, 1890-02-28
DESIGNING UNCLE JOHN.

olvvays in deht. VIC wero badIv olo,Lod
badly bo,sad badlv fed ord ,yo cbiIdrop
yyere badIv educoted ond OH ou-ino 70
uncIo ToLn W. childran coIlad bim
uncIe Tho real foot IL tbot no was our
roat uncle ond NV fotbar roc orti+Iad
70 tbe raver.ion 81 20 nnn on lie dooth
II ras Ike the bonse tbat .Tack built. 70
II badn,t baen for TTncle .Tobn and tbo
reversion INV father yvouId bo ve CONSENT
ed to work like the rest of mankind If
he had submitted 10 the common lot 7
sbouId have had n nroner education. and
IL had had n nroner education NV fo+o
MIGHT have been different and bann;or
NV great uncle never did anvtbipg for
anv Of no
Nv father usad IN On tn 600 him a.
casionaIIv. and when bo came bacL bo
was nIways depressed for several Javs
"TTncle .Iobn IL IooLira yornror tb,n
ever. 7 sbal never Como mt fit
morov NV hoy - no u,o,1J - -
a melancholy tone, Low diet and hone
deferred NV nov bovo m,do u-rooL r.
me" He might have added "Ia-ziness
and whisky and vyotor ~ "Uor1 o,,IiUo
mo my how. Pm sura be will Rut
vou,ve cot n fine constitution and bor
accidents vor'u come int n oftor oil ~
And so in due course NV fotbor diod
and 7 was left an ornhor IN he doatL1
bod he gave mo NV ITnclo .Iobn,s I'd
dress .sIt,s all 7 con do for 20, IoeonL
NV how - ba soid stond II ;sn,, ~ y
And 40 soon os.tbe breotb Voc o,t ~ ~
fofbor,s holy tbo IordIord can,o ~ 20
seized the furniture. and I boviro No
othor homo in Tho world nrocoado5 70
seek NV only Uv;ng relatfra TnoIo
.Jobn Ho received nv fathor onoo =
wear no has beon s,otcd. hnt tbo,,oh 7
had never seen him tre,y oil ohort
him .ue,o oil boir ,nd snootooIo, -
father had said ssand he weors ! con-
With aons 10 40
Now some six or sever rr;or+o
NV fathers dentb IrncIo ~ bad 80
ried his cook Wben NV fatbor haord
Of that event be ,vos oyer;orod "That,a
fine last stray .Ioso,,b az horn ~
father had soid 70 mo-. s.tbot;u sattIa hin,
WHY she's n reg,,Iar boroa nronadiarn
Nv father was ont in his coIcIlatjons
| On his next visit to nv Uncle ,Jobn he
declared that the old man wos ngain;no
flesh. and then bo ouarreled With The
horse grenadier. or course IL was over
the annual IS note. which was ali that
nv father ever s,,cceedod i, a~tract;nn
from his relative. TIN fact is that II vas
| tn tho cooks ipterest To kaon TTncla LII
| alive. for besides the es 900 that was IN
come to ia on his death there was moth
inc but his furniture and his savings
As Uncle Johns widow the cooks nosi-
ton would be a ~precarious one but with
one bedridden old man TO keen out of
e35O n year, as Uncle John,s wife. the
cook had a very good BARGAIN.
1t was a fine morning in June when l
screwed nv courage up to the sticking
point, and in the interests of nv three
sisters. whom 7 had To kaan on thirty
shillings a week. l determined to call on
nv Uncle John and try and extract the
annual "fver," NV Uncle Johns house
was in Araminta terrace, Hoxton. 1
knocked gently at the door. lest I should
disturb nv bedridden uncle: n slatternly
girl opened it on the chain and asked nv
business.
ave called to see Mr.. Worlevbone.
nv uncle.p 7 renlied Az 500 40 had
said the words a look of terror passed
across the girls face.
"Can't YOU call in an hour?" said the
girl; "the old rentleman's asleep I
think"
"If you don't mind, 1 think I'd like to
come in and see nv aunt 1 replied.
''Mother's OUT said the slatternly
girl, "but I'll step up and ask the old
gentleman
She didn't let me in though: she left
me waiting ON the door stem and h left
the door upon the chain She wasn't
cono lo,r 81 -. H. -.a. H.
opened the door SLOWLY enough and. usb-
erinp mo into n littio front ~norlor ebe
said: o7Wil Won please 70 take a chair
and Mr.. Worlevbone will sec Won in n
minute or two"
did as I was bid. 7 sot dow, and 7
waited. The honses in tbe Araminta
terrace are little two story dweTlinrs
masterpieces of tho ierrv b,iIder,s nrt
| could hear n great r,,nning about in
the floor above and the trannIing Of
heavy footstens ,rbich 20 H..
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