The Holly chieftain., 1910-01-14


Uniy an idiisG dasty bog ~as In
sisst whss Daspard reached tAs wait
Tag moeorboat. into Which - borsss6-
y cfnbsd. caFsyisg . ssit case asS
thrss potss - ~ wrtttss.
-Hsrs. yes." - eaile1 ~ ~ starred
ths nstse. .'11s,ivee thsas notes - soos
- this bset b oot q dgAt:' O0t in
ths chssoel ~ tusss6 h tbe oppnsits
1irsetiea freo Ksight's tsy and hesd-
- ~ Nlaoi. Ths seSFo by waited
unttl Q lle&ie pss0sstosy ~ the bsst
from viev so1 ths ehug-chue OF rbe
motor eosA - Isaess b. hssrd ssA
stsrted % . 1eGtrst WITH rss Dtssivss,
whjch wsss sA1rsased to Oh O'Rig-
gins. Naaon sp1 lngraham.
When the mes rame ID later lngra-,
ha0 hurried to the O'HieyiHA shsek.
Old O'HiSyins. more bsnt aDd fOrbsss
than ever. at II the little doorway
softly Weepinx.
"Dsspsrd:" Quesied th~ ssperiUsesd-
sst. has b. besn hsss: ssnt sin~-
ne vas here-yss." asswera ths
"a a,as btetseiy. "Ap1 hes Sose
away. but U I've l0aS snouGh to upa
hin ~ will answer for tAis insult 10
~ little gtri"-
''Iasultr' cried lngrahan. asa0pish-
ID. "who-Despard1 Has Naaon"-
Read thess!" said O'HisEins. hspd.
Ing him Frsachy Despard's notea. He
took the opened one Of O'Higgims arst.
''You have deceived ne grossly" It
started. without istroductioa. "Yos
have trisd to foist your ugly daughter
on ue under false pretessss. and ~
bel. have gone away-so far that you
will never b able TO asd me TO marry
your daughter that cannot cook"
Bewildersd. the man opened the 9th
er note.
''Dear n. lpgrahan." Il rsad. ~ am
forced to the eight. isnominious. Nile.
NspOn. my nancss. and V NO coek
at all. On arriving at her homs unsn-
nounced today ] saw her father pre-
pairing those 10 elegant dishes We have
thought she made. Of.course cauuot
marry her, but fear they will try to
force this % unpleasant state on me.
Your inotosboat return from Miami"
Uncertain whether to laugh OF join
the O'Higgins' lament. lngrsbum stood
staring ut the epistles. Then the thought
Of the girls sad eyes came to him.
And Nanon?" he asked somewhat
awkwardty.
4 Knows. and 1t viii break her proud
heart to zee you ail again. oh. my
poor little girl. to think brought this
on you. And thought l was doing
It for your goodv' The old mans sobs
broke out afresh.
"Dtd she love this Despard 20 much.
them" querisd lnSraham.
mo. no.' was the hasty answer.
Lately I've come to think she didn't
love him at al. but was doing 1t 10
please me. She knew l wanted her
to marry q Freedman and thought
this Was her ouly chance. You know.
my poor Nauon INIT exactly Whist
might be called beautiful" he broke
OF deprecattnSly.
Ingrsham's FACT broadensd in q sup
pressed smile. but The fathsr went on
II have confess3ou to make to you.
Mr. lngraham." be said. something
you should have known before. bat Ma
non said ! mustn't tell. The reAsou
soes back q long time. Once bad
everything wanted, and then It
wouldn't have been nscessary for me
to do what I have to get 4 husband
for Nanon. You boys maybe thought
We didn't know what brought you here
% much. but We did. It wss the cook
ing. Nauou knew. but she only laugh
Cd and let me have my way. Always
she only had It In her mind to iet me
have my way and please ne. Bst. to
60 back, after my wife died things
went wrong. asd lost all had. I
had never beeu taught to work. %
could do little. and there came 4 tune
when We didn't know where to get our
next meal Then came this chance
down here. Nanon told me to accept
1t. But ! can't keep accounts.' told
her. Never mind said she: 'we'li AZ
that m they'll never know And she
did. On account OF my lamenesa I got
permission to work here In the shack.
Now. don't you see? She did the work.
while ! kept the house and cooked.
Cooking WAS the only thing could
do. yuu se~. but ! can cook. French
c',okfng has always bsen my hubby.
and learned from some Of the best
experts alive. Well. began to think
Nan"n ought to get married. for
wanted some little children about In
my old age. She never attracted men.
though. II they knew how beautiful her
heart and mind are. instead Of looking
nj thu fnce 1 Nnuld NOT hs " had tn