The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-05
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| and fishing trip. They VIII make the.r
headquarters with Joe Kelly at Bear
| Lake, where the accommodations are,
as you know, of the toughest I hare
| told them how near they will be to yoa
and have made them promise to look
/ you up. Be good 10 them for my sake:
| besides I think it viii be good for the
girls to know them Paul and Philip
| Ayres are first cousins and have been
! brought up and educated together BY
Pills father, who is a multi-millionaire-
Paul has nothing of his own. but we
think that he is sure TO make his way
in the world They are E1e brother,
ever suspect that there was any differ
| ence in their prospects"
There was much more in the letter,
| which covered four closely-wyitten pages,
| but this was the part which Mrs. Tay-
| Tor read and re-read with deepest in
terest That the young men were COM
| ing was pleasant news to her. Every
body knew Philip Ayres, senior, the Chi
! cago financier, oy reputation. and no
mother with a daughter TO marry could
have learned unmoved that for weeks
! his son and heir would be thrown in
| close proximity TO that daughter.
The Tayiors were st. Louis people, but
Mrs. Taylor had spent much of her life,
previous to marriage, in Chicago. This
| letter was from her most intimate friend.
Mr.. TAYLOR and his son Clarence wera
jealous sportsmen. and for their sakes
had been built the family lodge in the
wilderness. For six weeks every year
father and son left business cares be-
hind them and almost lived outdoors.
Mrs. Taylor hated the woods, but, like
a good wife sacrificed herself uncom-
plainingly. That they made Belle a
tomboy was not the least of her trials
scarcely modified by the girls vigorous
health and graceful carriage, which were
due chiefly TO her outdoor life in sum-
mer 1t did not matter much about
Nellie. She was Mr.. Taylor's niece, and
If he chose to bring her up like a boy
the sin lay on his shoulders. not hers.
She was fond of the girl, but, as she
sometimes said, she was not her own
daughter.
Moved to unusual exertion, Mrs. Tay-
lor arose, and, after carefully DOMINIC
shade hat and gloves, sailed forth in
the afternoon sun. She could see Mr.
Taylor and his three disciples fishing
from their rowboat within easy hail of
their little pier AS she came near
enough to hear Mr.. Taylor called out
gleefully:
''NeIlie's caught the largest, biggest,
whitefish we've caught this year," and
Clarence leIQ II up LOT Inspection
She just caught it, mamma. Isn't it
fne?" cried Belle enthusiastically.
Eyes, dear" answered her mother. 81
will send 'Rastus down for it and we
will have it for supper Edward" to
her husband, st have just had letter
from Dolly. She says that Philip Ayres
you know his father, the Chicago man
and his cousin are at Joe Kelly's, and
she asks us to be nice to them. l want
you and Clarence to row across the
lake and ask them over here. Bring them
to supper today, if you can; if not,
make them promise to come tomorrow"
"All right, Marty, We'll go later" re-
piled Mr.. Taylor.
The fish were biting splendidly and it
was a pity to leave them. Still it would
not be a bad thing to be attentive to
Philip Ayres' son; besides, two young
sportsmen would be a welcome addition
to their company.
Philip and Paul were off in the woods
when their visitors reached Kelly's cabin.
Mr.. Taylor penciled a cordial invita- ton
on leaf from his memorandum book
and pushed it under the door. Then he
and Clarence returned to Forest Lodge
and did ample justice to Nellie's white
fish.
Just as good, though not so large, a
fish was in the Taylors' hospitabe
board the next evening, when the young
men took their seats at it, as were other
good things products of 'Rastus' skill.
MRS. Taylor beamed on her family and
guests from behind her French coffee
pot. Philip and Paul asked many ques-
tons, all of which were answered to
their satisfaction. Before they took their
leave fishing party was arranged for
the next day. This was the first of many
oil in
the woods.
Before long Mrs. Taylor observedA to
her joy and content that Paul had walk
ed ahead with Nellie, while Philip loiter-
ed behind with Belle and Clarence. This
arrangement continued from day TO day
the only variation being that sometimes
Belle and Philip went ahead while Nell
| lie and Paul fingered behind, and Clar-
| ence grew more and more to feel that
he made a crowd" with either pair.
IT'S no fun any more, except with
YOU he complained to his mother and
father, as he fell back with them. at
was jollier before those two fellows
came"
| Mrs. Taylor smiled.
The summer days passed, August was
nearly over, and the Taylors were talk
| ing of going home. Still Joe KEYS
| boarders fingered. One morning they
came over to Forest Lodge accompanied
| by Philip Ayres. senior. Mrs. TAYLOR
call him uncle while Paul sail
father" II was too late, however the
mischief was done, and the two engage
ments were announced that evening For
! once Mrs. Taylor found that her husband
/ did not sympsthize with her.
! 'Pshaw. Marty. Paul is well enough.
but Philip is nv favorite. AS for money.
Belle viii have enough for herself and
| her husband and Il is really much bet
ter that poor Nellie should marry the
rich man.
| Belle herself was radiantly happy. Il
mattered little to her whether Philip were
son or nephew. so long as be was her
/ Philip.
Next to being beaten, Mrs. Taylor most
disrked confessing herself 50. and she
/ accepted the situation gracefully. There
was a double wedding in St Louis that
1 fall. When Dolly came on TO attend 4
| the first thing that she said after en-
/ bracing her friend was:
/ Marty, ! maze the queerest mistake
/ in my letter 10 you last July. Did you
/ .fotice ito I said that Phil was the heir
and that Paul had his way 10 make
Did YOU. reaNy?" answered Mrs Tav-
( lor with admirable coulposure You
write so indist!nctiy that IL must have
/ been that Pal and Paul looked JUST
| alike. read the letter hastily and then
/ tore # into bits, as I always do."-Chi-
/ cago Tribune.
The Wrong sort OF Girl
| Re was handsome and shoEiit dressed
/ A very pretty girl sat reading IN The ex-
+ IRENE end Of the car The hsshy young
man said 20 his companion:
/ See THAI pretty Girl reading here
: I'll lei you I'll be sitting IN that ssat
saying sweet things 20 lar before thirty
minutes are up"
IN bet you don't"