The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-04-04
The Way She Did 1t.

mature years, residing at present, ana al
WAYS, in Tenth street. She is lady of
fortune, her father having been Tam
many politician all his life. Strict hon
esty compels us to state that she is not at
all prepossessing in personal appearance.
She is afflicted with inordinate flesh,
weighing as she does nearly $50 pounds,
she has an obliquity of vision, which is
embarrassing to those about her, as no
one knows whether she is looking at them
or not, and, in addition, one OF her lower
limbs is shorter than the other, making
her efforts at dancing, or even walking,
the reverse of graceful. In short, how
ever useful she may be, she is not orna-
mental.
Mr.. Albert Throckmorto is a young,
and, we are sorry to say, impecunlous,
lawyer. He has not the practice that his
merit deserves, for cold world has never
appreciated him. He has an office down
town, and sits there faithfully, but no
one has ever entered it, so far AS heard
from, but his landlord, who comes with a
persistence and regularity whicb, to Mr..
Throck morton, is frighttul. But for his
visits Mr.. Throckmorton would be lone
some.
Miss Macintosh met young Mr..
Throckmorton, and he being as handsome
as she is ugly, and she being as rich as
he is poor, she fell desperately IN love
with him. He is too handsome for any
earthly purpose, and he occupied her
thoughts by day, and she dreamed OF
him by night. His dreamy, poetic eyes,
his wondrously large and expansive fore
head, which in largeness and expansive
ness excelled that of any dry goods clerk
ever born, his tall, manly figure, his de-
licious manner, all these charms went to
the susceptible heart Of Miss Mackin-
tosh, and she vowed vow that she would
possess him whether or no.
Poor as he was, and as much flattered
Is he was by the evident preference OF
the rich spinster, Mr.. Tnrockmorton
never desired her. In fact, her atten-
tons to him became oppressive and o.
fensive. She managed so that whenever
they were together she monopolized him
entirely, and she took excellent care that
no other woman came within reach of him
at all.
"Why do you follow me sol'' he asked
Of her one day in sort OF despairing
way.
"Albert-I say il mildly and modestly,
but irmly--l love you; always did love
you, and always shall. You must be
mine. There is no escape from it Is
decreed; have decreed it. | am a
shrinking, giddy girl, but have set my
heart upon you, and you | will have. To
cave unnecessary trouble you may as we'll
Weld to the DEGREES of fate, and sue
cumb at once. But it doesn't matter
In time you will be mine. l have "llled
it,
And then the wretched young man,
who did not love her at all, and cluldn /
love her, would rush from her presence
and 90 to his lonely office, and wiring his
hands, and weep, and curse the day he
was born.
January 10th, 1878, she put the ques-
ton squarely and frankly to him.
albert, you know the love | have for
YOU, and you know my circumstances.
You know can care for you as you should
be cared for, and that | have enough to
make two loving hearts happy. Albert,
will you be miner
He did not hesitate. She was the last
woman in the world that he would mar
". Impecuniosity might compel him To
do a great many disagreeable things, but
in the matter of wife he was somewhat
particular. He replied to her. He said
that the utter loneliness of his law office
and distress in the matter of money
might drive him to a continuous bath in
the East river, bat he would not bestow
his hand where his heart was not. He
could not think of it. He would not do
il. on any account. He did not love her.
and would not wed her for all the wealth
of the farther Ind.
Every WE'LL" said Miss Macintosh,
we will see. You will marry me, or
shall marry you. We will spend long
and pleasant life together. Go your way
You will come to me in time"
The young man went, and Miss Mack
intosh was alone with her thoughts.
All sorts of things began to happen
with that unfortunate young man. HIS
Landlord, who had monthly enivened his
office with a visit, now suddenly notified
him that henceforward and forever he
would be expected to pay in advance,
and that he should require a mortgage
on his library as security fer rent Then