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deavored to trust that this might be
made through Hannah. Admiring
Cullen for his spirit Of independence,
she yet thought that perhaps it was
well that Hannah took more practical
views of present conditions. So she
resolved to let her and Wiley have at
least one interview alone with them
selves. When he came home to dinner,
he was very polite to Hannah, and
showed satisfaction when his wife
said she was to spend the night there.
He asked civilly after Cullen and
Pearce, and evinced qualification when
told that both were well. After din
ner he said:
"Julia. but for some matters of
rather pressing concern, l would like
to remain with you and Hannah. They
hours. Then I'll come back, unless
you and she are expecting to go out. :"
They had no such expectation. So
he went to his office, and returned not
long after the time he had set. He re-
marked that a great deal OF prudence
and patience and many other things
had to be studied and practised by .
business man; no doubt about that
His wife smiled sadly, seeing the i'm
ernn words. Not long after his return
she said:
Hannah, I'm going out for awhile
to see poor woman who has been do
ing some little work for me. You and
Mr.. Amerson can entertain each other
till 1 get back, can't you? won't be
long,
''Oh, yes, sister," said Hannah, with
some rural embarrassment. She had
always regretted her want Of the ease
she noted in Milledgeville women.
"Oh, yes," Wiley said, with polite re-
assurance; Hannah and can manage
somehow till you get back, Julia. I'm
not much of talker; but Hannah is
frst-rate at that. I'll let her entertain
me while you're gone.
"Oh, Brother Wiley!' was all Han
nah could think to say.
After his wife had gone, he proposed
to walk into the garden and inspect an
arbor which had been made of his de-
vising Hannah, not knowing exactly
how to treat such an invitation, ac-
ceded, and repairing thither they sat
down upon one of the rude benches
within. Then Amerson said:
Hannah, l hope yoa won't think too
much of Julia's rudeness in leaving the
house when visitor is in it. The poor
thing is not in good health, as You
know. and sometimes I'm afraid she
isn't in her perfect right mind
"Why, Brother wiley, Sister Julia
did entirely right in treating me as she
did. like one of the family"
''She ought to, knowing how I've al
ways loved you, Hannah.
'Thank you, Brother Wiley; l have
always loved you as dear brother"
She bit her lips when she said it.
'As brother!'' he echoed, with slight
bitterness of emphasis. Curious how
things go in this world Here's me,
for instance. ! know how to make
money and make it. know how to
pull strings. and money comes to ME
from other people, sometimes unex-
pected. But there are things I value
more than money, and can't have
them. People don't believe that about
me, but it's so.''
He looked subm;ssively sad at the
thought of having been misunderstood
by the world.
Why, brother"
s'Please don't call me brother, Han
nah"
She started, and looked, as if with
some apprehension, through the in
terstices Of the encompassing vines.
Listen while explain to you.' he
said, in deliberate. low uttcrances. yet
not without appearance Of authority
to command attention. Hannah,
without having any idea OF what an
unhappy man am, you were about to
use words Of congra tulation. beginning
with calling me your brother | was
saying just now how curionsly things
in this world went. Now. there is my
brother Cullen, a man of excellent
parts. handsome mana man Who'll fire.
quently say to myself ought to be the
happiest man upon the whole face Of
the earth married as he is; yet he neither
makes money nor tries to make it be-
yond a mere common country support,
apparently without any ambition to
bring his family into town and give
them the benefit of society as good
as can be seen anywhere in the whole
state Of Georgia. I don't say | blame
Cullen for having that sort of prefer
ence; but it seems curious to me when
l look at you and think how you would
shine if Cullen would give you the op-
portunity. And, Hannah, unless he
drives me off entirely from him, I
mean to make it so that. if he wants
to, he can make his family participant
in all this town affords. If not, III do
whatever I can for you, in spite of
him. He understands his wife no more
than he understands his brother
Then he took her feebly-resisting
hand. and said:
'Hannah dear, while father was in
some sort of fret with Cullen, he made
his will in which he cut him off from
an equal share in his estate He was
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