Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-29

Aunt janet Aunt Janet" he fairly
shouted. MARY, this Is Aunt Jane"
They had her bonnet and shawl Oft;
they had her In an easy chair by the
fire, and had sent for supper before she
could gasp out;
Tom, I've lost all my money"
"Nou don't say sol'
Every cent win you turn me out
rs | turned you out two years ago?"
"Muchly" was TOMS mysterious re.
ply. MARY, is there fire in the spare
room?"
81 think the back attic is good
enough for q pcnnilcss old maid" said
Aunt Jane.
Did you put me In tho back attic
when my parents left me alone in the
world?"
"lIumph"
III you will light the gas, Tom"
said Mira. Montgomery, III will put
fresh sheets and towels in the spare
room"
Tom rushed upstairs, and Mary, with
an apology, went after him. Then
/ Aunt Jane did the menncst of all mean
thiugs-shc crcpt softly after them,
| and, finding they were In tho back sec
/ ond-story room with the door open, she
crouchcd down on the stairs and
/ listened. Tom was making the fire and
Mary, moving in her quiet, swift way,
was putt ny clean linen ON the bed
"Ain't It jolly?" Tom said, enthusi-
nstically.
"Mal,ing FREQ" Mary asked, saucily
NO. | say, darling" sitting down
on the floor ms the ilca struck him, 81
never asked you II you would like to
have Aunt Jane here"
"Don't be n goose, Tom"
"But, seriously, now, will 1t bother
your ! suppose | could get her room
in some stunning, tip-top boarding
house, more like her own home than
our bird cage, but"
"Wcll?' Mary said, intensely grave.
at would be 50 lonesome. She has
quick temper, know, but She Is 80
kind, and she does love me
Poor thing" said Mary. II wonder
II she /, very poor"
"Shc won't know 1t while we have u
home or u cent, will She Mollic2'
"Of course not, Tom And II you
dare to talk about boarding house
again III stop your allowance OF mince
pies"
"NIary, you're an nngcl." cried Tom,
springinF up. My lrc Is out again!
I'm awfully glad We called the baby
Jane, Mollic,"
Tom, make that nrcl" said Mary,
severely, 'or your aunt won't get to
bed tonight am sorry 1t Is not finer,
for know her own ropms must have
been very handsome. I'll get my own
roci,ing-rhair; IL is the easiest one In the
house; aud m hang tho photograph OF
baby over the mnntclpiccc. 1t will
make 1t lool, homc-lil,c"
"rhurs u dear girl Make her feel
at home, Molle She won't care sc
much about her fine house II we malt,
her feel at home here. If you could lei
her puttcr round the house n little ant
feel herself Of Importance, Mollic, Il
would delight her"
"Shc can boss the whole machinery
But, Tom, had no idea she was =,
old"
Nor l." said Tom. ruefully. ~ won
der II frctting turned her hair 81
white"
Toni Toni"
This voice was at the door, and Aun
Jane stood there, with tears running
down her checks.
81 am n miserable old woman, Toni
"Why, auntic,' said Tom, chcerily
don't cry. Come IN and see how coy
Mollic has made your room"
~ know II, Tom. Two been sorry 4
thousand times | would not SEQ her
But you should have come back To me,
she said, rcpruachfully.
But | wrote aud wrote, and you
Z never answered"
Wrote to me2"
4 "Of course"
II never Saw the lettcrA That viper
julia must have destroyed them"
"Whcrc is JuliaP"
3. "Gone home. The day that ! told
+, her had lost my money she packed NJ
3 and left me. Tom, don't deserve It,
. after doubling you; but will you for
y give me for testing your lovcP"
! "Tcsting my love?'
/ ayes, my dear boy. meant TO talh
TO your wife and you as somebody else
% but you knew me too soon. But, Tom
I that was all fudge"
, "What was all fudgo2"
r About the money"
70 oh" said Tom, dryly. you haven't
It lost uny?'
= Not cent Now, Tom, don't sci
y your face that way Come back tc
I your old home and bring your darling
10 vito and baby, DO, Toni"
Aunt Jane" said Tom, solemnly
. "lll come home on one condition"
"What Is that2'
THAT you here solomnly promise me
never 10 leave me one cent Of yout
10 money"
~ won't leave you anything but q
lock of my hair"
She kept her word. For ten years
the FANNY lived happily together
o. Then they carried Aunt jane to hcl
last resting place, and, her will being
opened, her money was found 10 b'
f, equally divided among Toms children
q N. T. News
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