St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-09-17

eoo Of great good sense: ycs BE must
have bungled in her management some
how. II.
Then he burrowed deeper in his ont
stretched arms, and thought itIa!l over
again Suddenly bright ide& struck
him Did not people invar,S bly,. in
stories and ron,anccs. who hail queer
old legacies left them knock Them to
pieces, sooner or later, by accSjent. or
in a fit of III temper. and fir3h them
stuffed full Of gold pieces? II
This was certainly the solutie6 OF the
eccentric gift, and also accou4ied for
the missing wealth which evk kry body
seemed SO sure existed somewhere. lie
sprang up and paced the rutm in
eprightly manner quite at {sriancc
with his former moody demean(t
Il will play the disintcrestcd1 lover"
he said; II will swear to be tr,fe, come
veal or come woe. and thus 4 in the
appreciation Of the entire conn aunity.
Ill marry the poor. disinherited bertha
Marvale. and at the very first 4 dpwning
of matrimonial infelicity I'll XXX that
bcastly footstool viciously aclf1s the
door. Then won't I be aston3ehed 70
zee the papers and gold roll QUIT Won't
! clasp my fearful companio4 In ny
arms, magnauimously forgive Ter. and
calmly take possession of her Z 1bxtune7
What = lucky idea Of mine thai wasl"
Miss Marvale was deeply grali1iod q
being assured Of her lovers dvotion
and disinterestedness, and herI spirits
and dignity rose in proportion. Indeed,
she carried herself in the pred Ince Of
her unpretendinR cousin as thou'.h she
wero the heiress and Dot the i&signi6-
cant possessor Of . footstoot She
claimed the right to remain In I'll house
which had been her home 50 l&.g till
she should be married from Il, INA, =
far ~ appearances went, might - well
have been the mistress Of QArvale
Mansion. 4
Mr.. Horace rented . pretkhtious
house and furnished it completely, re-
fcrring with beautiful deferencdto his
betrothed's taste in everything.
he sure and bring your foofstool."
he said. playfully. land we will dedi-
cate . whole corner to it wohld not
keep house without it for tho orld."
Aud Miss Marvalc thought tht very
delicate in him, rs it might natu} Ally bo
the stool would be disa-
greeable object
They were married, and the w}eddinR
was the ''event Of the season" ubt was
not invited, but she WAS busily engaged
and did not mind Dc ne
glect; and, when Bertha left Ihe old
house to enter her brand new {home.
Dot and her happy husband. Willard
Hayes. moved in. 4
For few weeks everything " knt on
Mrs Horace carried herself |
with great deal Of dignity. - became
the newly-wedded wife Of . we1-to-do |
money lender and the mistresS Of
handsome new residence lnde{d, tho |
people Of the place pl lidiher
more attention than they did tbs real |
heiress. who was SO little like . v althy
natron that the fact was almo}t for.
yotten.
Mr.. Horace bore his happines4quiet-
y and contained himself with paSienec.
Perhaps he was little irritable3tn the
privacy Of the domestic circle, 0ut he
was only preparing for the gratd mo-
nent when it would be appropr ete t.
kick that beastly stool clear acr1s the
-oom." To be sure, he might haze sug.
rested to his wife that they exam3n he the
'tool. and see If it contained nkthing
# value; but she would perhap4 lahgh
It his whim, and would not alloy i to
,e spoiled, and when the wealtA was
'ound she might suspect him Of Seubw-
ng something about It and Of mdfrying
her for it; and. Is he rather pr4 fcired
,eace to unnecessary squabblibgl he
Wished the discovery to come abiut ac
:identally. /.
At last, one evening. he fotnd it
directly in his way. lertha,
ooking apprehensively 1t he& Nus
,and's stern countenance. haSt6&eq to
emovc it, but he was too quick r her.
\ well-applied and forcible kifA sent
/ dancing across the room, MEre il
vas shattered against the mar1&e Hre-
lace. Mr. Horace eagerly sp43n9 to
he spot, where Bertha rcgrctfSty tol.
owed him. IL;
He did look 1t It in ama1emeu as he
ad often pictured himself do2k, but
he amazement was very gcnui2k He
'rasped each piece and shook )iesce-
'; he tore everything apart thi rdnld
. torn apart with furious Pate.
las! in vain! At his feet lay heap
I broken mahogany, torn purfac tel-
ct and dusty horsehair-no:hil1m more
nothing less
"What do you mean7 What IA Ton
xpect to find?" asked Berth& With
lips Al
'Your aunt's legacy. I've bee3 fooled
won't stand i'll Svhat
ave you done among You withi&Il her
,oney? She couldn't have ca3&ie@ it
nth her"
Peter Horace was angry enolk - |
Z strobe up and down the r32ms to
ave demolished forty ottomanA snd
ertha went into Mysteries on TIL Aqfa.
was dreadful blow to her vx1ity to
mink that she had not been :" trEied
" herself alone" after all: q u had
terrible scene. but finally brit Of
was patched up Bpth
ere too respectable to let thiSsdFld |
now Of their disappointment. ~ they
greed to keep the fate Of herr tnAt's
.gacy . secret. ~
Bertha owned that the old ls5E bad
wen her Eve hundred dollart 2efpro
,e died. telling her she was not $ch
J had been supposed. and th1k Was
al she would ever ffceive
ON her.-Yankee Blade.
AstfoooDleol Iten. JtII
Prof. Snore, Of Columbia collete.
eavy built man Of slow ovSte3ts.
hose personal sppesrance il attx{st-
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