The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-09-18

valued at 500, 900"
'Ah! well, really, how these things
do spread. But to our matter: guess,
Miss Anna, you had best have your
way
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 it be?" she said to herself a
thousand times; land yet it 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 a week afterward a
short note informed Miss Temple that,
''having lost ali his savings in a 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 not loved 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-day?"
'1've been promoted. and am not
obliged to work so late, though l do
often; then think of taking asride in
the park; my head has ached much
of late, and 1 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-what's thatY' was the eager
reply.
''NVell, Miss Somebody Temple had
about one hundred thousand dollars
left her, but it wasn't our pretty little
friend"
But l 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 |, at
least, can't afford to marry poor WON
an, no matter if she is Peri. l know
you entertain some sort of foolish no,
tion that love, etc, will do, but it's al
|. . 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 we'll have talked tC
the lamp-post for all the hearing NeC
Farnham did. What he was thinking
of we can not say, but he did not go t.
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 h'
had explained his long absence, told o
F, his better prospects, and had offered he
: his heart and hand. She asked thre
weeks to consider, he to visit her a
often as he pleased. At the end of tha
+ time he was accepted, and Anna learne'
g what true love was.
S Here the story might end, but ther
: is sequel Some months after the en-
gagement Mr.. Smith tapped Ned on tn
d shoulder and motioned him to the pr
= vate office.
r "Going to marry my niece?" said tina
y gentleman.
J. 81 am engaged to Miss Anna Temple
It sir, and we expect, in quiet way, to b
Il married one month from to-day. But
It was not aware that she was your niece.
|, Neither was until few days since
e AS for your quiet way, understand m'
sir-the child of my only sister can
y married nowhere else but in my house
g Come, now, no fiinching. Pve heard a
IS about it. But she's poor-poor as Job
D turkey; and I've too many children
IS give her more than a decent wedding.
10 Ned did not understand the EXPIRE
It sion on Mr.. Smiths face, but felt Ii
e tie angered, and replied:
To 81 should never have addressed he
r. and would release her this moment,
l. l knew she were an heiress."
r ''No you don't; no you don't. l kno
ID you and / know the whole story. VI
can GO"
Y, Ned pondered long over this singul
le conversation, but got no satisfactiC
le from his own thoughts or from Ann
< She replied only by smile and kiss
K, Notwithstanding all the urging
of her new-found uncle Anna refused
le leave her aunt until the time for Il
ne wedding. That event came and Il
It ceremony was over. Then Mr.. Smi
on called the young couple into his librar
at and drawing from his safe strong DO
w said:
1t "Now, young man, you're tied ha
and fast, I'll tell you, you have got
is heiress and rich one. too. A fooli
be brother of her father, who would go
SO Australia, took it into his head to di
as not long since, and left such botche
no up will, that it has taken over s
X months to get at the straight of it. '
were his agents and kept the matter
by ourselves because it was large ST
on and might create impostors. We so
i'll disposed of the smaller legacy of SO
600 to Miss Anna Thompson Temp
". but the contents of this box, G100,0I
rt- in consols, VIC used more scrutiny
to assigning, and in the course of our