The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-04-30

No one knows us In the place, and will
take none of the servants with me-"
"Well 2"
"Then, Clementine, you are to be the
widow Glare, and your poor friend and
companion"
"Good very good The Fair De-
ceivers'-an excellent comedy. How /
shall snub Fanl And for once shall
have the pleasure of undressing you.--
But has not Mr. Selden seen you :"
"No; L was married in Maryland
and went Immediately to Europe.
came back widow two years ago, but
Mr.. Selden has never remembered me
until now. wonder who this friend is
that he proposes to bring with him ?"
"Oh, men always think in pairs, Fan.
They never decide on anything until
their particular friend approves. dare
say they wrote the letter together
What is the gentleman's namep"
The widow examined the note My
friend Mr.. Cleve Sullivan DO you
know him, Clementine 2"
"No; am quite sure that never saw
Mr.. Cleve Sullivan. L don't fall in love
with the name-do youp But pray ac-
cept the offer for both gentlemen, Fan,
and write this morning, dear" Then
Clementine returned to the consideration
of the lace in coq,tiLIes for her new eve
ming dress.
The plan so hastily sketched was sub
sequently thoroughly discussed and car
ried out. The cottage at Ryebank was
taken and one evening at the end of
June the ladies took possession of it,
The new widow Clare had engaged a
maid in New York, and fell into her
part with charming ease and very
pretty assumption of authority and the
real widow, in her plain dress and
pensive, quiet manners, realized effect
lively the idea of cultivated but de-
pendent companion. They had two
days in which to rehearse their parts and
get all the household machinery in order
and then the gentlemen arrived at Rye
bank.
Fan and Clementine were quite ready
for their first call the latter in O rich
and exquisite morning costume, and the
former in a simple dress of spotted lawn.
Clementine went through the introduc-
tions with consummate ease of manner,
and in half an hour they were very
pleasant party. Johns " courtship' af-
forded an excellent basis for informal
companionship, and Clementine gave it
prominence. Indeed, in few days John
began to find the relationship tiresome;
it had been, Cousin John do this"
and " Cousin John, come here" contin-
ually; and one night when Cleve and
he sat down to smoke their final cigar,
he was irritable enough to give his OBJ
jecticns the form of speech.
Cleve, to tell you the truth, do not
like Mrs. Clare"
81 think she is very lovely woman,
John"
81 say nothing against her beauty,
Cleve; / don't like her, and 1 have no
mind to occupy the place of that beautiful
ill-used Miss Marat fills. The way Cous-
in Glare ignores or snubs woman to
whom she is every way inferior makes
me angry enough, assure you"
"Don't fall'in love with the wrong
woman, John"
"Your advice is too late, Cleve; / am
in love. There is no use in us deceiving
ourselves or each other. You seem to
like the widow-why not marry her p
/ am quite willing you should"
"Thank you, John; have already
made some advances that way. They
have been favorably received, 1 think"
You are so handsome, "a fellow has
no chance against you. But we shall
hardly quarrel, if you do not interfere
between lovely little Clement and my
SELF"
{" L could not afford to smile on her,
John; she is too poor. And what on
earth are you going to do with poor
wifep Nothing added to nothing will
not make decent living"
'' 1 am going to ask her to be my wife,
and If she does me the honor to say
Yes will make decent living out of
my profession"
From this time forth John devoted
himself with some ostentation to his
supposed Cousins companion. He was
determined to let the widow perceive
that he had made his choice, and that
he could not be bought with her money.
| Mr.. 'Selden and Miss Marat were always