, 1875-01-17

she did not nish to b. beyond compsratiyeel
! rapid communication with her father. He hs
left her some money, and had occasionally se1
J her somo. 1t would support her till she went
him. Burdened BY her fathers disgrace, st
had found her only comfort in Mr. Austin'a st
| clety, and nQw- tIa4IR.
This produced --'
An 1tatESsK REJECT.
Charles waa vanquished, made moro apologies
! and departed. He xold it Ill to his bosom frienl
who said-speaking from the depths Of his 81
perios worldly knowledge, for he vas gapuin
Bosrd-of-Trade mau, and had had bis eye
teeth cut ('JacI' 6tnrgea coraored hi1
in July)aath.t the story vas lttl It'll
her-those tears. that palpitating, bosom. tia
blush OF generous indignation, that eloM Of in
suited virtue, that trembling lip, that doNncas
ere when she spoke Of .heF father, that sigl
with which abe incurred Tor her lost fr1ond-has
he he seeu all that he would have owned tia
she was the pearl the perfection OF woman. X
says he vas SO aatopiAhed at this optbuFet on th'
part Of rather 1lnimagipatise young man that hi
| at once accused lim OF going In heavily on love
poetry, aud could not be brought to believe tna
Charlea had actually done it alone and unaided--
no Moore or Byron nigh ".Ihen,' says Z,
'ssince yon are not Buccess as' roue, sup
pose you will drop this acquaintance" Charles
did not know what to do. lie loved her because
marry her, and yet he did not want to
! leave her. In fact, he was in diabolical posi-
| tion. Ha stayed away from her for four daya,
got drunk, had headache sohered up, and
! went and called on her.
/ She received him pretty coldly, and he felt be
deserved it. Hs kept on calling, and she grew
| GENIAL ~ OF old but he dared nnt make any
| more suggestions. He told Ills bosom friend he
was making good running, but did not enter into
! particulars. At last he began to
/ go INTIMATE
marriage pretty plainly. Hn told her he Was not
very well OF but lie had enough to support 3
| wife; that he believed ia marriage-whlch tor q
! man who had made the propositions be had WIS
comingit pretty stroag; and that he fancled th:t
in disposition eto they were oougeaial. It is the
lad some wild idea Of marrying under N as
| sun,ed name, aud ''shaEing Harriet "a kha un-
godly call it, at soms future time.
As FOR HARRIET,
it is likely that she began Il: think 1t might bo ~
well to marry this man, il lie meant business !;
her lover was in jail she could not Iva long on
what she had and why not settle down and join
the great, Though ignoble, army OF respectables.
But She had probably had experience with men,
for she put no great faith in his declarasioha
CONFORMING himself, but aes TO work to get iutor-
nation concerning
THE ALLEGED AUSTIN.
It came IN few days, to the effect that his name
was not Austin, but Charles 49,; that
ho WAS unmarried; th.t he WAS under
ana TIM. hs i.ar xa s
quits wealthy. Fortified with this, the next time
hc called. thera WAS dramatic little scene. She
taxed hun with attempting 10 deceive her, told
him his real uame, aud then with a gush OF tears
doors agaln, but to leave her then and there. and
that forever. he began explaining his motives.
but 1t Was lame attempt at bad job, and sils
cut him short very peEemptorily.
He lott, mora iii lore than ever, aud went down
to his t.,aom frisud, to whom hs rotated tile fote-
inr1anfR f1tsAfIirev rnrtnufeTv m .bie
own unworthiness-his internal rascality, as he
piar&sed it-aud upon the peculiar lovehneEs and
vi1tus Of Miss Harriet He wound up by asssy-.
GRAZING ..''
ELS INTENTION TO MARRY HER
it he could. csteeming hlmself lucky If hc
tie shaken in lis opinion Of tho woman by these
revelations, but not being at al infected by
roulanticam, insisted thai marriage Was ah ab-
surdity and il it were necessary tor him to lore
th,s wo.p Why H. o.t BIT ohaFle.
at this. and left. He had failed At it.
Tue next day he called on Haz1et bnt she
would not sec him. The next day he met with
similar reception. The third she relented, and |
allowed him TO aae her, only ~ shs expressed it,
In ETERNAL FAREWELL.
She had lost faith in humanity, etc., and was
going East Finally she consented to postpone
her departure one dsv. Tho next day be called,
aud repeated his ofer OF marriage under his
genuine uame. "Now." said Aha, "let US talk
lows: II an poor your people are tiah. Ny
family Ia disg,aced; yours il respectable. II
you marry mo your folks may not d;sown
you. but they will not own Mo. They will |
ba continually worrying At you to leave me.
you viii set sick Of : vito who baniahes you !
from society and your family. haEs too much !!
pride to endure that. Either you would ,exva !
me OF you We could not stay together. You !
would be in tha same position Is now. should i
30 it is, perhaps. though I think it i
common sense; but will toll yoa just
TIE TERMS ON WHICH WILL MARRY You. ;
believe you love me, at present, ut least, and !
lke-lo7e you: L yoq niQ depoeit to my |
it pleases you to f1 the day. fhere, !
1Qw,''
For \ moment hs made no reply, aud then be
rent on to explain that his interest in the estab-
i'hmeut was small that it Yas difficult to raise
hat sum in short tima that ~--
- Very well, said she, thought so; did
lot expect anything elsa. sec very plainly that
70 had better part. niu laave this week. !"
THIS BROUGHT BIN 70 H1s sESsEs,
nd after assuring her that tho request waa 1es-
enable, and that the money should be forth
omine, thauksd her for her statement that she
ored him So they parted that day. Charles
lid not 70 and See hlv friend at that time not
onsldering it advisable to inform him Of this
Ast move. When .hsy did meet, he stated that
be situation remained unchanged.
Charles found himss1f faca to face With tho
reat problem OF the present day: .,,,
WHERE SHALL GET TEE NoHEYf
He had ut his own free disposal about |
1000. That lett tuo-thirda to be raised.
.fter rsfecting fer a time, hs came to
10 conclusion that, after al, Ills was
nero temporary arrangement. When
is family learned what 1ovable girl Harriet
IS they would mover object. Her fears would
q set II rost, and the money would bo released |
ON bank. So he divided up the $4,000 into
70 lots OF $4D0 zach. Ono lot could be secured |
ON his father, the other four must be bor-
,wed from friends. When this schemo was
ra~u Oh on paper in = bnaiuess-like way it
'oked very rational, and ha felt that his difficult
es we're over.
This following day be
WENT ON COLLECTING TOUR,
ID Was reasonably fortunate. Tle iast name |
, his list WIS that OF his confidential friend, !
ho was ready to lend the money, but, in view OF
hat he already knew, was curious what wan to /
J done With it. After some hesitation Charles
nbosomed himself, and told ths whole story. i
he friend called him fool and her
, impostoE. Then Charles got augry, | t
1t needing tho money, explained to hin friend | i
lat he waa prejudiced &sB, ~ he would admit +
ne only once saw Harriet. Then the friend |
id he was ready to 60 and sen her,-that was 9
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