Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-02-01

cruel uncle. i had taken every dis
agreeable feature OF face and body
that l had bcheld in another human or
in a picture or had read Of in the tales
could SO paint in words a monstrous
person to come when the lights are
out to haunt the darkness. and had
carefully patched them one upon an
other SO az to make them into an ideal
Of an old uncle OF great ~wickcdness.
On that very ship itself | had beheld
a man, who came upon the lower deck
from the engine. who had but one eye
and n great scar where that other eye
should have been placed Immediate
~ my image Of the General Robert
Carruthers lost one OF tho wicked ewes
| had gi"cn him from ont the head Of
the stepfather who did SO cruelty stare
at the poor young David Coppcrticld
and became Il man with only one eye
which still held the maIcvo!cnre tina,
was hurled at that small David And
with this squat. crooked. evil image
Of the General Robert Carrliilrl> in
my heart | aliShtcd from the tram
into the city OF UaycSville. which is
the capital of the great American state
OF Harpcth. The black man had
swung himself Oft with my bags and
that of the beautiful Madam Whit
worth, who. With me. WAS the last of
the passengers to descend from the
steps of the car.
My dear jeff" exclaimed my 80
lovely new friend as she raised her
Vel for ~ very sewnly Kiss from a
tall and quite broad gentleman with
a very wilc hat and long mustachios
that dropped far down With want of
wax that it is the custom to us" for
know from my fathers wrathy re-
marks to his valet if he made Il too
great use Of it upon his. And this
is General Carruthcrs' nephew who
came down on the train with me
My husband. Mr.. tarruthcrs of Gree
and Bye" with which introduction she
>''ii llN II tiit Stlllltllltl.
Glad to know YOU. young man:
glad to know YOU" he answered as
he took Ily hand and gave it an en-
brace OF such v,gor that almost
made cutlery. "'Thcrc's the general
over there looking for you. Come to
see us some time. Come on. Patsy
"Goodhy. Mr., t%arruthers. Ill see
you soon." said the beautiful Madam
Whitworth as she held out her hand to
me. ID it nowhere comes the gem
eral-quick, kiss my hand"
| bent and did as she babe me and
as | had promised her t do. and as \
raised myself she slipped away quick
ly after her husband With u salutatlon
or great coolncsS to a person over my
shoulder and Il How do YOU do, Cen
eral Carruthers:" remark as she went.
Instantly | turned and faced the ma
terla!ization of the ogre it had taken
me years to build up into my wicked
uncle. And what did l see!
My eyes looked straight into eyes of
the greatest kindness and wisdom l
iiu S'S DS1olC Dclclu, anu IL WAS
with difficulty l restrained myself from
fling1ng myself and my suit of English
tweed straight into the strong arms
and burying my head on the broad
deep chest that confronted me as the
huge old gentleman, with as perfect a
mop Of white hair as is mine of black.
r1oting over his large head. lowered
over me.
You g~allivanting young idiot, where
did you pick up that dimity?' he de-
manded Of me as he laid a large hand
with long, strong fingers on my Shout
ders and gave me a slight shake.
I'm your Uncle Robert, sonny, and
don't you ever forget that. SIR" he
continued, and l could see a longing
for the embrace, which l SO desired,
in his keen eyes that had softened with
a veil Of mist in the last second. Lord,
I'm glad you're not a woman! And
from now on just stop knowing the
creatures cXist-Pat Whitworth and
her kind. We've got work to do to
put out 4 iirc-a fire of dishonor and
devastation. Come or to my car over
there; we've no time to waste. Drive
to the governors. mansion and don't
sprout grass under your Wheels he
commanded the black chauffeur-''the
governors mansion, private door on
Sixth street"