The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-02
TWO FAIR DECEIvERS.

or II not Of money, then at least OF
something that either makes money or
spends it. '''n'
Cleye Sullivan has been spending his
I'm! .lllle ior -FOUR years in Europe, ana ne has
}usC peen telling his friend John Selden
no" ne spent it. John has spent his IN
New 6ork-he is inclined to think just
as profitably. Both stories conclude in
the same way.
john, 'nO''
:, Nor /, Cleye.n
" | thought your cousin died two years
old gentleman Pu na apev al already p;
:, " | only got $4,000; l owed half OF
!" Only $4,000 What did he do with
" Gave it to his wife. He married
beauty about year after you went
away, died in few months afterward,
and left her his whole fortune. hao
no claim on him. He educated me, gave
me profession, and $50, 600. That was
very well. He was only nay mother
cousin"
And the widow-where is she Z"
Living at his country seat. | have
never seen her. She was one OF the 81
Maurs, Of Maryland" mn
Good family, and all beauties. Why
don't you marry the widow?
Why, / never thought OF sucn d
thing.
you can't think of anything better.
Write her little note st once; say that
you and / will oon be in her neighbor-
hood, and that gratitude to your cousin,
and all that I'd a. thing-theh beg;
4.5'sFs { ~ 81 deal cal t. the e eie,
but Cieye was masterful, and the note
was written, Cieve himself putting it in
the pOstoffice.
That was on Monday night. On We'd
uesdav morning the widow Glare found
It with dozen Others upon her break
fast table. She was a dainty, high>bred
little lady, with
Eyes that browse with dreamy spIendor
Cheeks with rose leaf tintings tender,
Lips ike frag, ant posY.
and withal kind, hospitable temper,
will inclined to be happy in the haTpi-
ness of others.
But this letter could not be answered
with the usual polite formula. She was
quite aware that Jshn Selden had re-
garded himself for many years as his
cousins heir, and that her marriage with
the late Thomas Glare had seriously al
tered his prospects. Women easily see
through the best-laid plans of men, and
this plan was transparent enough to the
sbreWd little widow. John would
scarcely have liked the half contemptu-
Gus shrug and smile which terminated
her private thoughts on the matter.
"Ciementine, if you could spare a mo-
ment from your fashion paper, | want to
consult you, dear, about visitor"
CIementine raised her blue eyes,
dropped her paper, and said, &c Who is it,
Fan ~
1t is John Selden. If Mr.. Glare had
not married me, he would have inherited
the Glare estate. l think he is coming
nov in order to see if it is worth while
asking for, encountered by his cousins
widow"
"What selfshness Write and tell
him that you are just leaving for the
Susz canal, or Sandwich islands, or any
other inconvenient place"
No; have better plan than that
Clementine, do stop reading a few min
utes. / will take that pretty cottage at
Ryebank for the summer, and Mr. Sci
den and his friend shall visit us there.
No one knows us in the place, and l will
take none of the servants with me"
" Well?"
Then, Clementine, you are to be the
Widow Glare, and your poor friend and
companion.
"a Good very good The Fair De,
ceivers'-an excellent comedy. How
shall snub you, Fan 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. l came
back a 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. l dare
| say they wrote the letter together. What
| is the gentleman's name ?"
The widow examined the note. "F My
| friend, Mr.. Cleve Sullivan Do you
know him, Clementine ?''
" No; | am quite sure that / never
saw Mr.. Cleve Sullivan. l don't fall in
love with the name-do you? But pray
accept the offer for both gentlemen, Fan,
and write this morning, dear" Then
! Clementine returned to the considera>
tioa of the lace in ooquilies for her new
| evening dress.
The plan 50 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
newwidow Glare had engaged maid in
New York, and fell into her part with
claiming ease and a 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 q rich
and exquisite morning costume, the
former in a simple dress of spotted lawn.
Clementiue went through the introduce
tions with consummate ease of manner.
and, in half an hour, they were a very
pleasant party. Johns 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 nnal
cigar, he was irritable enough to give his
objections the form of speech.
s'Cleve, to tell you the honest truth, I
do not like Mrs. Glare.
Z" think she is very lovely woman
John.''s
Il say nothing against her beauty,
Cleve; 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 | am
in love-. There is DO use in us deceiving
or each other. You seem to
like the widow-why not marry her? l
am quite willing you should"
THANK you, John; | have already
made some advances that way. They
have been favorably received, l 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