The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-10-02

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Igirl.
''Alladin,or the W Wonderful Lamp y
said the other.
"Or Monte Christo," chimed in
1.-THE third.
"Tell US again, Lewis2"
SWELL" said the young man, light
ling another cigar, sits just this
1.-The fellow wasn't rich fellow, you
know; he took place as secretary,
or something, with fellow like the
Wandering Jew. No one knew how
old he was; and he spent his time
and money collecting big diamonds
rough diamonds, some of them,
you know-that he got of wild. fel-
lows that never guessed their value,
and some that he took for debts, and
some that he got, goodness knows
how. And he travelled all over the
world with this fellow with him,
don't you see, and got fond of him,
and all that, and at last was taken
I'LL, parslyzed or something: and
this fellow, who knew on which side
| his bread was buttered, waited on
him, nursed him, carried him about,
saved him from being robbed and
murdered, l believe, and so, when
the old fellow died, he left all his
diamonds to this young fellow, don't
you see? And he's enormously rich,
and he's here for the summer, and
every girl in the place will set her
cap for him-of course, you among
the rest"
"Nonsense," cried the girls in
chorus. absurd! AS if We
But tell us, is he handsome?"
NO." said the cousin.
But he was. The girls saw him
soon after on the piazza of the ho-
tel, and decided that Charles was
either envious or had no taste. He
was charming. A little fellow to be
sure, but with jet black hair, and
big oriental velvety eyes. He had
white hands, too, and a chin like a
Greek statue, and wore one of the
diamonds in his bosom and another
on his finger.
"Wouldn't set of that size look
well in my ears?" thought Elsie
Rune, as she peeped into her glass
that night and remembered them.
"And Pm sure he looked at me. Oh,
dear, 1 do believe l am falling in
love with him.
"Grace," said Maud Ripley to her
sister, at almost the same moment,
shouldn't you think that so very
dark mani mean that any very
dark man-would fancy a perfect
blonde! Now Elsie believes dark
man will fall in love with her, she is
so vain. There are laws and rules
about such things, as 1 often tell
her; and you never see a dark wo-
man adored by dark man."
"I'm sure I don't know" said
Grace. 81 should think it was a
persons ways you'd like, not his
coloring."
"That is because you are neither
one nor t'other," said Maud. "But
there's no one talking to you,
Ichild."
Other girls in the hotel were spec
ulating on the hero of the diamonds,
land others leveled the downright
lglances that American bellies be-
lstow upon "the gentlemen" at the
young man whenever he appeared
in the parlors or On the beach; but
Maud and Grace Ripley, and Elsie
lRune we're blessed with a cousin who
was not willing to see any, or all Of
Them, married as soon as possible
land who had made acquaintance
with the stranger on board the ocean
steamer in which they had sailed to
lgether, so that the introduction:
were neatly managed.
Rides, drives and sails followed
and the best match at Newport thai
season was cast at the very feet o.
1.-THE prettiest girl there; for though
Grace was neither a brunette like
IElsie, nor a blonde like Maud, she
Ihad two dimples in her cheeks and
Ianother in her chin, and the cheeks
were carmine and. the chin pearl
Then, too, she,Was gentle, sweet and
ltender; while Elsie and Maud
though brighter, and possessed Of
more ap1om6, we're already a little
hard and worldly, firts of the frs
water, and with keen eye to the
advantage of position and money.
No prudent chaperone was needed
Ito warn them from ineligibles
while Grace was forever making s
goose of herselfby melting a little
toward pennile:s boys and young
students of art and medicine.
Secretly, however, Grace had al
ready bestowed a genuine admira
ton on this man of many diamonds
His wealth had nothing to do will
lit. She liked his songs, his voice
Ibis face, the things he had said, and
she gave a little smothered sigh now
and then when she remembered thai
she was not a beauty like Maud OF
Elsie. He would like Elsie, ,ofcourse
She must not think of him, she
must drive him from her mind, and
she strove hard to do so, while the
other girls pitted themselves against
leach other, and bewildered the young
millionaire as man was never be.
lwildered before. For years he had
lseen no female society, but had
lived the life of hermit, and the
sudden dawn of all this young beau.
Ity upon him made him ready to ex.
claim:
iHow happy could be with either were t'othel
dear charmer away"
First he made love to one girl
tthen tn tho other Tun0oent littls