The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-09-24
Two hundred guineas

He bad good common school education,
and an agreeable address and figure why
should he toll like serf all his life at la
borious employmentP There must be
plenty of openings in cities like Boston and
New York for young man with fair tai
ents and education, handsome person and
good address and two hundred guineas.-
In his native place, the only way he could
employ his capital without suspicion,
would be by gradually introducing it in his
business, and that he was resolved to quit.
No he would go to Boston, or rather to
New York, and seize some Of the numerous
chances for speculation offered to small
capitalists. Ho remembered reading a
whole column of advertisements in a New
York paper, where fifty inducements were
five hundred, thousand and fifteen hun
dred dollars. New York was the place
then.
But he had promised to marry Hannah.
Well, Hannah could wait. After he had
made fortune-fifty thousand dollars
no, that was not enough--two hundred
thousand dOllars--he would come back and
marry her. But would Hannah suit man
with two hundred thousand dollars? He
began to doubt. He had cheap litho-
graphic print called the New York belle,
where very tall young lady, with birds
claws and Chinese feet, was represented in
a oarmine satin gown with blue velvet
mantilla, and gold watch hanging at her
girdle and he now perceived that Hannah
was not at all that style of young woman.
"Her waist was not invisible,
And her feet were made to use."
Hannah would hardly do, he was afraid.
Decidedly she had quite an underbred air,
whereas he now perceived on consulting
his glass that he had very distingue air
"a sort of hybrid between Count d'Orsay
and Lord Byron.
He consulted another print he had pur-
chased of pedler-the beau ideal of New
York gentleman. This remarkable in
dividual was tall and slender, with head
of curling hair like that possessed by the
illustrious Edward Pepper. A mus
tache and beard adorned his upper lip and
chin. In the midst of cloudy mass of
silk neckerchief cleaned, what was sup
posed to be diamond pin. An embroi-
dered vest, very fully padded, descended
below his hips. A faultless coat of blue
broadcloth fitted him affectionately. Pan
falcons with huge checks enoased his Meth
er limbs and slender boots with very high
heels supported the elegant superstructure.
This attire Summers resolved to follow as
the model of his future costume. gh
Perhaps the speediest means of CEN
tupling his fortune was to trust to lotteries
and faro-banks. At all events, Summers
resolved to cut dash.
o fatal power Of gold The illegimate
possession of two hundred guineas has
given birth, in the heart of this young man
to fear, hatred, revenge, falsehood, in
gratitude, idleness, vanity, and luxury
That night Summers laid his head upon his
pillow without prayer, and unholy visions
visited his siumbers. He rose on the NOR
row feverish and unreffeshed, and then
opened his window to battle his throbbing
temples in the cool morning breeze.
1t was a glorious day. The mists had
risen from the meandering river, and were
stealing swiftly up the mountain sides, like
gathering folds of silvery gauze, changing
to gold and purple as they swept into the
sunlight. The white houses of the village
cleaned among the green trees, where
foliage glittered with the diamond dew
drops. Birds were soaring on free wing,
filling the sunny air with melody. A calm
settled on the young mans spirit as he re-
tired from the window. His eyes fell upon
a small Bible-the last gift Of his dying
mother, her only and yet priceless legacy.
Summers opened it and read, as was his
wont, a portion of the Scriptures. The
influence of those sacred words affected
and subdued him. He lxnelt and prayed
long and fervently, and as he rose from his
devotions, it seemed as If the morning air,
that lifted his dark curls from his forehead
was impregnated with blessings.
Dressing himself, and still clasping the
treasure of yesterday close to his breast, he
took his hat and stick, and went forth In
the direction of the Belden manor house.
His pace, though as rapid, was very diff
ferent from that which bore him from the
mansion on the preceding day. His step
was firm and elastic, and the glance Of his
eye, though anxious, was yet fearless.
At the hall door he inquired for Mr..