The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1871-02-09
FANNY CRESTER'S DESTINY.

children of his own, he had taken the
little orphan, left to his care, into heart,
as well as his home. She had proved
affectiOnate, good, and everything to
satisfy him, save the horrible propensity
Of flirting, which she had evinoed al
most from her "baby days"
Every specimen of masculine human
ity that fell in her way had to bow to
her before she let him go, and she
laughed mahciously at each newly woun-
ded heart.
In vain the Judge demonstrated with
her his words had no effect whatever.
"If men are SO weak" she would re-
spond with u wicked shake of the head,
II am net responsible. They must bear
the consequences"
The Judge groaned aloud. When
she was young he had cherished hopes
that she would become different when
older. Now she had emerged into her
twenties, and she was decidedly more
dangerous than before.
"Do you ever intend to marTy?" the
Judge questioned her one day.
She looked at him grayely for a mo-
ment.
"NO," she responded frankly "My in.
tentions are to remain always as now.
I have wealth, beauty, youth, and an af-
fectionate guardian what more do 1
want?'
"At present nothing" he returned
But the day may come when all these
may be swept away. Your wealth may
disappear, your beauty fade, your youth
be but remembrance of the past, and l.,
your guardian, be mouldering in the
dust. In that day what resource would
you have left ?"
She smiled and then laughed outright.
"What dolefl picture you have con-
jured up" she ejaculated. off ever such
an extremity comes, will teach or sew,
or do something to support myself.
Anything, guardie, would be preferable
to marrying one Of the conccited dandies
VI OllC uluCICCuIu CCuIUlJ'
"You are too hard" the Judge rejoin-
ed quickly, "Thcre are some men left.
All are not dreaming popinjays. For
instance, look at John Wallace"
The beauty curled her lips disdain-
fully. John Wallace to be mentioned
to her! John Wallace, poor, friend
less orphan, that had entered her guar
dams Office as an Office boy and had
studied and worked himself up until he
was admitted to the bar, was too much
beneath her in the social rank of society
for even his name to be tolerated.
"Juhn Wallace" she reiterated "Why,
guardie, am surprised that you should
refer to a man like him One without
blood or lineage one who knows not
but even his very existence may be an
inelfieable disgrace" ="
The Judge looked her full in the face,
He noticed deeper flush than he had
ever seen overspread her brow, before,
rose at the mention of the briefess law
yer's name. What did it mean? Could
she be interested in him? No, he be-
lieved not He knew the proud beauty
merely gave a slight inclination of her
head when they met. Also she was
proud of the blood in her veins and
looked down upon those who could not
trace their past, as inferior to her.
"You have too aristocratic ideas for
republican America" he responded, and
then he longed to tell her something of
her family, of which she had lived i'll
bissful ignorance
From that time forth she seemed to
Airt even more desperate than before.
If she accidentally met John Wallace,
when he came to the house to consult
the Judge, she treated him with super
cilious contempt. The Judge flushed
with shame.
"Fanny, DEAR" he ventured to say to
her after she had been more than usu-
ally frigid in her conduct, "you wound
me. What pleasure can you find i'll
humiliGting John Wallace as you have
done? Why not, at least, treat him in q
lady-like manner?"
because his airs annoy me, was hel
reply. "He bears everything with that
cold, calm, unimpassible bearing that
seems to say 4 am as good as you, and
do not heed you,' which consider insult.
ferable insolence in IN inferior"
The Judge sighed but made no com
ments.
New Years came at last, and Fanny
was preparing for o ball She looked
into the mirrors that reflected her will
evident satisfaction, and then sweep
down from her apartments to the Judges
library to ask his opinion OF her toilet
Voices within arrested her attention.
81 wish to address Miss Chester, ant
first ask your consent" she heard some
one say.
"The puppy" she calculated, as sh'
recognized his voice rs that of o young
Englishman with whom she had beel
recently made acquainted.
The Judge hesitated moment.
"NIiss Chester must please herself, bu
as you have mentioned it to me, l feel il
duty bound to correct you in regard t.
u popular belief Miss Chester's fortune
as well as my own, has been lost through
an unfortunate speculation"
The fellow fairly gaspcd.
"Is it really SOP" he asked.
The Judge bowed his head.
''But of course that will make no dif
ference with you" ho suggested, "as yol
wish to seek my ward through no mer
cinary motives"
The dandy WINGED.
"Pardon me" he stammered. 81 hav
labored under mistake. Not" he add
, ed, 'that I wish to seek her wealth, bu