Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-07
WON AND LOST.
aThosc that will not when they may, ;,
When they will they shall have nay

When they will they shall have nay
A oarden-party on the banks OF the
Thames. croouct and Strawberries tie
nxcusc Irritation and matrimony the op'
loot Rut in all the glory OF a June sun
iieht the bright river glittcring as !, runs
on to the Sea. roses flinging their rich pei PEI,
fnme ON the air. soft music blending WIN
the song of birds, the excuse ana INC ov
iect are sometimes forgotten, anu ~; -
cious sense of purposelcss idicness anu AZ a,
cxplicablc enjoyment aionc IIm' :,:n H.rr
least such was the case WIN rilhP a nin1
Captain in the Royal Rifles, as, leaning
''ap;nst a tree. he looked at the scene
around him.
WHIT IN him was the remembrance tina,
,yo brothers stood between HIM ana a
titleg What the apparently certain ia az
1haf his fathers broad woodlands anu tiio
halle where he was born were not ioi
him that his only home was the hcau-
quarters of his regiment IN galIisoha
town or the dining room OF the tag anu
Famish? II was nothing to nm az una,
instant that his pockets were empty az
his banking account overdrawn; Ila' ~; S
not irreproachable lavender KIDS Oh n,a
hands. and. as far rs he was concerhed,
pricclcss boots on his aristocraticaiiy
small feet Above all, was there no.
smiling on him. between her turns al
croguct. the only unmarried daughter OF
the great city firm of Rchlcy, Alpaca a
Coz Not very young, and not very hand
some, to be sure, but then there was u
dowry of thirty thousand down, and sew
enty thousand to come when the senior
partner should take his flight to better
world and that surely would balance
thirty years of age and remarkably plain
face
Besides she was well inclined to regild
with her wealth some worn-out coronct;
or, failing that, to attach herself as
branch grated on to some long descended
family tree, and so enter society" in her
own RIGHT. as fourteenth cousin by mar
riage to peer of the realm, rather than be
admitted by sufierance of dowagers on the
look-o for heiresses.
While awaiting this desirable event she
kept her hand in by series OF unlimited
and sentimental flirtations with every
agreeable and intellectual man she mt
for Tlreodosa Richley went in for intet
lect-high art, Broad-Church notions, ana
women's rights-and Philip beng par
ticularly agreeable and passabiy intel
lectual, and, above all, the third son OF
Scotch baron, Theodosia had selected nun
as her present aid-dc-camp and attache
She had always the alternative, In all
cage when intellect asserted Its sDperi0ri-
IL and became TOO irou'sle9cTne. OF refer
RING IL 10 the senior partner, without
vybG.e consent. as she plaintiveiy re
marked. III should hut inflict CD you pen
ui!es&s wife. my dearest Henry" Or Robert,
or whatever might be the Christian name
Of the present aspifant and tnis ret
ereDee generally terminated IN the uls.
tafaxaI N the agreeable and intellectual
F,ei,,g M, particular reason being given,
aDa lie fair TheodOsia gently hoping that
{" though Things were not prDpitious,
ssfyi ff.endslsip need not be broken.
Then BIZ way Of consolation, would ar
rIIe anonymous presents, ana sen
.9nsenlal correspondence would be kept
up With the family but to this stage
Philip had not yet arrived
He was content TO be smiled upon, to
disregard the warnings of wiser men than
himself, and drift down the stream, care
less whether IL stranded him on the sunny
shore Of a home paid for by his heircss.
love. or dashed him on the barren rocks
of foreign service.
There were just two or three things
that Philip could not do. With all his
many fascinations his perfect mustachc,
his talent for soothing irate tailors his
seat on horseback, and his step in the
valse, he could not be angry or stern with
woman, or, indeed, with any one. He
could not take anything deeply to heart,
and he could not fret or fume as to what
might or might not be his destiny and
he leaned lazily against the tree and
thought of nothing.
The game was ended at last, and Miss
Richley came toward him.
81 am very tired, Captain Kerr" she
remarked; land the seats here are all in
the SUM-"
It was fair challenge, and Philip acs
cepted it, He was a habitue Of the house,
and he knew of shady walk; he could do
no less than offer his arm to the heircss,
and take her to it. And there they sat,
the sunlight just playing through the |.
branches, and the riverripplng by. There |
was n certain luxury and ease in all this |
which struck Philip.
A vision came across him of the dull |
garrison town, and the troop-ship, and
the foreign station; and then the contrast:
ahome in England, hunting and shooting,
London in the season, and the moOrs in
August; and the thought shot across him,
zone word, and this may be mine" Then
came fitting thought of fair young
face, with its rosebud bushes and its
trusting look. He put it away as too I
costly a bargain, and turned to the wo-
man at his side.
Now he had certainly paid great atten-
ton to Mrs. Richley. They had been |
much thrown together, and prudent rela-
tves had implored him not to neglect so
golden an opportunity, and here II was at
once He had but to speak and dare his
fate. AS well finish the matter now.
Poor little Louie! well, no doubt she
would find better fellow than he was;
and so his resolution was taken.
Truth to tell, Theodosia was expecting
an offer from him every moment. ~ was
no new position to her. ana neI near near.
laced silk bodice TO indulge in fiuttering
She has gone through the same thing
acme fifty-one times before; yet to-day
She is puzzled. philip dear is the
handsomest darling she has ever seen, ex-
cent those Italian loves, the guardsa aobi1e
and then are useless and then his father
is a baron, who married Lady Alice
Somebody, and his second brother is
clergyman, who married the widow of a
dean, who was the daughter of an arch
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