The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1870-07-07

| wuuld equally scoFn Id wrong you or |,
leave yudr house at the d citation Of others
| am, sir, yours,
HELENE ORoMANEs."
This the maid was instructed tC
place in the Majors hands at once
fhe maid had not far to go, for she
met the proprietor advancing up tht
stairway. He glanced at the billet
and laughed /; then paused and said
No use fmy trip up five pair OF
stairs. Mr.. Robert Watson has the
freedom of this house for the mex,
five seasons
And down stairs he went again
while the open-eared maid, having
lost not word, returned to her mis-.
tress to find her absorbed i'll penning
another note. This was written with
great care and many pauses. 1t was
finally finished ami read as follows :
"Mr. Watson will please excuse the bold
ness of this note but having been wit
ness to the meeting between yourself and
MIR. Evans on the piazza, feel it incum'
bent on me 10 say that fully justify your
pfOiCCuiuS ANU Joui WINS L oSh nv
apology from you Indeed, | will be pain
Cd to receive it. Believe me, l am exceed
ingly panied al the inference you have
drawn, namely that could find a justifi-
cation in dropping your acquaintance III
le fact OF your temporary embarrassment.
Alas for my riches If they compel me 10
bear such imputations on my sense and mo-
lives! | am, sir, yours very sincerely,
HELENE ORoMANEs."
This missive the maid bore to the
fifth story. 1t found the romantic
Robert in bed but the letter was
flung in over the door ventilator.
"A letter for Monsieur Watson
from my lady, said voice at the
door; and Watson sprang up as the
envelope foated down to his feet.
~ note from my lady !! What on
earth did that mean !? Another rum
pus brewing, of course Turning Oh
the gas he read-astonished, pleased,
delighted, as the rich color mount
ing to his temples testified. And
then, foolish man, he kissed the
note.
So very preposterous for one in his
circumstances.
Many were the guests who turned
out fully two hours before their usu-
al ten o'clock breakfast the next
morning, in order to see Mr.. Robert
Watson depart. To their surprise
there was Watson, cheerful, and con.
tent, promenading up and down the
back piazza, arm in arm with Miss
Oromanes, aud Major Snow looking
on admiringiy. TO Evans and his
set it was IA declaration of war but
who would dare tn take up arms
against the spirited heiress to a mil
lion? They all retired, resolved to
let events take their own course.
And they did take their course, Of
course. In three days time mag
niicent equipage drove to the stand,
and Watson soon appeared with the
beautiful Miss Oromanes for his com
panion in the morning drive.
Whose equipage is that 2 de-
manded Evans OF the Major, who
had escorted his guests to the car
riage.
oh, that's Watson's, to be sure =
was the reply.
'Watson's be hanged! Say, Ma
jor, has he paid his bill ? asked Ev-
ans, maliciously.
Paid his bill Lord bless you, he
is rich enough to buy out this whole
concern, and to hire you and me for
call boys -
Explain yourself, then, sir = de-
manded Evans, irately. Did you
not inform the guests that he could
not pay his bill, and that you had
sent him up stairs out of his second
floor suit p
Not |! Some of the clerks may
have said something, to which 9th
ers added more but really thought
too much of the gentleman to men
ton the matter to any one. Now it
turns out that it was all little game
Of his own
Little game What object could
he have had in playing such hide and
seek p demanded Evans, in tones
peremptory.
wv ell, in part, suppose, to test
the value OF friendship in general !;
and the power of money in particular
both of which | have no doubt he
has done TO his entire satisfaction.-
Ha- aha What think you about
il, Mr.. Evans p
Think about it ? Why that it was
it was
WHAT
why very artful dodge-noth-
ing less
Capital dodge, that's a fact, sec
ing that, as a poor man, he won Miss
Oromanes, and
Now, what do you mean ? fairly
shouted Evans in his terrible excite
ment.
Mean? That before ten o'clock
on the morning Of the day when he
was to have had his walking papers
by your orders, he was dead in love
with the heiress, and
And what, sir p
'And she dead in love with him.
It's false, | know = cried the man,
now white in the face with some in.
explicable emotion.
False, eh ? Going off in that car.
riage together to the preachers looks
like it, don't it p
Good Heavens =
The Majors conjecture was pre-.
mature, as he we'll knew but the
shaft had struck Evans to the heart,
and he fairly staggered to a seat
Evans had played long and deep
game to win the heiress. He had
long been her recognized suitor-had
discounted her possessions in his ga,
life, and the result was, he was deao
| broke ---------------
He left the watering place thai
day.
| From Appleton's Journal