The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-15

This is nv wife" says he, land this
is my granddaughter Molly" he added.
as she came in carrying pitcher OF
cider and some glasses, and with q
pretty flush on her cheeks.
sat down and had a real pleasant
evening, and it wasn't the last l spent
there, either, for in course OF time
whenever spent the night in Chew
boro. which was every other night, you
remember. I spent the evening with
Molly.
One evening we got talking about
names, and says l:
Your names q queer one-Stack-
pole-I never met with it before ex-
cept when was a boy. Down in Maine
where l lived there were two boys
who had been left on the poorhouse
steps one night and. who were brought
up there. Tom and Bile their names
was, remember, and we boys used to
call them 'haystacls for fun"
Molly had given little cry OF SYM
pathy for the orphans, l supposed, but
ceased abruptly as her grandfather
! glanced at her severely. He was stern
man and dlsliked all display Of soft
heartedness.
THE name isn't uncommon in some
parts" said he, and that was all. Do
you know, after that evening the old
man would hardly speak to me and
gave me to understand by his manner
that wasn't as welcome as used to
be. 1t made me mad. So at last says
to Molly:
II tell you, Molly, can't stand this.
I must see you as much as have done,
and can't do it with your grandfather
acting as if he owed me money. Now,
/ don't want to do anything under
| hand, and l know your honest little
heart wouldn't let you. either, so the
only thing for us to do is to get married
right off, and I'll go and ask your
! grandfather now"
You see. we'd made It all up between
us some time before. but we'd agreed to
wait year, because Molly was SO
young.
Molly said "Yes," and off l went to
interview the old man. I didn't expect
very cordial reception, but l didn't
expect anything nearly so warm as
got.
was consigned to a spot not fit to be
mentioned before ladies the minute /
made my proposition, and the old gen
tleman used language that certainly
didn't belong to deacon. Then got
mad, and, says I:
"Have you anything against my char
acter, Deacon StackpOle," says l, cor
my prospects,"
NO." says he, ''rve looked them up
pretty carefully when guessed what
you were hanging round here for
''Then what is your objection?" says
But he wouldn't have anything to say
to me but mo, no, no. and wouldn't
listen to anything said, so l went off
to find Molly crying under an apple
tree, for she'd heard our angry voices.
didn't see her the next evening but
one, for found at my boarding house
long letter from her.
Sam, dear, grandfather is very determined,
and you'd better not come over this week.
Its all about those two little boys you knew
in Maine. in the poorhouse. You see had an
He turned ont to be very wild, and great trial
to grand father, and he nearly broke grand
fathers heart. After awhile he married an
actress, and they went away and never were
heard of for years.
Grandfather is an awfully proud man, and
he was mortified to death at the way Uncle
Tom had acted He had been expelled from
the church, and that was a great blow and
finally, when he brought home his wife, that
was the finishing touch.
"She was black haired and she Redeemed her
checks and was rather handsome, but loud
talking and not like grandmother.
Grandmother tried to bear with her, but one
day she was impUdent, and Uncle Tom stood
up for her against his mother and grandfather
got angry and turned them both out of doors
"In three or four years letter came to grand
mother from Uncle Tom. written from Maine
saving that his wife had died and that he was
very ill himself and didn't expect to live long,
and that he had two little boys whom he had
called Tom and Abiiah, after hiruself and
grandfather and that they'd have to 60 70 the
poorhouse If something wasn't done for them
soon. and would grandmother tell grandfather
how matters stood and low Uncle Tom re-
pented Of what he had done.
Grandmother actually didn't dare to tell
grandfather though her heart ached for her
boy, so she copied 1t all down and sent it to
him anonymously. He was angry as could be,
and cursed Uncle Toms wife for bringing the
name OF Stackpoio to the poorhouse. and Uncle
Tom for being not only bad, but wcak-sDirited-
4" I dlsowned him when sent him from the
house" he said land his children and he may
die in the poor house before I'll raise finger 10
help them
In about a week she saw in the newspaper
the account Of man found dead, and his name,
Thomas Sta:kpole, was found in his pocket.
Grandmother plucked up courage, and
-
grandfather wouldn't listen TO her and forbade
anyone's mentioning the subject to him again.
HE seems to grow worse as time goes on, so
when you spoke Of your knowing two boys
named Stackpole in the poorhouse he began 10
hate you, and he's hated you ever since That's
the only reason he has for not letting Us marry
II exclaimed when you told their names be-
cause 1 knew I had somewhere two cousins,
Tom ard Bile, but didn't know then all the
story as have told it to you
"Sam dear, grandfather is going to send me
to boarding school right away,sso / can't see
you"
Then came some tender words from
the dear little girls loving heart, and l
decided that something must be done,
and that at once.
The next day that was in town I
received a note from Molly telling me !
the particulars. She was to go to a |
boarding school one hundred miles |
away the next day on the five o'clock |
train, and her grandfather was to go |
with her.
had been thinking all night over
plan, and 1 resolved to put 1t into exc |
e1tion, for as to Molly's going away SO /
far from me. it was utterly out of the |
question.
First wrote a long letter to Molly. |