re.
treating. Give me, she said, calmly
and coolly, ''thc school-master, any
dav, in preference. He is not quite Us
tall, but his shoulders are broader, SO
is his forehead, and he has certain
manly look and way about him that l.
utterly lacking in Mr.. Mathew Brews.
ter" .s ,f
Strange as it may appear, | did not
feel Us Indignant ut this adverse crit.
csm of my bctrothed (by the way
| had stipulated ut the time of my en-
gagemcnt, now two months old, that
marriage should not be thought of for
at least two Sscars) as some of the other
girls did Nettie Haley, for instance
daughter of Haley, the builder, with a
snug little fortune in her own right, in
hcritcd from her mother was particu
larly wroth.
"She only talks that way" she said,
referring to Mrs. Leroy, "because she
wants to seem different from everybody
else, just rs she sends to Paris from this
out-of-the-way village for her bonnets
and gloves. Why, there's no com.
parison between the two men. Matt
dances beautifully; Mr.. Erickson don't
dance step. Matt sings lovely; Mr.,
! Erickson can only join in bass. Matt
has complexion like n girls and Mr..
} Erickson has one like like
"a mans" | suggested, miscbiev-
ously, rs she paused for n comparison.
go, pshaw, Ella, what u tease YOU
are! And about your own beau, too.
But don't really believe YOU know
and here she hcavcd u deep sigh
"what n lucky girl you are.
"Well, began the Reader, and soon
became SO absorbed i'm my work that
everything ] east eyes upon instantly
, resolved itself into First Lesson. Did
/, the butcher stop at the door, 81 see u
man; he is II butcher; butcher sells
meat" Immediately dashed through
, my brain. Did one 81 my intimate
friend, call, greeted her in my mind
with, IL see girl; her name is May
, Cor Lib, or Molly, whichever it might
, be; ''she comes to tell some news. "
Ny very dreams were haunted by like
, examples. | saw the qucercst things
, Their names were gibberish. They
, played strange and ridiculous pranks
!, But for all that-perchance in conse
, queucc of all that the book progressed
: rapidly, and the first hundred lesson.
|, were almost completed, when mother
received letter from cousin of hers,
, dated from the same place in Australia
q from which Uncle Sam had come. II
: read as follows:
"DEAR SARAH: Your brothcr-in-law start,
for Wildwood In few diys. trust that hs
: | will arrive safely, aud bring you permanent
relief from your pccuniury troubles. Iou
q, will ind him much changed In personal up
| pcarnnce--thc result of several hard fights "
@ which he has been engagcd-since you last
| saw him. Never handsome, he IL now-pe
> cular-looking. write this especially Il
@ warn You. and To have you warn the others
: not to allude in the slightest way to the phys
:, ical blcniishes II will be impossible for you no
to observe as any such ail y, s, would nay
r. With love to Samuclla, upon whom he seem
1 inclined to look with favor, and kind remcn
2 TOM"
y And not very long after the reception
}. of this letter Uncle Sam made his ap
o pearancc. He Uas 'peculiar-looking, :
n To Use favoritc remark of one of on
s. oldest citizens, ''with vengeance.
e His head was bald in spots, rs though
the hair had been pulled out by grca
IL handfuls, and his face was all awry
}, Add to this the expression of an ogre
and you will not wonder that the chill
:, dren, who had been hastily dressed II
n news of his approach, were rs hastil,
d Withdrawn to the kitchen when he ar
II rived. Poor little darlingS, we gotthcn
8, away just in time, for their lips had be
g gun to culver aud their eyes to grow
$. big with frightened surprise. The,
d will get used to him by degrees" whis
t. percd my mother, rs | gave each o
II them n reassurng kiss. ''And now
y Ella dear, go back and do your best t.
d entertain him unity our father comes in
IN while set about the dinner. -
" returned to the parlor. | sat dowl
n opposite our visitor. found dread
i FIJI fascination in his unsymmctrica
J, face. | could not remove my eyes from
Is it, essayed to speak. but before m,
mouth was fairly open Uncle Sam ben
" his shaggy brows and growlch; "An,