Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-07
COPYRIGHT BY u. 3. LIPPINCOTT co

'G don't care what you.alls does she said
| you didn't win nothin'. / won the prize and
rs gwne git him is gwine find out why"
started to speak then
81 think | said, chat if you will ask Dam
he will choose to stick to the bargain"
Uncle Harry snorted and the crowd laughed
Well, I'm not going to describe the whole
scene The old woman was insstent and finally
we took our box and went home. And / sha'nt
tell about the lecture Uncle Harry read me on
the way.
When we got home went straight to Dan
and told him about it. He was furious, and
when he heard how many people were there and
what they said and about the old lady ] never
saw so mad a man in my life. | sha'n't repeat
what he said either. 1t was awful.
The next day there was man came over from
Southport in rowhoat, and he had long talk
with Dan and Uncle Harry and they called me
in. 1t seems that the old lady had hired him
to sec that she got her rights. She wanted her
| husband, but If she couldn't get him one
thousand dollars instead she would prosecute me
for getting money by false pretenses. That was
something | hadn't thought Of Uncle Harry
whistled. lie that they meant to make
laughing-stocll if we didn't pay them.
"Blackmail," he called it, though [ thought
it was a black female Anyway, they got very
angry. The man wanted a thousand dollars to
let Dan off. ] expected they would all be
nt me, but they weren't. Uncle Harry was very
angry at the man and swore, but finally he put
him off with promise to talk it over again, and
after the man went he made Inc tell how the old
lady got the tickets. After told him he sat
and thought for while.
"Alinc Vance, he said "Why, that's--"
And he stopped and looked at Dan. Dan blushed.
Miss Vance," he said, 'is friend of mine
OF course, she wouldn't buy"
Uncle Harry seemed to choke over that and
got very red in the face and that afternoon he
went down to Squirrel and came home in Mr..
Davenports yacht after sundown. He was very
elated over something.
Next day when the man came back Uncle Hnr
ry was ready for him.
"Nfy friend,' said he, "I find you have no case
Your client bought tickets for herself She
merely acted agent for Miss Alnc Vance
Miss Vance has decided that as she won the
prize she will keep it, and has notified me that
she considers herself entitled to the disposal Of
Mr.. Daniel Macomber."
| don't know which was the more amazed at
that Dan or the lawyer. Dan blushed and the
lawyer looked funny.
"As you are losing your suit and your fee,
said Uncle Harry, here is ten dollars to pay for
your trouble in coming far. Good-day."
The lawyer went away and we all looked at
Dan,
"Well" he finally began, but Uncle Harry in
terrupted him.
II guess you had better go deliver yourself"
he said. THE boy and | will keep house till you
come home
Dan didn't wait for anything, but raced away
to see what disposal of him Aline was going to
make.
Aunt Laura came before he got home, and
when she heard how he had gone after
Alinc she stopped crying, which she was doing
when she came in, and laughed happily that
we thought she had Mysteries
"Dear dear! dear!" she said. ''Why, that's
Ill b
"The deuce' said Uncle Harry. "Shes the
girl wanted him to marry
Just then they came in and they heard what
was said. He had brought Aine home with him
to dinner
"Wen." he said, "shes the girl I wanted to
marry"
"And she's certainly the girl who wants to
marry him." said Aline, and she came over and
kissed me, goodness knows why.
Now [ can't see after that why Dan should
have any grudge against me at all. l think they
should be very glad about me. And Dan has
the worst case of being in love YOU ever saw
whether it's religious or not But they all seem
to feel that I am to blame for it. And the col
ored lady, whom, I had to take ten dollars to,
talks about us all over the village.
am going to buy weddingprescnt out of The
lottery money.