The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1891-03-25
my BROTHERS WIFE.
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- III "a a-al ~ Aaa- -
rzeuiieth birthday, and nodded aaerril.
t1my onn reflection in the gl2ss. ih,
bright yoong fzoe that laughed bsek 3
n8e Ras that q : hznsisosne, happy. sat
very fsr1unsie girl
Good Horning. Mss Lydia Ssarie,
said AID ~ goes zsH zi,b y. yoz
won't De Miss Lydia Sezr7e Il all thi.
time next yeas. bat Mrs- Harry H-fton
Instead
Il sanIe5 Bat three weeks Of ny zsd-
ding Gay 7 Eas happy 2s | x&s busy
5asf tbea. ~ I loved iise nan shes.
bri6e was seon 70 hecssne wifA al {
ylaaz girls rAra- ua,risi.l3y Ani AZ
fiction.
Better ttaa any one n the vorlS bai
Tom. thoGglt AID surrly no5siy
ever osuld or oazhi 10 Be dezrer 70 mt
tran Toul-~
Tom vas my twin brosher- The nsaal
strong sEse45oa existing Ief~een i@in.
vas exceptionally Pozerfal in our e4se--
from Circumstances
Oneof = was born strong and robust
and the osker frail and snail Nos~sfh-
standing my sex, vas the favorsd one
by nsture, while Tom wss the weakly
tzin-
That uAs TIE frs of bis missorsanes
Nhieh naturally gave him 5 cisim on ne
and a. the sane tine attached hin 10
ue and made him cling u ne as hear.
ter. m2nlier boy wonld no, have doae.
TIE Second misfor1ane ~2s that BE re-
sembied our father
Poor fslIoF1 Asif be oozld help th.f
AID Fef ncle Elliotf rsssnse5 i il him
5oSt as Z he had been 70 blame far Il
e Not Il cent of nv money shall 70 70 tbs
second Ton SeArie, be use3 70 say. aud
be ksp; his sofd.
lie bad adopted rs 81 poor mothers
5szfh oar father had dies years before
lie gave d boih s god eseczfioH, and
70; Ten = position ia . bank at when
Be died-jast 3 year before that twenii-
eth birthday q mine-I VAS bis sole
heiresz
u grieved ne terribly. loved Tom
better fsr ihsn myself, and roald have
shared anything wi.h him bat be xas
prous. poo- dear and zoa,dnf bear o.
s.eb 4 tf.iur
s. the bsst I e.uld DO wss 70 suend
q uueh money n..oa him A. possible.
ana lend hin AZ be wanted 20 use. lie
had d os.i-csicu 70 that. l.eean-e. xs hs
ueuls zF
some a these davs- whan ! am part.
ne- in the l,ank. III nav II al back zeaia
Lrddr.~
And. of esurse. Il xas quite prolssbls
Il atssne dar he u b partner, sines
I sss about l. o. u.arried = tie banker.
ouIv son and hsir.
Iwzs PAIRED soz1etiaes 70 kBoE WIZ;
Ton ald EiIh 80 mash money. lie had
- eal4iions on bans. be tod ne
tb0aghi that perhaps be 1ss nsitrf eK-
irzaasaut- to0-I'erhsIs ~oEneE tl2i IL
ciinel % be sid
He j. - yoang and % hAndsolae,
thoughL
! Rzs siH2ss m8klnZ excuses Tor hlM
% Enyseif. irai. Of eg1rse, common seEse
tsugai DH thai If be would b. siesdier
snd zitend % MS ousioess better, h:
chanoss of pronoiio1 a. the bAnk NoaId
be improved
A thought Of him on that birtadzy
m0rning-of course, il W2s ~ birthday
nornine-ihe face II the giass ceased q
smile, AID new anxiety erept Into saE
ihcaghts ] Nss thinking Of i@st nlght
Ton hac acted very Strangely lad
Ian sEske long tine thinking Of i i-si
night and . vague uneAsi ness snoie ne
As renem sereo Il nos- WHIST eoaio
have Aid sln
He had cone il, sbouf ten O'Clock, &c
the little pzrIor where Harry and were
sitting together, and had remained with
as resless. sgiizted, nervous and show
ing 50 plainly that he wished 70 see ne
alone that presently Harry. half yexed,
half amused. took the hint and lef;
"a
Apa then he asked me f1- noner.
No trsi1g sun. either. he inpioraS
ne alnosi wildly, to gre him thres
thousand. then and there. far Goi'.
szke
He almost took nv breath zxax. ]