The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-01-23

ladies. he chuckled. as though some
thing on his mind was affording him
great amusement.
When Miss Josephine and her aunt
came into the room, ne drew a long
Iace, and. handing his daughter tho
paper with the marked portion exEes-
Cd. he said: ut is out at last. Excuse
sae, but I must GO over to the city to
be gone all day. Don't worry, my
daughter; there Is enough for us to live
on In q way" Then he hurried out OF
the room.
The two women eagerly read the arti.
cso aIi1 then reread 1t to find ont what
it meant.
s'Oh." said Josephine, ". Tas oniy
yesterday that said to father that /
almost wished he would lose all his
money!
s'How could you wish such wicked
thing" cried her aunt reproachfully.
''Now you see what has happened"
They were just beginning to read tho
article through for the third time when
Josephine looked up and said, "Here
| comes Mr.. !rena.c''
"Hide it." said her aunt.
"Indeed shall not. intend that lie
shall see 1t flrst OF all"
"Good morning. Mrs. Blake. Good
morning, Miss Talbot. May I sit here?
did not zee you ladies' anywhere .zsss .zssss
/ evening"
1--WE played 'porrazo' in our rooms
with the colonel and Mr.. Edmunds. Do
| you play 'porrazo.' Mr.. GrandinY'
II tried It once. Mrs. Blake, but ] do
not approve OF game where you lay
down q card and gay 'porraxo' with
great triumph. only to have the next
/ person to you lay down another card
and say contra porrazo' and take It all
away from ycc. WhheFe IN the colonel,
by the way?"
"He has gone to the city for the day."
There Is something here that I wish
you to read, Mr.. Grandin." said Joseph.
Inc. handing him the paper.
The young man read the article -anc
brought bis lips together in bunch.
This refers to Colonel Talbot. I take
It." said he.
Josephine nodded.
"And 1t means that he has lost his
money"
Josephine nodded again, and her aunt
looked sadly into her coffee cup.
Does this involve you In any way.
Mrs. Blake"
"Not at all"
Mr.. Grandin smiled cheereu.iy.
| II suppose ought to be decently
sympathetic" said he;''but it is des-
perately hard work. This affects no
one. it appears, but Colonel Talbot, and
my regard for him is entirely by proxy.
am ready to take his loving daugh-
ter's word for it that he is delightful
character. but he has never shown that
side Of himself to me-"
"But it affects me-" cried josephine.
Don't you see that?"
"Not a bit Of It," said Mr.. Grandin.
II am going to take care Of you, and
j have great plenty" Mrs. Blake look
! ed up in SURPRISE. and he addressed
/ himself to her. '"Th1s Is matter
which l would have taken up with
Colonel Talbot If he had ever given me
chance, but his manner toward ME
during the last week or so has been
such as to make it impossible for me to
address him On any subject l don't
i blame him. l am sure that IL I had
such precious object to guard
should be Cerberus too."
| A1C tOOh q Cdl0 llOu nlS pOChtt uuu
wrote some names upon it. "Here is a
bank" said he. "and a firm OF attor-
neys and well known business house,
all Of them located in the city where
| live. Now IL the colonel wishes to
make inquiry OF any of these he will
! find out, I think, all that he needs to
/ know about me as a son-in-law."
Mrs. Blake picked the card up doubt
! fully and placed it in the bag that hung
/ at her side. She stood a good deal In
awe Of her brother.
When the young people were alone q
! few minutes later, Josephine said. II
heard where you were last evening"
Grlndin shook his head sadly. !sWhat
a small place big hotel isr' he said.
care you anxious to mal, vnnreeis
j etilI more unpopular with my father p
-.4sI wanted to- see what sort OF step
! mother-in-law was likely to have.
that was all"
"What do you think Of herY'
/ II agree with you. She won't do at
all Something must be- BY Jove,
/ where Is that paper? Let me have It
FOR awhile. will you? have an idea" !"
| He took the paper and went Of in
search OF the widow. whom he present
ly found sitting alone. She liked at
tentlons from young men. and GrandIn
! was delightful talker.
A second letter from "a. G. W."
which arrived a day or two later con-
veyed to the colonel some informet ton
about Mr.. Grandin that caused him to
open wide his eyes and whistle softly
! to himself. Tho colonel was not exact
" q wcrshiper Of wealth. but he found
It easy to respect q man who was worth
several times as much money as he
was. and he started out Immediately to
! apologize and make amends. In his
search he came upon the widow, bon
neted and cloaked and accompanied by
! her maid.
/ "Goodby." che cried airily. 81 am
! off,
t "Off!' exclaimed the colonel In as