The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-09-10
N = r<,,epns poves-u s. Govt Report, Aug ~ 1852
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

plied with, q, last | sm free mani Youne
rich. no. 40 very bsd looking nsy NOS
Dov be hsppis = mss 10 Ausrios' VIZ
No more work for me. boys
As FIsvsl Ashcrois uttered sbs vords 10
tones Of sXul,ssion. be tore snote icae uny
ylrAarn.ni, ard ..lr<s sthsE asa'i'-4t oaf
n b,s compnpions. Louis Jewett. blew .
eloud OF iragrant smoke from his cigar
aad said, Aattering.
Ah. you lucky dog. you'll plsy the mis-
chief among the girlsl May ask II that
is love letter which you have so thor
oughly destroyed.
By 90 means Merely briei bullet
from Huxley, my former employer, de
says that II don't appear ut the store
to morrow may consider myself discbarg
ed.
Then you haven't told him =
That Uncle Roger died interstate and
childless. an that / step into his shoes!
No. no. Until this morning feared some
unknown heir might crop up aud chissl
me out Of this money. and | didn't choose
to tell Of my hopes as long as there was
any chance that they might be delusive.
Did yon suspect that your uncle lett
children or grandchildren asked Harvey
Wilson, Flsvsl's other companion.
was positive be never had but one
child. my AnntKathleen. who vas dement,
ed for sixteen years before her death,
which took place sbout three years ago
! II she bad ever married her children
would, Of course, inherit bis estate.
Your uncle might, evsn in that case,
have remembered you. suggested Will
son.
Nevet We we're sworn foes de
wouldn't died iniestate bad be been ~ iar
seeing as he was ubforgiving. His law
yers tell me he had yielded to their per
suasions 80 far as to promise TO msks his
will before the close VI the year; but The
year closed for him long before December
came. Apoplexy. You know.
believe rumor says you are sweet on
the pretty typewriter at Hu1ley's. said Je
w,t., ing uisitively.
Bessie Moore2 Ah, fear she is rsthel
gene on yours truly. said Flsvel, compls'
GENTLY. AZ he caresssd his luSuriant whit
kers, bat that sort OF thing'Il not do now
She's nice little thing. but chs must mai
~ some respectable fellow IN her own sta
! tion 10 life
Wilson scowled at Flavel and abruptly
left the group. unobserved by Jswet
who was also about to depart in another
direction.
While strolling homewsrd. Flavel sait
to hi mself
How lucky for me that my aunt died daf
after that mysterious visit OF hers u
friends in New York. And bow very,ve
queer il seems that no one but mo know
OF her marriage and subsequent mother
boodl When her husband. Theodore Te
rill, and we're b'th 10 the hospital afte
we we're ipjured in thst railroad accident
he told me- the whole story. knowing tbs
he was about to die. He told me. delud
ed man, that my sunt had goae crazy q
the birth OF her little daughter. and hat
drowned herself, but hef body was neve
found, aud be was then on his way TO Sc
her father aud tell the sad news He ne
) or suspected that she was at home. LncE.
is !, for me. boy as l was, ! had sens
enough to hold my tongue about Terrill
surprising revelation, for that caild. II
is alive is my uncle's lswlal heir.
Such was the fact but no one had eve
suspected tnat old NJ. Ashcroits onI
daughter had been 9 wife aud mother
Therefore, not even the most astute law
YER had the lesst besiisncv in declarin
his handsome, extrsvsgant,selfis nephe'
to be his heir.
or course, il was not long before The II
|, ipes OF Flayei Ashcroft penetrated TO th
large wholesale drug store where he ha
been former clerk for the past siI year
aud his former comrades reiolced at b
good iortute, for 10 bis careless, happy 81
lucky was be always made iriends vhe
ever be Vas. l ~
Iwonder Mr.. Ashcroft has not been
TO see us, said one Of the cleiAs TO bess
Moore, Harley & Cos seDogrsphef %
,ypevri,er' Has he told You when yea
to expect him.
1 haven't seen him since the lAst dsy
vas 10 The store, four weeks sgo. Btss
replied. with sn embarrassed air,
Mr.. Ashcrofis sttentions to bei 81
been s. uuienit,ins fr come time ps