Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1906 — Page 3

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Uncle Peter

By EDITH M. DOANE

Thomas Coleman, cold, reserved, ambitious, sat at the head of the heavy library table. Beside him his pretty, fashionable wife drummed softly with her finger tips on the polished mahogany and watched her husband sideways out of her dark, inscrutable eyes.' The other poleman, Elizabeth, stood by the window, a letter with a queer South American postmark in her hand. “Poor, lonely old man,” she said softly. “Listen, Tom. ‘l’m kind of hungerin’ for the sight of a face that belongs to me,’ and thia—‘l jest want to get acquainted with my own folks’— isn’t that pathetic?” “*1 ain't beholden,’ she went on, scanning the letter swiftly. ‘I don’t ask no favors, but I’d kind of like to feel that them that is to have the little something I leave will have a kindly feelln’ for the old man who scraped It all together, when he’s gone.’ ” She looked up with swift comprehension at the tense attitude of the other two. “You do not suppose that ‘little something’ can be a fortune, do yon?’ she. said half nervously. - “It might be as well,” Thomas Coleman suggested, “to acquire more definite Information concerning it before—ah—committing ourselves.” Thomas Coleman was a man whom his friends called ‘level headed.” "May be nothing In it,” be added. "But if there should be?” suggested his wife, still drumming softly on the polished wood. Only his wife knew how fearfully Thomas Coleman had been hampered in money matters lately. “Whether there is or not, he has a claim upon us,” put in Elizabeth, hotly. “He’s a poor, lonely old man—our father’s brother.” Thomas Coleman raised a remonstrating hand. "Be reasonable, Elizabeth. We do not know him. It is not to be supposed that we can offer him

“I HAVE COME TO TAKE YOU HOME WITH ME.”

a home indefinitely unless we receive some little—ah—remuneration in the end.” “Although It would be in line with Elizabeth's quixotic ideas to do so,” said Tom’s wife, sharply. Elizabeth was a standing grievance with her sister-in-law—Elizabeth, who was supremely indifferent to the value of money—Elisabeth, tall and straight and splendid, who preferred a self supporting life in a tiny flat to dependence in her brother’s beautiful home, and who proposed to “throw herself away” on a fellow whose only lack was that of money. She confronted them now Indignantly. “It is a shame!" she flashed, looking like an enraged princess, with her flaming cheeks and heavy, red gold hair. “A lonely old man begs for affection. He freely offers us all ha has. Be it much or little, it is all. 'n return you weigh and appraise and calculate. Oh,” she broke off, “I am ashamed of you. Let us make him honestly welcome, whatever he brings.” And in that first day, while the others held aloof, it was Elizabeth who, In warm hearted, impulsive fashion welcomed the little old man enveloped in a shaggy greatcoat, who regarded his “own folks" with shrewd blue eyes which looked out rather wistfully from under the shaggy brows. On the second day Uncle Peter approached Thomas Coleman. “Some mornin’ when it’s convenient I'd like to go downtown with you. I want to find Willie Moore’s office,” he added apologetically. Thomas Coleman looked up quickly. “William T. Moore, the lawyer?” The old man nodded. “Willie Moore’s father and me was boys together, and I always had considerable confidence in Willie. I’ve got a few papers I'd kinder like him to keep,” he added. The few papers turned out to be |5,000,000 worth of shares in the El Juarez gold mines. Uncle Peter’s welcome was assured. For six months he was the recipient of every attention which the solicitude of his beloved and happily surprised nephew and his wife could devise*

then, one day, like a bolt from a clear sky, the storm burst. • The El Juarez mines were flooded! The rumor started In the Mining Exchange when, stock that had been $l5O was’ quoted at $25 a share; then the reporters got .it and the journals flaunted great headlines of "Panic In Wall Street!" “El Juarez Mines Flooded!” Later the report was confirmed, and by-3 o’clock the shares of the El Juarez mines were not worth the paper on which they were written. The old man to whom the mines bad been a lifelong companion stared desperately at. the flaunting headlines, then, covering his face with his rough, worn hand, gave way to his grief With the abandon of a child. “Them mines was jest like my own child,” he sobbed. “1 knowed they wasn’t actin’ up jest right when I left ’em, bat I never susplcloned they’d fetch up where they hev,” and again tears flowed unrestrainedly down the furrowed cheeks.

