| Show tho rich kich husband wonders will lover dever cebo cease abid uti bobo iia as she aho opened a letter she hail had fourt I 1 beaida her plate at breakfast 11 here is cousin corner coming home hom after nil all these years and such a letter J just qt listen ray do dau 1 dmn colsin I 1 you have all made ap your minds that I 1 ani am deail dead batalin hot im alive aliv eai ai you yon boband aoe and im ain of nero mere mon ey grubbing all and those who have rande biado fortune lorti mci know that they used need something elso clao c lao in ia una this world I 1 mean to end and my aada anions oy my relatives and between you and bod me I 1 rhall put them to ibo taki I 1 want wentlo to lied find out who are my friends and who court me ui for other reasons and I 1 want yoa joa to jo do this ibis to make them think me ma a very poor mw man quite out of pocket bless me im lang langbine binK out loud load as 1 I writs write you should lear me to make thorn them think that im poor and tint that it would be a charity to ask wo me to pay them visits visit la in this v way ly I 1 cad discover ruy my true friends I 1 shall come to your donao guao first creasea in character I 1 know it is an old joke quite a thing out of the novels novela hat but I 1 trust it will Buoo eed youra wry very affectionately connen COUNE Its 11 I 1 P B S expect me slay 11 if that th tha most anin sing thing said mrs mra kaba coming i home 0 BO o rich tint that h bo I 1 ia suspicions ol of his bia relatives sad aad afraid of being befog courted for his money and a b sells lor for too dear dearl dear I 1 poor oba dial corner who used to be the mack black sheep cf bf the family and whom wo never be ba lioves would ever come to any good how every everything I 1 ling changes about in this thia world lite life Is ia a checkerboard checker board to be ba 61 burel live I 1 william what want a splendid thing it w oula be tor for Ar arabella what would be ba a splendid thing fo for r arabolos ara bella bolls a checkerboard checker board 11 oh aft hobo bobo dont pretend to be stupid because you jon are oot not my dear and you do yourself justice I 1 mean obadiah obadiah would be a good thing for arabella arabel la oll oh yes yea besl said mr robe hobe you yoa mean a good match for her eat but Ara arabella bellais is no longer young and she never was waa handsome hand Boma ray my dear 11 so BO buia urs airs roba hobo 11 Ars Ar bollt bolla is cauch younger than obadiah Oba diab and by no ceass as plain on he be is but brit that is ii the way with you men the older aoi ana uglier you got get the younger and crettier gret tier of you think j our wives be a boys babi of 0 twenty fall in love with women of thirty but men of sixty never think of any ago beyond sixteen who whoa a they chooro wives very true said bid mr bobe and very ridiculous said mrs iles kolio Any anyway I 1 hive haye an affects affection u for arabella Arn Ar bolla anil and I 1 meau mean to farther hor her interests int ereita if I 1 can I 1 shall give her a hiat bindol of the real state of the case but no other to ia to linow know th word beyond what obadiah his told me to tell them 11 well women must bo be match mak ers ero I 1 suppose Bup pose salil sail mt lat bobo bobe ni as he ha finished his hii last cup of coffee and glanced at the clock cloch bat dont calon late too much tu in stive BIH ass my dour dear then he took his bis hot hat and cost coat and departed artea for tle the regions known as 1 to town anti and thornly af ter alto robe kobe herself for the promenade went vent oat also her purpose being A talk with Ar arabella arabella Ar Ai maffit wai baj a very adall black eyed lady of forty five who lived in a tiny ay house principally furnie famished hel with of all the fancy work that bad been fashionable forthe for the last uva fire years she bho had bad no near I 1 a tives mud and could remember none but the grandfather who left lef I 1 her bar the small perty on which she aha lived bat the she tro property ill adi connections who took tea with her and with whom she ehe dined at times for the rest church go going aa needle work and books occupied her time lim 8 ah 0 opened iho door for or mrs lire robe herself and having malted her on both cheeks escorted her to the room rho aboe is where she be was w busy with a chair cover now wo we run can have a nice chat and silly atay to luncheon wont you TOO I 1 martha 2 martha promised to stay nod and having buying taken off her bar things and droppel into a chair the hs letter there reil rani rei l that thai arabella arab ella fib she oid arabella read it changing color as aa BO 11 door dear me how romantic tom antio ho must be I 1 suppose hes bes changed very in aoh in these twenty five years lie he must mast be fifty seven now and ana to think of 0 his having made a fortune and wanting to prove lis his friends martha do you think you yon ought to betray him 2 1 no I 1 do not said martha 11 an ani d I 1 shall tell no one but you I 1 had a motive in tolling you aua us as he be says buys hell hall be lere hero on I 1 want you yon to dine with us nud and meet lim him poor Ara arabella belta looked in thu the glass sadly badly 11 hell tind me ma dra tilly changed bat ill IH come