Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-28

ana become acquainted Win EIHlld
This acquaintanceship resulted in love
and marriage that promised much happi-
, ness. AS a matter of course. Uncle Bob
was invited to the wedding. Being IN
able TO come east at that time, he sent
present instead, which caused all the
trouble. 1t was n massive loving emp Of
pure silver from his mine and would have
been treasured as a present OF unusual
value and beauty were it not for the
startling inscription it bore. In letters
that all could read were the following;
To Emma and Louis,
From
Their Loving Uncle Robert,
Partly a Token of His Affection, but Chiefly as
Reminder of the West the Home of
Pretty Girls, and Particularly of
Eliza c., Mabel W. Edith 5. ct al
Fortunately. though they sometimes
afterward thought unfortunately. this
strangely inscribed present did not ar
rive until the morning of the wedding,
when there was no time left for ex-
PLANTATION that might prove disastrous.
They had opened it together and Emma's
suspicious were aroused, but at the fer
vent request of the devoted Louis it was
concealed from sight until after the cere-
mony He promised to explain every
thing satisfactorily later on. As Emma
had every confidence in her ardent lover
she agreed, and the strange gift was not
referred to again until the honeymoon
trip had begun. Being full of love and
confidence in his brides love. Louis had
confessed that in the west he had been
quite a lady's man and that the names
on the loving cup were those of girls to
whom he had been engaged before he
had met her and learned what true love
meant. And when be had told it all he
found he had as jealous a wife as his
worst enemy could wish for him. She
wanted to know more and ever more
about these past and better forgotten
fiirtations, and the more she learned the
more exasperatingly hard it became to
convince her that his love for her was
all it should be. Being quick tempered
Louis resented these suspicious, and as
he had no reason to doubt that he was
his wife's first love instead of her first
great passion he Jared badly in their DIS
putes Fortunately they both loved each
other sincerely in spite of their frequent
o1arrels over the secrets revealed by
Uncle Bob's gift Before their differ
ences became at all dangerous they kissed
and made up and promised to let the
matter drop forever. But when Louis
was not cursing the mischief maker pub
licly he was cursing him privately, and
the reason that he did not write to the
offender to upbraid him was that he
feared that, having revealed so much, he
might be goaded to reveal more. 30
Uncle Bob was wholly unconscious of the
pent up wrath that was awaiting nm
when he started on his trip to the east
and sent the telegram that had reopened
the quarrel. Fully three months had
passed since either Of them had referred
to il. The arrival Of the wonderful baby
had hushed all differences. and they We're
so happy in attending 10 his imperous
wants and lavishing affection on him
that they had no time for thrashing over
old straw But now the storm was rag
ing with renewed fury.
Il tell you shall kick him out Of the
house if he is thousand times your
uncle roared the angry Louis.
lyon shall do nothing Of the kind if !
have any authority here"
All right, then. lie may use me for
a rug while you fall on his neck aD6
thank him for giving you 80 much IN
formation that enables you to humiliate
me-"
Angry as she was. Emma could not
resist a thought Of how funny it would
look to see the rotund Louis 10 the role
of doormat. and she commented:
IF you want to act doOrmat. ! hope
you will do it when we want to amuse
baby"
1t is a wonder you did not want to
name baby after him
We'll. if baby were q girl / suppose
you would have wanted to call her Eliza
i or Mabel or Edith or some other such
name"
so all night long the noise of battle
rolled" as the poet almost said. and It
seemed as if the dispute as 20 the treat
ment of Uncle Bob would not he settled
until after his arrival. Al last. when
they had discussed the matter from every
point Of view that could possibly provoke
more wrath. they stopped from sheer ex-
haustion. ana Louis agreed d accord
Uncle Bob the stern Justice of q desper-
ate man. He would give the offeade-
chance 10 explain what was ineXpHeable
and then loftily hold open the door 70
facilitate his exit from the house. lie
would nobly refrain from Offering him
bodily injury while passing out. bur
would probably show him contempt
harsher tban blows. AS far as they were
concerned personally they had agreed 70
consider the matter as once more closed
forever They hll kissed and made up
beside the cot Of their baby and vowed
that never AGAIN should they allow any
thing to eou1e between them II they
could once put this awful visit Of Uncle
Bob's over.
Louis went to his oeice next Inoruinr.
promising 10 come home early. as they
had figured ont from the time tables that
T-ncle Bob wouid in an probability APP
pear oa the scene late ID the afternoon
~ about teatime. Emma spent the day