The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-11-08
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JENNIE'S FALSITY.

JENNIE'S FALSITY.
| Yes, it is true-I am going to marry
Jeanette Baldwin. And that settles
it, as far as you or anybody else besides
Jennie and Iare concerned"
Mr.. Amory Arlington brought his
substantial fist emphatically down on
the desk, at whose end his nephew and
namesake sat, and with whom Mr..
Arlington had been discussing the
rather sudden and surprising announce
ment he had made of his engagement to
Miss Baldwin.
Certainly, uncle Amory; your own
and the lady's decision settles it, and
no one-and assuredly not has any
desire to dispute your happiness. Only
as matter of mere opinion, L should
have thought that you would have
chosen for your wife lady at least
younger!"
Mr.. Arlington, junior; spoke very
quietly, not little sarcastically, and
Mr.. Arlington, senior, frowned wrath
fully.
"Young? What do boys of your age
and experience in women know of the
time of woman's life when young is
to be applied to her? Jennie is what 1
and any other sensible man calls in the
very flush and hey-day time. She's
just twenty-eight-rich, rare, ripe,
juicy, fruity anything you please to
apply to mature, mellow perfection!"
foung Arlington shrugged his should
ers.
GAS said, it is a mere matter Of
opinion, my dear uncle. If Miss Bald
win suits you, and you are pleased, all
right. Nevertheless, L hope you will
not find her wanting in those very at
fractions you so much admire, when
you come to weigh her in the balance" :"
Mr.. Amory Arlington scowled under
hls heavy, handsome brows.
"What do you meanP"
Young Arlington lighted his cigar cool
enough as he rose to go.
j don't know that there is any truth
in it, you know, but people say curious
things about her rosy cheeks and hand
some eyebrows, and"
The elder gentleman waved his hand
dignifedly.
"There, thatn dol you won't gain
anything by trying to run Jennie down.
It's perfectly natural you should feel
disconsolate at the prospects of the es-
tate you hoped to inherit going to my
future wife and-ahemI-family; but it
will pay even worse to go around trying
to traduce Miss Baldwin"
Ard young Mr.. Arlington went away
disgustedly thinking what a precious,
bewitched old fool his uncle was; while
Mr.. Arlington, senior, lighted another
cigar, and settled comfortably among
the cushions of his Turkish chair,
chuckling to himself:
"If that monkey headed young nephew
of mine don't beat all! If l ever
heard such silly opinion as he dares
express-to my very face, tool Why,
God bless my soulI don't 1 know Jen-
MES all rightp Don't we board in the
hotel, and don't see her at all times
and under various circumstancesp Stuff
and nonsenseI The idea of Jennie's
fresh color and jetty eyebrows beng
the work of artl Don't / know she's a
glorious flesh-and-blood reality2 and
what's more, don't know she thinks
all the world of me, and not my money,
as some people have tried to make me
believer"
A very self-satisfied smile was on bis
face, as he rose to leave his Office.
-Four o'clock and Ipromised Jen-
ME I'd be there at five, sharp, to give
her drive to the Park. shall have
to hurry to be on time. Confound that
young nephew of mine for coming in
and bothering mel"
And he hustled around, gathered to-
gether overcoat, hat, gloves, and cane,
while he gave several orders TO his
clerks and then took a Broadway stage
for his hotel. where Miss Jeannette
Baldwin also boarded, and who, all un.
known to Mir. Arlington, and all uncon.
scious to herself, had in changing hel
room that day, been placed Immediately
next the one her betrothed lover occu
pied.
So that, when Mr.. Arlington had gone
into his pleasant, warm room, and was
hurriedly making few alterations in
his toilet, he was suddenly almost pet
rifed to hear distinctly Jennie Bald
wins voice coming through the defec
tive, yawning crack through the tran
som over connecting door between
the two apartments-a door that ha(
long been unused, and against which &
large, heavy wardrobe stood on botl
sides, SO that occupants of either room
seldom ever knew of its existence
Jennie Baldwin's voice, unmistakablt
in its clear, positive utterance.
"Love him? love him? How can you
ask such silly question, Ada? It's M
question of love. but money. The ides
of anybody's loving him-horid ole
curmudgeon?"
II And sudden sensation came owe
Mr.. Arlington as if some one had let al
Ice cold shower-bath on him. He stop
! ped in the important act of tying hi
eravaf fha horrid conviction stuDefyinf