Smyrna times., 1889-04-24
The Wheel of Fortune.

~ w AANC4 VI 4 OTtune.
Eight quarts of black q
iour cents a quart-that will be thirty
Two cents; and at reduced prices
ought certainly to buy the bopnel
ifame, and Ive enough ribbon to trim
y 1t quite decently. And-oh. nv good
! ness, what a thuuderclap I"
7 Jane Dunlap gave such a lump thai
q the basket Of berries tipped Off the
, messy stone on the edge of the monn.
tam clltf where she had set it to rest
her weary arm, and away went the
basket, leaf lining and purple fruit
IN one general avalanche into the ra.
vine below. ="
=, jamie! What pity !" cried Adam
Steele's voice. But why are Won
crying? Not for few berries.
,"I-don't knowr faltered Jane
almost ready TO 90 into mysteries
It's the thunder, think. Il was so
sharp and sudden. Aud look, how it
is raining"
Come into Weir's cave said Steele
It's big place, but the PROTECTING
ROOF Will be as good as an umbrella
/ SeI0Om
long" - - '''9'
Adam looked at the pretty freckled
lace, with Its innocent blue eyes. its
nnge OF red-gold hair, and the little
dlmpled mouth, for all the world like
a half-blown damask rose.
jamie" said he. Its shame that
you have to work SO hard, slim girl
IKE you, when there's a great able
bodied giant like me ready and willing
to do 1t for you. Let me buy the
bonnet jamie, and a gold wedding-ripa
at the same time. | know I'm no
great shakes, but | love YOU. and
there's no man alive can take better
care ofyOu than | will"
Adam was naturally a bashful man
lie had had this declaration on his
mind for long time, but now il had
seemingly said itself, and Japie's soft
eyes mad shown assent, and he had
both her little berry-stained hands
in his. 'O7
20 the young pair sat and built air
castles IN the rocky Businesses until
the RAIN ceased and the sun broke ont
again, and then they made their wav
down TO the little brown house under
the stiff Lombard poplars.
within the house an unusual com
motion prevailed. Mrs. Dunlap was
IN tears with her cap very much on |
one side; the camphor bottle stood on |
the table, and old Miss Betsy Baker |
was vehemently tanning her A stiff |
straight, white neck clothed little man |
sat IN chair by the window, looking |
over some papers.
- IS tbis your IourIto,
tered.
" Not yet" Adam answered va
Iiantly, but he hopes to be one of
these days l don't know who YOU
are though, sir"
" | am Peter Payn, of the firm of
Payn y Jekyll, of Nassau street. New
York, " curtly answered the stranger.
And l have come to tell Mrs.
Deborah Dunlap that, being next of
KIN, she has succeed to the fortune of
Jos. Horn Dunlap, late of Canton.
emma, lately deceased of cape fever"
somehow can't believe it's true"
said poor Mrs. Dunlap, with a clutch
at the camphor bottle. "A-hundred
-thousand-dollars Ny poor uncle
that l never saw! Oh oh! somebody
tan mew
But after Mrs. Dunlap had slept on
the news and received the congratula.
uons OF all her neighbors, it seemed
more real to her.
We are rich" she said involun-
tarily Strengthening herselfin her chair.
ike Victoria on her throne. "MV
Jane must make a match worthy of
her station. OF course, Adam Steele is
out of the question"
But l love Adam and Adam loves
me" said Jane. ''I'll never marry any
one else"
"tiddlesticks !'' screamed the widow.
The little world of Wier's Hollow
all sided with Mrs. Dunlap.
An heiress like Jane ought to look
higher than mere farmer, who earns
his bread by the sweat of his brow"
said they.
Mrs. Brutus Barlow, the CITY aunt.
who heretofore had never taken the ,
trouble to visit them, now arrived
with her four children, her insigni6.
cant little husband and a baggage
wagon full of trunks. And Mr..
Nedder, shrewd oil merchant, who !
had never discovered his relationship
to the Dunlaps before, soon came to
offer his services as to investments, &c.
All their rich neighbors discovered
how much they had esteemed Mrs.
Dunlap all these years, so they called
with smiles, invitations and gracious
mods, and with one accord they all
denounced Adam Steele. But Jane
remained loyal to her cOlors.
You are fool ~ exclaimed Mrs.
Dunlap.
"There it is, mother" said Jane.
You never called me such names in
the old days. We loved each other .
then. Uncle JOsephs Chinese gold
bad not come between us. Adam is
willing to take me, fortune or no for
tune, and l love Adam and am
going to be his wife. Hush What's
Lhat?" 6
My name is Dunlap" said a deep c
voice outside. as this where Mrs.
Deborah Dunlap lives?" q
As true as the world, another /
cousin ]" sighed Jane. "Why did all !
these people never find us out before ?n t
We can't accommodate YOU % l
shrilly cried Mrs. Dunlap. you'll
have to go to the tavern.n
mo poor relation was ever turned
rom the door in the good old days" I
sighed Jane. q
How do we know who he is? The l
worlds full of imposters," cried Mrs. !
Dunlap i
can tell you who he is.n said :
we'll known nasal voice, as Mr.. PAYNE !
'ustled in from the gate outside, where I
ne had been directing the hackmen to 1
wait. Hes your relative, all right a
Joseph Horn Dunlap's
'wn son, just turned up from the hill
country in India, where he was sup {
)osed to have died long ago. But he c
wasn't dead only gone into the ivory 4
business. Ran away from home-as a 0
10Y couldn't agree with his father n
ew people could. Joseph Horn t.
dunlap was very peculiar; had a b
emper like q buzz saw, swift and ?
tormy. But the proofs of identiica- n
ion are beyond question; he is Horn
)unlap's own son ~
Eh ?' gasped Mrs. Dunlap. "Have !.
ve got to divide the fortune with !
i'm ?n
No madam" said the LAWYER,
Iryly every cent Of it belongs to 4