Show II t j Ought They Have I Taken It I I 1 I r 0 By 11 II IRVING KING u Co Copyright CROMPTON was a rich man 1 aD and like other ether rich men meD was fond tODd of ot having hating hi his own oun v vay and way ay generally had bad It But Dut not always for tor when III m- rom ram ordered Emil Emily Capron his dead eod wife's niece to marr marry Herman lIerman Raw now and his own nephew v Ralph Grossley Crossley to marry Loretta lorella Van Derberg Derberg Der Ocr berg bUll they both refused refuted to obey much obey much to Hiram's surprise e and tind greatly to hit his angry chagrin True they the were both dependent upon upon up- up on cn Uncle Hiram but then ou see lee they thel wanted to marry each ench other The They explained tills to Uncle Hiram 11 care core tully fully and at length but the old man man refused to to reason flew fiew Into a towering rage rage and ordered them both out of ot the house douse The Tile two orphans orphans or or- felt very err bad bOI about It Uncle was a Tartar lie Ho had not Dot been beeD defied before In ID years eara and years Mrs When ho cast of ort off the rebels he be bev v went nt to his hb lawyer and had bad u new V will wUl made In which ho bo left lett e everything to hU hi cousin Jeremiah Crompton a bachelor who lied had lived for tor many years In ID Home after alter a n few tew disappointments obtained a position at a salary of ot to forty 11 dollars a week Emil Emily got a job Joll In one of ot the brunch city libraries at a salary of at fifteen dollars a week Evenings Eve Eve- 1 the they met In the parlor of ot Emily's boarding house and planned out their future It was to be vcr very splendid but they would begin modestly of ot course They began to look took at flats fiats In n the upper part port of ot tho the dt city and on Sundays made excursions Into the country to Inspect suburban cottages not Dot forgetting for tor getting to visit furniture emporiums and price goods sold on the Installment Install ment meat plan The They were never more happy In their lives It was a lark lork All tile they felt with r regard to Uncle HIram HI- HI ram rom was a 0 sincere pity for tor the old ld man lert lett alone In his great house not house not an atom of t resentment Hut But oh oh dear everything docs does se seem m to cost so much said I Emily Krally I had hod no Idea furniture was so expensive And rent so high Hadn't we better betler wait walt until one of ot us as gets a raise In salary You are aro sure sore to get nn an In Increase In n- n I crease Just as soon as os Maldon Co see seo how valuable you rou ore are to them So time went by Its no use waiting any longer said sold Ralph one day Well get married mar tied ried right away a Im I'm bound to have ho haven hoeQ n Q raise within two months Perhaps wed we'd better betler wait that long dear said sold Emil Emily They did did not get his Increase of ot po pay You ought to demand It said Em Em- II ily Moldon Maldon Co will give It to toyon you yon quick enough It If you yon Insist They know what you are worth to them They hey are Just stingy stingy that's that's all The next night Ralph appeared lookIng look look- Sn leg Ing very blue He lie hud had made his his de mand and mond-and and had hod been discharged l I Ho IIo and ond Emily sat and looked looke at ot each other with n a new strange fool feels lag Ins a 0 vague doubt of ot the absolute cere certainty of ot the future It Is Ie an nn awful moment when youth begins to waver waver I In Its cocksureness Emil Emily was the tile first to recover herself Dont you OU worry said she kissing him Thing Things are ore bound to come conic out all right Maidon Mai- Mai Maidon don Co simply IY did not appreciate you that's you that's nil all The Tho very next next day Clay they thy saw n notice notice no no- tice tico of at Uncle Hiram's death In the paper They went vent to the tho funeral nn and wept lIt over Aver the fierce old roan man who had hl fast cast them off otTo After the funeral the lawyer of the deceased Hiram took occasion to tell Ralph of ot the tile purport of ot his uncles uncle's willI willI willI will I I expected It said Ralph a Q little dolefully lIe He might have ha left me mea a a. a thousand or two he lie thought thought- It would have havo tided me over Dont Doot you ou mind said sold Emily when he told her Poor Uncle Unde Hiram IA I 1 A few tow days Joys later Inter the tha Ier awyer er sent for Ralph to come to l 1 I. I office I cabled tabled the news of ot the death of ot Mr Hiram Crompton said the lawyer to Mr J J. J Crompton of ot Rome Italy In return I ha e received from Mr Ur J J. J Crompton's man of business there a dispatch stating that Mr J. J Crompton died two days after atter the death of your Undo Uncle Hiram He lIe left a n considerable property Your mother was I believe belle the sister of ot Mr Hiram and the cousin and only near relative with relative with the exception ex ex- of ot Mr III Hiram of ram of Mr J J. J Crompton You Too are therefore the nest neat of kin and at law of both deceased I I congratulate you yon upon the handsome property you yon OU OUlI lI have ve comae Into Ought wo we take toke tt IU said Emily when Ralph told her tho news newa Uncle Hiram never Intended that we should h have ve It It We could get married sooner If It we did said Ralph On Oh I will tell yon you what well we'll do do do- cried EmU Emily Well take It It and with part of ot It well we'll build flats and suburban cottages to let for tor next to nothing to young youn people In the fix w we were before this happened Great Great cried Ralph They be were married a week later and have ever since been a 0 veritable providence to rash and Impecunious young people determined on matrimony matri matri- mony many |