The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-02-19

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heard of Uncle Job or his money
"I say, AL, have an idea Let's go
to Oak Grove for the summer
"Why to Oak GroveY Where is itY"
" 1t is about fifty miles from =:
a great many people went there last
summer on account of some very won
derful springs. / heard an American
family lauding it to the skies when 1
was in Rome last Christmas. Neither
you nor / know soul in =; SO if
we were to go there, pretending that /
was the wealthy young bachelor, we
might have a chance to find out which
the = girls prefer, heavy purse,
or good looks and manly accomplish
ments. What do you say ="
The idea rather pleased Alaric War
rington: even he, who possessed as little
vanity as any handsome man of five
and-twenty in all our broad land, could
not deny that nature had done more for
him than for Clement Totterdell, and he
felt romantic desire to try the expert
ment suggested in his friends last
words.
agreed - he exclaimed. "You
shall have the credit and the full benefit
of Uncle Jobs money. will proclaim
myself only young physician, ordered
to Oak Grove on account of i'll health
from too close attention to my studies.
That will be no fib either: DIR. Galen
told me the very day Uncle Job died
that was working too hard, and must
take rest this summer"
Some quick-witted genius had discov-
cred two or three springs in Oak Grove,
whose limpid waters were certainly ill
smelling and nasty tasting enough to be
the most valuable medicated drink
Judicious advertising and discreet use
of free tickets from = had made
the pretty little village quite summer
resort. Two new hotels had sprung up
like Jonah's gourd, and had not our two
friends gone thither very early in the
season, about the middle of June, both
these capacious caravanseries must have
turned them away, or slowed them in
the attic.
Perhaps it was because Clement was
so very particular about their rooms,-
perhaps because he, and not Alaric, had
an impish little valet who had a grand
idea of his masters Importance
perhaps because the two carriages, the
eight or nine horses and their at
tendants, and the coachman, made their
appearance in his name, that the pro-
prietor of the Piute House (the largest,
newest, shiniest of the two large, new,
shiny hotels) concluded that he was a
young man of boundless wealth, who
had come to Oak Grove for the waters,
bringing his physician with him.
Such, at any rate, was the tale which
spread like wild-fire all through the
Piute House the evening that Clement
and Alaric arrived there. The only
topic of conversation in the parlors that
evening was Clement.
Have you seen the wealthy Mr..
Totterdell 7" and, sob, do tell me if
that millionaire who has arrived is mar
ried !'were the staple questions of the
evening.
The two young men made their first
appearance at breakfast the next morn
ing. The young ladies were, at first,
somewhat disappointed to learn that
the tall, broad-shouldered, graceful man,
with curling brown hair, silken mus
tache, and soft, velvety brown eyes, that
seemed capable of saying more than any
other man IS lips, was only" DIR. War
rington; and that the reputed million
aire was he who stood scarcely five feet
ten in his boots,wa unfortunate enough
to have only ordinary dark brown, al
most black hair, guiltless of wave or
curl, mustache and beard of the same
hue, and gray eyes,-in short, was not
the sort of young man girl ever raves
over on account of his looks, although
he was by no means bad looking fell
low.
Among the summer boarders at the
Piute House were Mrs. Reiling, her
daughter Camilla, and her niece Bessie
Purviance, from Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Burston and niece Jenny, from New
York. These ladies occupied rooms on
the same floor and seats at the same
table, hence they had become tolerably
well acquainted in ten days which had
elapsed since their simultaneous ar
rival.
% Look ~ exclaimed Jenny Burston.