New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-15
UNCLE REUBEN'S WILL.

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"The last sixpence is gone" she
said, "and there isn't any paraffin to
cook dinner with. Nab, what are we
going to do?"
There were several shades OF ofanxiety
in her face, as she glanced at her sis
ter, who was even prettier, and who
was busily arranging mop Of curly
hair, under a rather shabby-looking
straw hat and brown veil.
All our trinkets are gone," she
added, yes, even mammals watch,
that we priced SO much. Oh, I shall
never forget how the old clock maker,
to whom we took it, haggled about
the price
Her sister arched her black eye
brows, and pursed up herlips, with COR
responding anxiety; butshe answered,
incouragingly:
''Never mind, dear. 1t amt dinner
time yet, and ! am going to the Office
to see if there is any answer to our
advertisement. There must be one
by this time, think; and, If the worst
come to the worst, perhaps the grocer
will trust us for q loaf OF bread, and
the Gilman for some parafin. We've
been regular customers, you know"
The sisters we're orphans. They oc-
cupied a tiny back room in the third
story OF Mrs. Sharkey's lodging house.
AS long as Nab had kept her situation
as cashier in the stores, with salary
of flve-and-twenty shillings, they had
managed to 'tkeep: the wolf
from the. door, A little paraAin
stove, with one burner, suficed to
cook their simple meals. For the
rest, their furniture was OF the plainest
and their dress the most economical.
Dora did copying and directing envel-
opes, whenever she could get any to
do, which was not very often; but this
helped, little as it was Now, how
ever, Nab had lost her situation,
through the failure OF the firm where
she was employed, and they were re-
duced to almost absolute starvation.
But, in the meantime, Nab had ad-
vertised for another situation, and
was IN daily hope OF meeting with sue
cess. She was by nature cheerful, and
always looked on the bright side of
things. Yet, so far, her hopes had
not been realized.
ooh, DEAR" sighed Dora to herself,
as she sat down to mend a rent in her
own lawn DRESS" Il hope Nab will
get something to-day. It seems as
though
"Good luck, Dora! Good luck! Good
luck!" cried Nab, bursting into the
room, her lips and cheeks glowing
and her hazel-brown eyes
dancing with Joy and excitement. ooh,
such good luck! You can't begin to
guess it,
"Have you got situation?" cried
Dora, excitedly.
"a situation? No, not a shadow
of one. But I've got something forty
times better. Look" and she held up
a legal looking document, which she
had taken out OF a long yellow envel-
ope.
"What is it?" asked Dora, breath.
lessly.
"You may we'll ask what. It's a
copy of Uncle Reuben's last will and
testament, in which he bequeaths to
us his farm in Sussex. And there's
three hundred pounds coming to us
besides, which we can get by callinqo on
Lawyer Pierson tomorrow" finished
Nab, excitedly.
"Oh, Nab! Oh! oh! A house, and
farm, and three hundred pounds!,'
cried Dora, more excited now than
even her sister. "We'Il go and live
there. I've always been crazy to live
in the country, and have two or three
acres, q COW, and some chickens, and
a garden"
"Yes," broke in Nab, eve will.
But, oh, Dora,'' with sudden look OF
compunction, "all this time we haven't
thought of poor Uncle Reuben-and
he's dead"
@Why, to be sure, we have not"
answered DORA, suddenly becoming
serious. "But, of course, we are sor-
ry he died. am, I'm sure. But,
then, seeing we never saw him in our
lives, we couldn't expect to feel very
sorry, you know"
Both girls tried to keep from feeling
too elated, as they disposed Of their
scanty stock of furniture, and made
preparations to take possession of
their new estate"
A few weeks after, and the sisters
alighted at the station to which they
had been directed as nearest to the
farm, and asked their way OF the por-
ter.
"Mr. Reuben Boyton's, mum
miss?" hestammered, gazing adniring-
ly at the two bright-faced girls VINO
smiled back at him. "Certainly,
mum-miss, | should say. You take
that there road, agolng by the mill
there. fur about a mile; an then turn
off on the right t-hand road.fur anurther
mile an half nigh about; an you'll
come to Mr.. Boyton's house. It's the
first house on that road, SO you can't
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