The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-24


"0h. DEAR" sighed the girl; II do
hope Mr.. Graves will be well enough
to call today. he expected to. Except
for the telephons message telling u
that that man ct Denbor0'-
"Our dear Uncle Elisha" put In
Stephen, with sarcasm. "Uncle Lish +
Heavens. what q namer'
Flush! He can't help his name.
And fathers was worse yet-Abijah.
Think Of itv'
II don't want to think Of Il Neither
did the governor. That's why be drop
ped 1t. suppose. Just what did Graves
say? Give me bis exact words."
His partner. Mr.. Kuhn. telephonsd
that everything was satisfactory. Thia
Captain Warren-a ship captain, l sup.
pose he is-would In Ill probability n.
fuse to accept. the guardianship and
thu rest Of IT,
"Refuse7 I should think 90. I'm
j-st as certain father was insane when
he made that win % am that I'm
alive. II he wasn't, do you suppose
he would have put N and the estate
In the care Of q down east jayi It's
inconceivablel It's ridiculousl Think
Of I'll Suppose this uncle Of ours had
accepted. Suppose he had come to
town here and any Of our friends had
met him. This is our guardian, Cap
tain Warren Of Punkin Centre
Pleased to meet ye,' says Uncle Lish,
'How's tatersr Horrors! Say. Caro-,
yeu haven't told any one, Malcolm o.
his mother or any one. have you'll"
"0f course not, Steve. You know
wouldn't"
well, don't They needn't know Il
now o. at any other time. Graves will
probably get himself appointed, and
he's respectable II he II an old fogy.
Wen worry along till I'm twenty-one
and then-well. then III handle ouz
business myself"
he was on hls way to the telephone
when the doorbell buxzed.
"Gad. there's Graves nowl' hs ex'
claimed. "Now I suppose III have to
stay. Wen hear about dear Uncle
Lish, won't we1 Oh. joyr'
But the staid butler when he en-.
tered the library did not announce the
lawyers name.
"Mrs. Corcoran Dunn and Mr.. Nal
colm," be said. "win you see them,
Miss Gardiner
The young lady's face Ut up.
Certainly, Edwards" she said
"Show them-oh. Mrs. Dunn. I'm %
glad to zee you! Il was ever 20 good
Of you to come. And Malcolm"
my dear child" she cried, "how
could I stay awayf We have spoken
Of you and Stephen 20 often this morn
ing. We know how lonely you must
be, and Malcolm and I decided w
must run In on you after lunch. Didn't
we. Malcolmf'
Malcolm Corcoran Dunn, her son
was q blond young man with I rather
indolent manner.
"Sure. materw he said calmly,
How dye do, Carolinel 'Lo. Stever'
The quartet shook hands. Mrs.
Dunn sank creakingly into chair and
gazed about the room.
my dear" said Mrs. Dunn, address
Ing Caroline, how are you getting oni
How are your nerves7 IL all thu
dreadful settling over?"
"very nearly. thank goodness!''
That's q mercy. should certainly
have been here yesterday to help you
In experimenting and arranging and
so on, but was suffering from one Of
my hearts, and you know what they
are"
Her son turned from the window.
II say, mother" be declared wearily,
Il do wish you wouldn't speak Of your
vital organs In the plural Any one
would imagine you were Q soFt Of
freak, like the two headed boy at tho
circua It's positively distressing"
Stephen laughed. He admired young
Dunn immensely. Mrs. Dunn dshsd.
sDon't, Malcolm. DEAR shs pleaded.
"You sound 70 unfeeling. One MT ac.
quaintsd with your real kindness II
heart
@Oh. drop t." interrupted Malcolm.
Lets omit the heart interest Thia
isn't Z clinic. ~. Stsvs. how do you
IKE the new natf Il 4 . dat. Isn't itr'
Stephen turned red. His sister col
eeed and bit hW lIp Mrs Dunn hasten
- to The rescuA
sHcrrussr' che exclaimed NAL
colin. Jon really ars insuf1srablA y1ati
Caroline. dem. yeu mustn't mind hin.