The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-07-19
Mis-. Anna, you had best have your

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The hours of that evening dragged
heavily along, and as they heightened
Mr.. Charles Ashton's manner became
more and more formal. He left, and
Annals warm heart was sad as she
thought over the cool manner and cool
er parting. No sleep came to her eyes
that night,
"Can 1t be?' she said to herself q
thousand times land yet 1t must, for
his manner changed almost from my
telling him of Nellie's fortune"
The next night and Charlie was not
in his usual place, and the next, and
still more About week afterward
short note informed Miss Temple that,
shaving lost all his savings in q bad
speculation, he could not think OF
holding her to an engagement which
would be out Of his power to consum.
mate in years"
To say this did not grieve her would be
false, but it required not many days to
teach her that she had notloved Charles
Ash ton as she should the man she was
to marry.
Again our two young men met. This
time on Broadway. Charley, gayly
sauntering along, hailed Ned in his old
familiar way:
"Well, old boy, off early to-dayP"
'I've been promoted, and am not
obliged to work so late, though do
often; then think of taking ride in
the park. my head has ached much
of late, and / am more nervous than
formerly"
shouldn't work so hard; don't get
any thanks for it. BY the by, that fort
une of Miss Temples turns out to be all
in my eye."
"How-whats that?" was the eager
reply:
about one hundred thousand dollars
left her, but it wasn't our pretty little
friend"
But heard you were very attentive
some said engaged"
There's no telling what might have
been but for that fool Of an uncle MAX
ing mistake in names. However, it's
all over now. You know that l, al
least, can't afford to marry poor wom-
an, no matter if she is Peri. know
| YOU entertain some sort of foolish no.
ton that love, ETC., will do, but it's all
bosh. Give me the dimes, my boy.
When poverty comes in at the window
etc., you know. Take my advice and
drop all such foolish ideas"
Ashton might as well have talked te
the lamp-post for all the hearing Ned
Farnham did. What he was thinking
of we can not say, but he did not go tt
the park that afternoon, but the even
ing found him in the little parlor, which
had been so often graced by Charley:
presence. Ere the evening was over ht
had explained his long absence, told o
his better prospects, and had offered hel
his heart and hand. She asked three
weeks to consider, he to visit her al
often as he pleased. At the end of tina
time he was accepted, and Anna learned
what true love was.
Here the story might end, but ther'
is sequel. Some months after the en-
gagement Mr.. Smith tapped Ned on thu
shoulder and motioned him to the pri
vate Office.
"Going to marry my niece?" said tina
gentleman.
81 am engaged to Miss Anna Temple
sir, and we expect, in quiet way, to b
married one month from to-day. But
was not aware that she was your niece.
'sNeither was / until few days since
AS for your quiet way, understand me
sir-the child of my only sister can
married nowhere else but in my house
Come, now, no fiinching. Pve heard al
about it. But she's poor-poor as Job
turkey; and I've too many children t
give her more than decent wedding.
Ned did not understand the expires
sion on Mr.. Smiths face, but felt Iii
, tie angered, and replied:
81 should never have addressed hel
and would release her this moment,
knew she were an heiress."
''No you don't; no you don't / kno'
. you and / know the whole story. Io
/ can CO."
Ned pom dered long over this singula
conversation, but got no satisfactio
from his own thoughts or from Anni
She replied only by smile and kiss.
Notwithstanding all the urging @
+ her new-found uncle Anna refused
leave her aunt until the time for tn
wedding. That event came and tn
ceremony was over. Then Mr.. Smit
called the young couple into his librar!
and drawing from his safe strong boz
p said:
Snow, young man, you're tied har
and fast, I'll tell you, you have got a
! heiress and rich one, too. FOOLS
j brother of her father, who would go
; Australia. took it into his head to di'
net long since, and left such botchet
,, up WILL that it has taken over 81
months to get at the straight of it. W
were his agents and kept the matter
ourselves because it was large SUI
', and might create impostors. We 500
disposed of the smaller legacy of 500
900 to Miss Anna Thompson Temple
, but the contents of this box, e1OC,0O
; in consols, we used more scrutiny
: assigning. and in the course of our il
, vestigations not only found the righ
full owner of our trust, but the child {
my only sister. Sir, you are worthy
her and what is of less value, her for
une. The morning papers will al
nounce you as q partner in our house
boston Globe.
, LOVER OF NATURE.