The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-01-03


"Ah, Margcy," shouted Mr.. John. ~
know what you are thinking obontI
hou re wondering whore he came from
you re wondering where he came from A
soou ueal more than YOU are wondering
VINO ne is. You don't know whethereI il
brought him in my valise or Colded up in.
side the umbrella"
Now, john" said Aunt Ellen. won
are positively cruel Margcy, this Is Ar
thur' your Uncle Johns son. Aud, Ar,
thur, | must make you acquainted with
my niece, Margcy Griffith" ~
The young people silently shook hands.
harmonizing in color as they did So FOR
the recollection OF her romantic fancies
suddenly came across MargCy's mind and
| flushed her face.
on, | am not going to be crucl" cried
MIR. JOHN, This young man made the
trip with me yesterday, but thought it
better for me TO leave him at the village
ana to come to the house by myself, for
%nen S Arthur went away he was nothing
but boy, scarcely Is, and | did not
know how he might be received"
which was all stuff and nonsense
said MIR. Horace Brundcr. "You ought
to have known that he would be wei.
come"
We'll" said Mr.. John, 81 thought |
could manage things better by myself.
and rs you sent for him carly this morn
ing he has nothing to complain of. More
over, II l had brought rthur along with
me don't believe | should have had
enough to eat last night, for he's II great
deal worse in regard to cheese and sar-
dimes in the middle OF the night than |
am, but cvcrythifgS all right now, and
as this young lady is really to consider
me us one of her unClcS she might us we'll
peEin instantly and so | am going to bid
her happy New Year again and give
her kiss" which he did without delay.
and then Aunt Ellen kissed her, and then
Uncle Horace did so. -
No. not Arthur. 1t was not unit.
th OF April Of that year that he fou
himself entitled to that inestimable pr,
legc.
there were great many things whi
had to happen before the 7th of April,
In the first place. Margey had to IL
I'll about the trouble which had resi-
In MIR. Johns leaving the old
home, and when she discovered that
quarrel between the brothers had been
caused 10y some mad prauks OF the boy =
Arthur she set herself earnestly to work
to analyZc the mind Of the young man
Arthur and TO find out for herself the in
tcrcSting series OF dcvclopmcnts which
must have taken place in his character
to change him from the reckless young
stcr To the exceedingly kind hearted and
conSidcratc young man that he now was.
Lake many other persons inSthiS world
MarEcy was very fond OF the study Of
human nature. meaning thereby. as is
often the case that she had formed an
ideal concerning certain subject and
that she hoped to be able to convince her
self that the subject was equal to her
ideal.
She did lot have uninterrupted oppor-
tunities for continuing her study, for aft
er week or two Arthur was Obliged to
go away, but he came back as soon as he
could, and he assisted her so much In
coming TO n satisfactory conclusion in re-
gard to himself and his relation to her
ideal that by the time the 7th of April
came around her education in this branch
was entirely finished.
On the next New Years eve. q little he
fore II o'clock every member of that
family. including Joseph Buckle and
some other ls+&zshold seryants. assembled
in the great hall to invite the New Year
to enter. TO Margcy was assigned the
duty OF opening the door, and she did it
all herself, refusing any assistance, even
from the very urgent young man who
stood close beside her
W hen the great door was opened wide
and everybody all at once cried out
'hecrily. Come in, New Year, there en-
tered nothing but Il great blast OF cold
and frosty air, but everybody knew that
he New Year had como in, and the door
was closed.
Now" said Mr.. John, this is all very
we'll but can tell you. my good relatives
md friends, that no happier New Year
"i!l ever pass that threshold than when
ast year and came in together"
MarGcy and Arthur had some doubts
about this, for they were to he married. IN
he spring
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