Disappointed, imblttered, almost maddened by the loss of sorely needed wealth just within his grasp, Thomas Coleman broke the silence. “Don’t worry,” he said coldly. "You are not too old yet to find some suitable enjoyment.” Uncle Peter looked up In astonishment, then as the meaning of the cruel words dawned upon him his face went suddenly and pitifully white. “I kinder thought if I was ever In trouble I could depend on my own folks.” The old voice quavered piteously as yie curtains parted and Elizabeth entered the room. Sweeping past the others, she took the old man’s hands in her young ones. “I have come to take you home with me,” she said simply. “But the mines,” he said unsteadily. “Never mind. There isn’t much room In my little flat, but there's a loving welcome, and soon”—she blushed happily—"there will be a little house in the suburbs.”

“But how about that young feller you’re goln’ to marry?” questioned the old man doubtfully. “He told me to come for you,” answered Elizabeth, with proud, happy eyes. e The old man rosd*and, still holding Elizabeth’s hand,* faced Thomas Coleman and his wife. “You said I wasn’t too old to find suitable employment,” he said, “and I ain’t. I’ve found it. I’m goln’ to buy that house out in the suburbs, and it won’t be no little one, either. An’ I’m goln’ to set the young feller up in whatever business he wants to be set up in, an’, what’s more, I’m goln* to give Elizabeth a million dollars in government bonds fer her weddin’ gift. I ain’t through with the other million yet, but when I am she an’ her children gits it My money wan’t in them mines. I told Willie Moore how they wuz actin’ up, an’ he took it out fer me three months ago. I ain’t denyln’ I felt bad about ’em, but ’twaru’t the money I wuz thinkin’ of. "No,” he repeated, “I warn’t thinkin’ of the money, an’ he patted her hand lovingly—“neither wuz Elizabeth, but,” he added slowly, with a shrewd glance at Thomas Coleman’s white, baffled face, “it kinder looks as though there’s others that wuz.”

Puncturing a Fallacy.

The barber applied the rich brown dye with a fine tooth comb, combing it evenly Into the grizzled locks of the old man. “Hair dye, sir,” be said. “Plain, unvarnished hair dye is the base of that absurd fallacy about people turning gray in a single night “If you Investigate those yarns you find that Invariably they concern persons In prison. Orsini, pining in jail, had his hair go back on him. Marie Antoinette, languishing In a cell, found the deep hne of her hair changing to an ugly gray. Raleigh, imprisoned in the tower, developed grayish streaks with incredible speed. “The secret of all that, my dear, Is this: “These prisoners in order to conceal their gray hair dyed it, using a poor sort of dye, one of those sorts that have to be applied every day or two. In prison, naturally, they could not get hold of this dye, and hence their locks whitened at a miraculous rate. When people said of them pityingly that their terror of sorrow had turned their hair gray in a single night they acquiesced themselves in the deception, for is it not embarrassing—l leave It to you, sir, is It not embarrassing—to explain to the world at large that one uses hair dye?”—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.

Well Turned Puns.

A southern clergyman, an inveterate punster, says that while he is well aware that puns belong to the lowest order of wit he is seldom able to resist the temptation to make one when opportunity offers. On one occasion after preaching an eloquent sermon be was met by two friends, one of whom began to praise his discourse in enthusiastic terms. When he paused for breath the other man said, with a laugh: “Well, doctor, can you stand as much soft soap as that?” “Indeed I can if there Isn’t too much lye in it," returned the minister quickly. At another time he was present nt the marriage reception of a young couple of the name of More. The occasion was somewhat stiff up to the time of the minister’s entrance, and be quickly discovered the state of affairs. “Madam,” he said, with his radiant smile, addressing the awkward young bride, “how fortunate you are! There are so few people who can say with truth, ‘The More I want the More I hhve.’" The laugh which followed put the company at ease.

