Show CONTINUED 1 p U E G GODFREY 0 D F 11 E Y when e n mrs s latimer not waiting to to cheaib eh JE er e iress dress but just adjusting lier her cap cai cal p a 1 making 0 S herself neat gilded into the half alf pleased half balf frightened unc jo edfrey sy was wais standing with his ba back ck to tot door examining examining c a print of bolton telli Ae ait y lii lir in iii the olden time with a ma luciou contempt he ile turned round as his niece entered and without greeting n lier her and just as if he fie madleen iad had been an all of the house for twenty jears years said sald with a sort of grunt this is the tae sort of rubbish people in ill the tiie country hallon hang their walls wails if instead istead of lavin ilyin haying 0 one or two good pictures picture urh 0 I 1 it fit for a poulter ers parlor but cut dear uncle E rederick frederick and I 1 cannot word afford pictures but how are arc you how long n it is since vre vee have seen you youl I 1 why dont donl you come oftener ofte ner ncr what a happy christmas we shall and all we the timo slie she kept saying to 10 herself only to think of his comia comil coming angll I 1 uncle godfrey watched her from under his terrier eyebrows for a moment or two j in n suspicious silence ethen I 1 then he took lie lle her r hand and looking lookin her searchingly ugly in the tile face he ile said jane you are a ben hen sible girl you did not keep me waltin waiting 6 while you put oil on a lot of finery dont thank me for coming down to see you for I 1 only did it because I 1 thought 0 yoh yon mean it and I 1 thought it would teach you a it lesson and as to pictures I 1 suppose you cant afford them I 1 know I 1 cant I 1 sell mine as fast as I 1 buy them ugh I 1 and at a good profit too where are the children plenty of thein them I 1 suppose the poorer a man mail is the more childr children u providence always tend lends shim bhim him wheres la li timer gono gone out dear uncle ance to see the poor and how to distri distribute bute butu the christmas charities and I 1 ought to be out with him but you see I 1 we poor people have to wash aj at home and do many things there no ostentation of poverty and economy stuff about Christ masl why gite give away away more than usual at chilst chiist mab mas Is a man more hungry at christmas or colder or poorer ar arent ent there other times to givel I 1 hate christmas all ones bills come in then I 1 oh theres frederick coming im sd so ladi fadl said mrs airs latimer gookim looking 0 out of the window oh liow how glad giad lie he w will ill lii be to tee see enyou you jou ulie ulle uncle lell 1 not so sure of that thou though a ii I 1 am rich now kow mind ill have no 0 fuss made about me no extras As for wine ive brought bro down some of my own dont like port half catsup and the other half lo logwood lowood ra wood no dont doni go pit pil open the door away stumped the strange a man to open the th e door mr air lattimer Li timer started horror struck at the wooden legged apparition 41 1 41 I thought D it would knock you down laid gaii a id uncle godfrey never ask a man mail again you yon dont want to see but pm im dellah deliah delighted 0 ted my dear sir sit there no flummery here I 1 am and you yon make the best of me roe fora forn week right to ask me Tho the fitz ed me too and I 1 generally go there confound nd Christ masl I 1 it was abolished festivity indeed I 1 why id rather be eating my chop alone nione at the rainbow or cock in fleet street than tho the best christmas Christ 8 dinner in edff eug had mr latimer did not know wb whether ether to be offended or not but as he had expectations from uncle godfrey he thought on the whole lie he had better bear it so he hei smiled mile mlle dand and took him by the hand band in rushed the children bui but when they gaw the stranger they drew back dora geared herself in bli sit shy y state on the 6 geore george came coaxingly up to toli 1611 iaia blia father and took liis his hand while willy the tot nestled up to his mother and half hid bid himself in her gown yown rown george used to be your favorite uncle aclei said mrs airs latimer cr uncle godfrey looked at him and growled time ile he went to sea ugh do you send that gialto school why dont you cut lier her hair shorter shell be bald at thirty mrs latimer was indignant but nothing n made an impression oil on the rich micle uncle w who ho turning 0 his back on oil her proceeded to question her husband well