The Shasta courier., 1871-09-23
ASIA COCk lElt
Mr.. DE BRO \ kE,. EsxpERlNENr.

Mr. Herbert de browne sat ID bis luxu
rtous bachelor establishment in Blank
street, and pondered deeply. The subject
of his coeifations was wife, or rather. how
TO get one, There enough young ladie.
who would be glad 10 b.ess their luck -,
stars for the privilege of becoming u,istres.
Of his home. as he well Knew but he wa,
also rolerah v well ass ured The home was al
they cared for. For the former they would
wed its owner. ~ Ea ,tssf'a
.'iseuce take the money" he exclaimed
II w,sb I'd never had farh ng. and
thtn-But, bofheration. lhen | should
have beeo too DOR to marry anyway. Why
eahidnt 1 have had just wealth eI,oua h fo,
all my want, aud nothing more? I'll fool
Them, though. the mean ad. enturesses =
A furious pull at the beIirope broughi
the hous keeper to the room iu hurry.
Pack up y"ur traps, Mrs. Rihkle,' he
exclaimed. abruptly, FOR | am going t.
close the house .. - =
Il was eyideli be had come to some con-
clusion.
Shut up the house, Mr. De Prowne ~
calculated the hou>ekecper, almost heliey-
ing she had lost her reason. e.. hy, such
thing Las not occurred since your Ian ent
ed d,icle took possession FIVE and forty
yearssasot's =
That makes 90 difference, ma'am I'm
n,aster here now sand | shall close it for
the present. Meanwhile. your pay can
still 20 on, and that of such domestics as
you consider indispensable. Have you no
relatives you wish visit ?" he il quired.
{ That settled it. The proffer of contillu-
ed, sray. removed Mrsa Riukle's scruples
quite. effectually, She then remembered
She had solue irencs she had not seen for
years.ag 7sssaq . so ssstissa .es.ag
Three days later. Mr.. Herbrrt5de Browne
was safely domiciled ina. quiet lodging
house. and sbe,tly afterward, 9he began to
sell his diamo.'l rings and seals, and other
paraphernalia of fashiouableSlde, as we'll as
dress himself 10 palmer clothes. A rumor
that bis prol er'y had been lost through an
unlucky speculation was soon aaoat
lie lost friends rapidly. BY twos and
threes they ceased to know him as they
met him III the street. He only laughed
and snapped his fingers at them behind
their backs. A-
Had his adversely been real, he would
not have felt ike laughing.
Then came the time when the circle of
acquaiptauces got narrowed down to three
But three Of his former friends still cling
to him, true in adversely. sd
1t was no wonder he grew uisanthropic
Out in the street, one day. he met
carriage, containing some of his former
aequsintances. who had been absert from
the city since he had closed his house He
though they would not notice him; but
eaeh inmate ofthe carriage bowed politely
as:of old. .
"They have not heard the news." he
mnttered. cynically.
He was mistaken, That night the owner
oftbe 9 rIiage 'came to see hun p Is
"Rather close quarters, my friend" he
said, as be took calm survey of l. erbert S
not very rretentious surroundings.
Pretty close, that's Iact,' said Mr..
De Browne, icily. "But since lost my
property--uf which [ SUPPOSE haven t
heard have become quite economical !"
"But | have heard p cried his auditor,
abruptly; rand is is why can e: 1 knew
you needed friends now, if ever, and the
fact is-well-my daughter, sir-Is mean
! came to offer you the position of head
clerk in my counting house. Will yoa ac-
ceptit?" 't
"Ahem. VIII I'll think of it. But it's
long way from my lodgings
"Deuce take your lodgings! You can
board in my famIly as a--well, as sort Of
guest, you know"
Herbert lo.k-d him over closely. John
BrAudard was wealthy nlan-very veal
thy; ne Was calnd-and IN his f.ce tn, re
was nothing to warrant the snS Icisn that
he had learned He bert.s secret, andwisi.-
ed To curry favor, aiding him while under
an apparent cloud, 81 hat idea wa> spe. d.
lydisnnssed. tf 'trt'se. he quickly thank
edsliim, and accepted iaf-f % l'ge7f
Once costly snug gled IN the Brandard
maLsion, it was not long before he wonder.
ed why he had not noticed susie Brandarj
before l,a9 2 i-se;s
She did not seem to feel above him, Eo:-.
Sanding The wide ;daierence in their posi-
tons. aud treated him as cordially, he
tlought-than betote.the change in his
fortunes. Skss" ss-@SA
He would not have been human had he
not learned TO love her, s.c. ~. ~.
The climax came when she gave grand
party. Then, before the elite Of the city,
she did not hesitate to receive attentions
from him, on which but one construction
con j be placed. He thought her quite
heroine. and asked for no further proof that
she could love him. ss8
The next afternoon, they met in her
fathers library, where he had waited to see
her yrs
Susie" he said, as soon as the usual
courtesies had been exchanged, :. come TO
you to learn my fate. know the difference
in our positions, and would not urge you
only let your heart decide. My heart l
lay before you" INK sxzdI4 aog
She blushed spretfily.. and seemed con-
fused for moment; then she gave her
"a have loved You. Oh, so 10 gl" she
said land I feared you would never love
me. You were SO jealons before you lost