Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-11-01


.<..-,a MM perately. az would
>S$S&S&iS,hN rather resign al
,&S$SSsSi5i'IESr. claim to my
EMAf greataunt's for
WIN tune than &C
-sEAs;igA through life an
NIX. .sA1f3.L = object of contempt
|N,f&SsE S~3 and ridicule with
-NsSssss3 3sNf4Al such name a:
'Fh7 fsi+afFssssrFaffIt Peter Tubbs."
h'''" Fa''N Don't be {
fool, Percy" said my Uncle Joe sharply.
"Only an idiot would be silly enough to
throw away a substantial benefit for
sake of a mere romantic sentiment. The
name Is a respectable one and won't hurt
you, and on the other hand consider all
the advantages which this fortune will
bring you"
''As Mr.. Peter Tubbs,"I interrupted
bitterly. - can't conceive how nv
mothers aunt could have had the heart
TO impose such condition upon one
whom she desired 10 benefit"
1.-THE name was her fathers and
grandfather's, and she bestowed it upon
the child whom she loved and who died
in infancy. Naturally, she desired that
1t should continue in connection with
the estate; and really believe that for
this consideration she would have made
Mrs. Granger her sole heir, As it is,
the property Will go to her children if
yen decline to comply with the condi-
tions OF the will"
"Wk = are the Grangers, anyway" I
inquired impatiently.
"Mrs. Granger was niece of Mr.
Foster, Cur aunt's husband, whom they
adopted. Alter the old gentleman's
death, she offended the widow by marry
.ng against her will. That was some
twenty years ago, in which time, it ap-
pears, the couple went south, and have
been lost SIGHT Of. The lawyers are now
| hunting for them, and should Mrs.
Granger not be living, the fortune goes
70 her children, that Is, if you choose to
decline it."
"But if there are no childrenl"
"Then it reyerts to some charitable
institute. Meanwhile, you have Just,
three months allowed gop in which to
consider whether you will or will not
accept the fortune on the conditions
specified in the will; and l venture to
lssert that you are the only young man
outside OF an insane asylum who would
not decide it in as many minutes.
Nevertheless" 1 replied, "since l
won't be at liberty to resign my place in
the academy for month to come, 1 will,
with your permission, take that time to
consider the question. l could not face
the boys-nor the girls, either, added.
involuntarily wircing-"as Mr.. Petef
rubbs. Good heavens! the veEy thought
Of 1t Affects me like a ujgntmaIel"
My uncle looked vexed, bus evIdentll
| considered it best to say no more at the
time. But as the last month of the sot ool
session approached, l observed that he
| began TO look at me with an air of con-
,ern.
"These commencement exercises" ho
| 'emarked, "aYe having bad effect upon
you; in fact, breaking you down, as any
! one can see. We have both worked hard
for year past; suppose we take vaca-
ton and rest and recuperate for whilel
I'll pay your expenses for the sake of
| sour company; for as you know L
don't like to go about myself, and your
Aunt Eneline prefers spending a month
with her sister, where We can join them
when our holiday is over"
He was bent upon carrying out this
plan; wherefore the first week In July
saw US established at a quiet but de-
ligh.ful watering place in the Virginia
Mountains, the inducements of which
were magnificent scenery, healthful air
and waters, trout fishing and "home
comforts" The place seemed we'll
patronized by elderly people and in.
valids, though there were fewer young
persons present than at the gayer
springs. Yet among the half dozen
girls whose sweet presence lilumined the
Mountain Top Hotel, there was one Hho
| fascinated me almost from the moment
in which I first beheld her.
l was at one of the mineral springs
at the foot of mountain that we first met,
on the day after my arrival. She and a
bevy of her fair companions were laugh
ing and chatting together about its brink
when we came upon them, and seeing
that we had no drinking vessel, she
dipped silver cup into the spring and
offered it with a charming grace, first to
| Uncle Joe, and then to me. quatfed
the healing waters, and with it the first
love-draught that my heart had ever
| known. Then we all went back to the
| hotel together; the fair Hebe and /, by
sorp unaccouutable arrangement, find
inc ourselves the last couple in the pro-
cession. Sac talked frankly, first about
tho scenery, and then lightly touching,
in charmingly original and independent
way, upon various topics. found her
to be brimful of poetry and romance,
without what is called "gush;' and we
made the interesting discovery that our
favorite poems were the same, and that
upon many subjects our tastes anu
opinions were identical. In fact, we
were kindred spirits.
Approaching the hotel, observed
portly and comtortable.looking couple
seated on the piazza, the gentleman
smoking and the lady serenely tanning
herself. My fair companion nodded and
sm to them. aud said, laughingly:
| Aunt Patterson VIII De surprised to
| find .hat l have been walking with a
| gentleman to whom | haven't been in
| troduccd She is the dearest soali but
| such an awful stIckler for etiquette and
couvcntlonalities! Now my name is
Ethel Gray, and l am a niece of that nice
old gentleman on the piazza there
Judge Patterson, of Wytheville."
| she sGii this with an inimiteble de-
Il. gfe arChncss of expression, and /, a.
in duty boun }, hastenei to reciprocate
the confidence.
"My name is Percy Howard; and am
J the nephew Of the respect a5le old gen.