Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1900-06-22

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Terms accepted al them. FlC-eucer''
Mrs Rodney made a weak. hopeless
movement Of despair. 1t would he a
hard eight for her all alone and her
brother 80 rudely against her
Uncle " said Miss Rodney calmly.
bot with bot. angry patch OF cuiCr in
her healthy cheek and glitter in her
eve, there's no need Of your being auy
more disagTssable than Necessary |
admit the prospect Of escaping from
my life here and escaping from YOU
makes this atrOcious proposition have a
force that nothing else couli lend Il
The Earl Of Darlington can't be much
more Of trial than you. che added
hOtlv
That's the sensible way 10 look at
il. my dear. returned Uncle Josiah
with brisk and uuruffied cheerfulnes.
But Matilda didn't know You well
Matilda was a business woman 1T least
|; was - like her to leave her money
10 Darlington and at the same time
rope in you rs beneficiary. thus seem
Ing 10 have regard for her own fam.
lily don know why she should nave
cared about that he went on. di.re-
gardIng apparently Miss Rodney beau
tifully uudisguised look Of disgust
she never Minded u while she was
alive But people funk 50 when they
are going TO die. be observed philo.
sophically "However ~ was ohs-rv
ing, Matilda foOlishly thought that Won
were "a degenerated niece and uH.ht
talk al the prospect Of marrying a bag
Of disease and thousands Of pounds Of
debt So she ties up your mother and
your sister good fortune with yuur
consent Marry this Titled backward
aud your mother and sister VIII ~ in
dependent and comfortable for life
They won have TO live with him you
know 50 there is no reason why they
shouldn be happy
Josiah cried Mrs Rodney this /
is brutal | cauno; endure II II YOU .
coutILue like that. shall have to leave
the room
There no reason why yon should .
not, ny dear. he replied che-rfullv /
'fon can cry and plead with Florence
later on
Don be silly, mamma, said Miss
Rodney prosaically "Uucle Josiah is
putting 1t as badly A. he can int even
be cannot 10 more than Justice 10 this
vile, miserable scheme OF my aunt |
am thankful to You for letting mamma
SEE the thing just a. it is, she said to
her uncle
'Oh. don mention it, saii the old
cynic. 1T is Il pleasure to help Won ont
IN this trying moment can see von
With the coronet of countess stuck on
top of yoar head They wear coronets.
Ion theyT
But You will note our dear NATL
Ia forethonght, 90 he went on Il am
almost proud Of her You might kick
,ver all this debt and disease So she
'ribes you with Your mother and sis.
ers happiness Why she should have
hought that Darlington would possibly
.alk at bestowing his distinguished self
N you don't see, unless she knew
nat his tavorite type of woman wss :
be chorus girl If he refuses, Won get
all But he won't refuse. | promise
ou You refuse, and he gets il And
he gets it, he has got to tack the
ame OF Gardner on to his own Oh
latllda was a corker for family pride
ne Idea OF perpetuating the family
ame IN that way Hitching it on 10
n earl titie Il was great Whv
ouldn I you, if you accept him and
ecome the mother Of little earl to be
anne him Josiah, after me1 That is
ew name in the British nobility 1t
'ould probably be the only strong
ealthy thing about the poor little
nap tie would surely be scrofulous as !
hllal compliment to his papa.
This Is little disgusting " said
Ilss Rodney. looking at her venomous ..
d uncle in a way that even he felt
decline to hear any more on the sub.
ct You have really in your coarse
eedom OF language expressed the plain
nth have never so agreed with Won
my life | simply refuse, without the
'ed OF another moments deliheration.
y aunt's infamous proposition The
ny thing that can palliate her daring =.
make 1t Is that she did the same ~
ing herself And she. heaven save the
ARK was an American girl Don't
the subject be mentioned in my
airing again
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