Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-11-19

at length accounted an eccentric indi
vidual Of small means and left religious
ly alone.
Alone and uncared for-that is, il WI
except the little friendly trimmings in
OF Plantagenet, his granddaughter, who
has taken 10 the gentle old man from
the first, and who is never weary o.
hearing OF the professor late trip t.
the petrifed tree tract of Arizona OF
looking at the rare specimens SO careful
ly collected. for Uncle Job is a learned
geologist and has written several re-
markable treatises on the subject hi
Sermons In Stones" having beer
adopted as textbook in many colleges
And from stones Plantagenet easily
leads the conversation to scarcely less
adamantine subjeots--the hearts of his
unyielding parents-for, cold, calculat
ing and worldly, they have softened moi
one whit under the warmth Ut Plan
tagenet's young love, and it is Uncle
Job who unconsciously encourages hin
in his grim determination to brave thu
ire of his parents and marry his sweet
Nan in the teeth of all opposition
And so they are quietly married.
Plantagenet Altick and Nanette Gray
and go to housekeeping in pretty lit
tie cottage. in pretty suburb, some
miles from the splendid city home O.
his father.
Uncle Job, who has begun new
work on geology, shuts himself up il
his third story back room and allows th'
world without to wag as it will
And it soon begins to wag in very
cheerless manner for the two welded
young folks
But though shut out from one loved
paradise, he has his Nan-his dear, lit
tie, brave Nan, who smiles through
great, unshed tears upon him, whe1
suddenly she meets his sorrowfui gaze
after many long quarter of an hours
| silent retrospection.
ooh, it must come right soon, Plan
they never would shut you out o.
their lives foreverW
"You don't know them," mutter.
the boy.
"I'm pretty we'll acquainted will
you, dear, and if any father or mother
could treat such son as you are 81
scurvily-there, that's all ugly word,
know, Plant, but it's the right one tt
use in this instance-all have to say
is that they don't deserve such goot
child-there! - and two pretty arms
| barred to the elbow for kitchen conven
fence, find their fond way about thu
neck of her chosen lord.
Her chosen lord smiles family at thi
| speech and tries desperately to rally hi
| dropping spirits.
1t was very humble position tina
the college bred Plantagenet Alticl
found himself obliged to accept to keel
the little house going-the only position
open to him when he, beside hinsel
with just indignation at an unreason
able opposition and great and absorb
ing love, broke bounds and besough
the faithful Nan to leave her position
as governess in wealthy family ant
share his five roomed cottage and hi
meager salary,
| Nan, too used to poverty to let
frighten her, and imagining, innocen
soul, that no one could long be angr,
at so dear a boy as Plant consented
and the home coming, though a lone
some little affair, brought with it haL
piness enough to last fortnight a
least.
Then Plantagenet saw that there wa
to be no relenting on the part of thos
he loved and reverenced with all th
strength of his boyish nature, and hi
grief grew greater with every passin
hour. To crown all, he had lost his pc
sition the second week in the Novembe
following, owing to the insolvency Q
the firm by which he had been employ
ed, and, though they have given hir
splendid recommendations there is II
position easily obtainable.
One morning stray thought, findin
it's way from out that great, mysteriou
silence so full of untried possibilities
comes to him suddenly and sends hir
upon its own little errand straight
Uncle job
Up long flight of front stairs, up
short back flight and several knock
| upOu q uOUI Iuucl GtuSS ~ w opcA an
discover to young Altick room littere
with papers, books, trays of specimen
and two or three volumes of Hugh Mil
Ter.
"Good morning, Uncle Job!"
"How dye do, Plantagenet?"
II do miserably, thank you, sir. On
Gle Job, I've lost my position, and-an
if could help you in any way-copy
ing or the like write tolerably de
cent hand, sir, and thought perhaI
you d like to hire me''-
"No-no-no! Not even thong
you're Yale fellow well met. L
not trust you with theml Not sol
save myself shall do line of writin
on these particular manuscripts. What
the matter?"
"Firm worked for failed"
"Humph! How Nan?"
Chow should she be? Happy an
Joyous as BELTS bride-the bride Of
man shut out from home, and who hs
not red cent in his pocket! Heave
knows where tomorrow's bread an
butter will come fromp'
"And it won t tell. It's sort Of hal
It 1t has got into, you see, about b.
ing sort of mysterious over the ends
has in view. But there, you may So
out the Numbers pages for me fro
among the litter yonder, and We'll ST
1 ~ I'D hat Co. 80,