Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-01-23


dacity to press matters further.
''It's too bad" pouted Gladys to he1
cousin Esther. "He's pefect old dog
in the manger. Does he suppose no.
body ever is to be young any more
because he is old?"
''He has right to his own way in
his own house, Gladys" remonstrat-
ed Esther.
"You are as bad as he is" said
Gladys.
On this particular day, when the
breakfast was removed, Esther
brought in the little writing desk, be-
strewn with papers, at which she or
dinarily wrote to her uncle's dictation,
but the old man waived her inpatient
ly away.
"Cal Gladys" said he. ''She is a
quicker amanuensis than you are, and
she writes a round, clerklike hand.
I'n have Gladys do the copying for
me henceforward."
Gladys flashed triumphant glance
across the table at her cousin, and
Esther, meekly replying, every well,
UNCLE" went away to cry in her own
room.
For, shy and reticent as she was in
her manner, she really did love Uncle
Fame.
"He's falling Pm sure he's fail
ing!" said Gladys to Esther. "He
went to sleep twice while was writ
ing that tedious nonsense about stars
and parallaxes and asteroids to his
dictation and slept good long time,
and he's actually going up to Phila-
delphia to read that mass of four syl-
tabled dullness to some scientific con-
vention or other. When [ heard that
l made up my mind and wrote off
lot of letters while he was mapping to
some nice young people L know
"Letters, Gladys! What for?'''
''To invite them to a merry gather
ing here to the Old Year out and the
New Year in" laughed Gladys. 81
told Susie Lapham to order the supper
from Datori's, and [ authorized Jim
LIE Couvray to engage a pianist and
two violinists. Now don't look so
Mortified. Uncle Nat will be none the
wiser, and he'll be enjoying himself
at his scientific convention, so why
shouldn't we go in for bit Of fun too?
And if you know what color is most
becoming to you, Essie, you'll order
a heliotrope dress for the occasion. |
You are quite decent looking in hell
otrope!"
81 shall certainly countenance no
such affair, Gladys!" said Esther de-
cidedly 'Nothing is further from my
thoughts than openly to disobey I'm
Gle Nat"
'sBut you won't betray me, Esther?
You wouldn't be so dishonorable?"
''It would be still more dishonorable
20 deceive Uncle Natl" protested Els
5her. "Promise me, Gladys, to aban-
ion the whole AFFAIR.""
And to her great relief Gladys prom
sed, pouting and ready to cry, how
ever.
Going to Philadelphia was a great
event in Mr.. Fane's life. Twice-three
lines Gladys had to copy the some
What prolix paper which he proposed
20 read before the members of his
scientific club, and at the very last it
vas taken out of her hands and sent
20 typewriting young damsel in the
His portmanteau was carefully
packed and repacked; score of di-
,ections were reiterated to every one
n the house, and at last he went away,
tucked carefully up in the sleigh, with
FUR gloves, silklmuffiers and arctic rub
oers without end.
'sWhat dreadful old molly coddle
ne is, to be sure!' said irreverent
Gladys.
And when the cutter came jingling
back from the station she beckoned
little Caesar to stop.
s'I'm going to the station Esther"
said she.
ooh, Gladys, what for?"
''To send half a dozen kilograms or
go" said the city young lady COM
''to hurry up matters about
ny New Years party"
"Your New Years party? I thought
you had given it up, Gladys"
"Not I. If you don't want to come
20 it, Miss Stiff and prim, you needn't.
But mean to have it, all the same!"
ind Gladys danced merrily off to the
leigh, and whirled away like laugh
ne sprite into the brilliant winter
sunshine.
New Years eve came and for Won
Ter it neither rained, sleeted nor