The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-09-30

bear in mind, that since l have seen YOU
you have another"
She made no reply in words, but mo
toned me to seat besider her. 0
course | was tco courteous to decline th,
invitation.
"And now may hope to be favored will
your name!!' | asked suasively, as l seated
myself
Ruth Naomi SappLira Jezebel Thorn
kins, but am usually called Diana of the
Ephasians."
"Ah. pet name bestowed upon yor
by some of your friends, probably!" l an
swered at the same time protiering her my
little boquet of flowers. q didn't wonder
that they should call her by any name be
sides her real one, though mercy know:
Jezebel seemed appropriate enoughD You
have pretty village here"
She gave me no answer, save a lone
doleful sigh. An embarrassing silence fol
lowed interspersed with sighs, each as lone
and doleful as the first. Feeling the ne
cessity of saying something, ventured to
ask her if she was happy.
"Happy!" she asked, with face of ex
preston that lifted my hat half an incl
from my bewidered head. "Happy the
victim of cruelty, and oppression, with the
wealth of Crnsus rightfully belonging tc
me, yet do you think | am happy Job 2
Why should she I'd lress me as Job,
could not conf lecture; but accounted for it
on the supposition that her memory was a
little faulty. 1t seemed she was wealthy
then. How much more luxuriant her
drab curls looked after | became aware
of that! And how much softer was the
light of her gray eyes, and what a differ
ence it made in the length of her neck and
the lankness of her figure.
| drew little nearer to her side, insinu-
ating in my delicate way that there was a
mystery in the words which | should be
glad to unravel, if she could put sufficient
confidence IN a stranger, etc, etc; that
wherever the wrongs of lovely women
were to be righted there was Matthew
Henderson devoted champion, etc, etc,
that If there was any possible way in which
[ could serve her, she had but to command
etc.
Upon that she told me her story.
knew she would. 1t was long and dis
connected narrative which | could not
write out if should try. The only fact
that I could grasp with any degree of ac,
duracy- was, that she was immensely veal
thy, but owing to the misery, avaricious
disposition Of an elderly brother, who had
some control over her, and who hoped in
the event of her death, to come in posses
sion of her property, she was kept out of
The enjoyment of it.
| hitched still nearer. What splendid
eyes the woman hadl And how blind |
had been not to notice the silken abund-
ance and beautiful ustre of her hair. AS
tor her figure, it was perfectly queenly.
Was her wealth mostly in landed es-
.ates? | ventured to inquire.
eyes, Israel. But have besides great
1cal of money in the bank"
Ipricked up my ears, and felt too great
, degree of interest to make the proper
in regard to my name being
Matthew instead of Israel.
She had no protector-that she was un-
married? | asked softly, at the same time
dropping my jeweled hand upon hers, and
leaving a little sigh-quite unintentional
y, | assure you. All, Cupid. What
TRANCE bov thou art.
No, she was not married; and this time
he called me Moses. l corrected her,and
he change to Sampson. She evidently
lad too deep respect for me to me by
my other than biblical cognomen.
Well, while we sat there we had long
nversation, during which / learned that
Ter bank money was snbject to her own
Independent control, # she so willed it.
Before we parted, | had kissed her hand
hree times, asked for a further acquant-
nee, talked largely of my fourishing mer-
;antile business in New York, and begged
With fervent eloquence the honor of being
made OF service to her
Then weht home to my hotel, shut
myself IN my room, lighted cigar, sat
lown deliberately and dreamed a dream
dreamed that with a wig of brown hair, a
ct OF false teeth, little rouge, few pounds
# cotton, Miss Ruth Naomi Sapphira Jez
bel Thompkins was transported into a very
'resentable middle-aged lady-just the one
o strike the fancy of a discreet bachelor
n the shady side oflife. Then dreamed
hat she dropped the Thompkins from her
anne, and became Ruth Naomi Sapphira
ezebel Henderson; that we spent our hon
ymoon at the White Mountains, and then
to New York, where Ruth Naomi's
money built and furnished us a splendid |
'rown stone mansion, THAT snapped my
myers IN the faces of my tailors, hatters,
hoemakers and washerwomen, rode over
he necks of my false friends, lived in clov
r Tor great many years, and then getting
red OF such monotonous existence, con !
erted Ruth Naomi's landed property into
eady cash, eloped with pretty, brighteyed,
lump, little; but where! | believe
here's such a thing a fellows telling too
lany of his plans to the public.
The next day | called on Ruth Noami.
md the next day | called again. And the !
nird day called twice, and the fourth day
lree times, and so on and so on in Loves
rithmetica proportion. | found her in
n out-of-the-way place (she had pointed it
ut to me on our first meeting,) domesti-
ated IN large family, every member of
'hich collected about my chair on my first |
ragged and s aring as if they |
ever bad seen gentleman before. What !
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