HIS AUMI'S LEGACY.
Charles Eaines stepped Into ths offlca
of hi friend Bow lei, tditor of ths Green
Till Courant.
"Wsll, how art you, Earn?" e
claimed tli editor.
"I ought to fel happy, I suppose, "said
th young man, ft littl ruefully, "for Yro
just rciTd notics of legacy. "
" Indeed 1 I congratulate you.
Wait till you hear what it U."
Well, what ia it?"
"My Aunt Martha ha jut diod, lear
inf fifty thousand dollar. "
"To youf I congratulate you heartily."
"No; h 1tm it to ft publio inititu
tioa. Sh lea re in only hr silver
watch, which ill carried forty year. "
"How i that?"
"8h didn't approve at my becoming
an artist. Sh wihd m to become a
merchant If I had consulted her wiihes
I should, doubtl, hav been her sole
hir. Thia mall legacy U meant more
an ftggrftvfttion than anything el, I
know. "
"But you can mak your own way. "
"I can Arn ft scanty living at present.
I hop to do better by and by. But you
know my admiration for Mary Brook.
If I had been Aunt Martha' ol heir I
could hat gained Mr. Brook' consent
to our marriag. No w it i hopelee. "
"lam not o nr of that. Thi legacy
may help you. If you will promise, for
on calendar month, not to mention or
convey the least idea of th natur of
your aunt' bequest I will manag th
reat"
"I don't at alt know what you mean,
Bowie, but I am ia your hands," an
wared th young artist.
"That ia all I wish. Now, remember
to express surprise at nothing; but let
matter tak their course. "
"Vary well"
In th Dxt iu of th Courant th ar
tist was surprised to road th following
paragraph:
"We are gratified to record a piece of
Rood luck which haa juat befallen out
esteemed fellow oiticen, th promising
young artist, Charles Earns. By th will
of an aunt, recently deceased, he come
into ft piece of property which ha been
in th family for many years. Miss
Earn ia reported to her left fifty
thousand dollars. "
"Really," thought th young man,
"anybody would naturally suppose from
thia paragraph that I had inherited Aunt
Martha' entire possessions. "
H put on' hi hat and walked down
th street He met Etekiel Brooks,
president of th Olenvllle national bank.
Mr. Brooks beamed with cordiality .
"My dear air, permit me to congratu
late you, " be aaid.
"You have read th Courant, 1 pro
sum V said Earns.
"Ye j and I am delighted to hear of
your good fortune. Can I pk to you
on business a moment '
"Certainly, Mr. Brook, "
"You'll exous my advice, but I know
yon are not a business man, while I am.
My young man, do you want to mak
some money?"
. " Certainly ; I should b glad to do o, "
:aid th artist.
"James Parker haa flv hundred shares
f the Wimbledon railway. It atanda at
ifty-aix, ft figure muck below it real
ralue. But Parker ia nervous and want
to salt out I want you to buy hi entire
took."
"But Mr. Brook
"I know what you would aay. It may
go down. But it won't I hav advioe
that ft speedy rise ia almost oertaiu, Buy
him out, and you'll mak a handsome
thing of it"
"But how shall I find the money?"
"Of course you haven't received your
legacy yet I know ther ar delays.
No trouble about that (Jive your note
t ninety daya and I'll endorse it You'll
ell out before that time at ft handsome
advance. "
"I will plaoa myself la your hands, Mr.
Brooks ; but you roust manage ths busi
ness." "Certainly; I shall only want your sig
nature when the documont ar made
out By the by, coma round and dine
with us, or have you another engage
ment?" . Another engagement! If Charles
Earn had fifty engagements ha would
have broken them all for th privilege of
meeting Mary Brook. Thia was th first
tim b had been invited to th banker's
table. The faot ia, until thi morning
Mr. Brook, had scarcely vouchsafed him
mora than cool nod on meeting. But
circumstances had cbangsd, or appeared
to have dona so, and hia behavior altered
with It Such is th way of th world!
It was a very pleasant dinner. Th
-young artist remained afterward.
"I have an engagement, Mr. Eames,"
said Mr. Brooks; "a meeting of the bank
directors. But you must not go away,
Mary will entertain yon. "
Th young man did sot go away, and
apparently he was satisfied with th en
tertainment he received. He blessed hi
nunt for her legacy, if it only procured
him thi afternoon's interview with the
' young lady he admired.
But it gained him more. Every few
day b reoeived ft similar invitation.
The artist could not fail to aee that Era
kiel Brooka looked with evident compla
cency on the good understanding which
existed between his daughter and him
self. "What will he say when he finds out
what sort of a legacy I have received
from my aunt?" th young man thought,
i Occasionally, too, he felt nervous
about his hasty assent to tha proposition
to buy five hundred shares of railroad
stock at fifty-six when he hadn't fifty
dollars ahead. Hs reckoned up on day
what his purchase would amount to and
his breath was nearly taken away when
he found it amounted to twenty-eight
thousand dollars! Ha asked no questions
but every now and then the old gentle
:iibu said,
"All going well. Stock advancing rap
dly." With that he was content Indsed, he
ras so carried away by the lore of Mary
h ooks that he gave little thought to any
ther subject
One day Mr. Brooks came up to him
his face beaming with Joy.
"Wish you joy, Eames," he said.
"Wimbledon haa gone up like ft rocket
to par. Give me authority and I'll sell
for you. "
The artist did so, hardly realising what
It meant until three daye after when he
received a note to this effect:
"Dear Eames: Hav sold out vour
five hundred share of Wimbledon at on
hundred and on. As you bought at
fifty-six this givs you ft clear profit of
forty-flv dollar a share, or twenty-two
thousand nve hundred dollar. You had
better take th tide and reinvest your
surplus. i;au at my onice at once.
