The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-11-09

'""s "''""y WV, 'a' u"ny A'Hu VI
look. passed uuhceJiugly among the
throng on the money mart Of the new
world
Charley Ashton lost no time In i'm.
proving bis opportunities for that
night found him seated te,e-a-tet,
with Miss Temple in cosy little room
in tweuty-hrst street
Miss Temple was an orphan. and
had for years lived with her aunt
her fathers sister. An income OF
four buodred dollars a year had been
lett her, which at least supplied oil
necessary wants. She was not a.
shamed IT, assist her aunt about ma
ny things some would call m,nial
and in form aud feature, heart and
mind. all her rcqusin'ances said, fully
sustained the high opinion We have
seen Ned Farnham hal % her.
Ere the evening was over, Charley
Ashton had succeeded in appearing
deeply 10 love, and not many days
passed ere he proposed aud was ac.
cep'ed. or all her male acquaiuiau
ccs Mis- Temple had preferred the
Two young men mentioned It was
true she had rather leaned to the aui-
Ut. steady Mr. Farnham, bu, Of late
he had ceased to visit her, while Mr..
Ashton's presence had been almost
constant. Hence she.had persuaded
herself that she loved aud accepted
him.
Charley urged speedy marriage
why, came in conversation too long
for me to detail, wherein It appeared
that some Of the boys on the street
were fixing up pool to buy ccr-
tain stock. and our friend Ashton
wanted some Of the FIVE kundrcd thou
sand dollars to put in il. Anna Tenn
plet preferred q longer time urged
that time would mako them know
each other better, especially ia the
intimate relation they now stood
Charley vowed he would never change
and he knew that time could never
develop any faults 10 her.
But, said Miss Temple. "there is
another reason, and | think | can be
free with you now; | have spent SC
much Of my lite income--anI auu.
has uo spare money-that have no
means of deirsyiug the necessary er.
psnscs "
But you have the fortune left you
by your Australian uncle, aud even II
you have not received it, your agent Ia
will certainly make an advance
III have no fortune, dear Charley -
Some thought it was mine, but the
fortune to which you probably allude
was left to my cousin, Miss Anna
Thompson Temple, to whom / intro
duced you at the Philharmonic"
"Ah, it was indeed She is a ia.
vored young lady and how much
does she receive p
Report said five hundred thoussnd d
dollars, but cousin Nan has been in.
formed by the agents tha: there is but
ten thousand dollars in money. the
rest 10 houses and lots at Melbourne.
valued at ninety Thousand dollars.p
"Ah, well, really, how these things
do spread. But to our matter ; |
guess Miss Auns, yen had best have
your own way
The hours Of that evening dragged
slowly along, and as they lsngthene
Mr.. Charles Ashton's manner became
more and more formal. lie left,
and Aunas warm heart Was rad as
she thought over the cool manner
and the cooler parting, No sleep
came to hor eyes that night.
"Csn it be ?"shs said to herself .
thousand times, land yet it must, for
his manner changed almost from my
telling him Nannie's fortune"
The next night Charlie was not in
his place, and the next aud still more.
About week after, 4 short note in
formed Annie that having lost all
his earnings in bad speculation, be
could not think Of holding her to an
engagement which would be out Of
bis power to consu mate in years.
To say this did grieve her would be
false, but did not require many days
20 teach her that she had not loved
Chsrlss Ashton as she should the
man she Was to marry.
Again our two young mon met and
this time on Broadway. Charley gay
ly sauutering along, hailed Ned 10 his
old family way:
"WelI, old boy, OF early to-day 7
''Ive been promoted, aud am not
obliged 70 work 50 late, though l do
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