The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-11-07

and when my knight of the picnic called
could only see him for a moment or
two. He left his card for mother and
the name on it was mark Urquart. "
Well, it became daily thing for
him to call to inquire how our invalid
progressed, and sometimes sat in the
old summer house with him, but did
not understand the hold he had got on
my heart till he told me he would be
leaving in another week, his business
with the agent being over.
Oh, how my heart ached when l
thought of him going away, and he
must have seen my grief in my face, for
he told me he could not go unless l
went with him. In vain / spoke of my
uncle's illness, my mothers loneliness.
He would insist on speaking to my
mother that very night, and after quite
a prolonged interview my mother called
me in and, greatly to my surprise, told
me she was quite willing for me to be
married privately on account of my
uncle's illness. She said Mark had quite
satisfied her as to his ability to keep
quietly married in a neighboring town
and then went to the Westmorland
lakes for week.
We had arranged to stay with mother
for another week before taking up
house for ourselves, but as we travelled
homeward Mark asked me if l knew
that Sir Frederick, Sir Walters success
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session Of Cliff Court I said no, and
that it would be delightful for us to
mix with the crowd that would be wait
ing to welcome him before going on to
the cottage
So, Mark being agreeable, we took
fly from the station and arrived as
light was being put to an immense bon
fire on the hill. Mark said we would
go in by the side gate and escape the
crush, and we reached the terrace with
out difficulty. The peacocks should have
been gone to roost, but the noise had
evidently reused them, and they were
strutting about just as they had been
that other day. Just as was going to
remind Mark of that time great cheer
went up, and crowd came rushing
around US crying Long live Sir Fred
erickl" and Mark said: Forgive me,
Kathie darling, for deceiving you am
Sir Frederick
Then before could realize what he
really meant Florrie came running up
and said: Didn't say that other day
that you were just like the owner re-
ceiving your guests? And now you are
really part owner. wish you much
Oh, dear, it had all come to me so
unexpectedly that felt faint, and asked
Mark (for l could not call him Fred
erick) to take me to mother. He told
me she and uncle, who had improved
very quickly, were waiting in the Court
for me, so l FASTENED in and found them
in cozy, quiet morning room. Mother
clasped me in her arms and asked my
in aiding Mark, who had
told her his real position the night he
proposed to me. But while she was
speaking we heard Mark say:
sis it possible that you are Uncle
Thomas?"
You see, owing to uncle's accident he
had not seen him before. My uncle
laughed and said:
II suppose my little game is up"
and while mother and l looked from
one to the other for some explanation,
Mark said:
81 find that after all it is / who must
introduce Uncle Thomas to you" We
are old friends and travelled together
from Frisco. He is the famous Ameri-
can millionaire, Thomas Clifford Banks
The latter name he adopted some years
ago."
So it turned out that Mark (whose
name was Frederick Mark had not
married poor girl after all, though he
thought he had, for l am my uncles
sole heiress, and he gave me a bicycle
worthy of a millionaire as marriage
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