The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-11-15

word d. will ever be with me. Farewell dear
Eva where's ny hat? farewell, ! will return
Upon Harold's arrival in New York. his uncle
greeted him with much kindness, and made no
reference % the draft be had sent him, otherwise
than limiting. as be locked I'D HarOlt's note az ,
months for the amount with 10 Per cent. added,
.. You can marry Miss Goldwig by tina; time you
know
Our hero did not intend dong E~vangalIne q
wrong when he accepted the hrs; invitation he
received upon It's being known that be was II the
city again, albeit ne was aware that doing 20
would bring him in contact with Mis- GlOriana
GOIdwig, the young lady whom his uncle intended
be should marry. Judge then Of his embarrass-
ment when he found Miss GOldwig making super
human eyes at him, towing him Of into the con-
serTatOry, and getting lost with him there, de-
claring 70 a female friend, 10 a tone quite loud
enough for him 70 hear that be was awfully
splendid. and IN many other ways making 1t 70
be plainly seen that she was very f~ayOrably In
pressed with his appearance. What could he do
under the circumstances What would any
young man have done? He went 10 for a firta-
ton Of course, calculating that Evangaline would
never hear Of il, or If she did, that he could
make It all right in q few moments So be i'm
proved the occasion, and many similar ones 90
well that At the end Of q month so absorbed was
he 10 the giddy whirl Of fashion, and so recOnciled
had he become 70 the almost daily sight and con-
v~ersatiOD Of GlOriana, that be found himself
wondering what tnerc cOulu nave Decn ABOUT
Evangaline that had fascinated him 20, and con-
cluded that il must have been due 10 the fact that
she was the best looking, and most lively girl in
B AZ the time Of his enforced stay there,
and that he had simply followed a natural i'm
pulse IN being devoted 10 her. IL was 4 pleasant
episode he thought, and by this time Evangaline
had probably taken into favor again some one Of
her stock admirers, and looked forward 10 being
Mrs. Manglewurzel, or Mrs. BeetroOt without 2
thought Of him.
That matter being thus satisfactorily settled,
and he being logically free, he improved his time,
and the advantages accruing TO him through the
agency Of Messrs. Buckram Pad, his t%ailOrs. so well
that be soon had the satisfaction Of announcing
bis d. engagement 70 Gloriana. 70 biz delighted
uncle.
Nephew, you have done well, - remarked the
old man &" knew il wac IN you, but | have al
ways been afraid that unless you had some strong
incentive, you would never develop the feelings
that you have feelings, which l am proud TO
say, do equal credit TO your head and heart and
now, my boy, you viii want some money u carry
out the thing IN style and III have my will
made as soon as you come out o! the church.
You shall be my heir, my boy although You
may have to wait some time for me 10 get out Of
the way. I'm old but I'm well and hearty yet,
nephew. However, two hundred and fifty thou
sand L.. ). s per cents Will do for some time, eh !
you rogue " and thus the old man ran on until
the entrance OF n customer stopped him.
At last they were to be married. Harold had
written one short note to Eyangaline, in which
he said he knew that he was not the one TO make
her happy. His health had always been delicate.
and ne knew that he could not bear the rigor Of
q country life while she would droop and die if
torn from her c|Ongenial soil, and traIsplanted to
the scup-pervaded atmosphere of n New York
clearinghouse. That 1t wrung his heart to give
her up, but that he felt that no sacrifice would
be tgo great TO make for her. That be should
1Hv-a- AGr1.wn tho storm fnf -hn- I'D n.-,-.--l
them, and that he hoped that, when in after
years. she gaZed IN pride and affection on the
stalwart form Of Manglewurzel, or BeetrOOt. that
she would 3 have a prayer for
Yours truly, IL. b."
To this he had not expected an answer, nor
did lie get one, save that one morning a tiny
package was laid upon his desk by the express
man. which upon opening he found TO contain 4
much worn paper collar, q bruised tOUth-pick.
and one or two other relics which nc remembered
10 have left behind him at B.. FondIv
had Evaugaline cherished these mute So1a.euirS.
until the letter came that made them all at once
yalUclcss in her eyes, and EOw they lay before
him, calling up many q tOnC recollection, and.
At this moment 4 rough and therefore honest
looking customer entered, and, 10 q loud CHEEKY
voice, inquired
Can YOU give Inc some fractional currency
for that?' ut the same time placing a thousand
dollar national bank note on the counter and
while Harold was selecting the different bundles
Of small notes required, the applicant continued a:
=. You see, I'm lest from Frisco: been in the
mines near eighteen years ran away from my
home in D.; here Harold looked up
quickly. when j was about ten years old,
footed it across the plains,-wOrked hard struck
1t rich AZ last. made my little fOur-hundred thou
sand. and now I'm for home again. Haven't
heard from there since / left but if | can find
my little sister,-that is she's little to me YOU
know, though s'posc she's grown to be a woman
nOw,-if / can find Evangaline Harold let an
arm-full OF currency fall on the foor-.sa alive
and well. why all my money is hers Maybe she
won't splurge some then. Oh 10! | guess
not!' and so saying, EvangaIine's brother, for
Il ICGS her brother. slowed away his change in =
Gunny sack he had brought with him. and STUN
hled ont Of the Office.
For q few moments Harold sat stunned by the
news he had heard. st last rousing himself he
mutteTed, - four hundred thousand and IF |
had waited il might have been mine: fool that l
have been but hold i-GlOriana has two hun
dred and fifty thousand, and uncle's half q mil
lion Will come in before uny long,-no, Glori-
ana / lclA be true to thee let what viii come |
am thine!
We'll. they were married. At Grace Church
Of course and Brown the immortal. Brown sex
tonized outside, while the rest of the ceremony
were solemnized within, by a bishop, two subs,
and Q full chorus of supes.
The brilliant pageant is over the bride with
her bevv Of maids has swept down the broad
aisle, amidst the simmer Of silks, the flash of
levels, the waving Of plumes, the suppressed
ciggle of female voices, and the burst of glorious
music. as the organ pealed forth the grand
- Wedding March and the bells rang out .
Joyous chime.
The stately carriages have whirled away the
brilliant wedding dresses have been laid aside.
and the happy pair meet again ct the ferry sta
ton, and in a short time are rolling rapidly along
over the y. j. Central Railroad. bound for Wash
ington and the Inauguration Ball.
The train sped swiftly on, and as Gloriana had
met IN the car an old admirer, and Harold was
absorbed in 4 snug game Of euchre in the smok-
ing-car, the hours few swiftly by on roseate
wings, as they always should during the honey
moon, and the two young people soon found
themselves comfortably bestowed in the elegant
apartments at Willards' that had been secured
for them by teIegraph previous to their arrival.