Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-07

pallful TO hcr and useless to yourself,
muh beg you will at once leave the hou.
without urging it,"
What could Phil saye A certai
sense OF relief, too, flashed over his min,
He simply bowed, expressed his thanh
for the hospitality and kindness he ha
received his regret at the sudden ant
he mus,pbserve, unexplained terminate
of his engagement, and requested that
cab Nigh be called to transport himsel
| and his brtnIanteau to the club.
So endd Phifs dream of an heiress
Yet thatieartlcss young man was actu
ally hear to whistle - h o cara :" as b
drove aNy from Marquis Square; an,
Mrs. Ridley would have felt hersel
more thai lever justified had she read hi
thoughts Free even if beggar
Rose,budp may think of you lovingly
now"
Phil dihot lament when he found
next morIng that sudden orders had
come for be regiment to sail for Can
ada.
One wee later and he was on board
the troop-ap as it steamed down the
Mersey, anthe band struck up 1.-THE
Girl Left ehind Me-" A dear sweet
face SCENE to hover before him with
bright soft les, not cast up and down
and sidewai like Theodosia's pale gray
orbs, but yavhich spoke of bashful
affection as ire and true as ever throb-
bed in the hrt of gently-born English
maiden.
Yes, the hkneyed old tune carried
his thoughtssvay to by-gOne time and
a Southern ld, and Phil Kerr came TO
the conclusidhat he was, as he himself
would have dressed it, ga BRUTE" and
that he had bn "a big fool"
Phil was ilpnly patient passenger on
board; Tor, sthge to say, he had begun
to think, anfseriously, too. Perhaps
the bracing seiir affected his very easy
going ideas oiaany subjects; perhaps it
was that he hinothing to do but to
smoke, play wIt, and think; but certain
it is that the liant, self-satisfied and
careless Phil ban think his honorable
self but doubtfy worthy of that true
love.
1t might be,,O, that the last month
had shown him pre- Of his better nature
than he ever kntbeforc; that love was
as necessary TO Happiness as gold and
that future yety before him far holier
and truer IMAM aPalthy marriage could
give. Phll herias a changed and bet.
ter man.
A year has pass'beforc we see him
again, and now il N the capital Of the
World-Rome a,lon in the Hotel
CostanZl, scent Orange blossoms, and
lady and gentlem.breakinp the seals
OF Their Engiish IITs Philip and his
bride, the Rosebud.
A sad and fatal bo,ccident had end
ed the i!ves OF his t%lder brothers, lis |
father dled OF DroKtcart for the los !
of "his bonny boysnd Philip Lori
Kerr had resigned hcommission anc |
fastened to Florence,here Rose Am
herst llved Win Iief we old soldier
father and her gentle her
He woed and won the bud of his
dreams, and there was nomplaint this
time OF a want of loyer.e ardor and
now they sat side by side an attitude
good MIS-: kusseli wouid he highly APP
proved Of, reading their hrs.
"By Jove ~ exclaimed III "Rosie.
look here. You know | I'd Won that /
was always getting anOnyEs presents
after that foolish affair was oxen Off
you know what affair, don't n dear ~
Phil here twisted his mucbc. after
the fashion of embarrassed l,ishmen
in general who possess such Ippend-
age.
II know all about 1t. You we, A err
naughty boy to think of selling ,uidf
for gold. | only wonder you did ptr, {
behind the counter to qualify yNrt {
for Junior partner-Itichey, Abat
Kerr & Co.! How very Distinguished
would have sounded" \
Rosie met her justly merited puni2
ment for this bit of sarcasm, and recd,
siliation having been established, whid
included sundry pulls of Pills chestn
locks, that much-tried individual co
tinued:
"Well, then, Rose bud, after that 81
accident / had letter from old MI
Richley, asking me to stay there when
returned to England / came off so hu
riedly that | never answered; and the
you see, | started for Florence"
81 know all about that" replied Rosi
nodding her head Ia Burleigh.
"Now, you see, pct" Phil went on I'll
paragraph in the Times and Morning n
can not be published in England till 4
day; but it is more than fortnight sim
! wrote to my agent, giving him my a
dress here, and he has forwarded the l.
ter. Read it, Rosie, will your"
Rosie took the letter. The perfume
patchouly chung about it yet, and "
monogram was gorgeous in green al
mauve and gold. An irresistible smij
| hroLa nyor Lor hri obt vo,,nU face az a,