Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-01-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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tern that now performs the duties !:
housemaid you richly deserved the pun
ishment."
$50 say |, but Hitty Chessmau was a
trim. tidy little bDdy, as one you'll see
in thousand. with saucy black eyes,
cheeks like a red rose and lips like ripe
cherries"
Twas a pardonablc offense. then, to
say the least of it, I'll be bound to say
that the old Roundhead's mouth watered
for that very kiss, the same AS I've seen
a great mulberry boys, as he stood watch
jng his invalid brother while eating the
1it-bits Of broiled partridge Depend
upon il, he would have been more lenient
ii it had not been so"
II shouldn't wonder"
AS I've said. you'd be a mere milksop
to pass it over without lotice. Get that
paper for me. and you will be richly re-
venged, and a the same time get rich
lining TO your purse
You are willing to give me your word
on the honor of a gentleman that 1t won't
iniure Ally Daley''
Haven't | already told you so? How
can it, indeed, when, as soon Us she is
her own mistress we are to be married =
Il thought she was to be married to
Clarence Harleigh."
And others hag, thought 50, too But
] know, and so does she. that. owing TO
her uncle's opposition to our marriage, it
is necessary to throw dust into peoples
eyes"
If this is So, you shall have it,
They now rose and walked slowly
away. still talking together though Alice
could no longer hear what they said. She
could think of only one paper in Mr.
Walworth's possession which. it appeared
TO her. that Falkland would be DESTROYS
to obtain. and that was the will Of her
late uncle. Mr. Gilbert Burlington, by
which. when she arrived at the age OF
itwenty-one, she would come into nos
session Of the valuable estate to which
ullusion has already neeE MADE.
Falkland was distant correction Of
Mr.. Burlington, who. after the loss Of
his only child, a son Of great promise. in
tended to make him his heir. on condi-
Iti0n that he should take his surname, as
well as that of Gilbert, which, by his de-
sire. had been given him ut the font. He
even went so FAR as TO make a will to
this elfect-a circumstances, however.
which was known only to few Of his
confidential friends
But it was not long before Gnbert's
habits OF extravaganza became known to
Mr.. Burlington. who. finding that no de-
pendence could be placed on The promises
of reformation, which he mGde from time
to time, made another will. which was
now in possession of Mr. Walworth, in
favor of Alice Dale
A aarlfar. r,arfaa bafrrn EroJl-lar1Hs
unworthiuess had beccr1e known TO him.
Nh Burlington had hoped to bring about
a match between Alice and his young
knsman. The favorite project was not
entirely given up al the time he made an
alteration ia the disposition Of his prop
erty. as was seen by the letter he sent
to Mr. Walworth. enclosed with the VII
made IN favor of Alice. 1T IS my earn
est desire, he wrote, that in case Gil
bert Ealkl8nd should reform, that mar
riagc should take place between him and
your ward
This. by some means, became known
to Falkland after Mr. Burlington's de
cease. Being unable to think Of any
other way by which he could repair tue
broken fortune inherited from his father.
he Was induced to exile himself certain
period from those scenes ot gaiety in his
native land SO well suited to his taste.
imagining that while his personal attrae-
tons would prove irresistih' @ TO the little
piece of rusticity--to use hi own expires
sion--who had deprived him Of Il fine
estate, there wonld be no difficulty in
securing the favor of her guardian by
little assumed gravity, and by falling in
with his peculiar and fayorite tenets
But he sooll found that he had reck-
oned without his host. Alice, whom he
had pictured Ia himself as a little awk-
ward rustic, he found possessed charms
both of mind aud person. which, were
there opportunity. would throw the most
dazzling OF the court beauties into the
shade
Still. had not Clarence Harleigh pre-.
coded him in his visit TO her guardian. he
imagined that his handsome face, with
his other advantages. personal aud ac-
quired. could not fail to make favorable
impression on Il young girl who lived so
secluded.
Yet. high rs was his sclf-apprecia lion.
ne could not he blind as not to Set thai
Hurgeigh was Infinitely his superior. even
in those qualities on which he most
pride1 himself. and which recommended
themselves 20 the eye, rather than ia the
heart or the understanding. As respected
these last he was conscious that the dis.
purity between himself and Harleigh was
too graf 70 admit Of comparison.
At FIRST. ne battered himself that
neither Mr. Waiworth nor Alice would he
keen GIFTED enough to distinguish the
real from the fa}sc-that the difference
between Uarlelgh's virtues and his as
sumcd ogcs world not he detected. This
was a delu,ion in which he was rot per-
ntttcd long to indulge though. rs has
heen seen. he by no means abandoned
the idea of gaining possession of the
property, either wish or without the in
cnmbganco Of wife
Tho conversation between Falkland
and the man with him. in "a measure re-
vea.ed this 70 Alice. and she az once de
termiaal Ia seek her uncle. and com
muuicatc tn him the substance of What
Nhn had Overheard Sh, had risen in
order g. execute her purpose. vhen She
heard some one knock at the outo. door.
In a minute afterward. Mr.. Wa,wortb
opened 1t. and admitted Falkland Find
ing That her uncle d,d not return to the
room br had recently left she supposed
BE h8a retired to rest. and concluded to
defer She communication she wished TO
make until morning. Her decision would
haye been different mad she known that,
lous before sunrise he was goiuc to SCI
out oa Journey, from which he did not
expeet TO return for more than a week
CHAPTER IN.
"Waera IS Uncle Wu!worthe" were
Alice frs words in the morning. 20 her