The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-11-08


which she had been forming.
''Mr. Marshall" she said, cts q
great deal of trouble for you to go
three times n day tramping down that
long hill to the Toplady Arms and
back again. You are no longer a
stranger to us here. We have learned
to respect and trust you. II you
choose to take your meals with us
here, / shall be quite willing to sub
init You to my frugal table, as q
friend"
Mr.. Marshall's countenance changed
oddly He made q curious sound in
his throat as if he were swallowing
something.
''Miss lsidora," he said, 81 can't"
Can't" repeated the lady.
Nothing could induce me to eat
salt under this roof" said Mr.. Mar
shall, incoherently.
BLESS and save usi Is the man
mad?" cried Miss Isidora Ives.
al am, socially speaking, fraud"
said the stranger, "a forgery"
Miss Ives sat down on the sofa in
helpless way and stared at him.
But your sweet graciousness and
kindness have conquered me-" added
Mr.. Marshall.
"What do you mean?" said Miss
| Ives.
Just this" said the stranger. 81
am here on false pretenses. am
your cousin, the plaintiff. Ny name
isn't Marshall, but Gideon Marshall
| Robinson.
"Ma'am," whispered the heartless
maid, who turned absolutely green on
hearing the name of the family enemy,
'shall bring the kettle of boiling
water?"
''Rebecca," says Miss Ives, ''hold
your tongue and go out and feed the
young turkeys. / am fully competent
to manage this matter myself"
And kebecca, feeling herself put
down, departed.
"a came here" went on Mr.. Robin
son, ''to look into the facts of the case
myself. I have heard of your pre-
judices against me-"
"Yes, think So" interposed Miss
Ives.
"And do not blame you for them"
said Mr.. Robinson. "Now that am
personally acquainted with you, Miss
Ives, nothing could induce me to pro-
secute this"
Ubiquitous claiml' interposed
Isidora.
'Iniquitous claim" acceded Mr..
Robinson, with repetition of the
swallowing sound. Just what you
please to call it. respect You as a
lady, but | appreciate you as a rela-
tive; but, of course, knowing who l
am, you cannot tolerate me any longer
as your friend. ] will pack my bag
and depart at once. / can only feel
regretful that have deceived you so
long. / feel myself to be hyprocrite
and swindlerp
He waited meekly to receive the full
tide of Miss Isidora's curbed wrath.
She put ont her plump little hanl,
with four dimples in the four joints.
''Don't gol" she said in a low voice.
"Whatr cried the incredulous
plaintiff.
"Theres no reason why we
shouldn't be friends" said Miss Ives,
in her odd, brusque way. ''Things
seem so very different, now that we
are acquainted with each other.
Couldn't we-compromise?"
''Isidora," said Mr.. Robinson,
''we're cousins, you know, twice re-
moved. may call you Isidora?"
"Oh, certainly" said Miss Ives.
"We are the two last seeming
heirs"
"Plaintiff and defendant" nodded
Isidora.
Exactly so. Now it has just oc
Cured to me- mean, I've beer
thinking of it for some time-that il
we were to unite our claims"
'"ro get married, do you meanY
said Isidora, bluntly.
Eyes, precisely. 1t would put al
end to all litigation" pleaded Mar
shall Robinson. would you be will
ing to marry me?" said Mr.. Gideon
Marshall Robinson.
"Y-yesr' said Isidora 81 think
should Tn not young, but then six
and-thirty is not absolutely DID,"
''You are a rose in full bloom,
said Mr.. Robinson, enthusiastically
land / myself am not a mere boy, i
must be remembered.
Sand if people should laugh at us
why Wen let them laugh" said Isl
dora.
"And wen laugh, too" said tn,
middle-aged lover, cheerfully.
The fire was allowed to go down
: the kettle cover taken off, the charge
a drawn fro n the gun, and the Towe
pronounced to be no longer in stat
of siege.
And this is the way in which tn
famous case of Robinson vs. Ives
+, which had promised to swell the fee
of lawyers innumerable for the mex
q ten years, was removed from the cour
of records. And no one was so +,
except the lega. gentleman aforesaid.
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