The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-09
aAnd what for, in the name Of all the he
then divinities?''

ssAud what for, in the name Of all the hea-
then divinities!"
s.On the impression you have SO evilent>
" made on Miss Behind Orr
.sPshaw!" exclaimed Pike.
.:And why that contemptuous monosyl-
laSle? Weren't you flirting with her half
the evening""
because she wouldn't let me co.
"Come, now,'' laughed Hale. ''that's
little tos transparent Why, man. half the
s., people there were laughing about it!''
..Then all can say is that they had bet
| ter have been minding their own business.
Why, she's forty if she's day
| s.Forty is the golden heyday OF iife-a
peach flushed with roseate bloon-a lily
+! open to the monday sum-
..Then why don't you marry her your
self" misanthropicaliy demanded Meredith
Pike.
.sBecause Pm engaged to blue eyed Bar
! bara. y was the answer. 81 prefer eighteen
wears and rosebud complexion to money;
but you are a more practical turn of mind"
.What do you mean" asked Pike.
IL mean that Miss. Orr has money
Pixies blue eyes scintilated, his cola-
!, panion had at last struck the right chord.
elias she? How much?'
Nobody knows l suppose. At least |
DON'T
THAT makes a difference" said Pike;
looking thcughtfully into the ire
pike" cried Charlie Hale, what mer-
cenary scoundrel you are! Therel be
judgment on you yet for that trait OF your
very interesting character.
"A man must look out for number one, -
said Pike, coldly Struggling his shoulders,
and if Miss Orr is rich, why
Hale jumped up and tossed his half smok-
ed cigar into the CRATE.
II won't stay here to hear that sort OF
thing" he said, half jestingly and half in
earnest.
But he went out into the clear. starry
freshness of the winters night, leaving
Meredith Pike to the companionship Of his
thoughts.
Miss Belinda Orr sat in her parlor the
: next morning, yawning over q newspaper
tall, rather angular lady, with high cheek
: bones, muddy hazel eyes, and hair painful
" verpinr upon red But she had very
artistic complexion, not to say artificial,
and her dress was very elegant and expen-
. siye. and she had juvenile lisp and pref
: ty way of holding her head on one side like
s a child listening to q fairy story; and after
all. one can't expect perfection. She had
1 inst opened her mouth for the thirteenth
8 vavn in fifteen minutes when q card wa:
brought up.
) "a visitor? for met" cried Miss Belinda
"And as live, it's that very agreeable ant
: interesting young lawyer Show him up
Sarah, by oil means.'
Miss Orr Frightened up like musty res
direction plant thrown into o saucer Of va
ter.
Meredith Pike did not stay long, but b.
was exceedingly agreeable aud interesting
1 and Belinda fell into a reverie after he wa
i gone. that lasted full five minutes.
81 think I've made some impression OF
him." thought the mature damsel Eyes
J. | really do think so-and if l only could b
: married before that insolent little chit, Bar
e bara Selden, should have nothing left t
wish for
For twenty years fruitless pursuit of tn
iqnis fatuus, matrimony. had rendered GU
fair heroine perfectly reckless on the sub
= ject.
1t was scarcely Il week subsequent to tn
J morning call, when Mr.. Pike was astonishe
$ in the legal soitudes of his Office, by tn
fair vision of a lady.
Walk in ma am and take chair" sal
u Meredith, rising and bowling politely
y s.Why-its Hiss Orr -
YES" laid Belinda, laughing girlshlJ
and trying to blush, sit is really l. And
8 hope you won't think my visit SO yer
. strange"
l. Not at ALL" said Mr. Pike; but be di
: think it strange, nevertheless.
- "It's on business" said Belinda.
y Indeed commenced Meredith.
:, Il haven't felt very well lately" sal
q Miss Orr, pathetically, $50"
- II regret exceeding to hear it," interruI
ted Mr. Pike, in accents Of the tendere:
= commiseration.
q .Oh, it's nothing" said Belinda. "onl
81 it has called my attention to the necessi,
er Of making my will. And prefer to hav
Of you, Mr.. Pike. ~ friend.
as '. 10. softeued little on this monosyllab
u -..execute the instrument"
q II appreciate your confidence said NJ
ne Pike. ..Believe me. it is not misplaced
" please put down the items ut snce, )" "a
nc Belinda; ..for am such child in busine
}" matters that l can only tell you what va
az done. and leave the legal forms
= you
n Mr.. Pike drew pen, ink and paper tswa
" him.
=, .Iawait ,our pleasure. be said defere
~ su TALLY
y, ..Well." said Belinda checking of the hea
90 on her fingers, Il would like TO leave fif
~ thousands pounds each to my two siste'
Sarah Jane Smith and Celestia Bellheld, a
Fifty thousand TO the old Maids Refuge, .
all the rest, without reserve, to my broths
oes Simon Orr. Of Westbrook."
i've .Yes, exactly SO: all the rest, withe
reserve" noted down Mr.. Pike. his ey
he gllstering rs they followed the rapid couI
he Of his pen
as s.How soon will the instrument be rca
!. for me to sign :" asked Belinda, denur
te. ~.
ng As soon - it is possible for me to p
i've pare IT, said the lawyer. 'But, Miss Y