Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-06-27

'-Of where you meant to get the
money TO pay for all these things"
dryly answered the old man.
why, from you. of course" said
Paul. half puzzled, half amused. "You
have always given me all the money ]
wanted"
But that is no sign that l shall al.
ways continue to do so." deliberately
remarked the old gentleman. Look
here, Paul. / am thinking OF turning
over new leaf"
IL don't understand You, sir"
"Don't you? Then / must endeavor
to elucidate my meaning little. The
money is mine, isn't it?"
Most assuredly it u.s." Paul answer
ed, with knitted brows.
well, then, l have right to deal
it out as l please. And l am seriously
thinking of stopping your allowance.
"Of-stopping my allowance, Uncle
Gerald?"
Eyes. If you want anything you can
come to me for it, you know"
Like a school-boy, Uncle Gerald"
cried the young man, with crimsoning
temples.
why not?" serenely questioned the
old gentleman. do you know, l
have an idea that it makes n man ex-
travagant to have the handling of too
much money. That, l believe, is your
opinion also"
mine, eh?" echoed Paul.
1T is what you tell your wife," said
Uncle L'Estrange, with twitch of the
corners of his mouth.
Paul looked puzzled.
"But she is woman, sir"
"And ergo, she has no wants! Is
that logic, my boy?"
Il am always ready to give her any
thing she wantsm exclaimed the young
man.
Exactly the platform which l &C.
cupy in respect to YOU" said Gerald.
"And yet you don't seem satisfied with
the arrangement i propose. Come!
Let's be Judicial, my boy. Let us be
perfectly impartial. Fiat justitia, ruat
celum, you know. If my nieces
money is to be dealt out to her penny
at time, so must nay nephew's."
my dear uncle" cried Paul jump
ing up, Il never looked at the thing in
that light before. My poor little
Dolores. What sordid old miser
must have appeared to her. Why didn't
some one do me the favor to tell me
what an egregious idiot | was making
of myself What shall l do, Uncle
Gerald? Shall l make her regular
allowances much II week."
Il dare say we shall find some salts
factory method of adjusting the bal
ance," said Maj. L'Estrange. with a
smile. Its of a sort at hominem ar
gumcnt, this of mine, | must confess;
but it was real trouble to little
Dolores, and so | thought | would just
hold up looking-glass to you, Nephew
Paul. But don't look so grave, YOU
shall have your supper ut Auranio's,
and your chestnut mare, and all those
other little luXuries of life which have
grown to be necessities to YOU. But
Dolores must have her bon-bons and
flowers and little charity coins also.
AS i said before, fiat justitia."
with all my heart, uncle" said
Paul, laughing.
And so little Dolores won her cause
after all. She came to her uncle the
next day.
"Oh, uncle" she said, IL am so sorry
/ told you that about Paul"
why, my dear?" asked the major.
Because we have talked the matter
all over" said Dolores, land he is SO
good. am to have a separate allow.
ance all of my own. Isn't he Splendid
And | wouldn't have him think | com.
planned of him for All the world!
Don't be afraid, my dear" said the
major. 1T shall be a state secret be.
tween us two forever and a day. And
you are sure you're quite happy nowp
"Oh, yes, quite" declared Dolores,
with emphasis.
But she did not know that Uncle
Gerald was the magician who had
wrought this wonderful change.
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