The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-05-15
Who 10 Won Her g!
BY ANNIE H: JEROME.

PART FIRST. :.
TIE PLoTTER's SUCCESS.
By tho mail running between Z Ger.
tain famed city and the town Of L.,
was transmitted tho following:
"Maroh LIST, 49,.
"DEAR THORNTON :-On the even.
ing Of the 10th Of March your priestly
services will be required by the happy
writer Of this epistle. Be here withou.
fail always said you should tie the
knot, and SO you shall. But prefer
one urgent request. Let, I entreat you,
tho ceremony be shortened as much as
decenoy will allow. Not one super.
6uous word, remember, to add to the
severity of the ordeal.
"The programme is rather an odd
one, as you will directly admit. The
invitations just issued are for charade
party on the grandest scale, and no one
suspects that two Of the principal &C.
tors are to be made one in the closing
charade. So be your own counsel, and
oblige
"Your old friend,
"F11LD R1LLMAN."
On the evening: Of the 10th of March
. gay and brilliautthrong crowded Mrs.
Harcourt's drawing-rooms, its undoubt.
ed purpose and right being to pas.
judgment on this the most recherche
affair Of the season. If Mrs. Har.
courts worldly heart had throbbed with
anything like anxiety for the psrfec,
success Of her entertainment, it soou
pulsated unalloyed elation and delight.
On the lips Of all criticism war the
synonym Of applause, and with infinite
satisfaction she watched the approach
Of the evenings crowniDg marvel.
"But one more," sighed = young
lady regretfully, lifting her eyes from
the elegant little programme in he,
hand.
"The last, and I presume the best
answered the friend addressed. "Bu1
who appears this time? I lost my pro-
gramme an hour ago, and have beer
dependent on the generosity of m,
nearest neighbor ever SINCE"
"Field Hillman, Kathis Laird, sni
oil the Wards, besides some whose
names are unfamiliar"
GLOW perfectly lovely Kathie look
this evening"" = :::-..
"More than usually lovely, 1 thiuk
aud she il peerless 1t any time.'
"Field Hillman would not disput.
that" smiled the other, fixing her eye
ono the two deep, in an animated con
versation at the opposite end of tn
room. "They would make handsom,
couple. I wonder whether Mrs. Grun
dy speaks truth concerning them."',
| "Not she,; indeed. Katlie-''
Tho sentence renamed unfinished
the speakers attention being :attrsote,
bya remark Issuing from lady who's
wake had for years been disturbed b
a long train Of unmsnageable daugh
tsrs.
"Mrs. Hareourt has both taste ant
judgment, but considerable degree o
fiuesse," she sneered to another lad,
suffering from like dispensation. "Ell'
Coape says Field Hillman and Mis-
Laird take part in this oharade also
He would certainly be great catch 70
. girl like Miss Laird, who, I suspect
has not very heavy purse"
II spite Of my reverence for old see
I sometimes think the hot.bed of al
uncharitableness rests in its bosom, :
Indignantly whispered Ella Coaue {
her friend. "That is shameful! Th,
whole world knows that Field Hillma1
has been Mrs. Aaroourt's prime favo,
ite since his boyhood, and long ,go 60
cured the .entree Of this houss for d
times and seasons. Mrs. Hareour,
with al her worldiness, is far too high
toned to play the part Of maneuvrez.
The more amiabls Of the two age,
sufferers spoke here, hsr silent e.z
coming back from the other end Of th
roon. 80 + - - -: = t.
II don't know she said, doubtful
~; II fancy Field Hillman would b
doing as we'll as Kathie Laird. He
beauty aud goodness would Be = fsi
equivalent for his wealth and br,llian
qualities = :# IL. -:
sField Hillmaa comes of the: be.
stock IN tho land. Can Miss Laird %
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