The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-05-30

took possession Of me, tor had mn.
giving It was my uncle.
Now, a. good fortune would have II,
Mrs. Kingsley had gone out for few
minutes and had requested me to have
an eye to her child while she was gone.
As glanced at the cradle. and thought
Of my uncle at the door. bright Idea
entered my mind. determined In
case the visitor was my uncle to claim
the youthful occupant Of that cradle -
my own.
The visitor proved to be my uncle.
I knew him BY the picture Of him had
seen, and he likewise recognized me
BY my photograph. After mutual rec
ognition and Handwriting, / ushered
my honored relative into the parlor and
presented to him my newly claimed
offspring.
So far had succeeded In deceivfng
my uncle. but the worst feared was
that when Mrs. Kingsley returned she
might object to my claiming ownership
In her child Besides, to carry out my
deception I must find wife a. well a.
an infant, and Mrs. Kingsley was the
only one could conveniently claim.
The only difiiculty was to get her con-
sent to the deception, and this might
be done II l could secure private con-
versation with her before introduced
her to my uncle.
watched my opportunity, and gain
ed an interview with her before she
entered the room. told her, In few
brief, hurried words, the extent Of my
difficulty, and how had taken the lib
erty Of acting a. papa for her little one.
] then told her must hnd wife some
where, and begged her to allow me to
Introduce her to my uncle in that ca
pacity. She laughed heartily at the
suggestion. said she could comprehend
my dinlculty, and consented to my pro-
posal, but warned me roguishly not to
presume upon the occurrence.
We entered the parlor, and I intro
duced her 40 my better half. Ny uncle
was much pleased with her, and COM
plimented me upon my good choice in
the selection Of wife. Mrs. Kingsley
colored most charmingiy at this COM
pliment and I could see she could
scarcely refrain from laughing.
A short time afterward Mrs. Kings
ley came to me. when was alone, in
an adjoining room, and l saw imme-
diately something very humorous must
have happened. for the corners Of her
lips were breaking out into beaming
smiles
do you know, sir, into what IN
awkward predicament you have gotten
met" she inquired.
whats the matterT' I asked.
''Why, your uncle came to me a short
time ago and asked to see my marriage
certificate, as he said he had some
money to settle upon us Immediately,
but wanted to be sure everything was
right first"
'Did you expose mer' inquired anx-
iously.
mo. sir, I did not, for never enter
into . deception or anything else by
halves"
'Then we must lose no Time" re-
piled: III my uncle Ia 80 anxious to
have our marriage certificate, let M
put NO obstacles in his way"
We lost no time, l assure you. I
don't think Mrs. Kingsley ever got into
her Sunday clothes In such hurry in
her life before, while spoiled two
pairs Of suspenders in my frantic en-.
deavors to be ION time" We quite az.
tcnished the parson by our haste, and
at the conclusion Of the ceremony
would have forgotten to give him the
usual fee II he had not reminded me
Of It.
We had secured the coveted marriage
certificate. signed and sealed, and were
now safely out Of our difficulties, a. we
thought. We had omitted one precau.
ton, as we found when we had pre.
scented the certificate to my uncle. The
date was too modern.
"Why. how 10 this?" said my uncle.
II thought You were married over
year agoT
80 we were, uncle" said, solemnly.
"How comes It. then, the certificate
10 dated todayr he asked In q voice
Of thunder.
We were both struck speechless.
Come" said my uncle. II see there
has been some trickery here. Own nm
% 1t, or win never forgive you"
! did own up to 1t, and told him the
whole story. ! expected It would make
him angry, but 1t didn't, for he laughed
heartily. and said I was 4 clever rascal
and he was proud cf me.-Indianapslis
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