The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-12-27

ions. John Bromley had hnte at his
conquest over the splendid beauty Of
the county ten years before, and bad
left it to be inferred that he had been
base enough to deceive and abandon her.
But he was never known to recur to
such subjects when sober and a da k
cloud often rested on his face when he
should have been most gay He was an
accomplished sccundrcl, and won his
way as such men can do ..
Steadily and stealtbily he had absorb
ed all the wealth Of hi. grandfather, and
deprived his cousins of their share ofit.
By one and another cunning trick of
concealed so that the world
called it good speculation or a lucky
bit, he had, for triAing consideration,
brcome owner of all the vast estate
which old John Bromley left, and had
unit d to it the lands of Judge Came
ron, so that his property was one OF the
finest in the Stale But, if the truth
were known, he was not so rich His
large estate was heavily encumbered,
and be betbougbt himself, at forty FIVE
to marry wife, by whom to increase
his wealth, and redeem his lands, and
save himself from ruin. He according.
ly looked about him for such person
In tha village was a boarding school
which had celebrity through all the
country. The ladies who had charge
of it were two maiden sisters of forty to
fifty years experience, who had lived in
the village from their youth.
Among their scholars was ore who
had now been with them some eight
years, and who was an exceedingly
beautiful girl Of seventeen. She was
tall, slender, graceful, and of rare at
tractiveness of face and feature. The
whole village had learned to lsvs her,
and yot she was never known to enter q
house in the place. Miss Carlton was
the admired Of all, but known by none.
Her wealth was reputed to be i'm
menss. Her mother, she stated, was a
widow, residing alternately in New y ork
aud in the South of Europe. One win
ter she had passed with her in the Ap-
PENNIES, and there had seen her grand
father, who constantly reside there, new
er accompanying her mother to America
Next spring she was to leave school for
ever, aud then she hoped to live abroad
among those mountains in some one of
those quiet villages like Pau. Such
was The talk among her schoolmates, all
of whom louked up to her, as we'll they
might, as to one altogether their supe-
|riOr.
Rumors Of her great wealth reached
the ears Of John Bromley. He had
seen her; and he thought young and
handsome wife like Katharine Carl on
would well become his halls, and so he
determined to make her his, if he could
hnt verify the stories he heard OF her
expectations. -.
With him, to plan and to execute
had always been one and the same work
snd be had little difficulty in ascertain
ing who paid her bills ut the school -
The village bank, OF whom he vas dirsc.
tor, gave him The names of the baskers
whose checks were fol wardcd every
three months, and he sct Oh foot ques-
lions which elected he information he
desired. She had no wealth Of her own,
but was understood to be sole heiress Of
something like half million that be-
longed TO her grandfather, who Was still
living This was Sufficient, aud he pro-
cceded to prosecute lis suit But he
knew too we'll, by family experience,
the danger Of attempting runaway
marriage with the expectation Of recelv-
ing money with his bride, aud he nc
cordingly determined TO commence his
negotiatlons in person with the parents
OF the young lady, who were then abroad
Steamers were just then mmencing
their trips, and he proceeded to France,
where be had reason to anticipate a
meeting with them, though they were
represented to be moving from place to
place.
In a small cabaret on the road from
Paris to Lyons, somewhat celebrated IN
those days for the perfection Of is cui-