Show AN OLD FOG FOOTS S MONEY 1 7 11 heres ores your newspaper uncle nat aid gladys pane fane ive aired itan it myself to make sure that there tho least particle pait icle of damp about abon tit it anil and your slippers oli oh liere here they arel are Is tho cieck just iu in the right place anil and pow now ill go and bee about the coffee I 1 havo have mch bach a nico nice french recipe for making it that louie loicie alden aldeia sent me from paris all this time esther ellis stood quietly by the win window clow looking out at the snow which was falling falli ng falling fal ling a cloud 0 of blinding eddying white blotting out the tall fir er trees thatching the gate posts with cider do down and covering the arriage drive with a maut mantle leof of velvet softness esther was tall and slight with dreamy blue eyes brown hair brushed back from lier her temples and a delicate nervous mouth sho she hail had none of hei cousin cousin gladys dimpled beauty nor tropical richness of complexion and she felt the contrast painfully in her heart pull the shade iowa down a little esther said mr pane sharply dont you sea how the light is blinding my eyes but you nei er notice things as gladys does esther erther obeyed hastily you jerk it so BO said uncle rane fane now shut the closet door it lias has been squeaking these five minutes on its hill hinges in away a way to set a mans teeth on edge 1 11 I didn dian t observe it uncle exactly what im saying sayin 0 you yon dont notice my comfort or biscom discomfort fort as gladys does gladys now is i s really fond of me look at these slippers she has crocheted them for me while you on were sitting dreaming over your nov novels esther opened her lips as if to speak then she closed them again tile the slippers slipper 3 had assuredly been gladys gift to undo uncle rane fane but was it possible gladys bad conchala tho aftel th at slie E aher had done all the work at gladys coaxing ceasing request she was too honorable to betray the little diplomatist who just then came in with the tray of coffee and eggs but all the same sho she felt tho the injustice in her heart uncle pane fane was rich and childless ile he biad had taken the tha orphan esther ellis to bring up and his brother a keen philadelphia lawyer had sent gladys to make him ii a prolonged visit on the chance of herbring her being able boing to ingratiate satiate rati ate herself into the afflect affections ions of the rich old man inan oh papa pleaded gladys it will be worse than egyptian bondage I 1 hate old people but 30 ou dout dollt late money do you glad arid and theres no reason you bo be this old mans mails heiress he iriss as well as esther ellis oh esther ellis I 1 can cut esther ellis out ca easily casily enough said band handsome sonic gladys with an exulting laugh and she krow know how bow to spend it if she had bad it the poor spirited thing I well I 1 suppose Ws its worth a little hard hard w work ork to get hold of if old uncle fanes slick shekels els and lie he certainly cant last forever e so gladys bad come smiling and sweet voiced to the old atone house and esthers affectionate little heart was sore with jealous pangs 0 all the more bitter because they were unuttered uncle darling cant wo we have a new year s party at the old hansot ho uso gladys had suddenly buist out one day the down stairs ivons could be thrown vill into one so beautifully and I 1 could find such lovely spruce and hemlock boughs iu in the woods to det decorate orate the doors and cor nices and this is just a nice dista distance by railroad for people to come please uncle say eay that I 1 mayl no my dear said mr pane fane setting liis his lips together in that napoleonic way he be had when lie ho particularly meant things 1 I hate parties and confusion and when my poor wife died flom pneumonia brought on in by sitting iu in a draft at somebody s paltry birthday party I 1 vowed a koiv vow that no such foolery booler y ever go on in this house 11 yes but uncle wo AVO wont not no said gaid uncle fane anil ami even gladys had bad not the audacity to press preiss matters further its too bad pouted gladys to her cousin colli Etl etler lr lies iles a pel pei feet old dog in the manger dues lie suppose n nobody ever is to bo be young any more bo because he be is old he lias has a right light to his own way in ill his own house gladys remonstrated esther you yon are as bad as lie is said eaid gladys on this particular day when the breakfast wis was removed ebether brought in the little writing desk be strewn with papers at which bile ordinarily wrote to her uncles dictation but the old man waived her impatiently away cull call gladys sald said he be she is a quicker amanuensis than you are and I 1 she writes a round hand ill have gladys do the copying for me henceforward gladys flashed a triumphant glanco across the table at hw cousin and esther meekly jcck ay iy replying very well un mi ile cle kait cia away to cry in her o own onn nn room F for or shy anil reticent ns Ms n s the was in ler ber ni anner she f lio really did love undo pa n alas failen lin sure hes failing lai lingl 1 l paid faid glidys gladys tu to esther ile ijo went vent to sleep twice while J mas as writing that tedious nonsense about stars r find nd paral baxes anil astel to liis his dictation and all el slept alt a good hotl ion long time milne annl lies actually going up lip to philadelphia to read th tint thit it mass of four fou P N lei dullness to some convention or other when I 1 heard beard that I 1 made ny it my mind and wrote oil off IL lot of letters hi ie lie he waa galopin na napping lopin to somo some nice