The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-10-24

came q box carefully directed to Miss MIlly
RoseNn, care of Jas. Bertrand, and this box On
examination proved to contain the most lovely
dress, shoes and ornaments complete that Mllly,
at least. had ever seen in her life. Billows up,
on billows of some diphanous texture, toop,ed
with lilies of the valley, and wreath OF the
same exquisite blossoms for her hair: ,,
"Of course Milly must 60 now," sighed MIS-
Rertrand. -tsbut who could have sent it Z"
IF Millv had the faintest suspicion, she kept
Il TO herself: but how could she haveY
Miss Milly had eyes, and she saw her cous-
ins; chagrin in their looks She did not mean
to feel triumphant in view Of the many, even.
ings before, when she had gone shabby beside
their gorgeousness, but she was only human
woman after all.
IF Milly owed her beautiful dress to any one
who was at the ball, he must have felt himself ss
amply rewarded by the picture she was. -, one
glowed and sparkled in her new finery like 9
freshly opened rosebud after shower, and
when DR.. Hooke assumed triumphant posses
sion of her, two rumors took wing and new H
neck and neck beside each other through the
crowded rooms. One was to the effect mat sne
was to be DR.. Hookes heiress, the other that
she was going to marry him. The eccentric
oId bachelor was widely and popularity known
This was but the beginning of wonders.
For the next party of note Milly received
another dress complete. But to the consterna'
tion Of her aunt and cousins, she utterly re-
fused to wear it, and actually went (for they
dared not leave her at home, in an old dress.
The fashionables stared of course, and Dr.
Hooke laughed like a crazy fellow, All the
evening he chuckled over the old dress, but
Milly would make no promise whatever Tor the
future. and declared she would send both
dresses back to him. She knew very we'll it
was he who sent them Upon which Dr.
Hooke fatty denied the whole business, and rs
Milly did not believe him capable Of an un-
truth, she was obliged to believe him.
The next morning DR.. Hooke made formal
propositions to Mr.. Bertrand for the hand oil
his neice.
Mr.. Bertrand referred him. of course, to her
father and herself, but he went home brimfull
of news.
To his astonishment Milly declared she
would as soon marry her grandfather as DIR.
Hooke, and she persisted in it too, and wrote
to Dr. Hooke to that effect at once.
/ The CONSERVATION of her aunt and cousins,
their amaaement at such indifference to man
of DR.. Hooke's wealth, was something lndescrl-
;bable.
3Dr. Hooke himself did not however seem in
the least concerned. He called upon Mlliy s
few evenings after, smiling and qnizzical as
usual and arm in arm with him ne brought
Young gentleman that Milly had some ado to
keen from acting ridiculousiy about, she was so
glad to see him.
Indeed, in her excitement she did not notice
that DIR. Hooke called him nephew, and had to
be specially notified of fact strange to her,
by the Doctors proud and roguish repetition
Of
! yssAIy nephew, Martin Elston, Miss Roselyn., -
: ."He is making fun of me, is he not Z" asked
Milly of the smiling Martin.
"No, am a sisters son."
"And never to tell me of it." she exclaimed
ssMy nephew and my heir, Miss Roselyn; SO
YOU see what you have lost by not marrying
me, teased the doctor. ,
ssYou are deliberate cheat" declared Milly
emphatically.
ndI don't believe you meant word of it. A
pretty situation should have been in if had
accepted you" :.
Dr.. Hooke only chuckled. Martin gave her
q beaming glance.
The best part of it was that Martin Elston
was an orphan, and his uncle had been in
search of him for years. A chance word
dropped by Milly early in her acquaintance
with DIR. Hooke, had furnished the clue for
which he had sought so long in vain. The
rest had been the doctors own experimenting
to discover what sort of wife Mastin was 60.
ing to get. And if he had not been suited
there is no telling what might have happened.
He told the truth about the dresses, though.
He had put it into Martins head to send them.
Mr.. Bertratn had calculated, through Miiiy,
TO persuade her father to sell his farm and in
vest with him in merchandise and speculation.
But Mr.. Roselyn's disinclination to such an ar.
fangement was invincible. Perhaps Mhly could
have told why. Perhaps not; 1'iI'of ''' -