The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-06

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turned to look at Chester-'''it's Mr..
Vaughan! 1t isn't possible that you saved
Edna ?"
TT is, though" said Edna, land don't
know how to feel grateful enough"
Look here, don't believe you have
been introduced. Mr.. Vaughan, this is my
niece, Miss DeVerney; this is my wife"
And then there was quite little scene of
grateful acknowledgement on ono side,
and disclaiming on the other. "Wef,
we must be getting home," said her
uncle.
''Yes, Edna must have rest, and bowl
OF my favorite herb tea,' said the kind
aunt.
Edna reached out her small, white hand
and Chester took it in his large, firm palm.
1t was as shapely, if not SO spotless, as her
own. She hesitated moment; surely
this man was gentleman.
"Ishoud like to have you call and see
me-" she said.
lie hesltated.
81 should be happy to do SO, butt have
very little leisure"
"Can't you come Sunday evening"
"Yes, come by all MEANS" said the
hearty voice of Mr.. Browning; and the old
lady added her invitation.
''I'll come" he said, 'if it is possible"
"Wonderful clever, this Chester Vaug-
ham," said Mr.. Browning, when they
were fairly seated in the buggy. "Knows
as much as the college chaps, and is going
to get out patent for some wonderful
improvement or invention of some sort,
they say. Don't know but it willmake his
fortune"
"Well, he's the handsomest man I've
set eyes on for many day." said the old
lady.
II shouldn't wonder if Edna were to
fall in love with him." chuckled her uncle.
eff had daughter, should be proud
to own him for son-in-law.'
Chester Vaughan did call on Miss De-
verney, aud they SSwere mutually pleased
with each other. They found endless
topics of conversation. She was surprised
at the wonderful culture of his mind, the
+ beautiful original thoughts he expressed.
She felt that he was far ahead OF her. intel
lectually.
"Whatavails all this sympathy of taste ?"
he thought, bitterly. Tim only an en-
gineer, and she is rich Miss DeVerney."
Edna had strange fits of musing. One
evening, when she had spent half an hour
gazing into vacancy, her uncle rallied her
on her abstraction.
"Don't you expect Mr.. Vaughan this
evening?' he asked. ~ motto. that he
has power to brighten you up wonderfully.
Confess now, Edna wouldn't you marry
linn if he were in Your set as you call
it?"
Edna never knew what impellsd her
to speak, but she answered promptly
IL woull marry him as he is, and call
myself the hnppiest girl on earth, if he
loved me, and asked me to do so?"
Chester Vaughan, just stepping over the
low doorway in the purple twilight, heard
the words with glad thrill at his heart.
He never paused, but stepping up to her,
and, in the presence of the wondering
couple, said
81 love you, Edna, will you be my
wife p
She had known what was in his heart
for her from the first and was not sur
prised. She put her hand in his, and
answered simply
eyes"
The uncle and aunt shook hands with
both heartily.
"Just what I've been hoping for" said
Mr.. Browning. "Bless me if I don't
think Edna almost popped the question
herself"
"Nonsense, uncle Pm sure I had a
real straightforward proposal, in your
hearing, too haven't II" turning to her
lover.
Certainly you have. But I'm too
happy to discuss such trides. I've won my
wife-that is all can realize"
When the engagement was known, there
was quite futter amongst Edna's fashion
able friends.
81 always knew she would do some
irregular thing, she's so strange" said
one.
"Quite ascandalous proceeding-to marry
sooty engineer" !" said another.
But one day this paragraph appeared in
a daily paper
"Mr. Vaughan, who is likely to realize a
handsome fortune by wonderful inven.
tion in connection with the steam engine,
is shortly to marry On heiress, Miss De-
Verney. We understand there was
quite a romance attending his courtship."
Miss DeVerney's choice rose into popu-
lar favor at once. In the refined and
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