Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1899-11-09

she had long been forming.
Mr.. Marshall" she said, its grca:
deal OF trouble for you TO go three times
day tramping down that long hill to
the TopIady Arms and back again. You
are 10 longer a stranger to us here. We
have learned to respect and trust you.
If you choose to take your meals with
us here, l shall be quite willing to sub
nit you to my frugal table, as friend"
Mr.. Marshal's countenance changed
oddly. lie made curious sound in his
throat as if he were swallowing some
thing.
Miss Isidora," he said, u can't"
Can't" repeated the lady.
Nothing could induce me to eat salt
under this roof" said Mr.. Marshall, in
coherently.
BLESS and save us Is the man madY
cried Miss Isidora Ives.
81 am, socially speaking, fraud"
said the stranger, "a forgery"
Miss Ives sat down on the sofa in a
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" sale the stranger. u am
here on false pretenses. am your
cousin, the plaintiff. My name isn't
Marshall, but Gideon Marshall Robin
SON."
"la'am," whispered the heartless
maid, who turned absolutely green on
hearing the name of the family enemy,
shall l bring the kettle of boiling wa
ter?"
"Rebecca," says Miss Ives, hold your
tongue and 90 out and feed the young
turkeys. lam fully competent TO man
age this matter myself"
And Rebecca, feeling herself put
down, departed.
~ came here" went on Mr.. Robinson
ito look into the facts of the case my
self. l have heard OF your prejudices
against me"
Yes, I think So" interposed Miss
Ives.
And I DO not blame you for them,
said Mr.. Robinson. Now that l am
personally acquainted with you, Miss
Ives, nothing could induce me to pros
ecute this"
ubiquitous claim!" interposed Isl
dcra.
"Iniquitous claim" acceded Mr.. Rob-
. :.L , ,.o,o+;+;On Of the SWa How
ing sound Just what you please to
call it. respect you as a lady, but lap
preciate you as relative; 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. l feel myself to be hypo-
critic and 4 swindler!
lie waited meelly tc receive the full
tide Of Miss Isidora's curbed wrath. She
put out her plump little hand, with four
dimples in the four joints.
Don't go." she said, in low.voice.
What" cried the incredulous plain
tiff.
There's no reason why we shouldn't
be friends" said Miss Ives, in her odd,
brusoue way. Things seem so very
different, now that we are acquainted
with each other. Couldn't we-compro-
mise?"
"Isidora," said Mr.. Robinson, we're
cousins, you know, twice removed.
may call you Isidora?'
"Oh, certainly" said Miss Ives.
awe are the two last seeming heirs"
plaintiff and defendant" nodded Isl
dora.
Exactly so. Now it has just occurred
to mel mean, I've been thinking OF 1t
for some time-that if we were able to
unite our claims"
ITO get married, do you mean" said
Isidora, bluntly.
eyes, precisely. 1t would put an end
to all litigation" pleaded Marshall Rob-
inson. Would you be willing to marry
me?" said Mr.. Gideon Marshall Robin
son.
"Y-yes!" said Isidora. 81 think
should. I'm not young, but then six
and-thirty is not absolutely OLD.
"You are q rose in full bloom" said
Mr.. Robinson, enthusiastically, "and l
myself am not mere boy, it must be
remembered"
"And if people should laugh at us,
why, we'll let them laugh" said Isidora.
"And we'll laugh, too" said the mid
dle-aped lover. cheerfuliv.
The fire was allowed to go down, the
kettle cover taken off, the charges
drawn from the gun and the Tower
pronounced to be no longer in state of
siege.
And this is the way in which the ia
nous case of Robinson vs.. Ives, which
had promised to swell the fees of law
yers innumerable for the next ten
years, was removed from the court Of
records. And no one was sorry except
the legal gentlemen aforesaid.-Chica-