The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-18
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| old Gilbert, as he logged on his way,
with Nicholas trunk in the OK cart.
"Hit amt no mo- use n nothin' t all ter
sem dishyer money. Mawse Nick amt
gwan tex hit. But l amt gwan say
nothin'; when Mawse Nick done refuse
hit, l gwan put hit way; come o. use
bom-bye."
1t came to pass as Gilbert had fore
seen; Nicholas woul none of his aunt's
gift, and indeed the faithful old slave
had some difficulty in persuading him to
receive the trunk. Miss Elvira, how
ever, made no inquiry about the money:
she had not expected thanks, nor any
kind of acknowledgment, and she pre-
ferred to say nothing about it.
EN- hit amt fur me ter 90 ter her
'dout is axed," old Gilbert decided: and
very early the next morning he buried
Miss Elvira's gold where MS own savings
were hidden.
Some days later came the news that
Nicholas had left Tallahassee, or rather,
it was understood that Job Furnival had
taken his daughter and his son-in-law
away. 1t was old Gilbert who brought
this news; he had learned it through the
negroes belonging to the improvident
and despised Furnivals down the road,
whose society he now cultivated, as one
means Of keeping track of Mawse
Nick"
Hits fur way, a very fur way fun
here, Missle-virey," said he, sorrowfully.
Hits clean ter Tampa, yutker side O.
Madison, de tells me-"
1t seemed quite as far to Miss Elvira
as it did to old Gilbert, and she wept
abundantly when she heard of her
nephew's departure; but Missy took the
news very soberly. Old Gilbert, remem-
bering the VOW she had extorted from
him, expected her to insist upon his set
ting out for Tampa forthwith; but the
child was reasonable. She recognized
the fact that Tampa was, as old Gilbert
said, "a very far country, and she did
not remind the old man Of his VOW. APP
parently, she had resigned herself to the
inevitable and was learning &c live with
out Nicholas; but in truth she was only
blding her time; one Of these days, when
she should know more about geography,
she would 20 herself to Tampa, and Dad
dy Gilbert, having nothing particular to
do at Thorne Hill, should 20 with her.
SIch was Missy present programme.
She had found starving inpracticable,
but she still maintained an unrelenting
bitterness towards her father, never
speaking TO hln except when impossible
to avoid it.
This, however, made little or no inn
preston upon the colonel. Children had
few attractions for him at any time, and
he was too much prey to his own Bit
terness Of heart 10 be conscious as yet of
his little lighters rsCrangement.
Mrs. Leoa4cI Thorne and her pretty
daughter. finding such state Of affairs
too irAso re ia he borne, mac al haste
10 their U"u hone, as soon as two or
three rooms could be put in habitabls
condition.
The colonel did not oppose this plan.
He did all that he aid. IN fact, to ex-
pedite III" y-'r5 on The house by way Of
making amends tor FurH.vals SUMMARY
dismissal: Lul aiser Flora was gone his
health seemed 10 fail suddenly, though
he would not acknowledge that he was
ILL.,
Miss Elvlra in alarm contrived to have
the doctor pay him visit, as if by
chance. AMI Tie doctor urged a change
of scene.
The colonel for long time resisted,
but at last hc above himself to be per-
suadcI to visit an oil aunt OF his who
for many years had resided il New
York. He set off alone one sad Septem-
Der day, wlen the Ind lay aweary in
the sunshine. and the cicaIa kept up a
din. and the cotton fields were white for
the harvest,