Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-01-07
young Hussar, after considerable labor,
produced the following:

produced the following:
MATRIMONIAL gentleman of large fortune
young and highly accomplished, desires TO meet
with lady not under thirty years Of age, with
vivacious. but MONEY is not OF any consequence
Address, in the first substance, Adonis, care Of
Here followed the name, street and
number OF Mr. Fitzgerald's Dublin boot
maker, a character in his way, and aper-
son to be intrusted with the secret Of the
bet.
Nina's advertisement ran as follows:
MATRIMONIAL young lady, possessed OF ex-
traordinary personal attractions, and large IN
come derived from a coal-pit, desires to meet with
a gentleman Of good birth, and Of domestic hab-
| its and tastes with view to the above. Age or
income matter of indifference to the advertiser,
/ a cheerful and happy home being rather the OBJ
( ject of this advertisement than anything else.
Address in the first instance, to Lady Jane, care
| of MADAME
| Here there was the name of dress
maker with whom Miss Fitzgerald had
occasional monetary transactions, and
person in whom she had every confidence
/ for discretion.
Like all idle men, George Fitzgerald
affected to be overwhelmed with bust
ness. 1t was nearly week after this
that, her cousin having meanwhile re-
turned to Dublin, Nina was able to graf
ify her curiosity regarding the matri-
monial correspondence. To her own
great disappointment, and much to
Georges surprise, there was only one re-
/ ply to each, instead of some thousands,
/ as they expected. Nina opened hers
1 first, read long epistle evidently writ
/ ten in a feigned hand Some of the let
ters seemed turned upside down in the
writer's efforts to preserve his incognito.
] II pnly NIT ta ~ bn Ing
could decipher the mans meaning, which
was this:
Correspondent" it stated, chad read
with tender interest the advertisement
of Lady Jane, and had felt impelled to
answer it from the conviction that he
was emnently fitted to respond to that
lady's overtures. Correspondent" the
! letter went on to say, twas a trife over
income. His habits were peculiarly do
children. His personal appearance
was prepossessing. He had blue eyes
and straight nose, and a good mouth
and teeth. Gle never smokedi His fore
head was lofty, and his hair cured natu-
/ rally. Its color was rich brown. He was
/ above the middle height, and of "a fine
:
many useful and agreeable accomplish
mcnts in, it might be, the tattering esti-
nation of his friends He was of an
ancient Irish family, and his ancestors
could be traced back 10 the Phpnicans,
! If not farther. He was possessed of
/ good town-house, and every qualification
/ necessary to render woman happy"
/ Nina Fitzgerald went into fits of
! ar, 10 ,iltln yl, 10
/ George grinned his appreciation of its
/ cgotism over her shoulder. The letter
1 concluded with 1.-THE respectful but
eager request that the fair advertiser
would speedily appoint u time and
4 place for the formation OF II personal ac-
quaintance that it was hoped and pre-
sumed would lead to the bliss of welded
life, and an interchange of thought and
sentiment
What does that mean" said George.
"However, here goes for the ladyl" And
| he opened hts letter, which was on pink
paper, highly perfumed.
More disguisew he remarked, at n
glance, This is evidently written with
/ the left hand, and looks like ones first
/ copy book"
"lt's very round and easy to read,
though, observed Nina, who was now
on tiptoe behind her cousin, the better to
pcruse its contents. This letter was in
much the same style as the other.
Ariadne,' as the lady subscribed her
self, freely admitted the attractiveness
of the advertisement signed "Adonis, +"
and felt impelled likewise to answer it
from an idea that she could meet all its
requirements. She was net under thirty
she wrote, but she did not say what her
age precisely was, nor did she allude to
her income, But in compensation for
this she filled three pages crossed with
information as to her beauty and vivaci.
ty, which, ii correct, would have rem
dered her sort of amalgamation of
Madame de Stael and the Venus de
Medici, Her portrait had been painted
by OFlannigan, of the Hibernian ROYAL
Academy, and had been exhibited at the
Exhibition, where it had enjoyed the
distinguished consideration of notice
and remark from His Excelency the
Lord Lieutenant and the Countess Of
angelwurzclshire Her conrersastones
had been attended by the celebrated
wits of the Irish Bar" and "by men dis
tinguished in science, literature and art. "
She disclaimed the character of blue
stocking, but cared little for frivolous
amuSementS suited only to school girls
and chatter,boN "Ariadne" wound
up with a hint that if " Adonis" named
a suitable time and place she might con.
trive to see and be seen without af.
fronting the conyeniiunalitieS Of good
society"
well what do you think of thats"
asked George folding the letter. which
he put in his pocket The thing now
is 10 bring them together"
" But there may be more coming.
George, said Nina, hopefully,
." So there may, but in the meantime
why separate these two fond hear'sg'
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