The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-07-29

some degree enter into the feelings of
Alice as she read its contents which ran
as follows:
"MIss ALICE FoRTEsoUE.--The music
committee of G--Street Church have
unanimously decided to engage your servi-
ces as soprano, and that, on condition of
your filling the situation for three years,
your salary shall be 5000 per annum paya-
BILE quarterly.
every respectfully,
"DAvID Pryor, Chairman, etc."
Whom do you suppose they have en-
gagged as soprano in our choir ?" asked Miss
Gates of her friend Miss Dunbar, as they
met the next day on their way from the
morning service.
Really, cannot imagine who is it
prayP" responded Miss Dunbar.
"Why, none other than Miss FcJrteseue
the idea r' replied Miss Gates, "I am
told that they give her an extravagant
salary. suppose she will put on more
airs than ever now ~
"What kind Of a singer is she--has she
good voice ?" inquired her friend.
go, she has a passable one, suppose,
although the gentlemen appear to be in
raptures with it, and her, too, l should
judge. By the by, Mr.. Stanley was at
church this morning, new thing for him,
and he seemed more taken with her than
any. Aud, would you believe, it, Miss
Dunbar, saw him go up and shake hands
with her as she came out Of church-the
idea land afterwards accompany her
down the street?'
"As he is one of the music committee,
he had probably something to say to her in
relation to the singing"
"Of course, it is not to be supposed that
otherwise he would take notice of one of
her class. And yet they appeared to be
mighty thick" assure you. When l
passed them he was SO engrossed with her
that he did not condescend even to notice
me--the idea v' And the lady Piled her
fan vigorously, as if to soothe her ruffied
dignity.
ado you attend vespers this evening ?''
asked Miss Dunbar. "I would like to
accompany you, and hear what kind of a
voice the girl has,"
80 yes, always attend when the wealth
er permits. l will call for you on my way.
Doubtless shall find Mr.. Stanley with
you, as usual, who will act as our escort" :"
every likely" said Miss Dunbar, very
confidently; abe sure and come early
Miss Gates" And the two friends passed
on their respective ways.
At an early hour after tea Miss Gates
called ON her friend. To the surprise of
the former, and something more than sur
prise of the latter, Mr.. Stanley had not
made his appearance. They awaited his
coming until the very last moment before
proceeding to the church.
"He is probably unavoidably detained, +"
said Miss Dunbar, not altogether easy in
her mind 81 will leave word for him to
come after u.s." The notice was left, and
the ladies took their departure.
Although the relations that existed be-
tween Mr.. Stanley and Miss Dunbar were
very intimate, there was no engagement" :"
neither had there beena declaration. I"
1t was very manifest, however, that it
needed but a proposal on the part of
the gentlemen to bring the first named
affair about. 1t had all along been deci-
ded by those uninterested that, sooner or
later, such would be the result of the mat
ter.
Miss Dunbar was deemed very "eligi-
BILE MATCH" for Mr.. Stanley, who belonged
to an old aristocratic family, and was the
inheritor of great wealth. She possessed
many personal attractions, and by some
was called very beautiful. So far as form,
features and complexion were concerned,
this judgment could not be disputed. She
was, withal, refined and ladylke in her
manners, and highly accomplished, and
above all, in the estimation of many, she
was the prospective heiress of a vast for
tune.
She had at an early. age attracted the at
tention of Frederick Stanley--had won, in
deed, his "calf-love," as the budding
affections of boyhood are styled. This
youthful fancy would doubtless have ripen-
ed into deep abiding sentiment, had it
not been for the fact that as he grew older,
and the "glamour" of a first love was
gradually dissipated, he began to discover
that the object Of his devotion was not the
all-perfect being he had fancied her. The
moment one begins to discover faults in
the object of ones worship, that moment
the idol commences to crumble and fall.
Stanley's character was above the Or
dinary standard. His mind was more