Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1891-04-10
The Van Duzener Pride.


bad, as rule, consisted mainly o
certain darling Little notes whicl
swccily thanked him for flowers OF
candy; or tod him that the writer
would be delighted to ACCEPT his inyi
iation to the theatre; or else, that sh,
mad cold and couldn't 90, so would
nc "come around instead. Fancy,
'hen, his dismay, one "mi,ty, moisty
morning" as the nursery rhyme goes,
upon finding beside his breakfast plate
IN the shabby boarding-house dining
room letter addressed, in feminine
hand, to be sure, but not at all the
hand which had penncd The darling
notes above mentioned. When Mr..
Mortimer had mastered its contents,
he was so upset thst he forgot to eat
/ his breakfast, but set forth down town
TO the Office where he enjoyed the
proud position and slender salary Of
assistant bookkeeper, with a mind full
of conflicting emotions. The accounts
mus' have done themselves that day,
for Mr.. Mortimer has no recollection
of rendering any assistance whatever.
And when night arrived, he got
through his dinner with speed that
, was simply frightful, and started fel
the abode Of his hearts treasure in a
I violent hurry.
In short time, Mr.. Mortimer was
seated in the shabbiest, cosiest little
sitting-room in town, pouring into t,e
ear of tho girl of lis heart the most
crazy, incohcrcnt account of The con-
cents of the letter that could possibly
ee imagined. Finally, lie wound up
With:
DTS insuaerable, now, isn't if
Bclla?7
Bellas pretty face looked anxions
It -o,,o --af1 - &c
0cofsc'
o'i '''l'''y' ana ne produced the
iq''0i "'''' "'' AIT "Hich PLAINLY sald;
w - one
Ai'el io''''"S II carcIuiiy through,
Del'' i'ai'oeH II pack saying;
- ! understand II the position Is
'ni'' / our aunt Mrs Van Duzener'
VINO mas been living abroad for three
years lo[ 'ne oehcht OF her Invalid
SON. - aoo"' TO re urn nome on ac-
'ouh' OF her sons death. She asks
'ou 70 nave h'r 1ne house put IN
o''ei' servants ilifea ana so on and,
furthermore 70 relieve her loneliness,
she oegs you 10 make your home with
ic' " ''i'c si'e ilVeS' ana you shall re-
'ol'o Ju'' por'loh OF her worldly
eoo',' " ii''' 'ii0 u'cS' No"' l should
'i''"N '""' l"''o ei'Iuf"o'e'
~ Deil"' " lar as j GOES oniy'
, y" 99'' s'''" ''e lou"s man. win an
'l'o'0so'i an inns aunt Oh Inhe IS
= Piou' . LucIier' Famous ior
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} W N"0"' o.i aii OCCASIONS amt
: : ''7'' 49, : G
i""s''' you 'ilihk humble person
iiAo me "oU'o not DC quite IN touch |
" i'H t'le 'h D"/eher PRIDE ell,
george
o'nola'y, said Mr. Mortimer 81
~" !. 80 | s'llli decline my aunFs
0'iVl i'i'iiie''i",c'y.
=" won 20 any sucn thn9'
9"'' D0'''' p'olnp'ly' ." ilen you
y : 30 !0'"! ''S 10 nave any relations
~" = - '''s "'eiu u " % 'urh your !
D'',N 0' ''''in' our aunt IS an old
law! ana pe'h~pS hef heart Is achihg
~ 'o,e.''e'S' 4 your companion
sup "i'' 0o any comfort 10 her' II Is
0"' 0"'S - give IT, rs Tor US we
eou''' mari ! at present. anyway
00' S''"' - 100 s'll"i' 10 take IN
r '"'''''"o'iie'' 100 coillIof'aoly' ana
~ 's' o'"! "nu work Ior her' AT aii
''1''S' ie' Us each 10 what seems
go a,'u surrey some day fortune
=, s'''''e upon US
4" i''i vi, "or'i'lieF Saia gooa-hight
= - ''''"''A''7'''' -" WIS qo'te e'''-
'''0eN mat sue was H''le snort OF an
'se'' sue ha" uhselnshiy insisted
upon i'is uoiis ms dlty by his aunt.