Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-03-30
MISS BRADY,S FORTUNE.
One OF the Few Bright Points 4
Washington Life.

One OF the Few Bright Points In
Washington Life.
Washington cor. Chicago Tribune.l
A bright little soul who supported her
self in the departments for sometime, is
Miss Serita Brady, whose charmingly
entertaining letters to the newspapers
have familiarized her to many fresides.
She is somewhere in the youthful twen-
ties, on its sunniest slope, with small,
round, well-formed figure, eyes full of
life and light, and conversation spark.
ling with bon mots. She left her desk
over a year ago to try her fortune in
journalistic fields, but with promise
that if unsuccessful she could return to
the protection Of Uncle Sam roof tree.
She was visiting some friends in New
York who were personal friends Of A.
t. Stewart, the prince of dry goodssm.
Her friends and self were invited by his
highness to visit his palace prior to his
grand opening Miss Brady, pencil and
note book in hand, accompanied the
party from basement to Mansard roof,
listened attentively to everything said
and shown, and after reaching home
went to her room and wrote very inter
esting letter of all she had seen and
heard. She then inclosed the Ms. to
Mr. Stewart, and asked him if the state
ments therein contained were correct
and satisfactory, aud whether be would
object to her using them for publication
The reply of the veteran millionaire was
characteristically to the point. Express
ing his pleasure at the charming man.
ner ia which she added luster TO his
name and business, he begged her to &C.
cept a slight testimonial of his esteem
in the shape of ten dollar bill. Miss
Brady's mother was a Cuban, and the
little lady herself first saw light under
tropical skies, which two facts account
for the glowing depths of her dark
eyes and her versatile tancies. Among
the guests accommodated at Mrs. Webb :
house in Georgetown was a certain lega.
zionist, Baron Won Havre by name. He
passed through the department one day
on an inspecting tour, along with a
party of friends, and was arrested BY
the sight Of fair sweet face crowned
with a golden glory, bending industri
ously over some piece of writing. he
looked so long that his companions
chaffed him upon his sudden smite. BE
returned after few hours spent with his
friends and inquired about the beautiful
girl, and was soon after an inmate oI
her house on the Heights. The half
..,.o- ,,bo lraeead frroll y,e,toJ 49, i. !
nothing, laid claim to the nobleman
attention, and the mother did all she
could to assist her daughter, but the
baron had eyes and thoughts for the
neglected maiden, who rose so early in
the morning and marketed, and made
her pretty simple dresses with her owr
nimble fingers, and went patiently
through summers heat and winter {
snow to her desk in the government
Office. So he offered her his hand, hit
heart, and his fortune Of $4,000 pei
annum, and she became the lovely bride
of nobleman in every sense of the
word. l remember how beautiful she
looked in her flmy white dress with a
silken light sheening through its lacy
meshes, and pearls, whose years mum
bered as many as the beads which
formed the necklace. saw picture o.
her, taken from an oil painting, after sht
had lived as happy bride and beautfu
mother in far off Germany She sat il
hali-covered arbor, with a wreath o.
flowers falling carelessly from her lap tt
the ground. Her arms and neck art
both bare and perfectly free from orna
ment, yet so exquisitely moulded tina
iewelry would merely take away from
them their beauty. Her beautiful hal
IS parted" one moonbeam from tn,
forehead to the crown" and combrt
smoothly back from her lovely lace
She is the idol Of her husband, and thu
admired Of all the mobiles.