latimer said lie he still grub bin bing on as a curate I 1 suppose nice profession fes sion its prizes so easy to L get and so evenly distributed bishops so hu humble nible and active no pride ugh I 1 sixty years work for fora fona a curate and a li undred hundred a year the end of it every one on you yon for alms almi and obliged 0 to give more than the squires with th ten thousand a year better be a laborer ugh 0 I 1 any lead head clerk in a mer chams chanta office could buy up three cura curb cu rates rutes tes ugh I 1 mr A latimer deprecated uncle god freys severity our life lie he said is humble but it is happy and free from temptations there is time for study and quiet for domestic happiness artud pe people ople opie are too busy for domestic h happiness appl ness houses always too full to enjoy the J society of their wives and children your clerk might g buy we me up but lie he could not buy my iny happiness good something 0 in that but suppose you live above your income and debts press responsibilities of the rich without wa phout their means too proud to put your children into trade strange D pride uehl I 1 thought christianity taught 0 humility you yon clergy preach it enough but whores the practicing liy A my lly dear sir you dome wrong wrong M I 1 would willingly get george into a bankers ke rs office 0 when he is old enough 0 but even city situ situations actions are liard hard to get take vou rou it at your word ill 1111 get the boy into a house in mincing lane aim low the way to get on better than your beggerly 0 profession and bring tip up your family paupers haupers pau pan pers mr latimer overflowed with thanks there no trying 0 to please the rich old uncle just because lie he is rich and so you have been arranging 0 n the christmas charities all jolly makes the poor people pie mendicants mendi cants work wilen when lie he can 0 get more be begging 0 z ar gitig got a school in your parish we have bave a flourishing one there again puffing n up the poor teaching servants to read ones letters aud and forge and swindle I 1 when do you dine im pin hungry object to a ghisa glass of wine wine my own though the PO porters arters brought bron 0 glit it up ill from froin the station by this to me where my bedroom I 1 like a fire at night 3 ill just walh wash my hands and take my spencer off while you get me MO a n crust and a glass of my own port wine ugh vahl 0 I 1 how low cold this place is get lct out of the way children 1 what a horrid old creature I 1 thought 9 dora george was wits secre tely examining his wooden leo lep leg n and wondering whether it moved by clockwork clock work continued on page ali 51 J continued from page paie 49 J tio tto co afrey dorey was not softened even by dinner dinnen 1 jane said he be never have soup until you have a cook that understands it this is paste not soup you girl keep the door shut the draft comes to my back and keep the fire up it is all io in one corner I 1 dont ilke like Jibe stale bread you got some new ney and no crust cant lon jon see ltv ive lve e got faise false teeth jane said he a little later tiie tile the mutton hung long enough I 1 suppose lou loa rou TOU play on the piano and let the tiie cook do is s she likes take my advice discharge that woman the potatoes awas hard as ballets over ofer his wine wine mr latimer his bis wife being 1 1 gone with the child children neli nell ventured to la lament m ent the ascetic lowliness lon liness of d uncle godfreys godfreyh God freys life lifland t add and to wish he lived nearer to them 1 1 I like it said sald the amiable anchorite of the adelphi every one to his taste some people like ilke fidgety childr childred children enthat that break and spoil everything and some dont tight latimer when I 1 was young n I 1 had a disa disappointment p f ointment that in oile olle o oate ile lle day turned my heart into ajar a jar ot of viti vinegar ewar egar my blood since that is cold and sour I 1 have my own fancies and I 1 follow them id rather die in a ditch than be surrounded by ae legacy acy hunters countin counting 4 the sand in my hour glass as it ran out pam pampering me and encouraging my follies agreeing agreeing 0 with me and all the tinie time lon ion longing 0 crim epim 0 to see the hearse come fetch me tu to the dam damp comer corner of some respectable cemetery I 1 know them I 1 know them they shall mait wait a bit tevy shall wait walt a bit pass the bottle why dont that dial