St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-13

ktatuiote my prOud husband. Ihot wa
directly after our marriage. Va
dressed then rs prettily rs my mean
would allow. for having used my owl
hard-earncd money for my trousseau
Thought had . right to wear the ga!
things that Uncle Dan appeared Z
scOrn.
But the strongest material will weal
out, and mine was no exception 70 th'
rule. Jack was unfortunate in bust
ness and was compelled to he 80 eco
nomical that could purchase only tn,
plainest Of dresses. As time went OF
things were worse; the family grew
larger and our income smaller; we wers
forced sometimes to deny ourselves
substantial food. Uncle Dan must havs
known how reduced we were, and III
though he was . wealthy man he
never rendered us the slightest assist
ance. On the contrary, he otter
helped us to eat our last loaf Of bread
But we did not expect anything from
Uncle Dan while he lived. We knew
that he loved to hoard his gold. Vet
the fact that we were his nearest kin,
coupled with the one that he spent con.
siderable time at our humble home. led
us to believe that we would be the
heirs to his vast wealth.
One day Uncle Dan surprised me by
asking il I would take q walk with
him. consented. Then he took me to
dressmaker's, who without any or
ders from him at the time, cut TO my
measure a beautiful black silk dress
submitted. carefully hiding the aston
ishmcnt that felt but when We left
the house ! questioned Uncle Dan as to
his reasons for presenting me with so
suitable gift Il want you to have
one decent Dress" he said. testify,
''and I expect you always to keep II. Do
not part with it under any cOnsidera-
tion or shall never again make you .
present Now get through with the
trying on and when the thing is done
bring it home and talk no more about
it"
In few days the dress was finished
and was really very handsome. Had il
come in happier times should have re
joiced in its possession As il was,
Jack and felt that il was iucompati-
BILE with our surroundings Uncle Dan
always insisted on my wearing it Sum
day afternoons when he was around,
and thus ] grew to hate the pretty
thing with its abundance of frills and
flounceS.
To our intense relief the old man one
day decided TO take . trip to Europe for
his health. No sooner had he made
this startling announcement than I re-
solved to sell that dyeas the moment
he had really gone. Ard I did dispose
of it, realizing more for Il than I had
expected.
In six month. Uncle bs Dan returned
more miserable than before and short
ly aftcrward died suddenly at our
house. Among his effects was found . |
will and we learned from this that he /
had bcqucathed al he possessed to .
distant cousin. . person without fam
lily and one who already owned consid-
cradle property. NY husband and !
were sadly disappointed. jack was
worn out from anxiety and overwork,
and we counted on something that
would at least pay for the board and
lodging that Uncle Dan had taken 1t
our expense. The latter declared that
he had drawn up later will in our "a
vor, but rs no other will could be found,
even though thorough search was in
stituted. the property was turned over
10 q distant cousin.
A few weeks later = lady called on
me. At first l did not recognize her,
but she proved to be the aeamstress
who had made that black dress. Don't