The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-10-01

ats like fairy tale" said one girl
aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp,
said the other.
"Or Monte Christie" chimed i'll the
third.
"Tell us again, Lewis ?"
"W H." said the young man, light
ing anotte er cigar, "it's just this: The
fellow wasn't rich fellow, you know
he took a place as secretary, or some
thing, with a fellow like the Wander
ing Jew. No one knew how old he
was and he spent his time and money
collecting big diamonds-rough dia-
monds, some of them, you know
that he got of wild fellows that never
guessed their value, and some that he
took for debts, and some that he got,
goodness knows how. And he trav-
eled all over the world with this fell
low with him, don't you see, and got
fond of him, and all that, and at last
was taken ill, paralyzed 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. believe and so, when the
old fellow died, he left all his dia-
monds to this young fellow, don't you
see2 And he's enormously rich, aud
he's here for the summer, and every
girl in the place will set her cap for
him-of course, you among the rest"
ssNonsense," 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 hotel,
and decided that Charles was either
enYions or had no taste. He was
charming. A little fellow to be sure,
but with jet black hair, and big orien-
tai, 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 a set of that size look
we'll in my ears ?" thou ght Elsie Rune,
as she peeped into her glass that night
and remembered them. NAnd I'm
sure he looked at me. Oh, dear, 1 do
believe I'm 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 perfect blonde
Now Elsie believes a dark man will
fall in love with her, she is so vain.
There are laws and rules about such
things as often tell her; and you
never see a dark woman adored by a
dark man."
"I'm sure 1 don't know" said Grace,
81 should think it was persons ways
you'd like not his coloriug."
"That is because you are neither
one nor t'other,,' said Maud. "But
there's no one talking to you, child"
Other girls in the hotel were specu-
lating on the hero of the diamonds,
and others levelled the downright
gIances sthatAmerican bells bestow up
on ssthe gentlemen" at the young man
whenever he appeared in the parlors
or on the beach but Maud and Grace
Ripley and Elsie Rune were blessed
with cousin who was not unwilling
to see any, or all of them, married as
soon as possible, and who had made
acquaintance with the stranger on
board the oceen steamer in which
they had sailed together, so that the
| introducti0ns were neatly managed.
Rides, drives and sails followed ;
and the best match at Newport that
season cast at the very feet of the pret.
test girl there; for though Grace was
neither brunette like Elsie, nor q
blond like Maud, she had two dimples
in her cheeks and another in her chin
and the cheeks were carmine and the
chin pearl. Then, too, she was gentle
sweet and tender; while Elsie and
Maud, though brighter and possessed
of more aplomb, were already little
hard and worldly, flirts of the frs
water, and with keen eye to the ad-
vantage of position and money.
No prudent chaperone was needed
10 warn them from the ineligibles
while Grace was forever making /
goose of herself by melting little TO