The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-10-02


my dearY he says cheerfully, but the
thought l would drop down earlier and
have n bit of lunch with you"
"Have lunch with mew cried Nellie
In horror-strcken voice. I'm afraid
1 have nothing in the house, Uncle
Mac"
"Oh. anything win do" he replied,
carelessly, "and If you have nothing in
the place, give me two bob, and I'll run
down 10 the butcher round the corner
and get a bit of steak, eh?"
I'm sorry, Uncle Mac, but-but Ted
die went off in a hurry this morning,
and-and he took my purse away in
his pocket"
"SilIy boy! silly boy! And yet he
doesn't know it," replied Uncle Mac
ruefully. For when 1 called Mt his
Office to borrow five shlllings off him
he said he had left all his money at
home. But there" he added cheerfully,
II have sovereign. and we must
spend that. My lucky SOW must CO."
Your lucky sovereign" querled Mel
lie.
"Well, I call It my lucky sovereign"
said Uncle Mac because it was the
first sovereign l ever earned, and it
happened to have the date on of the
very year l started to work as a boy
| Of fourteen. I've kept it all these
years"
"Oh, you mustn't spend that" cried
Nellie. Tonight Ted will be paid and
we shall be all right again. Come
down stairs and have some more ba-
con-"
Uncle Mac said he had never enjoyed
any meal so much as he did that bacon,
and after he had finished he proposed
that they should go for q walk to-
gether.
'As we can't afford q tram ride" he
said. laughingly, 1--WE will Just walk
round and think We are milllonaires.
Nothing like building castles in the
air, my dear, when you are down in
the dumps. If you can't actually en-
joy the things wealth would bring you
can look round the shops and see all
the pretty things, and then by little
Imagination just consider they are
your own. Now, as moneys no object,
where shall We say we llve?"
"Oh, at Highgate," cried Nellie.
"Why Highgate" asked Uncle Mac
seriously.
Because there's such a lovely house
there to be let. 1t stands in its own
ground, and I've often looked at it.
long before we We're married even.
think l told you about it one day"
Finding the gate of the house open
they ventured TO look over it. Nellie
waxed quite enthusiastic, and as they
went from room to room she furnished
them sumptuously in her Imagination.
The drawing room would be in gold
and white with, Louis XIV. style fur
niture.
Never heard of him." said Uncle
Mac with conviction. "You must
show me some of that on the way
home"
Nellie replied with a laugh that she
would show him the very thing she
meant in Dormans q Browns Empo-
rum. and on the way back she pointed
out many things she would like and
have. 'if only they had plenty of
money!
When they got back Ted was waiting
FOR his dinner, and while the chops
We're grllling Nellie told him the ad.
ventures Of the day. During dinner
uncle Mac, amid many bursts of laugh
ter described the wonderful home In
which Nellie would in Imagination.
live.
Uncle Mac started Off early next
morning to get work, or. as he said.
"die in the attempt" Toward the end
OF the second week Uncle Mac OBJ
tained n Job" "Of course, it isn't ex.
actly the thing / wanted" he ex-
| planned, "but then, beggars can't be
choosers. I'm TO get thirty-five shil-
lings week, so l thought, Nellie. I
could pay you pound every Wednes-
day toward the housekeeping ex.
| penses"
Matters Were so arranged, and Nellie
began TO feel quite rich. 1t was sur
prising how much help that extra SOW
| AN'SA ""S' anu ANeliie nightmare or
the end Of the week began TO vanish.
Uncle Mac continued to come down
at o. and Nellie and he still amused
themselves by building castles In the
air. and with looking in the shops.
AT last, when everything seemed so
happy, Edward came down one night
with hard. drawn look upon his face
He kissed his wife with great tender
ness at the door. and, with a shake In
his voice said: "Come into the kitchen
Nellie"
What is 1t. Tedy" she asked anx-
iously
I've got the sack, NeIr' he said
with a sob.
| For some moments they stood In 81
lence' then he sank on a chair and
buried his face In his hands.
wen, my little love birds" cried
Uncle Mac, entering from the garden.
why, what's the matterY'
In few broken words Nell told him
OF this last aud greatest trouble.
"Well, WELL" said Uncle Mac. when
she had ended, keep brave heart
my dear. and things may be all well
yet. think Ted and VIII take a liz.
tie walk up the street and talk matters
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