Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-11

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while he made himself favorite in
each family that he honored with
his presence, he kept up a perpetual
paipitation of hearts by not declar-
ing AisN preference for any particular
lady. This state of things, howev-
er, was not destined to go, on forev-
er. Sooner or later some girl, smart
er than the rest of her sex, would
discover his vulnerable points, and
accomplish her purpose. A million
of dollars was the stake they were
playing for, and she must needs be
3 bold and sagacious schemer who
who would it. Sss%$S<
ls@SNeil Glover was not a handsome
man in the strict sense of the word.
he was only tolerable. He had
blue ewes and brown hair, was Of
medium height, and his countenance
was chiefly marked by an absence
of expression. 1t possessed about
as much intellectual brightness as
does that of a fish.
Now, among his acquaintences
was a certain Major Baird, who had
at one time been an officer in the
British army, and no doubt enjoyed
the advantage of excellent society in
5his own country. Baird attached
himself to Glover, and determined
he would pluck the bird as long as
it had feathers. Glover and Baird
became inseperable, the former foot
ing all the Iatter's bills. They oe-
cupied adjoining rooms in the hotel,
communicating doors of which were
ever open.
The Major accompanied his friend
in his visits to the ladies; they would
sooner have seen Glover alone, but
welcomed the Rriton for the sake of
/ his friend.
It ehanced among other ladies to
whom Glover paid attentions, was
certain Miss Julia Reardon. She
was noted belle, and was very vi
Ixaeious. Her father and mother
died when she was child, and she
would have been left a beggar in
the world had not a distant relative
taken her under her protectIon.-
This lady had a half dozen daughters
all manageable; but fortunately
not married. They were sensible
girls, but SO plain that they had a.
very remote chance of matrimony
Their mother was comfortably off in
life, but her fortune, divided into
six equal portions, would scarcely
have supported the daughters sepa-
rately. Juliet Reardon's beauty
was sort of disquietude to her i'll
favored second cousins. They wish
ed her out of the way, and many a
time their mother, when reviewing
the past was forced to admit that
while she did humble act in re-
ceiving Juliet into her family, it
was certain a very impolitic one.
When Neil Glover was introduced
this into family of sighing daughters
Juliet Reardon, strange to relate,
did not expend her fascination upon
him. Her entire powers were bent
upon subjugating the Major, The
fact was, the heart of the beauty
yearned for the handsome Briton,
and he was not Insensible to her
charms. But alas! the Major was
poor, and Miss Reardon was even
poorer than himself. Yet this
knowledge did not prevent the pair,
in the course of time, from compar-
ing hearts and yoWingr they would
always love each other, though they
never could hope to marry. The
evening that the Major made this
confession to Miss Reardon he was
walking by her side in the garden
of her relatives house, while Glover
was playing the piano for the six
daughters. The Major always re-
collected the tender reproach which
Juliet's eyes gave him, and the 81
lent despair which was too visible in
her beautiful face. The pressure of
the hand, which trembled in his own,
too truly told, the grief that was at
work in her heart; for Juliet Rear
don loved Major Baird.
When Baird went to his bed that
night he did not sleep. He was tor
mented by the pangs of remorse.
He was sorry he had ever met Miss
Reardon. With all his worldliness
and his habit of living off the boun-
ty of his friends, the man had some
generous impulses. Circumstances
had made him what he was, and
Harold Baird was only like others
of his class. He had been 4 game
ter;he had debts amounting to thou
sands, from which he ran away. He
borrowed money that he never |
could, and never did intend to pay,
but all this was the inevitable con-
sequence of a life regulated by no !
fixed principles. ...
The more he thought of Juliet |
Reardon, the greater became his
-perplexity. Had he not been afraid |
Of poverty, he would have married
her with all the haste of his nature.
But he shrunk from involving that
fair creature in his own desperate
fortunes. Some day his connection
with Glover would terminate, and
he would again be thrown upon his
wits. sESFsH
1t was spring time; birds and bees
were on the wing, and the blue-eyed
Riolets were peeping amid the grass
whereon Major Bard and Juliet
Reardon walked in the garden
The major had been speaking earn
estly, and Miss ReardOn's face was
flushed and her eyes had heavy
appearance. That morning he had
a heavy appearance. That moring
he had explained his circumstances
fully to the beautiful girl. and ad-
yised her to turn her attention to
his friend Glover. @ IN
At first she was disposed to treat
his advice as an Insult, but as she
listened to his words her spirit be-
came more calm.
Il has cost me something, contin-
ued the Major, to be thus candid,
but ! know whereof / speak. The
world and myself have rubbed each
other too roughly not to have left
impressions on my recollection that
I would fain forget if could. Par
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