Telegram-herald., 1888-12-21


HaeFlzl4g, and Cba4ncey fela2a thai
George hzd exct1ses3 hlnlself frzEa AZ
tsncanes &c TIE tl1a1er s42d. he s4l1;
az gl1d y0u e4a give tie D-ornlng
60 nle. - / Lzve soEas De@s for yo0 rhAt
nzsy, psrl-aps. EErlss azla Annoy yce
lIls-essl.' Eeplsd CeeEss. y AAt
. ir
4 would noE toueh upon i laSt night.
although / tank son1s lEnLnecEale acttoa
should - ta1en - y11 cr soslT trie11c-s,
coE.kl14sd CL4lLcey, loo-lag very seE-
BoL-s.
g Pray SPEAK out. sad George
..Oh yes / must ID tiLzt. for | have
nO tact. nsger hs-d, ~ maze - uDpis'zs-
ant matter s-<roe1bla. Have yo4 heard
from yonr uncle Lztelyg
Yes, Two days principally on
Mr.. b4~k's business. replied George.
My Old hoy, your uncle never IN
tended you any good ~ ben he shut YOU
up L. that hOg house of B1wk Z. lie put
you there tor his O~Tn selfish pGrIs0se and
nothing else.
"Why do yCu say thar asked George.
lie las led yo0 ~ suppose that yea
were 10 be his hear SOHO day. has he
not
lie has never said that In direct terms;
bur be certainly h2s limited at such u pOs-
sibiiitY."
Then he's an old scamp, il he don't
deserve a harder name. said Chauncey,
humping the table. Two days ago he
did his best % dlsinherit YOU. You may
stare. but I saw with my own eyes, heard
with my own ears, that old raganuffln
marry a bouncing woman Of thirty"
Marry Uncle Silas marry!
Fast "a ST. Mary Axe could do IL, 20
snuifsellers daughter and then
ChAuncey, 10 the astOnishment of his
friend. narrated what No already know
Of tho wedding at which Mr. Chauncey
had 80 OfiicioI5ly assisted.
This Is indeed a terrible blow" said
George, IAN unexpected blow.
YES; | ara afr-id. knowing the hands
be has fallen into, that he won't have
vii OF his own when a few months have
passed" said Channcey Il found out
how the matter came about Old Silas
was very III. and wouldn't have . dOctori
but-a Beadle, / call him-got at him.
and then introduced his daughter as
nurse They lrgt physicked him nearly
% death. and then hroaght him round
with bottled porter. They told tho old
fool they saved his life, and he be-
loved il; and ont Of gratitude, and the
want OF 4 nurse, he proposed 10 Miss
Hirh-dricd, ard married her.
This hits me harder than you know,
Chaunccy-much harder. POOR Lefty
anl can never hope now -
"Oh, nonsensei" replied Chauncey.
Keep your rncle's secret, as he will IL
no can. marry Lefty, and let Mother
Green storm afterwards
George shood his head, and then
said:
"Chauncey. you advise that which is
dishonorable."
"All fair in love. old boy replied
Chauncey, with laugh; land if | were
| you. to gain the woman who loves me,
whom love, I'd kill my uncle"
Great heaven, what do you say? But
see-you were joking. No; my course
| is perfectly clear so far rs Mrs. Green
| and Lefty ere concerned. go 10 them
| ut once, and tell what has taken place.
| If / am forbidden to continue my visits
| bv Mrs. Green she shall be obcyed.
Lefty. know, will be always true to me;
| and when can make home for her, /
can claim her with honor"
"Devi,ish pretty speech" said Chaun-
| cev," and ali right. / have no doubt.
still say, kill old Silas Cheeseman, and
| get married; OF, perhaps-yes-
| you shall write 10 him, now that he's
! hoaevmoon struck-tell him you want
to follow his example, and require ten
| thousand pounds to do it.
| Il understand this nonsense, -Chaun-
| cey," replied George, with q sad smile.
| Your friendly chaff is well meant; but
| ray case is very serious And 80 goOd-by
for an hour or two. You viii find me
| here after that time"
The road To Mrs. Green's cottage never
seemed so long before to George Poynter
as it did now that he felt his fate. Tho
happiness, for n time at least, Of his dar-
| ling Lefty depended upon the interview
| no was seeking with her mother. He
was not without some justification for
tho misgivings which beset him, as Mrs.
| Green had more than twice or thrice
| casually hinted at what alnOther's course
| should be To prevent child marrying
| into poverty" Indeed, she had once told
him, when Lefty was rot present, how
| glad she was when his uncles recognition
| Of him produced such a favorable turn in
| Georges fortunes, as it had spared them
| all the pain which she should have felt il
her duty to have inflicted. The crisis
| had only been deferred. There were tears
| from Mrs. Green-regrets and pity; but
| there were were also cold, cruel words.
which were not to be eainsaid. unless
| Lefty could disobey the mother who had
| loved her al her life, and lived only to
| SEQ her happy.
| George spared his Lefty and her mother
any contest IS To the decision To be made.
| lie promised to obey Mrs. Green in all
| she required Of him; but lie promised
| Lefty also, when they were lett alone,
| that his love never should change. nor
| should a doubt ever have place in his
| thoughts that she could change one title
| in her love for him And as he held her
| to his beating heart-not for the last time,
| mol no.-he told her how he would strive
| to make n home for both-that their pro
| baton would be short If a brave resolu-
| ton could only find the means to work
with. And they would cOme-thev al
WAYS did: for had not they been promised
| by the ons which could not lie.
Poor h'arts. they parted very sadlys
| cut good argcI was aIrcany uuzvTnc
| himself Tor their reunion. And such an
auEei'-Chauncev Gibbs
lie won write to old Silass" Then I
wiD." said Chauncey, haE aloud. when
George had left him. "Ho won't XIII his
unclc-an old fool2 Then ] will" he
opened the long blade q his penknife
and-tTimmed quill which be found on
| George desk
There were paper and ink. os may be
supposed. and there was also the ready
writer, Chauncey. who began.
ST GNATs. Dec %. Is.
DEAR sIR-As my friend. Mr
| George Pointer. - unfortunately suffer
ing at this time from a severe blow IN
his chest--t That's perfectly true II
lars placed myself 81 his service and
althcrrh I shall not express rorself gs he