The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-30

sideration of the lace in coquilles for her
new evening dress.
The plan SO hastily sketched was sub
sequently discussed and carried out.
The cottage at Ryebank was taken, and
one evening, at the end of June, the
two ladies took possession of it. The
new Widow Glare had engaged maid in
New York, and fell into her part with
charming ease and very pretty assump-
ton of authority and the real widow,
in her plain dress and pensive, quiet
manners, realized effectively the idea of
cultivated but dependent companion.
They had two days in which to rehearse
their parts and get all the household
machinery in order, and then the gentle
men arrived at Ryebank.
Fan and Clementine were quite ready
for their first call !; the latter in a rich
and exquisite morning costume, the
former in simple dress of spotted lawn.
Clementine went through the introduce
lions with consummate ease of manner.
and, in half an hour, they were very
pleasant party. Johns &c cousinship"
afforded an excellent basis for informal
companionship, and Clementine gave it
full prominence. Indeed, in few days
John began to find the relationship tire
some it had been, "Cousin John, do
this" and "Cousin John, come here"
continually and one night, when Cleve
and he sat down to smoke their final
cigar, he was irritable enough to give
his objections the form of speech.
"Cleve, to tell you the honest truth,
1 do not like Mrs. Clare"
ct think she is a very lovely woman,
John"
81 say nothing against her beauty,
Cleve; I don't like her, and have no
mind to occupy the place that beautiful
ill-used Miss Marat fills. The way
Cousin Glare ignores or snubs a 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; I am
in love. There is no use in us deceiving
ourselves or each other. You seem to
Like the widow-why not marry here I
am quite willing you should"
"Thank you, John; I have already
made some advances that way. They
have been favorably received, I think. !"
"You are SO handsome fellow has no
chance against you. But we shall hard
~ quarrel, If you do not interfere be-
tween the lovely little Clement and my
SELF"
'"I could not afford to smile on her,
John; she is too poor. And what on
earth are you going to do with poor
wife? Nothing added to nothing will
not make decent living"
81 am going to ask her to be my wife,
and, if she does me the honor to say
Yes, I 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
together, and the widow did not interfere
between her companion and her cousin.
Perhaps she was rather glad of their
close friendship, for the handsome Oleve
made much more delightful attendant.
Thus the party fell quite naturally into
couples, and the two weeks that the gen
tlemen had first fixed as the limit of their
stay heightened into two months.
1t was noticeable that, as the ladies be-
came more confidential with their lovers.
they had less to say to each other; and
it began at last to be quite evident to
the real widow that the play must end
for the present, or the denotteme,,t would
come prematurely. circumstances IA
vored her determination. One night
Clementne, with radiant face, came in
to her friends room, and said "Fan, I
have something to tell you. Cleve has
asked me to marry him."
CHOW, Clement, you have told him
all; I know you have"
"Not a word, Fan. He still believes
me the Widow Clare"
"Did you accept him ?"
"Conditionally. I am to give him a
final answer when we go to the city in
October. You are going to New York
this winter, are you not?
Yes. Our little play progresses
finely. John Selden asked me to be his
wife tonight.
told you men think and act in
pairs
"John is noble fellow. I pretended
to think his cousin had iIl-used him. and
he defended him until I was ashamed of
myself; absolutely said, Clement, that
y0u were sufficient excuse for Mr..
Clare's will. Then he blamed his own
past idleness SO much, and promised if I
would only try and endure the sings
and arrows of your outrageous temper,
Clement, for two years longer, he would
have made home for me in which
could be happy. Yes, Clement, T should
marry John Selden if we had not five
dollar bill between us"
CT wish Cleve had been a little more
explicit about his money affairs. How
ever, there is time enough yet. When
they leave tomorrow, what shall we
do?"
eve will remain here another
month; Levine will have the house ready
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