Middletown transcript., 1886-09-30
Niaryeling not ,ot,, q little, Frank WITH.

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aryeling not Il little, Frank FRI vita with
drewtoiii !sssd saa neIsnaai sao1s saia
EliaThe strangers opening question was
iat least an. equal surprise to FRANKS
parent a. di~0Ig giql4 aa5 ,hssb,ii
9li" Your son is engaged to Miss Muir
+rell, and it is said that you object to
fthe match. Is this true 2''' ,..s..... :. ',.A
Ih The elderly. lawyers face grew
slowly purple, half with confusion, ~ fusion,
half with rage i 9lgis baa suoiaia9
"I.ean not see, Mr.. Green, that my
family afairs=-H he sbegan.o ialaqs1e
bssa Concern me- That's as the event
may determine, sFhe other answered,
with q ajafring blitheness:i I believe
tive stated facts and the ground Of
your objection is the recent failure Of
Miss Murrell's father,iiand the girls
consequent poverty. - rs Nov, low, MI Mhr.
Archer, I've story to tell, and I'll be
brief about it, as you lawyers like.
| Fiye-and-twent years ago ! lived at
Murley--at Raybeck mill-with my
father and my brother. That brother
stole from, me my sweetheart, and I
hated him as perhaps only brother
can hate brother I went abroad,
grew rich, came home to England,
saw the mill advertised for sale owing
to my brothers bankruptcy, came
here intending tobuy it, turn Thomas
out, and live there myself y I iva, was ,st.il still
| Ischeming revenge On my way here
tI was saved by your som from 20 terri
Ebls danger. / find be loves -ahem!
-rmyiniece; Like yourgson, and
his Carrie, On the day they marry !
am prepared to. settle upon the bride idile
thei1hols uofsthisG property. and1to
make her my heirsss also 7 .,la have VEN 40
Elother jties.igI am an eccentric old fel-
low, butt can prove every statement
Imaks. And sh these cond ditions, MI.
Archer, ] hope you'll waive your OBJ
jections to what, even to my old eyes,
| Is, SO clearly a love-match, i Ny real
bname isAndrew Murrell. l.IeTIt was the
necessity Of using this upon the docd-
ments that made meiinsist upon the
delay until you returned. Now, if you
agree, we can proceed. ;" 'sw oG~ 4 basi i,l
Gradually the listenerG was recover
ing from the shock Of the revelation
and appeal He had already found
Frank inAexible, and, despite his valo-
rous words, dreaded q conflict. i,H Here
was a way Of escape for his prideito!
ls,ef III think It over, and d5TProbably
weshaI cometo laniagreement, Mr.,
Maffit, = : the checkmated solictoIr, r. r.
bpGedsdo lsiailig ~. 70 9lom sla 4sofi3
~ Frink's battle was won in an hour
Ewhen he least hoped it. sli ,li.fH
Ens That bsamei evening there we're, in
tthe old-fashionsd parlor Of RaybecA
mill Actwo pathetic happy meetings.
bif *uiht*nm HOS *odsa*s di*IoIf
Eln9a t.I1e And, nog,, Carrie, you 81 WIN not in-
sist upon spelling my Christmas-tide.
upon taking all the sunshine out my
life, !" the young man pleaded .Isa4
ai4l For my iownsake, ne, y the maiden
,,,,,sS,o, oradlGlf % sqiIi ll9aif 1Es3i' 3ag
l1SiGf.3 2HlaBD3aa. ii leIfsHq. 3HT
tra*teO II ran I'll a0fgnatEW nf*i8ls
-" And, Thomas, if love divided us,
Eloye--of others shall also unite us,
III have been hard +---''iirG ae ~ aat
se" And was treacherous.:' l1os9I
1sti But let the dead past bury its
dead" Ii7ssl4gl a!q0s. - i9e jRs
a'a Amen! And in your nagnani-
nifty tare .erevenged, Andrew, my
brother once more p. tstfiil g zedio
hds. s1I al ,.,nls yiisi' sd''ia q 7moa
III" Ahli the Christmas chimes are
preparing. nj shtiotha asg1sao.' 5iiii
Ard with that happy peal. a peace,
as Of Gods benediction. fell upon these
long alienated hearts.-W.J. Lacey,in
The Culver. ssbiit 9ig9W ti1Hoa
Esbnfa osij0f1ls ~ .lnifsNiaHgio biG
Edi What Made Him Feel so Bad
mi"John, do you remember coming
home last night and asking me to
throw you an assorted lot of key
tholes out Of the window, so that you
might find one large and steady
enough, to get, your latch key IN i''..,
huo "Yes dear" "s.ta.l1sq .tss1atai leu
hignAnd you rememberithe night iibe-
fore how youiasked meIto come down
and hold the stone steps still enough
for you to step on?ai zass 71h s1siil
eyes dear" 'i's'a ~ 'i'a
Sand the night before how you
tried to jump into the bed as it pass
led youricorner of the room f''v 5s4il
lJs Yes dear.N gil se 1uotg ssaoa !
idstAnd still another night when you
carefully explained to me that no
man was intoxicated as long as he
could lie down without, holding on
and attempted, togo in bed on per-
pendicular wall r. i,apors b9taia ssig
IitYes dear!'S yih asm9a lool m0r /
hsIsJohn, do youf realize that lyeu
khave come home sober but two nights
intthe past week g''sa yfii Ii 1E9g 1Sea /.
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