| Show aror from 51 ti 11 wonia wola I 1 I 1 THE TWO NEPHEWS bat hat A t the parlor window of a pretty villa rear wallon on thames sat one evening at dusk a angold 1 I man an and a young woman the age ol 01 t the e man a might ight be some seventy his companion pan van va i n lla ila had certainly had not reached nineteen hirbe her beautiful blooming fact face aad active light id nna upright figur were in contrast with the worn vorn coun countenance courtena tena nce and bent frame of the old inan man buchin but ft bis his eye and in the com cof corners fiens fiers of hii hit mouth wire were indications of a very self seif bonfi dence which age and sult suffering erini had damped but had bad not extinguished no uso look looking mg any morel more mary said he hei aej neither pr john meade bilease nor peter finch will be herg heri before begore dark very hard that when a sick rick if wa wms abs nade uEde asks kig big I 1 his A two neph nephew I 1 ewi to come and I 1 see ima e cant cement comb come at once the duty is sim A elein pi plain I 1 M the extreme only to help me to die and e what I 1 ch ole oae to leave them in my will naoh when I 1 was wag a young man id hav have e done I 1 fo in uncle with the utmost celerity cl eritt erity buethe but the worlds s getting ettori et tiri quite heartless f oh sir gir said alar mary Y and what hat doe does dresoh sOh boh toh sir mean said he uye bye dye th think in k I 1 shant die I 1 know better belter A little more and therell be an end of old billy scollett hC C C ollett hell have left this airty dirty world for a cleaner aner to the great sorrow borrow mid nd wid advantage of hla kia T relatives ugh give me a g klass glass lass of the doctor s stuff athe he girl poured some medicine into a gl glass ass and colett Coil ett elt after having contemplated it for a M ament with infinite disgust managed to get it down 1 I tell you what miss mary sutton said sald be li 1 I dont by any mean approve your oh 01 sir ir and n dear sir and the rest of it when I 1 ve told you I 1 hate to be called bir gir air at all alt you could nt be more respectful if you was a chai chat ity 9 girl irl iri and I 1 a beadi in a cold gold laced hat bat none of your nonsense mary sutton if you please ive been your lawful guardian now for six months and you ought ough I 1 to know my likings and dis dh likings my poor oather father often told me how you disliked ceremony said mary your poor father oather find you are quite right ald sid aid nid mr colleti collett fred was a man of talent a capital fellow his only fault was a natural inability to keep a fart farthing hirz in his pocket rocket poor fred lie he loved me im su sure r e he did ile he bequeathed me his hia only child anait and it isa t every r friend would do that V A kind and generous protector you have been beerli well weil I 1 dont know ive tried not to bp bf a brute but I 1 dare say I 1 have been dint I 1 peak speak roughly to you yon sometimes I 1 given you some good prudent worldly advice about john meade and made myself quite disa ir r aea ble and like a guardian come confess you ou love this penniless nephew of mine 16 penniless indeed said mary ah ali there it isi is said mr collett and what business has a poor devil of or an artist to fall in love with my mv ward and what business has my ny ward to fall in love iove with a noor poor poor devil of an ai artist 6 but ered fred Sut fons fona n a Oa daughter all overl overs t hav nt I 1 two nephews why you fall in love with wilh the discreet one the thriving angone one peter finch considering consid erinc hesp hes heh an riat attorney is ig a worthy young man he ile is industrious 11 rious in the extreme and attends to other p po n 4 Q ples pies s businesses i only lies hes paid for it lie he despises dispose desp isei i sentiment and always lonka for the main chance chanca meade my dear mary many may spoil canvas fired forever r and not biow arrow rich lies hes all for art and annh and social beform I 1 and pt ritual elevation and the lard lord knows wilt wiit peter lpeter finch will ride in his carria carriage g tre cre and splash poor john meade as lie trudges trudys on foot the harangue was here interrupted by a ring rrt att t the gate and peter finch was announced ile he had scarcely taken his sest sent when another pull at the bell was heard beard and mr john meade was announced I 1 mr collett eved his hii two iwo nephews with a sneer sort port of smile whilst they made speeches t expressive ii of sorrow at the nature of their vis visit I 1 t at last stopping them boys bivs enough said he lie let us its find some better betler subject 16 discuss than the state of an old mans health I 1 want to know a little more abent you both I 1 seen much of if you up to the present time and for any thing I 1 know you maybe mayhe may be rogues rognes or fools john meade iliade seemed vather rither to wince under this address but peter finch sat calm caim and con fida rit to put a case now said mr air collett this morning a poor wretch of a gardener came be bea r ginthers gin gln ginar ghere There here he could get no work it seem seems and ald aid id lie he was starving well I 1 knew something some lhing M about ut the fellow and I 1 only believed lie he told the truth so I 1 gave him a shilling to get rid of him now