The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-02

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av,f al them. with little stones till
the. 2 isnt u tail 10 be seen. It's great
fun.
.>Esll. sir. do you expect to earn
you. bvins by and by, peppering tom
s. fou's expect to have to earn my
| .iza,arsa
Anpsi,cr Lay shs fired questions at
me Is thicl an5 fast as Dick and did
p's5s-es ct .:is car-
~ you had your living 10 get, sir,
whaL should you choose 10 bei"
| ! issslly can't think. aunt. : said I.
"a printer, like your f;stherfp
-Oh. no. nia'amr
"a fancy farm producer. like my
Too much work in that.
a iawyerf doctorf merchantGr
No. ma'ana
! sailors carpenterf bootblnck7''
/ No. indeedi"
Well, sir. there seems scarcely any
occupation left you. unless it's pepper
ing tom cats.@
Aunt Josephine went off looking as
II she were for once vexetl l Won
dereJ Why it could be.
6rfs< diiinPf she WAS as comforfa-
bic a:id easy as ever. We had straw
berry shortcake. She kept passing
the cake to me until / thought should
burst II there was anything was
fond OF II WAS strawberry shortcake.
After dinner she said To me. patting
me under tile chin as IL had becn q
baby instead OF boy over thirteen:
We'll, sir. its lucky you have not
got TO take up u trade or profession.
as you declare. since you are 50 fond
OF goodies. and it requires lots of hard
work for poor man To get them.'
So. too. again. when she had been
working over an hour nursing a sick
calf: which was Mt last comfortable,
she burst out with:
sire
"oh. yes. il had to. aunt. re-
piled.
"Humphl Think you have the pa
tiencclr
..Yes'm."
The perseve.sncef'
Takes those things to learn 10
swim, to play baseball well. and such
Yes. but there's fun in them. That
makes differences"
don't know about that. aunt.
You look rs much interested in these
thlngs as II they were fun to you.
She laughed. There Is something
+ be seen ii useful things could interest
you.
How you do hang around mei' she
said another day. II don't suppose
you learn anything. either
Yes, nia'aln, l do. From watching
you learn "a do about everything on
tho farm"
then.
''oh. aunt! Tn Off now for swim.
l could do il IL IL was needed"
Away ran.
really cared great deal for Aunt
Josephine. There was something in
her gray eyes that held me fast To her.
and sometimes could not help throw
ing my arms about her and telling her
so.
Then she would give. me one of her
quizzical smiles and ask:
Why do you-loye me, sir2"
,sWhy, you're SO nicer'
'iHnppose hadn't a cent. sir2"
'rrhat hasn't anything To do with
your being nice, has itg''
.,Humplii No. ] suppose pot1"
we were good deal together. al
though she was middle aged, busy
woHan. and ] fun loving, half grown
boy. think she liked to have me
around. and know there was Iio, one
enjoyed more-not even Dick Haw-
ley. when we were on one OF ouf. eat
raids.
/ remember all these words of Aunt
Josephine very we'll because they were
said the last summer was with her.
The next winter she died very sud-
denly. it was dreadful news to hear,
and, although l, was expecting TO be
her heir, wasn't able To keep from
crying most of slhe time; ] couldn't
help thinking. Why conldH't she
have lived and let me come into tlls
property all the samel What is the
need of people dying in order that
somebody else can have the monevi
Aunt Josephine and I. we could have
always got on together.
There was the funeral and then the
gathering of the family together in
her largs parlor,ta hear the reading of
the will. Luckily no one was present
but the relatives. Mr.. Green, the
lawyer WING had drawn up the will,
was cousin. Such Wilt was never
heard before. First, there was list
of articles to be given away, one to
each relation--e picture. chair, or
something of the kind. But for the
propertyT A couple of hundred dol
lars was given apiece 10 each, and the
rest was placed in trust with the law
yer. The estate was to be carried on
as usual. the annual income to be used
in helping support large charitable
institution IN Boston. This To last for
II. a. 81.