The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-11-05

money for her lease, furniture, stock and
fixtures. He had never claimed cent
of interest; he had never so much as
hinted at the repayment of his loan, and
she had been equally silent. And it is
to be presumed that she had quite for
gotten the whole circumstance, when she
added, with some little vindictiveness:
"And, to my mind, IL would have been
a deal wiser II your papa had looked
little more closely to your money instead
of lending II to ne'er-do-wells like
Chauncey Graham to squanderw
"Cousin Chauncey was always good
and kind 70 cried Juliet. coloring up.
"He would have paid papa, If he could /
And it is mean and dishonorable Of you
to say such things as these, Juniata Jes-
supp
"Hoity- -toityi" cried Miss Jessup.
"Meaul Dishonorablel Well, If he amt
both, let him put in an appearance and
say what he has done with that money!"
AS Mr.. Graham was at that moment
supposed to be in Australia, engaged in
the management OF a mammoth sheep
farm, this was perhaps a rather unreason-
able demand. But, to Miss Jessup's in
finite amazement, and, perhaps, to her
discontinue as well, the front door was
pushed open at that juncture, aud a
bronzed, bearded apparition, in suit of
some foreign style and cut, stalked in.
'Is this Mrs. Moses Murdright's
house2" said he. "Can any one tell me
if Miss Juliet May is herea"
Mrs. Murdright stared, Miss Jessup
seemed equally amazed; but, with cry,
Juliet May sprang to her feet.
"Chauncey" she cried. ''It is my
cousin Chauncey"
~ am Chauncey Graham" said the
young man. ''I only arrived in the port
of New York last evening. 1t all seems
so strange to me to hear that my cousin,
Squire May, is dead-that Juliet is with
out homep
He stood in surprise, scarcely able to
recognize in this tall Andalusian-fac
girl, the chubby checked little play
fellow of former years. But when she
flung herself SO confdingly into his arms,
he held her with tender and chivalric
embrace.
"Oh, Chauncey, am so glad that you
have come" she sobbed. ''Oh, l was
SO lonely and forsakenl No one has
seemed to care for me, since papa died
no one offered me homel"
81 will" said Chauncey, quietly.
"There, there, little one, don't fret. 1t
is all smooth sailing now. The money
which your father lent me has borne
fruit, seventy times seven, and it is yours
nowl"
Mrs. Murdright here recovered herself
so far as to extend a fish-like hand to Mr..
Graham; Miss Jessup pressed eagerly for
ward.
"My dear Juliet" she said, with lit
tie acidity, "you are such mere baby
Don't you see that your cousin isn't at
all the proper person to take charge of
you2"
"Why notG" said Chauncey Graham.
''It seems to me that om the very one.
And my mother is in New York wait
ing to extend mothers tender care to
Juliet"
cat all events, my DEAR" said Miss
Jessup, "don't cling to your cousin as if
he were floating spar and you a drown.
ing marinerl Do sit down. Dear
Cousin Chauncey," with a smile which
displayed every one of her false teeth to
the very best advantage, "this is such an
agreeable surprise. We have thought
and talked of you SC muchl"
While Mrs. Murdright hastened to pre-
pare what she called ga little refresh
ment" for this relative who seemed so
much nearer and dearer since he had
come back home with plenty of money.
''I wish, now," she muttered, "that
We hadn't been quite SO sharp with
Juliet. She was "a silly ohild, no doubt,
but if she is going to be rich again-Ehl
WhatG" to her niece who now presented
herself with n Grape vailed hat and ink
black draperies folded across her slender
shoulders. "You're not going away so
soon, Juliet, my darling2"
"Chauncey saws that his mother ex-
poets us by the very next train" said
Juliet, upon whose pale cheek new
color had kindled. "And we have NO
time to losel"
"And," simpered Miss Jessup, who
was hurriedly donning an extremely
youthful Gainsborough hat with rosebuds
and daisies wreathea around its brim, al
have volunteered to accompany dear
Juliet. Really, Ihave grown too fond OF
her to allow her to slip away from me
| like thisl"
Mrs. Murdright made a grimace.
''The scheming old cat, she thought.
"She actually thinks she is going to lure
Chauncey Graham into marriage. Well,
l never did see such idiotic folly"
But she said nothing of this as she
kissed Juliet goodbye with an elusive
ness which surprised the young girl.
Farewell, my darling" she said, al
most tragically. Sand remember that il
ever you need home, my heart and
hearth are equally open to you"
"Why didn't she say so beforer
Juliet asked herself, vaguely amazed al
what seemed to her such surprising in,
consistency. "Why did she talk so dis
gracefully about my being burden, and
earning my own living9 And why Il
Juniata Jessup coming back with US
without ever being invitedG"
Poor little Juliet She had yet much
to learn Of the ins and outs of this world
Miss Jessup's stay In New York, how
ever, was not prolonged. She camG
| back the next daY, very i'll satisfied