Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-07
UNCLE EGILLET'S MONEY,

There were three Miss Gillets, spin
sters, who lived with their uncle, n
bachelor, in the old stone house at
Atwater, and in pointing them out to
strangers the Atwaterites were accus-
toned to remark upon the fact that it
was love of money with them, and
that a Miss Gillet who married would
cease to be her uncle's heiress.
When his brother and his wife died
in one week of fever, the bachelor
uncle had done his best for the young
people. He educated them and allow
ed them few female friends.
But as they grew up one law was
maintained with inviolable rigidity.
There was to be no courting and no
marrying beneath his roof
They were pretty girls-tall, slon-
der, red-cheeked and blue eyed-girls
to be loved and married by nature:
but there was Uncle Gillet's money.
So they grew up and grew older, still
single, and not one of them had ever
had thought of marriage in all her
life.
1t was well understood matter in
the village, as well rs in the family,
that, marrying, Miss Gillet lost her
inheritance. DIR. Rush had heard it,
and believed it to be true, when Uncle
Gillet, having touch of rheumatism,
sent for him.
He had always thought the three
slender girls the prettiest things he
had ever seen, but when he stood face
to face with Dolly, he fell in love with
her. He looked alter her rs she went
out of the room, and Uncle Gillot
looked at him sharply.
"My niece is pretty GIRL" he said.
81 see you think 50. She's sensible
girl, too. They are all sensible girls:
they prefer n single life and indepen-
dence to the miseries of marriage"
"By your advice. L believe" said
the doctor.
'Its n miserable muddle altogether,
this marriage" said Uncle Gillet;
don't talk about it any more"
DIR. Rush did not at that time, but
about dusk next evening Dolly, cross
ing the bridge just out of Atwater,
paused to look down into the water,
and then and there someone came be-
hind her and said:
"Miss Gillett"
She turned with start. 1t was DR..
Rush.
81 have just left the good uncle; he
is better. He will be well in day or
two. He has strong constitution
aud is n man to live to be hundred
years old"
"Thcn I shall be able to walk out
occ sionally, now."
"But you'll take walk over
the bridge tomorrow" said the doc
tor.
"Well, perhaps So" said Dolly.
And so she did. She took great
many; and at last one day DR.. Rush
was allowed to slip ring upon her
finger and to kiss her lips.
81 shan't have a penny, said Dolly.
"You are sure you don't mind?"
"All the pennies we want 1 can
earn myself" said the doctor. "And
you must marry mo in u month.
Promise, Dolly"
Dolly promised.
Georgiana and Milly sat at work to-
gethor that evening while Uucle Gil
let read.
Dolly was not sewing She held
the work, it is true, but her hand
never moved toward the needle. She
did not hear word that was uttered :;
but when at last there came n pause
she dropped the muslin and started to
her feet.
"If you please, uncle" she said,
"thero's something must tell. 1 can't
keep it secret any longer. I'm going
to marry DIR. Rush"
Georgiana and Millicent screamed
in chorns.
"You are, eh?" said Uncle Gillet.
eyes, sir, suid Dolly.
"And he knows my opinions?"
COZ course" said Dolly. "Hc
knows that except the two or three