Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-04-01

rebellious and angry; Il will NOT have
this jugglery, grandmother-l will not
have this done"
"Good gracieusr' cried the old lady,
''are you here, too? Why don't you
shrek little louder, or fire blunder-
buss off in my ears, or something, Sally :
OF all the aggravating people in the
world think you are the worst, playing
at shuttlecock with my money, and not
letting me have a word to say about it for
myself. I'll die without will now-see
if don't! And here goes, toov'
Mrs Eastbell Topped wildly over in
bed, and turned her back upon them.
"See what your obstinacy has done!'
said Sarah angrily to her cousin.
Zone moment" said Reuben; ''this is
an idea, Mrs. Eastbell, by which a large
amount of legacy duty is saved. You can
trust Sarah-so can l."
Eyes, but how's it to end?" said Mrs.
Eastbell.
"Only in one way, and that submit to
your kind consideration. Aunt" he said
in an earnest tone, "before leave Sedge
Hill 1 shall ask your permission to pay
my addresses to my Second d-cousin Sarah.
am not worthy of her-she knows that!
but I have learned to love her very
much within the last four-and-twenty
hours"
There was long silence before Mrs.
Eastbell said in husky voice:
'You don't mean to say, Reuben, that
you have been thinking of my Sally ?
That would make this business very
straight and square, and as Sally's fond
of you"
"Oh, grandmamma! never said So"
murmured Sarah Eastbell, without lower
ing her hands from her face.
what horrible story teller you arew
cried her grandmother.
"It is a mercenary MATCH" said Reu-
ben; 81 offer myself, without penny in
the world, to a rich young heiress, who
could do much better for herself, snd
who is far above me in every respect
who is even too young for me, consider
ing what an old fogy have grown Of late
days"
you're no great catch for Sally GER
tainly," observed Mrs. Eastbell, 'but if
Sally says she'll have you, it ends the
bother of the money in a proper sort of
way"
Cali your money to Sarah Eastbcll,
is not to forget her brother Tom, or-her
taking up the pen.
Eyes, Tom and you can both trust
Sarah," Mrs. Eastbell replied.
. Sarah Eastbell was even now scarcely
satisfied with the drawing up of the will
in her favor-it was not what she had
wished-had she been less confused. less
happy, she might have suggested fresh
additions and conditions; but she stood on
the threshold of a new world, with the
man who was the hero of her life in the
foreground of its brightness. She seemed
to hesitate as her hands were lowered
from her face, and Reuben said mean
ingly:
"And Sarah Eastbell can trust me, I
hopeT" -
EYES," she answered to his appeal,
"but the will should say"
1.-THE will must say neither more nor
less than that you are sole legatee-I
will not have my name in connection with
this money" he said very firmly; land
prefer" he added in a different and
softer tone, ito be wholly at the mercy
of my second-cousin."
Sarah said no more in argument. If
there were a man to be trusted in the
world, it was Reuben Culwick; or if there
were man less likely to be moved from
mis- position, it was surely he also. She
slipped quietly from the room, leaving
Reuben with her grandmother, and went
downstairs into the drawing room:
She took her place before the fire. fast
dying out with neglect, and thought of
the end of all anxiety and uncertainty,
and of the beginning of her happiness,
with Reuben's love growing stronger ev-
cry day, and Reuben's troubles at an end
forever.
(To be continued.l