The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1885-09-09
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MY PATRIM ONT.

MY PATRtMONT.
Allnt Fanny mad Just come to make her
usual summer visit and had proudly Ia
ken her through the house 10 have her al
luire the improvements made since her
last visit
ut is all very nice and convenient
dear she said rs she seated herself in
the easy chair offered her. hut did YOU
never regrcat giving those bonds To your
husband. May
Most a>>uredlN not. amtic. Why
"Beeau>c thought il very mwise and
that some day you would bitterly regret
it. II Wa> your poor fathers property
and should have been retained in your
name, am sure.
Now don't worry auntie please You
have come to haHca pleasant visit with
lis. Ella has been nearly frantic with de
+ light since told her you were coming.
The child. yes. She l. dear little
thing, to be sure But do You know that
/ if Your husband should die to-day she
would inherit the property You gave him.
If She were your own child it would be
different
But she is mine. all have certainly.
| love her dearly, and hope to he Il good
mother To her, Notwithstanding all the
bitter things written and said against
>tcpmother>.
Yes and You are good good mother
10 her. But TO suppose still further. If
she, toe. should be taken away. then
your property would not revcrtl 10 You.
but 20 To her relatives. of whom YOU
know nothing. Would that be right
Perhaps not, But Why do you say
such dreadful things: She and her ia
thcr are rs likely to live n | And. then.
Il wife Is entitled to dover.
lies the interest from onc-third of
what the husband leaves. Just the inter
est, mind YOU. And You gave him the
means To =" into business. You know he
failed once and may possibly again.
But he paid up every penny flashed
back proudly.
II know. and ii WAS right; but, eonSc-
qncntly You married poor man with Il
child rs well rs wife 10 support on Il
clerk salary.
You forgot, amti", that he still had
this beautiful home when all his creditors
had been fully paid; he home i'll which
Ella WAS born and where hi> poor wife
died.
II forgot nothing and what ! remrm-
Der with the greatest bitterness Is your
WadNised act OF yielding up your llttlc
patrimony. intrdStcd To ne by your dying
father for You, and that YOU took no oh
legation for it whatever,
But, replied, he invested ii in Il
business which supports Us nicely. Be
stiles. il Was not his fault. lie wanted me
to have Understanding notes. or to be
the company IN the business. aS II |
would ana lold nm never 10 mention
the subject To be again, and he never
has,
Then all have to say Is that YOU
were very silly rs well a inprudeht.
But II was not all she had /" say. even
To telling me thai certain matchmaking
mother had SAID that my husband would
have preferred one OF her daughters II
she had held property III her own right A.
! did. That he needed the money and
married me simply to Obtain m
Don t. allhlA. please. >;ll'l Win a
little shivcr.
Nor would |, but to convince You that
he should have secured Your little proper
ly to YOU II only Tor the OPINION oil ON
cr~.
1T i, all right Just a. 1t i. Ah mere
comes Ella. ana my dear old Worldly
wise aunl forgot To lecture III her delight
At seeing the llttlc larry who nearly
>ill"lhtftu hcI WIN hISN'>.
Bul had received a.hlft that ranked
like a thorn in the flesh. And - Mrs
Jones thought he married me for money:
And perhaps others nave the >aliie "pin-
ion, oi course knew he ana not. and
said it over and over again I" myself a.
helped our one SCI Want I" Plel''i' ''''
evening meal.
And when my husband came with his
hearty. CHEEKY welcome Tor AUNT Fanny /
looked "i>tiully IN his FACE Tor an ans
Wcr to my mental question Tor question
it would become III spite OF my llrln tie
termination TO ignore II H. >ucih
once more during AUNT Fanny STAY
did she attempt to rene" the eohNerNa-
tlun interrupted by Ella entrance. hul
only >alu' III You please auht'r'
would rather not say any thlh@ more ap"u'
thal.
And she VINO ih"u%lii Nh' Nas ohIl
striving Tor my interest replied t"iaiN
PARDON me May >uall not omen"
again
Offend, You VINO nay p''h iatltr.
mother ana aullll' an III one: ana
kissed i'r H. hau ever do'' Nliee sue
ulcN "'e ava, I'm ~ ~,
once hlnlhg lef own S'irI /" a>>""S'
NINE.
DO You remember aa'''lo u'ar' Nhoh
| used 10 nave the NUlkS anu You Nbultl