The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-03

He will be worn, and weary, and travel
stained-I don't exactly know what trav-
el-stained means; do your"
Il should say grimy," responded Mrs.
Mackenzie, who had been listening with
wide-eyed, open-mouthed attention,
'grimy, and probably very hot
"Ugh!' with a shudder. Then
don't think we'll have him travel-stain-
ed, auntie; he can be worn and weary
that will be quite enough. He must lose
his way somehow or another and find
himself on the terrace-no outside the
garden gate. He will look in, and see
the roses and the fountains and every
thing so pretty and quaint, and the birds
will be singing and the sun shining and
he will long, and long, to get in. Then
I shall come to the gate-1 think L must
have a very killing shepherdess get
up ready for the occa sion-and when the
wayfarer catches sight of me, he will
stare, and rub his eyes, and say, Is this
Arcadia? And l shall answer: Yes,
please walk in -
Molly, you are too silly''-her aunt
was beginning, but. the girl went On
talking loud and fast.
And then-and then, dear auntie, he
will fall in love with me, and L with
him, and we shall be married, and live
happily ever after
Really" cried Mrs. Mackenzie let
ting the word fall-as a sort of bombshell
of concentrated evaporation, II don't
know how a girl of your age can talk
such rubbish, and display such bare
faced vanity. Sitting deliberately down
to make up day-dreams, and all about
yourself-and not a bit ashamed"
people always make -day-dreams
about themselves, responded Molly,
who was quite unabashed; "only they
are not candid enough to admit it, Why
you dear old thing, did you never in
dulge in day-dreams?'
"Never"' said Mrs. Mackenzie, ener-
getically.
What! not when you were young and
and pretty?"-this somewhat doubt
fully. Are you sure, auntie? Come, 1
think you must have, sometimes. When
Uncle James first began to pay his ad~
dresses to you, for instance-now didn't
you?"
Decidedly, Molly was in mischiev-
GUS mood today. Poor, good uncle
James! he had been the last person in
the world suggest the faintest particle
of romance.
81 did nothing of the sort" returned
his relct, with a certain solemn tri-
umph LAS soon as 1 saw what your
uncIe's intentions were, / said TO my
self: This seems a, sensible, steady
young man; think I'll have him ou
don't call that INDUCING in day-dreams.
1 suppose"
No acknowledged Molly, and then
she began to laugh. And did he, on
his part, think you a sensible steady
young woman?'
Il should hope he did" Mrs. Mac
kenzie was beginning, when the con
versation was suddenly put to an end
by the enterance Of a foOtman with
me evenings post.
"Such big lat letter from Mr.. Burke!
exclaimed Molly. What can he nave to
hi of he
ming of the week, and he is coming, as
usual, tomorrow to pay the wages and
look round OH Her face changed, be-
coming suddenly grave, and crimsonlng
| up to the very temples w hat 10 you
| think? An heir has turned up at last!"
NONSENSE" cried her aunt making
| dive at the letter in her excitement
Molly held it fast however, and read out
its contents steadily, Notwithstanding
! Mrs Mackenzie's frequent expressions
of dismay.
My dearest Molly" wrote Mr.. Burke,
81 intend to run down and see you, as
usual tomorrow, but, l am sorry to say,
|. not alone. l cannot expect you, more
! over, to offer a warm weicome to my
| companion who is, I regret to announce
| it, your rival in claiming the O'Neill es-
| tates He is your cousin, beng a de-
scendante of Hugh O'Neill, the great
uncle of yours, who enigrated to Ameri-
! ca early IN TINS century
''WeI, if so, he can't claim anything, >
interrupted the elder lady eagerly. How
silly of Mr. Burke to fr ghten us like
| that, OF course, he can't claim anything.
| Only an O'Nein of the cider line can DIS
possess you, you know. That was dis
tinctly stated in the will"
'Hush-wait bit. Listen: Your
| great-uncle, who emigratv1 to America
early in this century, and who married
Margaret O'Neill. the only scion of an
Irish American family, descended (as can
be shown from the elder branch of the
O'Neills of Castle ONeill. The papers
| which the present representative of the
name has submitted to me prove the
above statement beyond doubt The
fact of the double connection verifes
his claim the more easily, that your
| great-uncle had been at some pa ms to
| trace the geneaiogy OF his wife, and had
carefully collected and preserved all doc
uments relative thereto This was, how
ever, probably from mere traditional
| pride Of birth, and without any Interior
! motive, tie rupture between his family
and Miss O'NeilTs beng complete; be-
sides, the latters father was at that time
alive, and there was then no likelihood
OF the estat=s soing a-begging Mr.. Hugh
| O'Ncfll first wrote to me some weeks
ago; he had been travelling it seems, and
only had his attention called to the news
his return. He must have been aWay
from home also, he thinks, on the occa-
stons Of that lady's former researches
[ cannot help regretting. my dear Mollv.
that since Mr.. O'Nein is so fond of tray-
cling he did not further prolong his re-
cent tour; the time allotted for insert
| ing the aboVe-named advertisement would
shortly have expired, and your cousin.
in all probability would have continued
ignorant of his claim
However, it has been otherwise deere d
and We must make the best of matters
as they stand did not like to alaI m
you on receiving the first intimation of
MIR. O'Neill's existence, thinking It would
probably turn out a mere scare. such as
we have already had experience OF. But
now, I regret to say. there is no longer
room for doubt. Finding. on further cor
responding with Mr.. O Nefli, shat he ap-
neared to have grounds for his claim,
] dispatched a trustworthy messenger to
Boston, whose report, just received, con-
firms all the formers statements In the
meantime your cousin has himself ap-
peared on the scene. We have had two
| or three interviews, and in short as I
have already said, we must Tow make
up our minds to look upon him as the
rightful heir to the O'Neill estates He
is extremely anxious to inspect them
forthwith Though I must own he is
equally DESTROYS of treating you with all
delicacy), therefore I have written this
somewhat lengthy statement to explain
to you exactly how matters stand. and
to prepare you to receive him. 81 won
DER" said Molly, breaking off suddenly
why Mr.. Burke doesn't give us time
to get away before he comes?"
Read on, my dear" said her aunt
whose chin rested on the girls shoulder
while her foref1nger pointed to the ensu-