doting yoting people I 1 lalow know letters gladys what forr for to invite them to a merry gathering here to the old year out ani and the new year iu in lan laughed dietl gladys 1 itol I told I sude lapha ia 0 older tho the supper front catoris Da tons toris and I 1 authorized jim jiin le abu way to engage a 1 pianist and two violinists now dont look 1001 so horrified undo uncle nat will bo none the wiser and hell bo be enjoying himself at his scientific convention ven tion so why we go in for ts 0 bit of tun fun too and if you ino know inov V what color is ig most becoming to you asie you 11 ll order a heliotrope dress for tho the occasion you yon are quite decent looking in heliot heliotrope ropel 1 I shall certainly countenance no such affair gladys said esther decidedly nothing is further from my illy thoughts than openly to disobey uncle nut nat cut but you yon won t betray me esther you wouldn t be so dishonorable it would be still more honorable dishonorable dis to deceive uncle nat I 1 protested esther promise me lae gladys to abandon tho the whole affair anil and to her great relief gladys promised pouting and ready to cry however going to philadelphia was a great event in mr panes fanes life twice three times gladys had bad to copy tho the somewhat prolix paper NN winch lie ho proposed to i lead ead before tho the members of his scientific club and at the very last it was taken out of her hands and sent to a typewriting young damsel in the neighborhood his pot portmanteau tm manteau anteau was carefully packed and repacked a score of directions was reiterated to every one in tile the house and at last he went away tucked ca irefully up lip in the sleigh with fur gloves silk erb and are arctic tic rubbers without A it bout end what a dreadful old molly coddle lie ho is to be sure surel said irreverent gladys s anil and when tho the cutter cams came jingling back from the station the beckoned to little csisar to stop im going to tho the station myself said she oil oh gladys what forr for to send half a dozen telegrams or so said the city young lady composedly to hurry up matters mv new years party 11 1 your new year bartyl 1 I thought you had given it up tip gladys not 1 I if you dont wansito cime to it mi miss stiff and prim you jou ai needa ee t B but ut I 1 mean to have it ali all till the aliet and gladys danced merrily off offelo lu ali alie e leigh fleigh f and whirled away like it a laughing sprite into the brilliant winter suni sunshine hine new years eve canoe came aal for a wonder it neither rained sleeted nor snowed the roads were like firm beautiful alabaster the sky all studded with glittering stars the air just cold enough to be 19 bracing and invigorating the pane fane house was illuminated from garret to cellar tho the band was dashing clashing out gay music and the train from philadelphia had bad brought a goodly number of young people in gala array who were to be re enforced by the tha neighbors all of whom were bound over to secrecy gladys in a blue silk dress draped with clouds of aluie tulle which had been charged to undo uncle panes fanes account was receiving them most graciously and the title tide of gayety gaiety was at its highest when the head bead waiter came to ask her if it was her pleasure that the supper should bo be served let s go down and look at the table jim she ehe said to young mr le cou who seemed to act as her regent in chief to make suro sure that its all right ri ht before wo we invite our friends to eat drink and be merry chos that old cove just coming in in at tho the opposite door the caterer himself paid eaid facetious le coudray Cou or some borne tramp who has smelled the frying oysters and chicken croquettes croquet tes under the kitchen windows gladys dropped her escorts arm and grew pale as ashes undo uncle nat kati she gasped A happy new year my dear said uncle nat clauc chuckling kling you hardly expected to see me here did you A fine supper this you aavo prepared ill just drink a cup of coffee and eat a little of this very acry excellent chicken salad before I 1 go up to my roum room you bee tile old man quite so ignorant of what is 9 going 1161 on as you supposed ho he was esther has spy and inform erl cried gladys 1 I never never will forgive her not at all my illy dear not at all said raid uncle rane fane but I 1 chanced to find among tile pages of my astronomical it i half balf finished letter from to some city friend in which you described in a very spit spirited cited way uie ine and my illy household and your intention of outwitting both tile me and esther ellis by giving a new years pat baity ty in defiance of us both esther you said was too loyal to the old fogy to hear bear of such a thin thing 0 but that 3 ou in wele going to have your yo ur own way vay in of her very well my dear youve hail had it but theres another thin thing you got and wont have and that is one solitary single cent of the old fogs money hush huh mats that tha t all ah the he billa bi bt lla ils in tit the village ringi ringing ng in tho the new yearl year I 1 at the same moment hula essie dressed in a gray flannel wrapper came running down stalls and flew into mr farles fanes arms arm undo uncle nat oh ob uncle catl she cried heren orb one who ibo is if glad to fee nip aar it at all events said mr pane fane a slight quiver in hit voicu A aglid new yearly you bessiel and well I keep eel it together you sd 1 I all the rt ot tile the x ears cars that god gives met me I 1 and of if all th thu presents in eserts that I 1 could have your lovo love anil and con constancy aa a are the best and estl sa saturday tu d night |