The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-03-20

son. ''you are twenty-eight years old
to-day. 81
80 the family record gays. father"
responded elegant young gentlo=
man addressed. Il am disposed to
place implicit reliance upon 1t and on
you"
"You have done nothing since you
left college but kill time
1T is only retaliation in advance,
sir. Some day or: other the old chap
with the scalp-lock AID scythe will kill
me. - ) =
"You are too hippant- Since your
Aunt Priscilla left you five Thousand a
year you have done nothing but spend
the money. Your income ought to be
enough for q single man, but you draw
on me, too.n
..Ilf try to draw ON You less,#sir.a .
1T is not that, Philip. You are
quite welcome to n check now and
then, for l know that you neither
game nor revel, and don't mind your
horses, your club, your natural history
craze, nor your luxurious tastes But
still you spend more money and get
less for it than most young men of
your age-have too much, In fact.
II don't find it too much, sir. In
-fact.I WAS thinking what "a graceful
thing it would be if you would double
I it-a mere tritle to gentleman Of
your means. l have to use the most
,>ifif,,l oonpo,n., I ose,sra ,,0,,
"Oh, that's it, ehp Well, there is
mode to increase it very much. You
have heard me speak of@ Philander
Spriggs, Of New York;"
IS eney-lender and skinflint? / have
heard of him. y
Nonsense, Philip. He is quite
worthy as well.as very wealthy man;
and If he prefers to invest ready money
in short loans, what of thatP l lend
Il my money. or some Of it sometimes. !"
''But not at cent per cent. y
mo matter. | don't propose that
you shall borrow of him. He has an
only child, daughter, who will in
herit all his vast property, just as you
will mine. y
docs she shave notes, <ather?"
phil, be kind enough MOTTO indulge
in chaff-I have seen her AND talked
with her. She Is young, handsome
veil educated, aud has good taste IA
society gentlewoman with domestic
tastes" ''''''...s.t's.3
'Wcll, father, you are not so old,
md since you admire her SO much, !
Sse no, reason why 49, y
.Stop your nonsense and listen.
Spriggs and had talk over it when
was in New York, and we have con-
cluded. IL you two come together, to
chip in equally and settle q hall
million on you~on Your wedding day.
With what you have you'll do we'll
enough for awhile"
But" demurred Philip. Il don't
like Spriggs for father-inSlaw.
"stun! you don't marrySpriggs."
"And the namel Think of 1T
Spr-r-igSsn
what OF that? With marriage the
name is changed. | don't think she'll
gain much by it. Spriggs-Briggs!
Six of one and half dozeh-ef the
other.n
I'D like to oblige you, father.
suppose must marry some days but
twill be some enc l love; and then.
Philadelphia like, insist on woman
OF good family"
"Some one you love! How the
deuce do you know you'll not loye her
till you see her? Good famifyr1 OF
course you're eAtitled to that. The
peerage of England is fill of Viscount
Briggses. The Briggses are found in
: the Almanac Won Gotha among the
erlaucht families. Your grandfather
made $500, 900 in hides and tallow, and
II he had not invested it in real estate
: that multiplied itself more than ten
fold before he died, should have been
in the same business to-day. and you
in the counting-room or warehouse.
Family, indeed! You're foolish boy,
Philip, and your auut's legacy has
ruined you.
II wish, sir, there were a half-dozen
more old aunts to continue my ruin
in the same way. 1t is of no use get.
ting angry, father You cart keep Il
up. IN take to any thing you say
law. physic. or divinity; soil my
horses. drop my club, read by the
cubic foot Int to .marry~-exeuse me. :
.See here, Phil" exclaimed the
father, who by this time was at white
heat, you meyer knew me to break
my word. J merely ask you To- marry