coine martha bless you we all chancel NV ve cant help that I 1 never worry about that arnd then they fell tu to talking about Obad obadiah Jab anil and fontia thy the subject so BO late resting that they kept it up over the tha cold chicken and coke cake that com composed posea their lunch when thursday arrived it found fouad M misa iss la in mrs mra bobos parlor sitting ting opposite a burly looking rana man whose was rather red and choso whoso eyes were vero not honest eyes by any means he we waa quite shabbily dressed dreB aed and bad whispered to mrs robe bobo in the hall ball tulia take notice of this it hearties 0 arlea i out the character it I 1 look like a seedy old fellow dont I 1 and ana he nudged ur mr bobo wl with th ono alboy elbow and mig robe babe with tile the other while they agreed that he certainly did look tua tho oba roost most thoroughly on tho the whole it was rather a pleasant evening eains ev and Arabe arabella 14 and obadiah got on finely ila he promised to take tea at her house in a few days and ho he saw her home at ton ten tho the other relations lations ro not laving having road 0 badis hs letter were not glad to see him io ila was ras shabbier than ever and they kept lim it at a di distance die tanco stanco mrs robe bobo smiled to herself 0 as B she he thought of the letter ant sho aho wisely hold held her tongue and left a fair field to Ar arabella in a short timo time Uba diali proposed to mies buffill nad and was no ao cepter by her such a Epen did tiling for arabella an and it must come coma all out now said mrs robe and thereupon sho sha went weal calling upon the relatives showing the I 1 letter and creating great excitement 1 and ana what can be been in arabella said ono who was a mother of many daughters and though I 1 sault say it who should sot not therell my eva EM huoh a beau beauty tyl I 1 but bat eva was ivas very rude to coshin obadiah said laid mrs itoko the iden idea of an old man like that thai m marrying ing with relatives relative aho he could leave everything tot cut bat men dont leave everything every thine to relatives who insult them said field mrs bobe ita splendid for arabella and she bae was the only only one ona who was waa civil to him you know then she aha went eswa away leaving them envious or of miss man t rna and auar angry y with her also as ono who hid had been wiser th than anthey they aud and miss so happy that sho aha began to grow plump was making up a peirl colored silk ellk dress drees and had sent some soma pearls left her by her g grandfather a deather to be reset and sat eat ono evem evening un building middle aged castles in tho the air when the bell rang and her elderly lover lorer was shown chow aia in there was no light in the room but bat that of the fire and as aa she bho ifould donld have lit it the drop lamp he stopped her I 1 1 I 1 I want to talk a little ho he said and I 1 liko like talking in a h hill if light I 1 have a q question to ask ak and I 1 want you to tell m ma s tho the truth troth 1 I will said mies 11 whatever tho the question is ill tell the truth well then did you see sea the letter I 1 wrote to martha tile tho hood blood rushed to lo miss taffita Maff Muff ita ibo face 1 I 1 I 1 yes I 1 saw aw it she said I know no one else did but bat she fihe bowed it to yoa well lvell I 1 intended sha he should I 1 never thought cousin alobe could keep a secret arabella I 1 im am a poor nan man and easeal you hare bare a 61 home and twelve hundred a your year my letter was waa a trap I 1 wanted every one to see sea it and hoped to dettlo down among my friends with the reputation of baiar a rich bachelor you yoa only ly saw ill the letter and you alone were civil 1 1 I meant to 0 o impose on yon till we ira were married I 1 wanted a you home omo that tha t was all ohl cried miss so as if something had stung her but since then he stid said s tid looking miserably into the fire fira 11 ive come to love you yon and to acil that I 1 play a trick rick on yon it was natural for you to like the thought of 0 a rich and then we WB wore were great frieada as girl and boy I 1 dont blame blama you yon and I 1 cant cheat you I 1 think it will break my miserable miser ablo old heart ButIl but ive vec ome come to say goodbye good bye slid and to beg your pardon dear eay you bad H escape so you havo have im im going now At tabella lie he arose but misa hins muflih a ices arose too 11 Oba obadiah liall the she taid said I 1 1 I never thought of the money obadiah dont think that of me and do you core care tor for me ma now Thaon tha only lf thin thing girl in the world I 1 lova lt said he be then she ho held out her trembling hand ss stay Ob diali 9 said baid tha she and be caught her hand oud aud kissed it und anil in the darkness she heard beard him hia sob bob so bo they wera wem married after all and obadiah has out better thau than ronld have been expected sad and only mrs robe knows of 0 the bridal eve confession fe fes sion enion and she be you may 19 sate are keeps the secret that obadiah Oba liall may PBS pass for what he h is not the rioh huai hasi Ii lemd ulf t lo 10 rich only in in li wan van that faith faithful fal L learlon woman with belvo hundred it a yer year attached |
