Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02

:.@YuE shts ssss sa b Sa "a
kindly in ex
preston, and his eyes were small and
sharp.
She laid down her Arabian Nights
ona rock, and dipped up gourd full
of delicious spring water. After long
draught he regarded ner approvlngly.
''Can you tell me where Jonas
Wray Iives?" he further inquired.
Down the holler yonder. This i,
his spring. She thrust her book under
one arm, and picked up her bucket of
water. I'm going there"
'.Be YOU? Well now, 1 reckon von
must be one of Jonas Wray's little
gals"
'.I'm Uncle Jonas's niece"
'U-m-m-h-m You be?' He in
spected her with an air OF curiosity.
"Wel, you seem to be n nice little
girl. Who'd you reckon lam, now?'
If Judy had expressed her candid
opinion, she would have said, ''some
tramp, most likely" but being a lit
tie uncertain and little afraid, she
contented herself with puzzled look.
Don't know, eh? Well, I'm you,
Uncle Judson."
Judy was so surprised that she put
down her pail in order to take good
long stare at this rather disreputable
looking relative. Then she was sorry
to see that he should be SO poor and
weak and shabby.
"I'm glad to see you," said she
suddenly remembering her manners.
.'Youll be Just in time for dinner"
p She led the way to the house, ant
the man followed. A woody dog,
about as forlorn in appearance as I'm
Gle Jud.;on, trotted beside them as
thev went.
''That your dog, Uncle?"
ayes, that's Boozer. He amt mucl
to look at, but he's cute, powerful
cute"
Great was the amazement at the
house when this trampish man pre-
sented himself in the guise of Uncle
Judson. Several weeks ago this long.
forgotten relative had written that he
was coming back to revisit his boy
hoods home which had neither seer
nor heard of him for more than 6
score of years. He had been in Mon.
tana ell this time, and of course he
must be rich, they had thought.
Doubtless he would appear in g car
riage wearing broadcloth and gold
watch, with possibly n stove-pipe hat
to enhance his dignity. OF course his
pockets would be stuffed with bank
notes and coin, While his bank account
would be something stupendous.
T.. "When these old miners do get ricl
they never know when to stop" re
fected Mr.. Wray, who had never had
a bank account himself, and whose
ideas of Western prosperity were in
separately associated with the Comstoch
Lode, bonanza kings, and the cattle
on thousand hills. But one glance
at Uncle Judson crushed their hopes
Judy dragged out chair and he sat
down. The rest of the family glared
at him MS if he were some freak es
capped from a dime museum.
"Well, folks" said the old fellow
looking from one to the other, ''you
don't seem overly reioiced to see me
Amt you goin' to shake?'
o. They "shook," of course, in a pre-.
functory sort OF way, and Mrs. Wray
remarked:
"Of course we're glad to see you,
Jud, but we didn't look for you tc
come back INN Just such a way
"Yes, rut poor folks has poor ways,
Harriet, and l amt no exception to
the rule"
"Havc you really come back from
Montany just as poor as when you
went there. JUDI asked Jonas, no,
altogether concealing his disappoint
ment. "We all thought you'd made I
sortune.
'People gets busted out there n:
we'll as anywhere else" Uncle Judso1
looked hungrily at the table, nov
-.sIt.;, Iur G.nL.r. 'JIut never mini
I'm 'mongst my kin-folks, and-Tn
mighty hungry"
JEFF and Emmeline, the older chill
dren, glared at the man as if he had il
some way robbed them of expectations
which they felt were theirs by right
But there seemed to be nothing for i
but to be civil to Uncle Judson, 20
the present, at least, SO they all ha,
Inner. Mrs. Wray, however, drov
Boozer out of the house.
''Don't be too hash with the poo
tellow," said Uncle Judson, mildly, a
ne threw the dog piece of corr
bread.
The unwelcome relative soon mad
himself at home in quiet wav, tha
none of them liked except Judy, wb
tried to be kind to him when Aun
Harriet WAS not looking. He die. 80
talk much, but he soon saw that tn
orphan child was regarded mainly as
drudge and convenience Tor the rest
Her Uncle Jonas ignored her; he
aunt scolded her and KEEP: her busy
while Cousins JEFF and Emmelin
snubbed her at their own discretion
When JEFF wanted chair he too
5udy's; when Enmeline wished t.
shirk duty of any kind, she calle
ipon her cousin to take her place.
In Judy's face was sort of matur