The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-03-09
OLARA'S MASQUERADE.

ny 6ic-sti -Aiz.AsJ=l3 Il otiiGfS ,S-9u ttFo
the: onl }. {tlsintersste:a friend i haye ia
the world ; bat if you knew how tired I
am Of what you call my immunities, you
would not try 10 persuade me from my
! purpose-if yoa knew how [ long to be
/ treated, -oaee IN H1gc life, as cirnple! CLARA
Yiling, wi:hout a penny to my name. y ;"
|; The pet5od heiress tossed a diath0nd
bracelet among the glittering treasures
| .lle1~ jewel loox;as-ahe spoke, ard look
ed at her friend appeaIin8ly.
They were totally unlike, these two
/ who were So inseperabte. Marion Bar
clay was ds.rlz-eyed and stately as an
Egyptian queen; Clara -Vining- vas s.
blonde and blue-eyed, like daughter
of the Sun
It's such { very ola whin. dear, !"
muImured Marion. Il am sure every
!. body loves You.=zfg hat have z5pa=Gsn.
| with I.aoien yerner2 He vas tiisinter-
ested.,,'s s &@
''.lYss are III alike, .sEheiieEe ..IFas5fsid
that, Marion Clara said, taking a let
ter from her .escritoire. 81 suppose he.
happened to BE writing to some one else
at the same time, and the other letter
got into my senYelope.- But it was
lucky mistake for me. 1 never want to
see him again. -.f.
Miss Barclay busily examined the bill
let. Her friend designated the offend
ing passage, III which the writer alluded
to ''the beautiful ClaIa" as being very
far from adamant, and characterized
her golden charms as oxcelling all others
il his. eyes. !.:i:s s...;s.s: 81 - -
'FYou poor, dear Clara - commented
Miss Barclay. 81 .:sBu6 lnen are not! a1l:so
selfish as that"
81 an satisfied that they are,": ":retort,
ed the haire5s; with mingled pettilance
and wisdom sat any rate 7 am resolved
on tt!eis experiment. Is will be refresh
ing 70 be Eoboly fo- onoe in my hfe.. at
any rate. You viii keep. my secret,
won't Jo;r:2g2 .sha.said- ooaxingIy.
s'Oh, certainly. But what viii people
think You are certain to be found cut,
Clara. Anyone who had ever seen you
Before would know yen at once, no mat
ter what you wore.
81 don't know about that I don't
lock Ike the same girl with my hair
taken out OF curl apd dressed plain. I've
been looking over the advertisements
this morgiis1 g, and there's family near
Chiffon that wants a'chambermaid. OF
course [ coaIda,t; undertake, to cook or
be Ianudress, or anything OF that sort.
Bat anybody e,slIl make beds. and. 7 am
sgire tkese. are PsoPle.I don t know. All
[ want Of you, dear, is to write ne .
character. - - .--....-.-.-- ... ....-...
8. Marion did as:slia WAS hidden, out
she looked disapproyicgly still.
"How viii You account for your ab-
sence 2" she asked -s +;i--
stPeople can Il given 80 understand
that I arla.Visisiiag some friends at n dis
tance. That is easy enough"
'.Nhat il this Miss Wilbur," glancing
at the advertisement Clara brought her,
''should not want you2 She may have
already hired some one. ::
81 shall try somewhere else in that
ease, ;, said CLARA with decision.
so provoking :. frettcd Marion Bar
clay to her half-broiher. Waiter Sloan.
I've nlaneuyered So long to bring you
two together, and now to thinil. that she
should get this absurd whim in her
head -
|. t.L say, Marion. = ieSclairaedthe young
gentleman addressed, ''if Miss Vining
is chambermaid, why can't I be coach
nlssl-!:' 9.
pa. perhaps Miss WillbTlr don t keep
/ a carriage. -
.sTn trust that to M luck, which has
beer bssttso long its time for change.
II she hasn't any use for a coachman,
I'll osfer TO serve her N some ether ca.
| pscit.y. Tn no.. gong to be cheated
out of ny chance of the heiress without
q struggle --.-.
: cts fortunate that she don't know
YOU. Ideclare, Walter, If you play your
part Well, I don't see what's to hinder
your v inning the day. Clarais -the most
romantic g;rI you ever saw. Yeu n1usi
not cultiTate- toachalanship at the e1-
pense Of romance and good Looks.
j Walter Sloan, the spendIhrift and ad-