Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-16
.Neu MY darling. wha: Is itr

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wen. my darling, VIVA. IS itr
eDid yo, KNOW or suspect that my cousil
Bertha was the SRI for whom Mr.. PaiIne'
! was willing Z. t..-o7v away his Gfer
"Nor You d,,a't mean It'll Well, well,
| an surprised. HsertIess little jade that gir
il is, anyway, just like her fafoer =.
discourage him then, tecarse-well, becsus.
he was poor, but. OF course, sne nsve'
dreamed he would take it so 20 henrt.
'.And, of course, she kne" nef ia1aer wouk
frown on aCy such n1atchF
''Of course, rich men don : Ike 70 see toen
| daughters wed poverty"
"Oh, that's nonsense. my dear; any father
Of ssznse viii look first at the char scoer and
| capabilities Of his daughters lover, and Il
| they are al right the purse Il secondary A
| for Osborne Palmer. ] assure you, my dear
| have watched him closely since he has baar
here, and consider him very nne fellow.
| OF courxe. his would be suicide is against
him, but I've come to the conclusion that
WORRY and starvation bad made him two
thirds crazy"
ssDo you think gin would"-
''Be lucky to mary hirna Yes, do, and
il you know of any giri that thinks OF doing
so-uow, hush, my dear, don't spead Don't
tell me ar7fhiIg! I have very particular
reason for not wanting to know anything
/ you tell her or him, or both Of them, That to
save ali fuss. or awkwardness 1, II were him
or her, would slip OF quietly and DO mar
/ RED"
"But, papa dear, do you really mean that
| you would forgive
There's no question of forgiveness. You
( lust tell Osborne what have said, and il De
has the sense give him credit for ne VIII
I understand me-"
/ At this moment Palmer himself came into
! the room. There the conversation terminated
/ abruptly.
| For some days thereafter Mr. Clyburne
! was SO good natued, SO almost generous, that
/ every one observed it; his fellow directors
/ and associates nudged one anotiser and said:
| 'Now's your time to talk to CfFourne on
such and such g project" and his clerks
whispered: 'How queer Mr.. Clyhusae seems!
| Wonder if he's going to der
| One intimate friend, a venturespme fellow,
/ had the hakdihood to say:
! "What the mischief has come over you
/ latelyl I never knew you to be 50 genial
/ Whom have you fseced this weekF
| ''Oh, I've got such rich thing on Obed
Jennessl" replied Cyburue, ctrlckling to
| himself for the thousandth time Didn't
cost me anything but little advice-cteapest
thing in the world, you know. He can't set
ahead Of me on this score!"
The friend didn't mention this to any but
ten Of his mos. intimate friends, and as they
were equally secretive It did not take long to
set every man on Change to slyiJ watching
Obed Jenunes. They naturally supposed
that Clyburne referred to things financial,
not matrimonial
Bertha visited Daisy quite often about that
time, and Mr. Clyburne lost no chance OF
publicly insisting that Bertha must send for
her things" and remain the rest q the week
with Daisy.
One morning, during q visit, servant
came to Mr. Ciyburne as he sat at breakfast
and t1enbHngly said:
Mass Cyburne, sab, Miss Daisy amt In
her room, sahF'
Not Gone for walk, suppose"
IFS feared not, sab. An'-an' Miss
Bertha done gone too"
They'll probably be here soon. Keep
soms coffee hot for them"
'sB-but, sab, Mary she say as howds beds
amt ben slep' in"
Neither Of thenT asked Mr.. Clyburue, O
little anqi
''N-no, sab; an yur's note Mary fouIP
in Miss Daisys ROOM" added the man, hand
ing tiny envelope to his master. but stand
ing al far from him as the width Of the silver
salver and the extent Of his long arm would
permit
Mr. Clyburne opened the note calmly; he
suspected that he knew what was in it, he
merely glanced at the first lines:
Darling Papa-This to tell you that MI
Palmer is about to act on your advice: Bertha
and | are to meet him at DR.. IS ut Il
O'Clock tonight, for we think it best to have
friendly witness 70 such matter"
''Ha, ha, ha!" laughed he heartily, to the
surprise and delight Of the alarmed servant-
II understand it now Miss Daisy will re
home pretty soon, but it is not necessary to
give any hint Of this little affair to your mis-
tress She has severe headache and 1t VIII
only worry her. Send Mary here
Mary quickly appeared, for Suas C!yburne
was terror to evil doers aud she, too, was
cautioned to silence and her fears all allayed-
Silent Yes, truly they would be very
silent, especially when each of them received
so bill with the remark, "Fll give you al
much more II you wiz ever again bring me-
such good news
And now said he to himself, as he was
On his way down town, chow best to break
the news 70 my dear friend CbedI Ea- ha.
hal How he viii rage and fur1e! Wonder
what I'd best say. Guess III just hand him
Daisy's note to NE and watch his face while
be reads it. By the way, l haven't read it
all myself"
Drawing the note frur, his pocket he Be
gan to read: ".At Or. - UNI, I've resd
that, UNI, I'm such o deed, and who can be .
better one than O cousin. Bertha goes hogns
tonight Oh, pshaw, then the fun is over.
But wha. is thisl 4 so with my husband
Why, why, what-fYour loving daughter,
soon 70 be Daisy Palmer? Am crazyr
No, he was not crazy. In his greed to
work mischief to his enemy he had not
allowed his daughter TO explain that It wzs
she, not Bertha, With whom Osborne Palmer ,
was in love. He jumped TO tho conclusion |
that she was referring TO Bertha ell the tine, |
and, lol be had done as the wicked often do; |
he had himself fallen into the Pit that be had /
SO carefully di,ged for another.
''f am fooled, Old Obed shM not know /
It; I'd not give hin that sat1z1acNoo,' WIS
his decision.
BIZ: though be put brave face on TIE 1
matter no one was deceived, and be knew I. .
They whispered 20 one another and Won !
dered "wh<e Is the little gacae be was 70 I
play on his euemyF
OF course Daisy's husband, in Daisv's eyes, /
Is IA TOO precious to risk ms NE "a opening
any more ct papa's possible bombs, 50 Nr. i
Clyburre Is again N search Of such deputy. /
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