Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-03-09

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before, and caused great excitement
among us. 1t would take me a week
to tell of the beauties of one of the most
stately Of 1.-The stately homes of Eng
land"
We all wandered at will through the
magnificent picture galleries and superb
reception rooms; and then, to our intense
surprise, found a choice lunch awaiting
us in the great dining hail, where befrilled
danes of hundreds Of years ago looked
down in naughty .disdain on us. as though
resenting our intrusion; and ancient
knights leaned on their swords and seemed
to look us through and through. But the
day waned, and, much to our regret the
time for starting homeward came. 1t
was only then that [ began to wonder
how / was to get there; but my knight of
the morning again offered me 4 seat and
off we drove. leaving the others to follow.
The drive through the fra grant country
lanes was most enjoyable, and my COM
panion very entertaining, telling me of
many foreign lands, through which he had
travelled, and was describing a visit to the
ice palace at St. Petersburg when we
reached the spot where should have been
the remains of my bike; but search as we
would we could find no trace of them.
was greatly upset at this. but my compan-
ion said perhaps it was best so, and then
my uncle would not feel grieved at the
state of his gift. Well, quite suddenly a
feeling of great shyness came over me,
and | began to realize how free [ had
been with a complete stranger, and Won
dered what mother would think of it all.
So I said [ would not get into the gig
again. but would walk home and make
my explanations as best | could.
My friend would gladly have accom-
panied me, but this | refused, and shyly
holding out my hand, said: ''Goodby;
you have been very good to me, and
thank you for helping me-" But he only
laughed, and said: "It must not be good
by, but only good-day, for | will be en-
gagged with the agent at Cliff Court for
about a month, and [ hope you will let
me call on your mother and yourself"
He watched me out of sight. and as |
neared home l wondered how I could tell
Uncle Thomas of the disaster to my BIZ
cycle; but there was no need of explana-
tons, for in reaching home | found
poor uncle had met with a sad accident,
having fallen from a ladder he had
mounted in order to fasten climbing
One of his legs was badly broken, and
he had received other serious injuries.
Still. he managed to ask me if | had had
"a happy day when / stood crying at
his bedside. ooh, yes, dear uncle" [ re-
piled. ''the happiest day in my life, l am
sure" on hearing which he smiled feebly
and then lapsed into Inconsistencies.
when my knight of the picnic called l
could only see him for a moment or two.
He left his card for mother, and the
name on it was MARX Urquart." Well.
it became a daily thing for him to call
to inquire how our invalid progressed,
and sometimes l sat in the old summer
house with him; but / did not under
stand the hold he got on my heart till
he told me he would be leaving in an
other 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 l spoke of my
uncle's illness, my mothers loneliness
lie would insist on speaking to my moth
er that very night, and after quite pro-
longed interview my mother called me in,
and. greatly to my surprise, told me she
was quite willing for me to
be be married married privately, CO.., on account of
had quite satisfied her as to his
ability to keep a wife. SO the next week
we were very quietly married in a neigh
boring town. and then went to the West
moreland lakes for a week. We had ar
ranged to stay With mother for another
week before taking up a house for our
selves; but as we travelled homeward
Mark asked me if [ knew that Sir Fred
erlck. Sir Walters successor. was to ar
rive that night to take possession of Cliff
court. I said no, and that it would he
delightful for us to mix with the crowd
that would be waiting to welcome him
before going on to the cottage. SO Mark
being agreeable, we took a fly from the
station and arrived as a light was being
put to immense bOnfreS Oh the hill. Mark
said we would go in by the side gate and
escape the crush. and we reached the ter
race without difficulty. The peacOcks
should have been gone to roost, but the
noise had evidently reused them, and they
We're Strutting about just as they had been
that other day. Just as | was going to re-
mind Mark of that time a greet cheer
around us, crying: Long live Sir Fred
erick" and Mark said: Forgive ne,
Kathie, darling, for deceiving you; | I'm
Sir Frederick!
Then, before I could realize what he
really meant. ElOrrie came running up
and said: Didn't l say that other da'-
that you were just like the owner IT
ceiving your guests? and now you really
are part owner. l wish you much happi-
ness" Oh, dear, it had all come to me
so unexpectedly that l felt faint and
asked Mark for l could not call him
told me she and uncle, who had improved
very quickly, were waiting in the court
for me, so / FASTENED in, and found them
III a cOzy, quiet morning room Mother
clasped me in her arms and asked my
forgiveness in aiding Mark, who had told
her his real position the nh HI he pro-
posed to me. But while she was speak
ing. we heard Mark say: ''ls 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: Il suppose by little game is up
and while mother and | looked from one
to the other for some explanation, Mark
said: Il find that after all it is l who
must introduce Uncle Thomas to you.
We are old friends and Travelled to-
gether from Frisco. He is the famous
American millionaire, Thomas Clifford
Banks, tie latter name he adopted some
years ago" So it turned out that Mark
(whose real name was Frederick Marl)
had not married poor girl after all,
though he thought he had, for / am I'M
cle's sole heiress. and he gave me a BIZ
cycle worthy of millionaire as a mar
riage present.-Belfast News.
Immigrants.