, 1875-03-06
WHY TOM REMAINED ABACHEL0R,
( Salcutiue story.
EN NARYL GLYNNE.

Dg1PPED into Tom Wentworth'S
bachelor quarters the other evening and
found him costly enjoying himself with
bis feet On the fender and box oi
choice lIavanas on stand at his elbow
Tie requested me 10 take a seat and hell
myself, which accordingly did. While
Iva, putting away at The fragrant weed
uy eyes wandered admiringly over tht
elegant apartment. | noticed that its
furnishing and decorating were cOmpl
mrnrs To the wealth and refinement @
.s owner rs my eye finally rested OF
LIS grand proportions and manly blonde
n.auy | mentally pronounced him a Mt
ting center 60 the whole II suddenll
oncurre 20 me as somewhat singular h,
had never married He vas wealthy
unjcniably handsome and intelligent
and one of the lolhast, most cheerful fel
lows ever met. No man in our Clul
Was q, popular, ani in society the ladie.
made a universal fdyOritc of him. va!
wanting 10 brOach the subject when ht
looked up and smiling, asked ~ hal
at.c me- 50 serious"
was wondering" | answered, "whv
- had never married. You surely.
-nne time in your lie, have met a god.
..>> worthy TO preside over these lux
uunu> quarters
The ghost of q sigh issued from unders
his blonde mUStache. "Ihuve slory-a
ta. yellow covered heroes Say-and il
You care 10 ear of the fol les Of q YER
aa' -nl ambitious youth viii relate it
torag"
l.,s-rei him nothing could afford me
nor. pleasure
Il took his cigar from lis lips and
he'd moment between his fingers.
have always held 10 the opiniOn,"
D. SII reiecfiyely, that the first love
%. mans life is the only one that has
..r flavor of real feeling. | know that
.ae experience Of it, pleasure and misery
has been sufficient for NE Whether |
1.- more L. DE piled OF blamed you can
.---. In my younger dayS"-with a
-...I.-, fash of his ewes a. me"
1'H.red to poetry. That was the head
ana .-oa' OF mine offending. In other
"''a', II Is the real reason | am bach,
'1- tonight"
he rep .accd his cigar between his lips
anu oe-4n putting al il while he gazed
'-t IRE with a thoughtful, dreamy
A.teT waiting considerable
oi MS silence | began 10 fear he
.at back TO his younger days and
. '.' intend II return. | was growing
-'i.'eAi AMI gently reminded him Of
>"Ty. lie knocked the ashes from
49,, '7A'. .aid It upon the marble topped
r. ye>iIe him, fiI'ed a goblet from the
- lFcAed bottle and begsn:
--, was youth to fortune and to fame
..N-'"n when chance landed me in this
.-f - under clerk in dry goods store
,ara-rate clearinghouse for
-, Aat not been in the latter very
-, We ore / became acquainted with
..-~ aly boarding there with her
>-i, van e. Waiting the issue of a law
~. ".,.''A, Il they gained il. would
,~eh IN possession of considerable
.Ty. Della Mason was a slender.
ra,,.f, ,,'c-'ooking girl. with large, vel
ar., ''-CA eyes and masses of jetty hair,
-, >1e wore braided and wound
-e' head in q queenly fashion
..~.lA> Not what would or could be
MI. d 'eauty. but she had a marvellous
So way vi her. and | soon OBJ
5a,-f--. "sS y, Quite a belle in the house
H.z s ,T me fact that she had temper
r-,-e wildcat and seemed to take no
..-S 10 conceal II.
1a,-E'5--le --5-e was the usual complement OF
--f.--.S 10 ne found IN such q house a
t.-"- couple of elderly bachelors,
t.-..-. I'VE clerks and a sprinkling of
'' correspond. Among the lat