Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1871-10-21
MARRYING A WIFE AND A FORTUNE.

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MARRYING WIFE AND A FORTUNE
"Have YOU heard the news ahou,
Miss Temple, Ned?' said Charley Ash
ton, as he sauntered leisurely up to the
desk which Edward Farnham occupied
in Messrs. Smith & ,Joness office on
Wall street.
The warm blood colored Ned's cheek
in spite of all his struggles toprevent it
and he replied
"No;I hope no harm" ... "a.
"Well, ] should guess it wasn't
Come, put up your books, and as we 90
up town I'll tell you
" No; cannot leave yet. have not
finished my balance
ooh, pshawl finish that tomorrow
before ten o'clock wouldn't work as
hard as you for any man living, niue h
less these bankers, who think all fell
low is made for is to work and make
money for them, Come along"
"No I cannot 60"
+" Well, then, the tale in short is, she's
had q big fortune left her, some say five
hundred thousand dollars
An involuntary sigh escaped Ned, and
he rather muttered than spoke:
" Pm sorry to hear it."
why, what's got into you, you
hinny2 Sorry Why, havn't heard
anything to please me so much in many
day. | always liked the girl but I'm
. not philosophor enough to r>arrv her
for love alone Ny doctrine is, then
I srty comes N al the window love
r 80 out at tbo loor"
"I am Rfraia DON argpt with YOU
IN all things, hut haFe Dts 10 dis
ouss II now. MOO lem, .4 gy pin
ION, would be a fortune for any man, did
he not possess cent OF money"
" Psbaw, Ned, that's old fogy. Love
in cottage .ha! ha! Well, | liked
her pretty well before, but can't help
thinking her attractions very consider
ably enlarged since heard that news.
Never should have thought of anything
but pleasant OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES I'll
go in for her now. Good-b bye, old fell,
and don't hurt yourself working over
those books"
Ned made no reply. but he felt as il
j he would like to grind beneath his heel
one who could speak so irreverently 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
turned to action, and he caught him.
self stamping his heel on the desk stool
with such force as almost to dent a hole
in it, and looking up, saw Mr.. Smiths
steady gaze fixed on him.
Back to his work he tried to brinc
his thoughts, but they were not subject
to his will, and he found himself ir
great danger of writing the Thought,
passing through his mind. "She is los,
to me now. Oh, how | wish it hac
never happened ~ He shut the book
put away his papers, and, with tba
dreary, lost, far-away kind of look
passed unheedingly among the thron,
on the money mart of the new world
Charley Ashton lost no time in i'm
proving his opportunities, for that nigh
found him seated tete,a-tets with Mis-
Temple IN cosy little room in Twenty
first street
Miss Temple was an orphan, and ha,
foy years lived with an aunt-ber f.
:, theirs sister. An income of four hur
stslred dollars year had been left he,
which at least supplied all necessar
wants. She was not ashamed to assis
her aunt about many things some woul
call menial and in form and featur,
heart and mind, all her acquaintance
said, fully sustained the high opinio
we have seen Ned FaInham had of he
Ere the evening was over, Charlie
Ashton had succeeded i'll appearin
deeply in love, and not MANY da,
passed ere he had proposed and W;
accepted. OF all her male acouain
ances, Miss Temple had always pr
ferred the two young men mentione
1t was true she had ratherleaned to Il
quiet, steady Mr.. Earnham. but of Ia
he had ceased to visit her, while M
-Ashtons presence had been almost co
stant. Hence she had persuaded he
self that she loved and had accent,
him.
Charley urged a speedy marriag,
W1y, CdIlc III d Ciotetloil 100 lOl
for me TO detail, wherein it appear
that some of the boys on L
"street" were fixing up pool to buy
certain stock, and our friend Asht,
wanted some of the five hundred tho
sand dollars to put in it. Anna TeI
pie preferred longer time; urged tn
time would make them know each 9th
better, especially in the intimate re
lion they now stood. Charley VOW,
that he would never change, and
knew that time could never devel
any faults in her.
aBut,' said Miss Temple, there
another reason, and | think can
free with you now: ! have spent
much OF my little income-and au
has no spare money--that | have
means of defraying the necessary
penses."
But YOU have the fortune left y
YOUR Australian uncle, and even
n have not received it, your agel
certainly make an advance"
I have no fortune, dear Charl
) thought it was mine, but the