Yours verv truly,
tizEKiEL Brooks. "
Charles Eames read this letter several
time before h realized it meaning,
Could it be that without investing ft cant
lie had made over twenty thousand do!
lars? It must be a dream, he thought
But when he called at the old gentle
man office he found it was really true.
"How about thia money, Mr. Earn?
Shall I reinvest it for you ?"
"Thank you, air, I wish you would. I
should like a little in hand, however."
"Certainly. Will that answer?" and
ths old gentleman wrote a check for flv
hundred dollars and placed it in th
hand of the artist
it was more money than he had over
before possessed at on tim. This was
convincing proof of th reality of hi
good fortune.
The next day ho went to th oity and
orJertd a handsom auit of clothe at ft
fashionable tailor's. The fact was, hi
old coat was getting very threadbare and
his overcoat decidedly ertedy. While he
wss about it he bought ft new hat and
boot, as wall as several other needed ar
tides, ana yet returned with money
enough in hia pocket to mak Mm feel
riob. He changed hi bovrding house,
engaging a handsome room in ft much
nicer place.
"It eesms to ma you are dashing out,
Eames," said hia friend, the editor.
"You know 1 have had a legacy," said
Eames, laughing.
"I really begin to think you have, "re
plied the editor.
When Eames appeared on the strset in
his new suit it wt s taken as a confirma
tion of ths news of his inheritance. Hi
removal to a fashionable boarding-house
was additional confirmation. It wa
wonderful how he rose in the eetimation
of people who had before looked on him
ft ft hiftls artist All at one th
thought occurred to him :
"Why shouldn't I propose for Mary
Brooka? With twenty thousand dol
lar I could certainly support her com
fortably. There ia a very pretty hous
ftnd tasteful grounds for sal at flv thou
sand dollar. This would mak a charm
ing horn. "
On morning young Eamee, with con
eiderabl trepidation, broached the sub
ject to Ezekiel Brooka.
"No on I should like better for a son
in-law, if Mary ia willing," wa th
prompt answer.
Mary was willing, and as there seemed
bo good reason for waiting, the marriag
was celebrated within a few weeka.
"Charlea," said the father-in-law after
the young oouple had returned from their
wedding journey, "it ia time for ma to
give you an account of your money
affairs. I have been lueky in my invest
ments, and I hav thirty -on thousand
dollar to your credit, or, deducting
the amount paid for your house, twenty
six thousand dollars. By the way, hav
you received your aunt' bequest?"
"Yes j I received it yesterday," an
swered his son-in-law.
"Indeed!"
"Here it is," said tha young man, and
he produced a battered ailver watch.
"And do you mean to aay that is all
aha left you?" asked hi father-in-law,
looking quite atupeiled.
"Yes. sir,"
Ezekiel Brooks whistled in sheer
amazement, and his countenance fell.
For a moment he regretted his daughter'
marriage, but then came the thought that
hia son-in-law, through a lucky mistake,
was really the possessor of quit a com
fortable property, which under hia man
agement, might be increased, so be sub
mitted with good grac and ia on tkt
best of terms with his son-in-law, who ia
now in Italy with his wife, pursuing ft
courss of artiatio study.
Charlea Earae carefully treasure th
old watch, which he regard as th foun
dation of his prosperity.
Here Were a Moisoele.
Spectacles were invented aix hundred
years ago. The us of glasa to aid th
sight of defective eyes is, however, much
older. Nero looked through a concav
glass in watching th gladiatorial gam,
and many other historical men of hi day
were dependent upon similar devices for
lengthening theirsight Till the latter part
of the 13th century only th single glaas
was in use. In 1290 the double glass was
invented, some say by Salvino degli Ar
mail ; others, by the monk, Alexander of
Spain. In the fourteenth century specta
cles were used quit frequently by th
very wealthy and high born, although
they were still so scare that they wero
bequeathed in wills with th elaborate
care that marked the disposition of ft
feudal estate. The holy Antonius ,of
Padua, who preached to the flshe when
men refuse! to hear him, gave to th
poor, according to th legend, not only
Lis clothes, but also his spectacles.
The first spectacles, which were very
expensive, were made in Italy, Some
what later the manufacture of cheapei
glasses sprang up in Holland, and it
spread late in the fourteenth century to
Germauy. Nurnberg and Rathonow ac
quired fame for their glasses between
1400 and 1500. For many years glasses
were used only as a means of aiding bad
eyes. First in Spain appeared th fashion
of wearing glasses merely for the sake of
wearing them. It spread rapidly to the
rest of the continont, and brought about
the transformation of the old 18th cen
tury spectacles Into eye-glasses, and event
ually into the monocle, "the cosmopoli
tan trademark of the dandy, "
A kindly feeling cannot fail to touch
th heart.
Qrowing
More Liberal
tjjhat's what the human
race is doing particularly
the American part of it.
There are a few left who
are satisfied with ancient his
tory. But most people are
ready to apply modern pro.
- fjessatid common-sense to the
treatment of the human stom
achan orpan that demands
its rights whether or no; that
resents the insults of worn
out methods. All this, is to
emphasize the facts about
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There was once a prejudice
against Cottonseed oil. But
people who are alive, who
investigate, who have no
bigotry in their composition,
have found that pure, refined
cottonseed oil combined with
selected beef suet is a better
article in every conceivable
way than hog's lard. And so
they wisely use it for cook
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healthy and happy. The sales
of Cottolene are enormous
and constantly increasing; a
proof that it is appreciated by
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