Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-05-17
A GOOD STORY.
How to Win a Good Wife.

of his cogftations was a wife, or rather,
how to get one. There were enough young
ladies who would be glad to bless their
lucky stars for the privilege of becoming
mistress of his home, as he well knew;
but he also felt tolerably well assured the
home was all they cared for. For the for
tune they would wed its owner.
'..Deuce take the money!" he exclaim-
ed al wish I'd never had a farthing, and
then. But botheration, then 1 should
Why couldn't L have had Just wealth
enough for all my wants, and nothing
more? I'll foil them, though, the mean
adventuressesi ~
A furious pull at the bell-rope brought
the housekeeper to the room in hurry.
% Pack up your traps, Mrs. Rinkle," he
exclaimed, abruptly, "for / am going to
close up the house,
1t was evident he had come to some con-
cluson.
"Shut up the house, Mr. de Brownew |
calculated the housekeeper, almost believ- |
ing she had lost her reason. "Why, such |
thing has not occurred since your la
mented uncle took possession, tive-and- |
forty years ago ~
"That makes no difference. I'm master
here now, and / shall close it for the pres
ent. Meanwhile your pay can still go on,
and that of such domestics as you consider
INDISPENSABLE Have you no relatives you
That settled it. Theproffer of continued
pay removed Mrs. Rinkle's scruples quite
effectually. She then remembered she
had some friends she had not. seen for
| years.
! Three days later Mr.. Herbert de Browne
was safely domicied in a quiet lodging
house, and shortly .afterward he began to
sell his diamond rings and seals, and other
paraphernalia of fashionable life, as well as
dress himself in palmer clothes. a rumor
that his property had been lost through
an unlucky speculation was soon atioat.
He lost friends rapidly. BY. twos and
threes they ceased to know him as they
met him in the street. He only laughed
and snapped his fingers at them behind
their backs.
Had this adversely been real, he would
not have felt like laughing.
Then came the time when this circle OF
acquaintances got narrowed down to three.
But three of his former friends still clung
to him, true in adversely.
1t is no wonder he grew so misanthropic.
Out in the street one day he met car
riage containing some of his former ac'
quaintances, who had been absent from the
| city since he had closed his house. He
thought they would not notice him, bu
t each inmate of the carriage bowed politely
| as of old.
/ "They have not heard the newsv' h,
muttered cynically.
f He was mistaken. That night the owner
of the carriage came to see him.
E "Rather close quarters, my friend, Inc
r said, as he took calm survey of Herberti
e not very pretentious surroundings.
pretty close, that's fact said Mr.. d'
< Browne, icily. "But since lost my prop
e erty--of which l suppose you haven
: heard-I have been quite economical
v But L have heard,n cried his auditor
Il abruptly, "and this is why came. 1 knew
/ you need friends now, if ever, and the fac
n lis-well-my daughter, sir. / mean,
V came to offer you the position of hea'
), clerk in my counting house. Will you ac
$ cept it ?"
e is long way from my lodgings
f. deuce take your lodgings! You cal
o board in my family as a-well, as a sort G
,r guest, you know.n --
l. Herbert looked him over closely. Joh
r Bandard was a wealthy man-ver
It wealthy he was cailed-and in his fac
y there was nothing to warrant hesuspicio
Of that he had learned Herbert's secret, an
l. wished to curry favor by aiding him Will
n under an apparent cloud; so that idea wa
A. speedily dismissed. OF course, he quick
N ly thanked him, and accepted.
IL Once cozily snuggled in the Bandar
Sc mansion, it was not long before he wor
te dered why he had not noticed Susie Ban
te dard before. a - stt tt
A. She did not seem to feel above him, no
o. withstanding the wide difference in the
sy positions, and treated him as cordially
N more cordially, he thought-than befol
to the change in,his fortunes. He would M
nd have been human had he not have learne
re to love her.
do The climax came when she gave gran
ne party. Then, before the elite of the cit,
ge She did not hesitate to receive attention
id from him, on which but one constructio
zee could be placed. He thought her quite
ch heroine, and asked for no further pro
w that she could love him.
,ly The next afternoon they met i'm her fat
ng er's library, where he waited to see her.
us "Susie,n he said, as soon as the usu
rn courtesies had been exchanged, 81 come
VS. you this morning to learn my fate. kno
Ter the differences in our positions, and wou
tn not urge you-ouly let your heart decid
ng Ny heart lay before youp
ts, She blushed prettily, and seemed co
nd fused for moment then she gave hi
es. her hand.
it'll ~ have loved you, oh, SO long?' s
adj said "and feared that you would ney
AN love me. You were SO jealous before y
MS. lost your wealth that all woman were me
adventurers / was heartily glad when |
to pa said you had lost it, and T."
"You sent him to negotiate with me
cried Herbert, finishing the sentence,
ave tuitively, and giving it liberal emphasis
laIl 81 loved you sop' she murmured, dep
ms catinly
tire 'I do not doubt it, dearest ~
ng. And Mr.. Herbert de Browne belieV
ice himself the happiest of men.