Ellsworth American., 1877-11-15
Misrtllanruus.
Two Kinds OF Men.
EY EDGAR FAwCETT.

There was something about Elizabeth
O~good that used 10 make people accuse
her OF posing for effect. She bad a pale
face. abundant waved black hair. yery
large dark eyes. a kind of tragic mouth
and sometimes way OF throwing her really
admirable hgure-slim. yet rounded-into
po>tures that somewhat resemhled the pre :
medtated strisiu.' OF an attitude. since A
very young girl she had been paSsionately
attsched 10 the stage. and there were tho..
among her mothers friends and her own
who openly declared that she Wa. by ma
ture designed for dramatic career.
Il i doubtless a fact that Elizabeth wa,
entirely Indebted 10 her mother for being
accused of >eutimentaiity. As.uretllv she
did not possess this trait. though il would
be- true enough 10 affirm that she brimmed
with sentiment Mrs. Osgood had fed her
spon emotional and poetic pap, As one
might say. from her earliest infancy; but
what was in the elder lady the gros,eSt ar
fec,ation. the most intellectual hypocrisy.
became in Elizabeth something OF a far
more genuine stamp. ''She goes IL dread-
fully for effect, asserted many Of Eliza
beth's friends. but at heart she. an ex-
cellent girl. Now let the truth he repeat
ed that seli-consciousness DID not By any
means belong amoug this young lady =,
faults.
She was IN her twenty-second wear when
she met Clinton kimball and became en-.
gagged 10 him. Elizabeth had been for two
years out In society. Ca phrase OF what inf
Dite meaning 10 many New York ears at
the time OF her engagement. She was not
rich. either in present possession. or in fn-
ture expectations. and the match was
called a good thing for her from pecun-
iary point Of view II from no other Then.
too. Clinton kimball was an exceedingly
~ell-lookin. man. He was perhaps two
and thirty. He had a mild. blue eyed face
trimmed with little golden cloud Of beard
that greatly became him. His friends con-
sidered him an altogether promis sing Young
lawyer. IL was whispered that he now
and then dabbled 10 literature and wr.te
delightful little scraps OF verse. In truth.
Elizabeth had seen some OF these precious
morsels, and fallen as much in love with
hem as she already was with their author.
Clinton kimbalfs present income was
not beyond the needs of a young bachelor
even one who. like himself, had no vices /:
out AN "ld uncle. reputed to be worth mil.
Hons. had no relative nearer than Clinton.
and would, every body affirmed, undoubt-
edly make this lucky nephew his sol. heir.
Now Mr.. Farrell, Clinton's uncle, had for
several years lived abroad, declaring that
without the waters of a certain German
spa il was useless for him TO try to live at
all; although this statement was possibly
but another way for Mr.. Farrell to assert
that he detested everything American. and
was wholly devoted to European custom.
and ideas. When, short while after his
engagement, Clinton kimbsll announced
that he was going to Europe. il was wide
ly conceded by the gossips that Uncle Far
rell had made fuss about Miss Elizabeth
Osgood, and that Clinton was going to lull
the troubled waters as best he might.
''Old mans dreadful snob,r murmured
Tom TO Dick and Harry In certain club
window.
absurd nonsense. of course, you know
in this republican land of ours; but, by
JOve' do believe the old fellows been
kicking ur row because the late lament
ed Osgood used TO be retail--what was
1t now? Bless me. i'll don't forget"
But whether or DO any family troubles
had arisen between himself and uncle. GER
tain it Is that Clinton Kimball went abroad
in May, proposing to return by July.
Elizabeth was wildly tragic over his de-
parture. She clung about his heck many
times and implored him In painful bursts
of hysteria. not to go. She had not doubt
that he would be drowned Had he uo
mercy upon herT She sould die u unxie-
ty, aud then he would regret ii all the days
OF his hfe. Meanwhile she might almost