im afraid T did wrong what reason had I 1 for giving hirn li m a shilling what claim had he be on on tapp ap what claim has hase fhe bhe on anybody the value of his labor in the market i all that a working man has a right to and when his labor is of no value why then he must agn to the davil vit vil or wherever else he can eh petar thita th its tta ita my mv philosophy what do you yon think 1 I quite gulte agree with you sir said baid mr finch agree with you the value of their 1 abor in in the market is all that laborers cin enn pretend I 1 tand to all that they should have nothing Not hino hinc acts act acl more perniciously than the absurd extraneous ous gus port called th charity arity 2 hear hear heard said mr lir colett conett youre a n S elever fellow peter go on my dear boy go on what results from the charitable aid con peter reter the vaine value of labor id kept at ut an un unni 4 atu taral I 1 level ibi rotate stat ch iriton state state stale robbery private chari charl charity tyis is public wrong 0 thais it peteri said mr collett what do you think of our philosophy john I 1 dont like live it I 1 dont believe belleve belie gell veil it said joh job you were right P to give the man a shill shilling irig I 1 id d have given him a shilling myself I oh vou von would would you said paid mr col lett vou youre you very generous genero with your jour r shillings nos nas would you fly in th the face of all orthodox political economy you Vandal 1 yes said john a an the vandal vandals s fl flaw flow wi in n the fare of rome romp and destroyed what had become a falsehood and a nuisance 1 I poor lohn john said mr collett we shall never make anything of him peter really wed better talk of som thine else john itell tell teil US all about the last lost novel they conversed on various topics until antil the ar arrival rival of the invalids early bed time parted uncle and nephews for the night mary sutton sulton seized an opportunity th tb next mornin mor wor nina after breakfast to speak with john meade meide alone istik john suld slid she do you think more of your n own wn interest of our interest what occasion ihn ibn for you to tobe lobe be so violent last night and contradict mr collett ro 0 o shocking shockingly j I 1 saw peter finch isu Inu ehing to h himself john you must be more careful or we shall never be married well mary dear ill do my best said john it was that confounded peter biln gitil his chain of iron maxims that made me oly fly out im not iceberg mary ary thank heaven youre not rot said mary 4 but an iceberg floats think of nf tint john remember every time you vou offend mr collett vou you please mr finch V so I 1 do said john yes ill remember that if vou would only try to be a little mea men and hard ln said mary just a little to bearin begin wili willi you would only stoop to conquer john and vu vau deserve to conquer 3 may imay I 1 gain pain my deserts trien said john are you hot bot to t be my loving wife mary and ar ari you not to sit at needle needie needlework work worlen an my studio whilst I 1 paint my great historical picture re how can this come to pass if mr collett will do nothing for us all ail ah ali how indeed said mary but heres catir nur our friend peter finch coming through the gate from his walk I 1 leave you together 1 and so savin she withdrew ewh whit it Mp meale meade pie mie ale said peter finch as lie he en skulking in donors on a bie ble fi 6 ie te mo morning aning like ilke IP thi this ive been all ail through the village not in ar muzly ugly place but wants looking after roads sharrie shamefully fully muddy pigs allowed lyli owed to walk on th footpath font foot path nath Dread dreadful dreadful ful rul exclaimed john 1 91 I say you came ont out pretty strong r last night nid id peter quite defied theold loid man bulli buli buti like your spirit 1 I have no doubt you do 2 thought john oh when I 1 was wa s a youth I 1 was a little that way myself mj sell seil self said peter but the world the world my dear sir sonn soon cures us of all roman tic notions I 1 regret of course to see poor people miserable bu but t chats vh ats the use of or regretting its ita no par part pait of the business of the superior classes to interfere with the laws of supply and anti demand poor people must be miserable what cant be cured mu mut must t be endured that is is to say returned johh what we cant cure them must endurel gin gee exactly so isaid said sald peter c mr collett was this day too ill to leave hi his hig bed about noon he requested ted to see his neph ev eu s sin in his bedroom they found him propped up by pillows looking very weak but in good ep int i as usual I 1 well boys hays 9 said he here I 1 nm am you vou von see brought to anchor at last the docto doctor will be here soon coon I 1 sut sni suno inore ose ope to shake his head and write Xie aim cipes recipes humbug my boys patients can do a as is much for themselves I 1 believe as doc doe tors can do tor for them all in the dark together the only dif dlf derence difference is that the patients elope in english and the doctors grope in litin ft youre too ton sceptical sir said john IN leade meade pooh said mr collett let irs its change the subject I 1 want your advice peter and john on a matter that conc concerns ermi erwi your your interest interests