El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-30

| "T wish you a very happy New Year,
| MISS" he said. 81 forgot it last night.
| being so ratified, and if anybody de-
serves a happy New Year you do, miss"
All the romance had gone out of Mar
gey's mind, and things seemed very COM
monplace to her in the cold light of day.
81 don't believe I had anything to do
with anything" she said. MIR. John
Brunder would have waited little while
longer, and then he would have rung the
bell, even if it should startle my aunt"
ooh, no, no, nov' said Joseph. Gle
wouldn't have done that. Nobody knows
what might have happened if he had
done that. But you'll be glad to hear,
miss, that everything is all right. They've
been up since a quarter past Z, for told
Mr.. Brunder the news when 1 first went
into his room. 1 have not known such
early goings on since Mr.. John went
away"
"And they are truly reconciled ~ asked
Marcy.
Indeed they are!' answered Joseph.
"They're all up stairs in the study now
as merry as crickets. Even Mrs. Brun-
der wasn't bit startled, or if she was it
didn't hurt her. There, miss, that's the
study door now. They're coming down
and in a family party, just as they ought
to be- And with this he retired.
Marcy waited in the hall. The ro-
nance of the affair had vanished.
Down stairs came the happy party.
merrily talking. Her Uncle Horace was
first Of all, his face brighter than she
had ever seen it, and as soon as he per-
ceived her he called out, 'Happy New
Year, MargeyH' in a voice so strong and
hearty that she could scarcely believe it
belonged to him. Then her aunt, who
seemed really in a hurry to come down
stairs, gave her the same greeting, which
was echoed loudly by Mr.. John, who
was little in the rear.
Happy New Year to-you allr' she
was about to add, but she did not. She
simply stood and gazed, her face turning
now little pale and now a little red and
her eyes wide open with wonderment.
The last person of the party coming
down the stairs, little behind Mr.. John.
was a man evidently young. He had no
beard, and his face was very fresh col
ored. He was tall, too, taller than her
Uncle Horace. She thought he looked as
though he wanted to bid her a happy
New Year, too, but he did not do it.
Now Mr.. John laughed aloud. and they
all laughed, excepting the young man.
who apparently knew what they were
laughing about and who turned a little
red, and excepting Margey, who did not
know what they were laughing at and
''Ah, Margey," shouted Mr.. John. Il
know what you are thinking about.
You're wondering where he came from
you're wondering where he came from Il
good deal more than you are wondering
who he is. You don't know whether L
brought him in my valise or folded up in
side the umbrella"
"Now, John" said Aunt Ellen, you
are positively cruel. Marcy, this is Ar
thur, your Uncle Johns son. And, Ar
thur, 1 must make you acquainted with
my niece, Margey Griffith"
The young people silently shook hands.
in color as they did so, for
the recollection of her romantic fancies
came across Margey's mind and
flushed her face.
"Oh, 1 am not going to be cruel!' cried
Mr.. John. This young man made the
trip with me yesterday, but l thought it
better for me to leave him at the village
and to come to the house by myself, for
when Arthur went away he was nothing
but boy, scarcely Is, and 1 did not
know how he might be received"
(Which was all stuff and nonsense"
said Mr.. Horace Brunder. "You ought
to have known that he would be wei
come"
"Well," said Mr.. John, 81 thought |
could manage things better by myself.
and as you sent for him early this morn
ng he has nothing to complain of. More
over, if / had brought Arthur along with
ne 1 don't believe 1 should have had
enough to eat last night, for he's a great
1eal worse in regard to cheese and sar-
lines in the middle of the night than |
I'M, but everything's all right now. and
Is this young lady is really to consider
ne as one of her uncleS she might as well
begin instantly, and so / am going to bid
her a happy New Year again and give
Ter a kiss which he did without delay.
md then Aunt Ellen kissed her, and then
Uncle Horace did so.
No, not Arthur. 1t was not until the
It'll of April of that year that he found
himself entitled to that inestimable priv-
eye.
There were a great many things which
lad to happen before the 9TH of April.
In the first place, Margey had to learn
III about the trouble which had resulted
n Mr.. Johns leaving the old family
lome, and when she discovered that the
quarrel between the brothers had been
aused by some mad pranks of the boy
Arthur she set herself earnestly to work
o analyze the mind Of the young man
Arthur and to find out for herself the in
eresting series of developments which
must have taken place in his character
o change him from the reckless young
ter to the exceedingly kind hearted and
onsiderate young man that he now was.
Like many other persons in this world.
fargey was very fond of the study of
uman nature, meaning thereby, as is
ften the case, that she had formed an
leal concerning a certain subject and
hat she hoped to be able to convince her
elf that the subject was equal to her
leal.
She did not have uninterrupted oppor-
mites for continuing her study, for aft
a week or two Arthur was obliged to
D away, but he came back as soon as he
,uld, and he assisted her so much in