The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-09-19
SCRIMSON & FULLY.
The Dissolution of an Old, and
Formation Of New, Firm.

cts no use, Mark. He won't listen to
reason"
81 don't want to use logic with him,
Fanny. Itisn't a matter for argument"
"But you don't know papa as we'll as 1
do"
"And l don't think prize his acquaint-
ance as much as that of his daughter"
"You don't know him, and''-giving Just
little squeeze to the coat sleeve on which
her gloved hand rested-"you must let me
say all the unpleasant things about him.
\ on don't know how set he is in his way.
and now he is very angry"
Il never saw decent man kicked out of
doors except on the stage, and he won't
begin the practice in real life on me- DON'T
you believe it, Fanny"
He didn't say anything about kicking"
replied Fanny, with disdan; but when
you come to the house this evening he will
send word that | am not at home. It's no
use, Mark. You must be patient a little
while. We must be patient" emphasizing
the pronoun with another little squeeze of
the coat sleeve.
"What has set the old curmudgeon''-
Fanny Withdrew her hand-"what has
turned the favor of your respected
parent'-the hand was replaced-''so sud-
ucllN against me! w nat Is he angry
abOut?" asked Mark
THAT is just what l came out to meet
you for, and | would have told Won long
ago if you hadn't been so unreasonable
Nou must know, sir, that | am doing a
very improper thing in running after YOU
IN this way, and walking home with YOU
from your office, when papa has forbidden
me to receive you at the house: and |
think, perhaps, ought to leave you at
once, right here"
What We're you going to say, Fanny,
when interrupted you with my unreason-
ableness" meedy responded Mark
Il had begun to tell YOU that il is all
about your uncle, and not about YOU at
all"
"What has my uncle done? He has been
in partnership with your father for ten
years past, and that is how we came to
know each other, Fanny. They can't have
quarreled after all this time"
'Yes, they have. | never saw papa so
angry before. He has been cross for a
week, and to-day he came home crosser
than ever, and told me he never wanted to
see any one by the name of Tully again.
He said you must stop coming to the house.
and that if | didn't want to refuse to see
you, he would take care of it; and when
said | couldn't, he called in the house
keeper, and told her to give orders to the
servants to say that | was not at home to
you"
And made you cry-confound himw
interjected Mark, as, looking down at the
brown eyes on level with his shoulder,
he saw the Iashes set in diamonds.
81 didn't cry much, "repIied Fanny, with
little sniff, and winking hard. But he
talked horribly. They are going to wind
up the business, and we shall go off some
where; for he hates the whole town, he
says, and all he wants is to come back to
your uncle's funeral Isn't it awful, Mark?
All | want of old Tully is legal proofs of
his DEATH, he said"
"H'm!" was Marks inarticulate COM
ment, as if the glimmer of an idea had
struck him.
"Why, he talks just as if your uncle had
cheated him." continued Fanny. "He saws
that he must get out of the business to save
what he has left, and that odd Tully' will
have to die to pay him what he has got
from him."
"They must have had a lively time of
it," said Mark "But it is all nonsense.
Each of them is rich enough to retire if he
wants to; and as for that Reinsurance it
was only little piece of business for me.
Neither of them needs it."
"What life-insurance?" asked Fanny.
about three years ago." explained
Mark, when was getting business for
the MOnadnOck Mutual Profit and Beneyo-
lent Association, | induced them to take
out policies in favor of each other So
your father holds policy of ten thousand
on my uncle's life, and my uncle the same
on the life of your father. If either of
them dies, the other gets the money. That's
what he meant when he said old Tully
would have to die TO pay him"
"How hOrrible!" circulated Fanny. "DO
you think your uncle feels the same way
about my father"
81 don't doubt he feels a great deal
worse, to judge from what know Of tue
old gentleman's sentiments when he once
gets an antipathy. But don't you worry,
Fanny" continued Mark, in a reassuring
tone. "Neither of them will realize on his
policy for n long time yet, and there'll be
another partnership of Scrimson and Tully
before that"
80, MarkW and the brown eyes were
quickly raised and cast down.
81 won't come TO see you Tonight" said
Mark, after they had walked on a way;"and
perhaps not to- morrow night | have some
regard for the sudden preiudices of your
respected father, and 1 want TO see how
my uncle takes it. When find that out, |
shall know what TO do. Trust it to me,
Fanny. | will write you at the house.
They can't say not at home TO the United
States mail"
Mark bought an evening paper as he
went on TO his uncle's house after parting
from Fanny. An advertisement caught
his eye:
"DissQLUEs@u OF PARTNERsHIp-The CO.