Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-08-31
THE MISSING BILL.

Miss Susan Van Antwerp would neys
have bough, ,hs, ha, II l, hadni beet
Coz her nose. All her life she bad beet
accustomed TO buying. no, only her hats
ba, the res, Of her wardrobe, TO 'ui, ,hs
particular feature.
It~n not a bad nose in fact. !, hsC
started out in life a. q very amiable. In
offensive one bu, Mis-. Van An,wsrI
bad early conceived the idea that l, vas
much too prominent. A. sirl she hsc
BEEN mortified and humili.,ed by IL. Az
she grew older .he accepted !, dshAn,ly
and, AZ last. having thought 40 muet
abou, IL. she was actually proud OF u IN
,oornful way.
All ,hi. bad IL. effect upon the nose,
and nov /, hAbi,u.lly ~ore an Agreeaol'
"l.am. .monsrch-of..ll.l.survey" .ori Of
an expression.
NJ. Van An,werp's face ". no, a
lovely one I, vas too much like her char
Ae,er ior ,h., both were strong, re'oluis'
hard.
TIE only thing she bad ever loved ~a'
her nsphew Fred. She bad brough, him
up from baby. His little fAi hand. had
pa,ied ,hA, defiant no.e without symp'
tom of fear. and the whole strength Of
,hi. lonely old womans hear, bad gone
on, 10 him a. be grew from childhood 10
manhood.
Ofoours,. she mean, 10 leave him all
her money whom should she leave IL 10
bu, Fred She had looked for~ard TO
hi. marrying aud bringing biz wife home
.nd TO an old axe made bright by Fred's
children. Ba, this was jas, where the
trouble came in. She wanted him TO
mary M.rgsre, Sieubsn 'hs had picked
her on, especially.
Margaret va. a nice girl. Of a good old
family. With plenty Of money. "And be-
sides" said Miss Van Antwerp. As she
summed her up to Fred one night. "her
nose is little like mine.
Fred bad laughed a, this. and Miss
Ven Antwerp FASTENED TO modify IL.
NO, much like mine" she said
"only they Won, look badly together"
But. in spite Of this, and all her Other
eSeellen, reasons, Fred Ob',inA,ely refused
to mary Margsre, S,euben.
Ms. Van Antwerp was angry with
him, more angry than she had ever been
with Fred but i, va. nothing TO hs'
anger when .he found that he W. en-
gagged 20. and actually goins TO marry,
Nellie Martin. "a miserable little 'nuo'
no.ed nobody"
After she h.a called her ,hs, Fred rose.
lie looked very tall and white.
"very well. Aun, Susln." he said
"~e will no, discus. the matter. | can
no, have Miss Martin insul,ed even by
YOU. You have been very kind 10 me
bu, unle.. you ean think dItieren,ly aboa,
,hi. We had better 20 our separate ways
now"
"Fred :" cried the old woman, 10 a
fury. III shall never think differently
and will never forgive you II you mary
,h.,-girl :"
The dash would have been filed With
ldjee,ive.. bu, something in Fred'' face
restrained her.
She had never mean, IL. poor old wo.
man. She would have forgiven Fred
anything.
Wa. he no, her dead sister. child. aud
the only human being ,ha, she really
loved Ba, Fred had taken her a, her
word, and had gone away.
IL wa. over year ago tha, all this
happened, and Miss Van An,werp's nose
hal grown more aud more belligereni.
and she was harder and harder TO suit IN
the matter Of bonne,s and hats. She was
trying TO find one that pleased her
when my story opened. She had ,ried on
seventeen. and the obliging bu, much IA.
,igued salesman heard her say, With de-
light, Of the eighteenth I'll like that
/, suit. my nose"
"Yes." she said decidedly; 81 like
,ha, hat. you may send !, up"
Scarcely had i, LEFT the store. when
young woman. plainly dressed, hurried
in, and walked rapidly to the millinery
department. Going directly to the FORE
woman. she said
"Oh. Miss Allen. can you let me see
that brown bonnet that ! trimmed for
you yesterday , | wan, !, only for mo-
ment."
1--WE have jus, sen, !, home, am 'Or'
u TO say. Old Miss Van Antwerp
bough, H."
"Old Miss Van Antwerp !" echoed th,
Younger woman. "0h, am so sorry :!
she added. her lips trembling.
"Did you wan, IL for anything e.pec'
isl ?" inquired the forewomsn. kindly.
I'm afraid know !, sounds perfect
ly ridiculous. but I'm afraid there's
twenty dollar bill in the crown. Yot
see" Oh. said hurriedly. "my HUSBAND
threw /, down In my lap just |. l wsl
gathering the crown lining i knew
mus, finish the hat, 90 l worked on snC
when was through couldn't find th'
money anywhere. 1t seems perfectly 40
.urd 10 think !, may be inside Of ihs
crown lining. and don't believe II IL
bu, I've hunted everywhere else. and
though, would like to look. for ] nsee
the money very much" 49,,
~ would 20 to Miss Van Antwerp II
were you and tell her all abou. It," 'aie
the forewoman. "You see We can hard
ly do anything. !, not being our money
Go TO Miss Van Antwerp, TO Fred
aunt, and tell her they were 90 poor tha
she, his wife, Was trimming hats for |
living. and thought she had accidentally
lost all her money in the crown Of thi
particular bonnet! II would be an inter
eating tale. certainly. Nellie lsughe,