Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-09-10
A HAPPY RESULT.

Miss Hilda Cassiday was seated In
her own special armchair by the open
CRATE fire, with a table before her up
on which were lying piles OF playing
cards. Her face was intent her eyes
fastened upon the game, as she took
the cards from the pack in her hand,
aud put them, one by one, upon the
various piles on the table.
DR.. Thorman, her nephew. a tall
broad-shouldered man of thirty, sat
opposite to her. the newspaper he had
been reading lying on his knees and
his eyes. too. watching the game.
Jack on the ten. y he said. and his
voice, coming loudly upon the profound
silence, so startled the old lady that
the cards in her hand fell upon the
floor as she looked up.
"Oh, what a shamelM the doctor
cried. as he gathered up the scattered
pieces of cardboard. 1t was almost
outl BY the way. Aunt Hilda, don't
you get dreadfully tired OF playing
Patience every eveningPn
Sometimes. But ! cannot read or
sew by gaslight and | get tired of
knitting | wish l know some new
games.
The doctor smiled. He had a little
surprise in store for the old lady.
I'm show you an entirely new one. y
he said; "one l invented last evening
after You went to bed. We will call il
The Kings Reception. "
"And YOU really invented it, Harryen
she said; "how clever and how kind.
for | am sure it was only TO please me. !"
Il would do much more than that
to please you, Aunt Hilda. - he said;
but the words touched upon tender
spot in the old lady's heart, and the
tears suddenly gathered in her eyes
and rolled down her cheeks.
"And yet you are going to London"
she sobbed; ''and | may die before you
come back
Il must 60" was the grave reply.
II would not leave you except for a
positive duty, auntie. | will not stay
one hour after my business is finished"
And / shall have to send for
Roberts girl. | always hated her
motherl know just what a silly piece
of affection Jessie Cassiday would have
for daughter"
Perhaps not. She may be like her
father.n
who died when she was two years
old. l thought had done my duty by
the child when | sent her to Mrs.
Moran's school and had her educated
for teacher. have left her two
thousand pounds in my willn
You ought to leave her at least half
if not all your property the doctor
said, emphatically. You have no one
else but me to share it. and | have my
fathers money and my own profession.
Daisy should have home here while
you live and what you win leave"
There! there I've heard that
opinion hundred times already. You
are very ungrateful,n with more tears.
mo do no not say that am most
deeply grateful for a motherly love all
my life, for a happy home. for life
free from care aud trouble Aunt
Hilda. What I owe you can never
repay. But the money"
Don't say any more. I'll have the
girl here while you are in London.
since you insist upon it; but my money
is my own. and l will leave it where /
please Now show me your game
again. Kings in square in the centerP"
And an hour was passed in studying
the new combination.
A week later Ia the same drawing
room at SunnyslOpe, Miss Hilda was
once more playing "Patience;" but Dr.
Thorman was on his way to London,
and in his place was seated Young
girl of nineteen. with blue eyes and
rich chestnut hair, young likeness of
the old lady opposite her.
1t was this likeness that first melted
the GOODNESS her aunt had always felt
toward Daisy Cassiday, a dislike found
ed entirely upon the aversion she had
felt for her brothers wife. But Daisy.
she admitted. before the first day of
her visit was over. was "all Cassiday."
a quiet, gentle girl entirely free from
her mothers affectations.
Timid and shy at first. with the re-
straints of strict boardiug-school
still upon her, Daisy soon became at
home in her aunt's house, and with a
tender, loving heart, soon found a
ways to make the old lady's /
life brighter one.
For fifteen years Miss Hilda had been
a sufferer from spinal trouble that
made her a prisoner in two rooms.
the drawlng-roOm ana the bedroom
Every morning. Martha, her maid. |
dressed her aud put her in deep I
chair which was then rolled /
into the drawiug-room.
Here she had for years spent the dav 4
alone. excepting for friendly calls oc-
,upying herself with books or needle /
work, while her nephew was making
his round of professional calls.
1t is not necessary here 20 explain
he business that suddenly summoned
DR.. Thorman to London, but it was
,all Of duty, and likely to detain him
or several months. His aunt had
yrieyed and fretted herself almost sick.
It the prospect Of loneliness or tho
Tisit of niece she was sure she would
letest. Aud to her joyful surprise.
he found herself happier than she had
,een for years
Grateful to her aunt for her educa-
alton, for the legacy she had been in
ormed she was to have. Daisy devoted
thscl " tue tdsh VI uiahluB the long
ours less tedious. with marked sue
ess. She was not brilliantly ac-
but she played well upon
he piano, sang pleasingly in a sweet
ut not very powerful voice. but
iiss Hilda loved music She played
ackgammon. bezique. dominoes aud
hess. aud was an adept At knitting.
he Taught Mas Hide lsesWork sema