Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-09-17
A BELATED PRESENT.

Lama my lear SAID Mr.. SmlIn
one day a. his pretty daughter. Il can
not see what there is that attracts you
In DR.. Carious The more / see Of him
the less ! like the prospect Of having
him for a sOn-in-law
"Oh. he's just Is good as any other
man. papa, and besides that he's got a
very good practice.
That's quite beside the mark. La
mia You know very well that l am
rich enough and willing to give you and
any husband OF yours sufficient to live
upon. and What you want with a two
penny-halfpeuuy Sawboues | can't
make out. ! tell yuG what il j.. II you
would only marry your cousin as l
wish. / would undertake 10 Give you a
better income than you will ever get
with Carious
Mr.. Smith had muasSei a large for
tune in New Zealand. whittier he had
been shipped OF a. a young man forty
years ago.
What is the good, papa. Of going on
worrying about itf I've promised to
marry Charles Carious, and ! mean TO
keep my promise. and there's an end Of
it," And Miss Lamia Smith flung her
self out Of the room. rather more ont Of
temper than she otherwise would have
been, because she was beginning 70 feel
that her choice Of a husband had not
been a very wise one. However. she
was an honest. straightforward sort Of
a girl. and was determined not 70 visit
her fault on the innocent head of her
fiance. Her heart was untouched, and
she only looked upon marriage as a
means Of freeing herself from the re-
straints Of home, and doubtless Charles
Carious would make as good a husband
Is anybody else.
Scarcely had she left her father "
he was Joined by her cousin. Michael
Careless. for whom Mr.. Smith had the
greatest affection and whom, for want
Of a son, he would gladly have made
his heir. He had always heard Of
Michael. who was the son of a favorite
sister. as being a very promising lad,
and he had secretly determined, II he
should prove as satisfactory as he
hoped. to bring about a union between
him and LAMA A year ago Michael
Careless had made his first visit 70 Eng
land from Capada, both his parents be-
ing dead, and in every respect he had
come up TO his uncle's most sahguine
expectations But his advent was too
late. Only six weeks before his arrival
his pretty cousin LAMA had engaged
herself to DIR. Charles Carius.
''Well, uncle, said Michael as he en-
tered the room. there doesn't seem
much chance for me. / think / had
better be getting back to the land Of
the Kanucks."
Upon my word. Michael, l am in
clined to think your are right. I've
Just been speaking to LAMA again, and
she seems as immovable, II not more
determined. than ever. By the by. did
you dine with Carious when you were
In town
''Oh. yes; | thought it was the civil
thing to do. and, besides, I've no right
to quarrel with him. He came and
saw and conquered before was even
In the field at all can't say that ]
like him. though doubtless he is clever
at his profession By the by. did he
ever show you his fathers collection Of
curiOstiesf
s'No. I never heard Of t."
well. il appears that DR.. Johr
Carious was a well known professor Of
forensic medicine, and held a retaineI
for what answered to the public prosecu
tor Of forty years ago. In that capacit!
many curious pieces de conviction, a
they call them. l think, in France
passed through bis hands. Some o
them were returned to the police
while Others remained IN bis posses
don, and these. with everything els
having reference to his profession a.
doctor, be left 10 any son Of rs VIII
dhould adopt medicine a. q calling
on. yea Carious has a splendid labora
fnrr and library. besides this most n.