rial bring the coffee ay 0 that night mr and mrs latimer la timer when their pleas pleasant allt atit gu guest est bad had retired retiro to bed and alithe aalthe house was quiet disc discussed used uncle godfrey mr Lati iBer with all his amiability was much irritated at the tile rudeness of the thy rich suspicious old oli boarder but my dear abar fred said mrs latimer hemom er the children ildren cli and bear with uncle we ye have expectations and do think of dreadful bills and how bow little we have to meet 11 lly liy my aly der dear jarie jarle said sald said sald iier her husband lius ilus band bund 1 I could tio eio for your sake and the childre dys but lut I 1 this walis mails 6 insole ryce lice evert kind word lie attributes to hiir our hopta hopt a of 6 r ins bl is money mon 1 ey boutlier hn hi 1 money molley I 1 fred fredr lri 1 tell you jarw jane I 1 cannot and will not bear this mean meau suspicion my ideal may be blunted by poverty but still I 1 am not all earth yet and belf belr bear it aill I 1 will not if 1 am civil to him remember jane it 11 is because lie is your relation i the next day was christmas day and uncle godfrey IV wald waid to church triumphantly antly autly by byars mrs Latini erand crand the children ensconced in a of holly and under an emblazoned blazoned em r U to tile the memory of general bero hero of the old american war rs 0 ai kt dinner that day uncle godfrey vas severe on country too much coughing fhe he ald nid faid aid IT uehl lil ill why d you allanr that chorus of coughl coughi 1 i in oid old women w omen in dit the ulsie aisle they are all deaf dear they only come coine to advertise adver tise tiso them vives as wanting r new shoes and cloaks clo cio iks IJ A know now theli thell how the ile tle ducks qu when ten ien you ou were reading g how th 6 bryld yon you read rend those b a 1 koicim eil oil at t another anut anul iier lier fools nar biag I 1 I 1 er yon jou you shoot over we tue peo illes liles i si what on earth do your our 6 are s about the Antoniu ian eeck dap elron eiron of tire welsh pelagius bahl bahi efow F T kv them into their daily life I 1 they dont klikow ow hofto leov to live livern un earth yet make lil lii aliat t aurore you go lurther ilter yr rii rit yon girt dair lit tit there but give lue tue some beer juiia ado odo yon son teach dora to cat with her k knife und wid george to throw bread crumbs at willy thank heaven im a bachelor t 5 at whist his favorite game uncle godfrey godfroy was still more terrible he always annys refused to take dummy lie lle stumped kiili his wooden leg if ins his partner forgot his thirteenth eard card or lost a it trick by any mo absence of mind jf if the game went well will and there was any long se quence of success he be grew malicious nid mid openly hinted thethis opponent was lo lonill sill on purpose to please him nn insult to I 1 is play and mr latimer resented the accusation they always do it ltv at the fitzsimmon replied uncle godfrey I 1 never loss there they let me win shillings in in hope some day turn to guineas but ill outlive them yet that fitzsimmons ma ns is weak in his chest by the way hows your chest latimer I 1 thought your voice weaker than it used to be george dont make that noih noise with the humming top jane do you ever flog that boy uncle said mrs latimer at breakfast on the seventh day of the visit 1 I have arranged with mrs benson to go tomorrow to see melcombe it is one of or our show places you must not return without seeing that hate show places cold damp rooms fussy pompous housekeepers too proud to tell you anything willia willing enough to take lar iare large lare e fees hurried and see nothing no go back tomorrow to morrow tomor to mor morrow rowl 1 cred cried ered mr and mrs latimer in a breath for they had grown gro 1 I accustomed to the old bachelors brur brus guer ruet ie and began to be amused with his shrewd honesty and arid caustic frankness tomorrow to morrow said saia tomorrow to morrow when wilen I 1 came and meant what I 1 said sponge on yon you no longer 0 poor people besides bo ides ldes all sill my my ports gone cant drink catsup and logwood 1 lwood 0 wood 1 I and my wooden leg go tomorrow to morrow glad of it aint you dora george georfe geor fe come here and polish my wooden leg willy give uncle a kiss and go to bed it is getting late be a 0 lipp py f amily tom tomorrow to m morrow orro unel uncle e godgrey back bauk iu in his den t to BE CONTINUED |