The diamond drill., 1891-10-31
UNCLE HENRY'S WILL.


Dayton 10 her brother Bob IA she
stood in the garden one bright juno
morning, examining her rod and lines
with the air OF an expert
''Oh. say. Nab LET mo 20 with
you. Wait minute for fellow.
won't you?"
'All right Hurry up though. for
] want TO be of before the sun gets so
high"
Five minutes moro and they arc on
their way to the stream. Twenty min
utes more and behold Nab placidly
seated on ono side OF the brook while
Bob goes round 20 the other side a
little farther up. both waiting for
bite.
For time silence reigns supreme;
but whoever heard OF n girl keeping
still more than FIVE consecutive min
utes? SO presently Mabel breaks out
with:
40 you know. Bob. every time
think OF Uncle Henry l get made
When you come to consider IL wasn't
10 mean OF him TO let US live In that
house all these years. until IL seemed
really ours, and then 10 go of TO Den
yer and die. Here we wake up one
fine morning and find he has sold IL 10
that doctor. while we have a paltry
four hundred a year and the rest goes
10 found an orphan asylum. Ughm
and here she curls up her pretty nose
in high disdain.
Yes IL was a really shabby trick
OF the old gentleman's" agrees Bob;
then adds consolingly. Its good
that house OF Walkers was vacant
though. just turned up in time, didn't
itP"
Bob. have you seen him?n
Yes I've seen MIN couple OF
times He was al the match the other
day."
WAS he? What's he like? Is he
nico?" she queries eagerly, in one
breath. with all the usual amount OF
feminine curiosity in her voice
Well ] suppose you girls would
call him real good-looking chap /
think he's nice, nothing stuck up about
him. He's real pleasant TO talk to-
his voice is So
so just because he happened 20
know little about horrid old match
and by his talk you may think he
knew n great deal more. ! warrant
you fell right In love with him. Oh.
Bobby didn't think IL OF you'll As for
good looks. handsome Is that hand
some does | say. ! don't caro- II no Is
as grand as Apollo with the most an
geic voice In Christendom, for one
am not going 90 fall straight down at
his feet and adore hlml I'm prepared
20 hate him! III show him that
Well what Is the matter with you?
You act as II you had some nervous
discIseW
During this speech she had been
growing moro and more excited and
her voice louder and louder From
his position little farther up on tho
opposite side OF tho stream Bob had
been making pantomimic attempts TO
stop her but 10 no avail. Now he
gazcs disconsolntely at figure in
gray which Is disappearing down the
path directly behind Nab.
II say, it's real mean Nab There
he goes nowl I'm sure he heard every
worn you NNlu, TOO.
''WhercPn she turns quickly just Ia
timo 60 sec tho vanishing form of Dr.
Duncan. II think you might have
told me- Bob with an air OF injured
innocence.
How could ~" Indignantly; "ho
was right behind you. II you hadn't
screamed so loud you might have
heard him yourself"
oh don't carel People that
come sneaking around never hear any
good OF themselves" Then she goes
on in IA whcedling voice; do you
really and truly think he heard me?''
Heard youg Bob replies with un-
sympathetic boyish frankness Why.
anyone could have heard You clear
down at the other end OF town. the
way you screeched
We'll ! don't care anything about
H. but she has the grace 70 blush all
the same
Il think it's moan Nab. tho way
you treat DIR. Duncan. said Bob one
day when several months had passed.
Such nice fellow. tool I'd a sight
rather talk TO him than 20 George
Houston. who can't do anything bui
bang his hair. pose In n tennis suit
and hang round the girls"
1T seems TO mo your doctor is not
particularly anxious 10 talk 10 me.
suppose he does not consider Il worth
while. she rctorts.