The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-05-15
any support from her sharp tongues
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hDbWb no euIlbhllS vi TIC HhUJhfh ~
fact, be bad seemed almost 10 avoid ~
occasion for private talk With Der,
But one day Mrs Rodney and Ros,
bad gone out for the afternoon, and
Florence D D after came In where ibe
old gentleman was reading, She scented
herself and began
well, uncle, now that | hive shown
You that could do wbat | said ! eonld,
! suppose yon viii keep yonr part u
the agreement you lost yoBf wager
You know, she said pleasantly
"Wbat wager Whit ngreoWentp
be replied sDDbbiIy, looking up from
his paper M II be iid not wisb to DO
disturbed
Uncle Josiah apparent forgetfulnoFs
concerning The Mnitefborn wngop fairly
amazed bis niece
"Wby | suppose yoD know whit
this piper H., returned Florence,
drawing the agreement from bor
pocket "You did NOT think ! eoDld got
to the top Of the MattorborD and yoD
agreed here that " ! did within SIX
months you would give me money ~
stock or something tbHt would yield mo
M income Of MO, 900 n year bHya
climbed The MniiarbDrD and IN loss
tbnD foDr month"; from the date Of this
ugroonuDt written by s0p md wit
DesseJ by Mary and Roberts Nov,
whom Dro y0n going 70 DO yopp pnrtP
~ bpyoD't got tho money Dbont me
now, . replied Uncle Josjab spponstie
ally wen tnlk about " some other
time ~ DOESN'T my tbore how soon "
mnst be pDi1 does "
ono Df eoNfaer yoD know, ! mn Dot
insisting og y0Dp doing u Nd 0Dgo BBl
N WIS u BrneiDtB Impulse, believe,
TINT jed yDp ~ promise mo ibis only
want Ia know whnt ! am 10 expect +"
"Ob ! thought yoD hpld " WIS PM
down ybHt you bad 10 expect y sDid
the Old mAn, looking NJ her
"lDoIo, thepo ~ 10 Dho IN bnpdyiDR
words about II II yOn hDye n apHrb ~
honor you know Tint now yOll owe mo
this money YDpp word ~ concerned
! bDyo done What ! sNid ! would, md
want 10 know when yon VIII do y0Up
pnJt, y replied bis niece firmly
"llow do know tbnt y0H climbed
tbe MnltorborDY' said Dnele Josiah
iDerodplopsly
~ should tblnk ny word wag proof
enough rotopted Miss Rodney, VIII
toDo spirit lyon never know DO W
l0 ~ yopW lfa,'
~ know mighty few girls who
vopldp't yell u litllo white 1b " they
touDd got 10000 u yopr by ~
ebuekled Uncle Josiah
"WolL | anticipated aomo eDob sab
invfpgo ~ that" replied tho glpl oooIly
~ bays tbo atldnylt NJ eneh 0f tho
yptdog tbat ! mpdo tbe ascent
~ supposo my 81 thogo Swiss gDides
you'd make ont \ popar HE That for
bbD, wonldD't tbey ~
~ don't know These didn't
lyon 800 lborA'H 10 a1tnnl proof tbHt
g0p pllmbp1 tlnl m0lDIDiD y aDld Nv
nrgDmnDtnUyoly "fOH sny
vou did md y0n have tbo pppepH DGt
g0n may bD mlgtpknD, and, ~ my,
JbiDh 100 woDll bpy lbnl mpoN bUDd
from my ~ them WNs tbor0 ,
lpybo1y along bnt yoD md tho
guidAgp F,
'NDt Wild mh no replied Miss
trying 10 kaop cool nndap lhR !
d0glro ~ bov nnGle ~ IWItple i
ler "Bnl |. mot y0Dng man oD Tho
'ery top ~ Tho MullnphpyD la OupId
oBtlly ~ my bolDg there y
"Well bring him On, md lhoD III ,
NOV ,lIo wonId bo y npdIblo wllnpsH
! ble character ~ good, returned Der
IDclO
~ omit brlng him on don't know ,
vhoro ,ho ~ only kDow bin name /
"WhDt wnp bis plmeF :
'btNdlny suDy blndley'
.'lb0nndp like \ nDn0 en- NJ \ novel
Uncle Josiah HNeplplonaly, ~
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