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

Remedy For Red Noae. . A too red nqse is usually the result of a wrong diet. Try leaving off rich foods for awhile. Bathe the parts twice dally with a lotion of a dram of muriate of ammonia, half a dram of tannic acid, two ounces glycerin and three ounces of rosewater. At night saturate a bit of absorbent cotton with this and bind on the nose. See that there is no constriction of your clothing and that you do not have cold feet and ankles, as these frequently cause such a condition. To Wa«h Ribbons. When washing ribbons' stretch on a long board covered with clean muslin. Pin fast at,each end to keep it taut. Have at hand a bowl of cold water, in which you have stirred a little household ammonia. With a brush dipped in this scour the ribbon on both sides. Rinse, without taking from the board, in cold water, and set to dry in the air, but not where the sun will strike it. While still quite damp remove from the board and iron over flannel and through • thin cloth.

Wasbinar White Paint. Where white china gloss paint is to be washed do not use soap, but ordinary whiting, such as comes for cleaning silver. Have two buckets of lukewarm water, rinse out a cloth and go over the paint first; then pour on the cloth some of the whiting and wash the paint with it as if it was soap. Wash off with the bucket of clear water. It is a well known fact that even the purest soaps will cause the paint to turn yellow. Laying a Xew Carpet. Great care is required in laying down a carpet, especially a uew one. Work the carpet the length way of the room. Nail one end all along, but do not nail the sides until you are quite sure that the carpet is fully stretched and that there is no tuck anywhere in the length of it. In nailing down a carpet after the floor has been washed be certain that the floor is quite dry, or the nails will rust and injure the carpet. v Useful In the Bathroom. An exceedingly neat soap and brush holder, for use mainly In the bathroom, has recently been invented by a Philadelphian. / The holder is constructed mainly of wire. At the top is a small box arrangement for holding the soap. Directly below is a depending grm made of spring wire, the end of which

SOAP AND BBUSH HOLDEBS.

.is shaped to firmly grip the handle of the toilet brush. On each side of the soap box are small spring wire extensions, into which the toothbrushes, handles up, are conveniently placed. The entire holder is mounted on a wooden base which can bd readily placed in any place desired. All of the wire parts being nickel plated, there is no danger from rust. To Pickle Green Tomatoes. Slice thin a peck of full grown green tomatoes. Pour over them enough vinegar to cover, and add to each quart of vinegar an ounce each of whole cloves, allspice, pepper, two ounces of yfellow mustard seed and two white onions, chopped fine. Boil all together for a minute, then set aside to cool, and in a week they will be ready for use. Scratched Furniture. A good way to remove scratches from furniture is to use pulverized pumice stone. Rub it on to the marred surfaces with a soft flannel rag that has first been wet in crude or raw linseed oil. Apply briskly until the scratches disappear, then rub with the linseed oil alone until the surface comes to a polish. Sweeping the Carpet. After sweeping a room go over the carpet with either a sponge or old flannel—as they neither leave lint—that has been moistened well with ammonia and water. Use a full tablespoonful to a quart of warm water. To Blacken Tan Leather. Take a raw potato, cut it in halves and rub tan shoes well with it. Then rub blacking well in, polish, and the result will be so satisfactory as to make it difficult to say whether the shoes had not always been black. * Fish Sandwiches. Any cooked fresh fish picked into bits, well seasoned with salt and pepper and moistened with mayonnaise makes an excellent filling for a sandwich. A little chopped pickle is also an addition. Perfuming the House. To give the house a pleasant odor take some live coals and sprinkle ground cinnamon on them.

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