The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-10-23

1 Il Ilft1t III 'fslA NsA' h'NN'
Bently, at Newest ffty-third stress, and
YOU may cali for me there. 1T viii save
YOU a wet Journey to Brooklyn, and will
also be much nicer about getting home
Don't be offended if say my aunt 5
house is so very convenient TO the horSe
cars that if you call for me with a carriage
| refuse to go at all. This is not a whlm,
but q principle. hope you know me well
enough to believe that | mean precisely
what | say.
Very truly yours, ANNIE FIELDING.
"~Jerusalem!" exclaimed the old gen
tleman. as the note huttered to the
floor. Dick had been furtiVely watch
inc the effect of his dear girls letter
upon his uncle, and when he
saw the thoughtful, SOttened expires
sion of his C~ountenance, fondIy hoped
his relative, in this moment OF weak
ness, would put out a twenty dollar
bill, and say: go it my boy; don L
let her wet thesOles otherdamty feet.
But no such hOneyed sweetness tell
upon his ears; nothing but a soft, long
drawn whistle Issued from the Old
mans lips. 80.
"What do YOU think of her, uncie?'
asked the young man, with an anxious
smile"
"Why she must be Unusual, Dick
Dick went to work with a light heart,
but the old gentleman was busted IN
Thought all day. He had had a new
revelation of wOmanklnd.
By evening the wind ceased and only
the rain fell quietly and steadily, The
young people went to the play most
prosaically in a horse car, like ordl-
nary mortals, and enjoyed 1t not a
whit the less.
People Will think we are married., y
thought Dick, iubilantly. as with Annie
tucked under his arm he hailed a car
Tor home when Julius Casar had been
properly stabbed. grated and duly
disposed of in regular style.
How came you to write that note,
Annie?' asked Richard, unconsciOusly
using her Christian name.
"Well, to be candid, to take a car
riage allthe way to Brooklyn andbaCk,
or even right here in the city is terri
bly, expensive, and | thought it a.
possible you could not afford it. Not
that | thought you absolutely hadn't
the money, you know'-apOlogetical-
ly.
ooh, of course not" exclaimed our
hero, with gusto.
Comfy" she continued, II likethings
to be consistent. And, besides, l did
want to go so badly"
Was that the only reason?" anx-
ious to keep her talking.
"WelP' and she smiled, merrily, per
haps wanted to show that Twas fast
c~olors.'"
Dick wanted to hug her. She was
adorable. Nothing but his impecuni-
osity restraineG him from popping the
question on the spot, But, if his lips
We're silent, his eyes were unquenchable,
and she-well, she was a woman, and
consequently this species of commu-
niCation was quite ineligible to her.
When Richard finally let himself in
to his uncle's gloomy, old-fashioned
house, he was surprised to see a light
in the old gentleman's sitting-room.
Thinking he might be III, he hastily
mounted the stairs and entered the
room.
His uncle was yawning over a book,
and on the table dusty bottle OF
rare old wine that hat was the pride
OF his life and only used on the rarest
occasions.
what on earth are you sitting up
for, uncle?"
"For you. What do you mean by
keeping me out OF bed till this late
hour"
The expression on his face would
have been quite the proper thing, and
a thing to be expected in a wife, but
IN an uncle, it was so supremacy alb
surd that Richard almost doubted
his uncle's sanity.
Dick" said the old man, solemnly,
"this has been a devilish long evening,
but | have stuck it out and determin.
ed not to go to bed till we drank the
brides health"
What bride?'' asked Richard, con.
WINGED now of his uncle's delirium.
"Why, yours, roared the old man
aren't you going to marry her? i
you don't | shall"
But, financially you know" gasped
Dick, I'll am not"
Richard, said his uncle, pouring
out the wine in two beautiful, Venetian
glasses, II resign the business to you
Tomorrow | shall retire. expect te
stop at home to watch the young mad
am and keep her cut of mischief"
The wine was drunk in silence except
for the usual indistinct mumbling.
The old mans eyes softened; hi
thoughts went back generation, Will,
to Dick the golden fluid conjured III
visions Of passionate bliss, in which |
pair Of blue eyes anda golden head fig
urcd extensively. When Annie Fielding
came to be mistress of the old hous
she had two lovers instead of one.