George Weston

“ Do you remember my Aunt Betsy?"
"I remember her very well," said Rose, smiling.
"Every one does," sighed Mortimer. "Do you remember that twinkle in her eye, Rose? Well, she is laughing yet, wherever she is; and do you know what she is laughing at? She is laughing at me! At me!"
"Mortimer!" exclaimed Rose, in a shocked voice.
"I was her only nephew," said poor Mortimer, "and every one thought she would leave everything to me. But instead of that she left me—this—this— this parrot and so much a year as long as I keep the parrot—and as long as I remain single." ”

“ You have either got to give me up, or give up that hateful Nicodemus—and I prefer that you shall give up Nicodemus."
"But I can't live on your money!"
"No; but you can make enough yourself."
"How?"
"Oh, you'll find a way," she confidently told him. "You can brush up on your medical course, and be a doctor or something." She rested her chin on her palm and leaned over toward him. "Mortimer!" she whispered. He looked at her and his heart went on strike. "Do you love me?" she whispered again.
"Rose!" he cried, and his heart went back to work with an increase of wages. ”

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