Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-10-19

Miss Temple, Ned:" said Charley
Ashton, as he sauntered leisurely
up to the desk which Edward Farm.
ham occupied in Messrs. Smith &
Jones' office on Wall street.
The warm blood colored Ned's
cheek in spite of all his struggles to
prevent it, and he replied:
mo; l hope no HARM"
"Well, l should guess it wasn't.
Come, put up your books, and as we
go up town I'll tell YOU"
"No; l cannot leave yet. have
not finished my balance"
"Oh, pshaw. finish that to-mor-
row before ten o'clock. l wouldn't
work as hard as you for any
man living, much less these bankers,
who think all fellow is made for is
to work and make money for them.
Come along"
"No; 1 cannot 60"
swell, then, the tale in short is,
she's had a big fortune left her,
some say five hundred thousand dol
lars"
An involuntary sigh escaped Ned,
and he rather muttered than spoke !:
"Fm sorry to hear it,
"Why, what's got into You, you
ninny? Sorry! Why, I havn't heard
anything to please me so much in
many a day. I always liked the
girl, but I'm not philosopher enough
to marry her for love alone. My
doctrine is, when poverty comes in
at the window love goes out at the
door"
al am afraid l don't agree with
you in all things, but 1 have no
time to discuss it now. Miss Tenn
pie, in my opinion. would be a for
tune for any man, did she not pos
sess cent of money"
"Pshaw, Ned, that's old fogy.
Love in cottage! ha! ha! Well, l
liked her pretty well before, but can't
help thinking her attractions very
considerably enlarged since l heard
that news. Never should have
thought of anything but pleasant
acquaintance-guess I'll go in for
her now. Goodbye, old fellow, and
don't hurt yourself working over
those books"
Ned made no reply, but he felt as
if he would like to grind beneath
his heel one who could speak so ir-
reverently of her, who, to his idea,
combined every grace of heart and
mind, and perfection of form and
feature, which should make up a
perfect woman. His thoughts tuned
to action, and he caught himself
stamping his heel on the desk-stool
with such force as almost to dent
hole in it, and looking up, saw Mr..
Smiths steady gaze fixed on him.
Back to his work he tried to bring
his thoughts, but they were not sub
ject to his will, and he found him
self in great danger of writing the
thoughts passing through his mind.
"She is lost to me now. Oh, how l
wish it had never happened" He
shut the book, put away his papers,
and, with that dreary, lost, far away
kind of look, passed unheedingly
among the throng on the money
mart of the new world.
Charley Ashton lost no time in
improving his opportunities, for that
night found him seated lete- a-tete
with Miss Temple in a cosy little
room in Twenty-first street.
Miss Temple was an orphan, and
had for years lived with an aunt
her fathers sister. An income of
four hundred dollars year had been
left her, which at least supplied all
necessary wants. She was not
ashamed to assist her aunt about
many things some would call meni-
al; and in form and feature, heart
and mind, all her acquaintances said,
fully sustained the high opinion we
have seen Ned Farnham had of her.
Ere the evening was over, Char
ley Ashton had succeeded in appear
ing deeply in love, and not many
days passed ere he had proposed
and was accepted. OF all her male
acquaintances, Miss Temple had al
ways preferred the two young men
mentioned. 1t was true she had
rather leaned to the quiet, steady
Mr.. Farnham, but of late he had
ceased to visit her, while Mr.. Ash
tons presence had been almost con-
slant. Hence she had persuaded
herself that she loved and had ac-
cepted him.
Charley urged speedy marriage;
why, came in q conversation too
long for me to detail, wherein it ap-
peared that some of the boys on
the street were fixing up a pool to
buy a certain stock, and our friend
Ashton wanted some of the five
hundred thousand dollars to put in
it. Anna Temple preferred a longer
time; urged that time would make
them know each other better es.
pecially in the intimate relation they
now stood. Charley vowed that he
would never change, and he knew
that time could never develop any
faults in her.