The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-12-25

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have called attention. triumPhantly to /
some sliIlfuI placing of her pieces on a /
chess board.
Very wen, therI am glad to hear
it. So now win tell you what Is my |
wish on the subjeet-that you shall |
marry Margaret Macintosh -
'-IYhat?p I pushed back my chair |
and stared at my aunt, disbelieying my |
own ears Marry Maggie2'
Eyes Why not. pray?" And Aunt |
UpcheF's face took slight flush OF /
rising anger. II am fond of Maggie, !
though you may not know it, and /
wish to provide for her as daughter.
| At the same time you are the one OF my
| two nephews who Is not a fool You
are an ornament 70 my family, and, as
! never hold with leaving money away
! from ones relations or splitting for
| tunes, it is nay intention to leave every
/ penny possess TO you! You knew this
| vaguely before, / fancy. Now you have
1 the matter in a nutshell"
! Perhaps So But oh, how to crack
that nut satisfactoriy2
Whereupon 1 said desperately:
There is some one else who has cap
| tured not only my fancy, but my whole
/ heart-ali the best of me. If only you
4 once saw her, my dear aunt, know
you could not help loving her. too II
! would be impossible, 1 verify believe,
not to admire her and grow fond of her.
| If you viii just let me bring her-if you
! viii just see her
'+NeverE' Mrs. UPcber banged the
| table between us hard with her fiat
! hand; her withered face flushed lit
tie, her bead-like old eyes giittered-
How dare You talk to me OF gratitude?
A fine way you have of showing your
affection, indeed! Have ! not paid for
your schooling at EtOn, and given you
an allowance in your crack cavalry
regiment and made you the promise of
being my heir? What right have you
to cross my wishes?"
''rhe right of every individual man
or woman" came from in as stifed
a tone, for we were not of the same
stock for nothing, and my temper had
risen to no less a height than that of
my opponent You did not buy me
bo'ly and soul, even with all these ben
efts- Did I not win prizes at school,
and pass third with some honor at my
examination for the army? Have I
not distinguished myself sin ce in active
service, and even done so again lately,
as you said yourself not ten minut es
agO?'
well. sir?"
''Wel, Amt Agg, I may be poor,
! but can claim to be no beggar. The
money you spent on me / have used
well. Please recognize that have won
a fair place for myself in life; even in
the army I could, and would, support
myself on my pay and by the abilities
it has pleased Heaven to give me, were
! it a necessity
Yes! You have made use of my
, !, money" the old lady screamed, inter
! spersing her words with sudden pauses
and shorts of wrath. You own it! It
has got you on; has placed you where
, you are. And now you dare turn against
me. and bite me in the heel like ser
) Il.
! yOu?"
. II am neither growing nor biting.
Only"
81 say you arel Now, listen to me.
j | Henry Upcher" land my aunt smartly
I smacISed her old and bOny fore finger
on the table,. II tell you this (smaclS),
, like Margaret Macintosh. She has
been sort of daughter to me, and ]
/ am growing old and lonely. I'm not
, going to leave her out in the cold
! (smaclcl, SO either you give up this fool
, ishness of yours, or 1 give you up
, | ThereI'
, a final smack, which made me long
;; to shout: Cut me off with shilling, il
/ | you like, but stop doing that"
a Silently rising. 1 said, gravely:
D There is no choice possible for me
1 I cannot in honor give up my promised
70 wife to please you, and would thou
? | sand times refuse if l even could Mar
4 garet is a good girl, and l will bear
r her no grudge if you make her YOU
a | heiress-"
a You are a fOOl-a fool, Harry,
D shrielSed my aunt Il won't! Illleave
4 ! it all to Dicky COlson, your cousin
t He'll jump at Maggie, though she, poor
$ goose, would have given her eyes fOI
e you"
r ''Good-by, Aunt Agg,'' I interrupted
d firmly and gravely, God bless you,
j. and marched straight out of the room
l. re treating with all the honors of war
- Even as L closed the door Il scornfu
n grunt or two annoyed my ears, will
;, the bitter taunt: 'Ho! SO we are on Ou
r high horse; but just wait six months
n my fine young Rian, and see if you don
It come to your senses" Six months late
g l was married and on my way out t,
India. having got an appointment OF
It the staff of a friendly general who's
k galloper / had been in our last cam
= paign. And here ends fyette the first
= as the old poets used to say.
= Ring up the curtain now, on an In
= | dian New Years dinner six years later
= I and my famuy-thiniS of that-art
= gathered round the table. 1t is a small
! round table, chosen tonight for cozi
:, | ness, so that INV wife and I are nea
= each other, and our five year-Old hei
sits between us, with his golden hea,
not very high above the tablecloth
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