The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-10-17
TWO FAIR DECEIVERS.

w ldI 40 young men ldlk ABOUT Nlleu
they sit at the open windows smoking
on summer evenings? Do you suppose
1t is Of love? indeed, suspect 1t IS OF
money; or, if not Of money, then at
least of something that either makes
money or spends it.
CleVe Sullivan has been spending his
tour years in Europe, and he has just
been telling his friend, John Selden,
how he spent it. John has spent his i'll
New York-he is inclined to think just
as profitably. Both stories conclude in
the same way.
Il have not thousand dollars left,
John"
Nor [, Cleve."
81 thought your cousin died two
years ago; surely you have not spent
all the old gentemans money al
leady?n
II only got twenty thousand dollars,
and | owed half of it."
''Only twenty thousand dollars
What did he do with it?''
Gave 1t TO his wife. He married
beauty about year after you went
away, died III few months afterWard,
and lett her his whole fortune. | haC
no claim on him. He educated me,
gave me profession and twenty thous
and dollars. That was very well; he
was only my mothers cousin
"And the widow, where is she?"
Living at his country seat. have
never seen her. She was one of the St.
Maurs of Maryland"
Good family and all beauties. Why
don't you marry the widow:'
"Why l never thought of such
thing
"You can't think of anything better.
Write her little note at once; say that
you and will soon be in her neighbor-
hood, and that gratitude to your cousin
and ali that kind of thing-then beg
leave to call and pay respects, etc.
John demurred a good deal to the
! plan. but Cleve was masterful. and the
ting it in the postot1ice.
That was on Monday night. On
| Wednesday morning the widow Clare
found it. with dozen others, upon her
breakfast table She was a dainty,
high-bre little lady, with
Eyes that browse with dreamy splendor.
Cheeks with rose-leaf tinting tender,
! Lips like fragrant posy,''
| and witha a kind, hospitable temper,
we'll inclined to be happy in the happi-
ness of others.
| But this letter could not be answered
with the usual polite formula. She
was quite aware that John Selden had
regarded himself for many years as
his cousins heir, and that her marriage
! with the late Thomas Clare had seri-
ousiy altered his prospects. Women
/ easily see through the best-laid plans
of men, and this plan was transparent
enough to the shrewd little widow.
John would scarcely have liked the
alf-contemptuOus shrug and smile
which terminated her private thoughts
! on the matter.
"Clementine, if you could spare a
moment from your fashion paper,
want to consult you, dear, about WIS.,
| itor.n
Clementme raised her blue eyes
dropped her paper, and said, WHO is
it, FAM
ut is John Selden. If Mr.. Clare had
not married me, he would have inner
tied the Clare estate. | think he is
coming now in order to see if it is
worth While asking for, encountered by
his Cousins widow
"What selishness, Write and tel
him that gon are just leaving for the
SueZ Canal, or the Sandwich Islands
Or any other inconyenient place"
No; | have ii better piau than that
-Clementine, do stop reading for a
few minutes. l Will take that pretty
cottage at Ryebank for the summer
and Mr. Selden aud his friend shall
+ visit Us there. No one knows US Ill tie
place, and / will take none of the ser.
! wants with NE,