The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1895-05-10

all battered to pieces &c one .esHer gone
and half the leaves out ~
No matter" said Aunt Nabby
rescuing her ball of silk from the paws
of the irreverent kitten Il want it.
And mean to have it. And | want
you to help me get hold of it, Mat
thew"
Il don't think it will be possible
for you to find it, said Mr.. Wildwood
thoughtfully.
But will find it ~ said Aunt Nab
by. Il must find it."
Why - point blank demanded Mr.
Wildwood.
Because" answered Aunt Nabby
Il want it for IL family relic. | hahn
got nothing to remind me of Samuel's
wife. And that's what I've come on
East for-to get bold of the old die
tionary. I'm goin' out to Pelt's Point
| tomorrow to see Squire Sadler-he
was the lawyer that settled the estate
what there was of it to settle--and
he'll maybe know what became OF
the old dictionary"
IL don't regard that as especially
likely" said Mr.. WILDWOOD How
should he know?'
There amt no tellin' what's likely
and what amt" said Aunt Nabby
resolntely.
And here the subject was allowed tt
drop. But when Aunt Nabby haC
gone up stairs to bed, with IL pitch
| plaster in one hand, for her back, anG
IL tumbler of boiling hot water in the
| other for her digestion, and a box o.
nervine pills in one pocket, and a bot
| tie OF corn curer in the other, Mrs
| Wellwood-a shrewd, sallow- complex
| toned little woman, who had all this
time been darning quietly away at a
basket of stockings in the corner
| looked up at her husband with quick
| intelligent eyes.
Matthew, said she, what doe.
this mean? ?
Il Think said Mr.. Wildwood, tina
Aunt Nabby has some sort of method
in her madness this time. And it i.
not for any mere sentimental associa
ton that she wants to get hold of the
old dictionary"
Il remember it WE'LL" said Mrs
Wildwood. thoughttully. "a queeI
old book, with the edges bullying out
the title-page gone, half the cove
| torn off, and a round black ring OF
the other half, where little Polly once
set down a tin-cup of hot salve. d.
YOU suppose, Matthew"
Aunt Nabby knew your Aunt
Walker, Samuel's wife, as she Away
calls her-better than any one else,
interrupted Mr.. Wildwood. Ssh,
was an eccentric old soul. We wer,
all surprised, if you recollect, at ther,
being no money saved up, none de
posted anywhere. Depend upon it
if there was any money to save
cit was in that old dictionary y
cried Mrs Wildwood, dropping he'
darning needle. And Aunt Nabb,
knows it"
Mr.. Wildwood nodded his head, anC
smoked harder than ever as he stared
into the fire, as if seeking from the rec
embers counsel and advice.
"Where is that dictionary" said he
Goodness only knows !" despair
inglv sighed Mrs. Wildwood.
Try and think - eagerly urged he
husband.
perhaps Mrs. Grubb would know,
said Mrs. Wildwood. ''She packed al
the things that were left, and locked
up the house"
write to her." said Mr.. Wildwood
eagerly. "Oh, no-that would onl.
be uselessly arousing suspicion! G'
there yourself, Sarah. Ask her t.
come here and make a visit"
What! Mrs. Grubbn'
Eyes, Mrs Grubb."
But, Matthew, she is such a dread
full old bore ~ pleaded Mrs. Wildwood
Never mind that said Wildwood
impatiently, flinging his cigar stunt
into the red-hot Goals. "Only thinl
of the fortune that may possibly re
ward our efforts Sarah, we mus
get hold of that dictionary
SO Mrs. Wildwood went to Mrs
George Grubb, and courteously invit
ed that lady to make her a visit.
Mrs. Grubb accepted promptly
She had always wanted to visit tn
city, and here at last was golden op
portunity. She brought her littl
nephew and her two tall girls witt
her.