im going to make my will to day and 1 don dont t know how to act about your cousin emma brieg brigg emma disgraced us by marrying an oi oilman I 1 ma n an oilman exclaimed john A vulgar oar o par ar shocking oil oll oilman man mon 1 said mr col co iett jett a wretch who not only sold oil but soap candles turpentine hiack black lead and birch brooms it was a dreadful blow on the family her poor grandmother never loot over it and a maiden aunt turned methodist in despair well briggs ibe the oilman died last week it seems meems and his widow has writ teji teil to me asking for nor assistance now I 1 have thought of leavin leaving her a hundred a my will what right had die dle he to in marry marry against the advice of her friends what hofe hore I 1 to do with her m 11 vly my mind is q lite made up lip said peter finch no notice to be liken of her ber she made an obstinate and unworthy match and let her ber abide the consequence now nony for forvour your nn John said mr collett upon mv word I 1 think I 1 mut say the same 1 said john meade bracing himself up boldly for gor nr the part of the worldly man it what right had she to marry as you abs observed arved with great reat rest justice sir let bet her abide the consequences as you very properly remarked finch cant che she carry on the wilmans oil mans business I 1 dare say ay it will support her very well J why no 3 eilf ami Mr C cohets coa CoH iett lett etl briggs griggs e died a bankrupt bin krupl and his widow and arid childre childred chil drem drew ill lis are destitute ithai i thai that does aes not alter the question eald eaid petr finch let blimp family do something for her ato to be suret surel sure said mr sir collett 1 I drags brags riggs I 1 I 1 family are the people to do something for ifer her ber she austn t expect any thing from us must she john destitute is she said john with chil dren too why this is another case bir sir you surely dushl ought to notice her to assist her con found it im for letting her have a hundred a year foh roh john johni john whit what a breakdown break down don w said mr collett so you yon were trying to follow peter finch through stony arabia and turned back on the second step lieres liere as a brave traveler fr for you peteri JohnJohn john john keep to your arabia felix fel fei ix and leave the sterner ways to very different men good bye both of you ive no voice to talk any more ill think over all vou you have said lie ile pressed their hands and they left the room the old ni in was too weak to speak next day and in in th three arte rte days after that be he calmly breathed his jast As soon as thra iha funeral was over the will was read mad by the confidential min man of who f had always to mr colletts affairs the tiie group that sat around him preserved a dp de conui appearance of disinterestedness and the usual preamble lj the will h hiving been listened to with breathless attention the man of business read the fol foi following lowina in a clear voice 1 I bequeath to my iny niece emm emmi i briggs brings not wi withstanding that slip shocked her by mar marrying an oilen the surn sum of four thousand pounds beine being Tolly fully perlina persuaded ded that her harlost ast 1st die dip anity if she could ever find it again would do nothing to provide her for food or clothing or shelter john meade smiled peter finch ground around his teela but in a quiet respectable manner the man of bu business went ori orl on with his reading i i having always he held heli ld the opinion that women should he rendered a rational and independent being ir and having duly considered the fact that society practically all ali y denies her the right of earn ing her own living I 1 hereby bequeath to mary sutton the only child of my ol 01 old oid d friend frederick silt slit toni tonj the sum of ten len thousand pounds which will enable her to marry or remain single as ih rhe she ra may y p prefer refer john meade led e gave a prod prodigious giong staria start up upon on hearing thin thi and pet ret peter 1 er finch ground his teeth niacin again but in a manner hardly respectable respect abe both howey hower pr by a violent effort kept silent alent the m mini of or business went yent agn on with his rending reading i I 1 I 1 01 1 have haid paid a id sn soma some in e attention to the character rf of my nell neil neni neti ew john meade and have been grieved to and rid n him much possessed with a feeling im of phalti philanthropy ith ropy and witha general preference for whatever is noble nobie and true oven over oven whatever is basa bis and false As these tendencies are by no means su sueh such eh as can adrance advance him in tho the world I 1 bequeath him the sun sum of or ten thousand bunds hoping that he will thus be kept out the work workhouse house bouse and be enabled to paint his great historical picture which as yet he has only talked tallied about glas As for my other nephew peter finch he views all things in so sagacious and selfish a way and is so certain to get on in life that I 1 should only by offering an any aid lie he does dues not re require q re yet from his affectionate uncle and anti entirely erfil y as a testimony of na admiration f mi ration for his mental altenes au tenes I 1 venture to hop that he will accept of five hundred pounds towards |
