Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1890-10-23
eccentric old gentleman was preserved

eccentric old gentleman was presented
to her.
Madam" said Mr.. johnson, 81
thank you and your daughter for your
kindness to my cousin BENJAMIN Bur-
ton"
Mrs. Field colored, and grew palo, as
shy as girl, as she murmured word
or two of acknowledgement.
cit is my belief" said Zaioc, THAT
your attention and care have saved his
life."
And then. abruptly dismissing tho
subject, he walked up to the old cabi;
net, opened it's doors, shifted its sweet,
faint scent, and turning to Bee, he do.
handed:
what will you sell mo this piece Of
furniture for?"
''It isn't for sale,'' said Bee, almost
ready to cry. ut is my birthday gift tc
mamma"
well, we'll, little girl, don't fret,
said Mr.. Johnson. good-humoredly. ST
used to belong to me, and I've rather a
notion for it. But you shall not be
teased If you don't choose to part with
it Goodbye, ma'am Goodbye, little
girl"
And with this cheerful leave-takina
he departed.
Mrs. Minden was elegantly dressed in
heliotrope-colored satin and Chantilly
lace, when Uncle Zadoc presented him
self. 1t was her ''at home" day, and
she took pride in her toilets. But when;
instead of General de Limos, or Mr..
Bonnefouilles, or any other of those
glasses of fashion and molds of forms
Uncle Zadoc Johnson made his appear
ance, she turned pale.
'Good-day, Niece Amelia" said the
eccentric old gentleman. "I've come te
look at my teakwood cabinet
'It's sent away to be mended,
gasped Mrs. Minden.
THAT'S falsehoodp' said Uncle
zadoc. You felt yourself too fine to
be hampered with my old-fashioned
furniture, and you sold it to the old
dealer, lockwood, for FIVE dollars,
Love me, love my dog says the proverb
Love me, love my old cabinet say I,
l dare say Tn not good enough for you,
city lady;so good-bye"
Out walked Uncle Zadoc before Mrs.
Minden could collect her senses to stay
him.
What curious within urged the old
bachelor no one ever knew, but instead
of retaining his luxurious quarters al
the ST. Barbe Hotel, Mr.. johnson en-:
gagged a room in the tenement-house
where his second cousin, Captain Ben
Burton. lived.
81 like the kind of people I meet
here" said he, briefly.
And at the end of a month he pre-.
sented himself before Mrs. Field.
Madam, said he, II like you. WIS,
is more, l respect you. want my old
cabinet, and I should like to have a
fathers right in your little Beatrice.
We are neither of us young; but there's
nothing to prevent our being happy.
Will you marry meY'
Mrs. Field looked really pretty as
the pink bushes mantled her delicate
face.
''Ok, Mr.. Johnson! said she. ~ car
hardly believe you mean it."
''Send for parson, ma'am, and yot
will soon find out whether do or not,
said Zadoc Johnson.
So they were quietly married, to Bees
infinite delight.
''He's just the sort of step-father
should like" said she, gleefully.
Once welded, old Zadoc johnson tool
an elegant house, furnished it in prince
ly fashion, set the teakwood cabinet in
the best parlor, and invited Captain
Ben Burton to live with them always
Mrs. Zadoc Johnson was serenely
happy, and Beatrice exultant AS fol-
the captain, he chuckled.
':Zadoc johnson never did do any
thing by halves" said he.
And when Mr. Minden saw the notice
of the marriage in the daily papers, he
swore a prodigious imprecation.
Its all your fault, Amelia" said no.
eff you never had sold that teakwood
cabinet all this wouldn't have hap,
pened!"
You always did lay the blame Of
every thing on mel" whimpered Mrs
Minden.-Anny Randolph, in N. Y.
Ledger.