Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-06-01
TWO FAIR DECEfvERS.

TWO FAIR DECEfvERS. lnoii
What do young men talk about whei
they sit at the. open window smoking OIL
summer evenings? Do you suppose i
is OF love? Indeed suspect it is money
or. if hot of money, then of Something
that either makes money or spends it.
Cleve Sullivan has been spending hi
for four years in Europe, and he has jus
bean telling his friend John Selden low
he spent it. John has spent his i'm New
YOrk-he is inclined TO think just a:
profitably. Both stories conclude in the
same way.
II haze not a thousand dollars left
John.n -.fsrlr8 Ey
..Nor l. Cleve' -
II thought your cousin died two year:
ago; surely. you have not spent all oi
the old gent'eman's money all ready 20
II only got $4,000: lowed half of it. ,
'Only $4,000! What did he do With?
''Gave it to his wife. He married q
beauty about a year after you went
away, di, d ina few months afterward
and left her his whole fortune. hstEo
claim OH him, He educated me, gave me
profession, and 10000. That was very
well; he was only my mothers cousins
"And the wid0w-where is She ?''
Living at his conntry-seat. Il have
never seen her. She was one of the ST.
Maurs, OF Maryland
Good family, and all beauties. WHY
don't you marry the the widow 70
why, l never thought of such a
things
You can't think of anything better.
Write her little note at once say that
you and will soon be in her neighbour
hood, and that gratitude to your cousin,
anu all that kind of thiDg-Ihen beg
leave to call and pay respects, ETC., etc.
John demurred good deal to the plan,
but Cleve was masterful. and the note
Vas written, Cleve himself putting il in
the postoffice.
That was on Monday night. On We'd
neslay morning the widow Clare found
II with a dozen others upon her break
fast table, She WAS a dainty, high bred
little lady, with
Eyes that browse with dreamy splendor,
Cheeks with rose-leaf tintings tender
Lips like fragrant posy.
and with Il Il KIND, hospital temper, well
inclined to be happy i'll the happiness OF
Others.
But this letter could not be answered
i'm the usual polite formula. She was
well aware that j John Selden had regard
ed himself Tor many years as his Cousins
heir. aud that her marriage with the late
Thomas Clare had seriously altered all
his prospects. Women easily see through
the best laid plans of men, and this plan
was transparent enough to the shrewd
little widow. John would scarcely have
liked the half contemptuOuS shru0 and
smile WHICH terminated her thoughts ON
the matter.
'Clementine. if you could spare a mo-
ment from your fashion paper, want to
consult you, dear, about u visitor" r.
Clement raised her blue eyes, dropped
her paper, and said:
''WhO is it Fan?'
lit is John Seldom. If Mr.. Clare had
not married me. he would have inherit
ed the Clare estate. think he is coming
now to see If 1t is worth while asking for,
encountered By his cousins widow" .
What selfishnes! Write and tell him
you are just leaving tor the Suez Canal,
or the Sandwich Islands or any other in
convenient place." -
mo; have better plan than that
do stop reading for few minutes.
will take that pretty cottage at Ryebank
for the summer. and Mr.. Selden and his
friend shall visit us there, No one knows
us in the place, and will take NONE of
the servants with me.n
"Well?''
''Then, Clemcntine, you are to be the
widow Clare and your poor friend and
companion"
"Good very good! The Fair Deeeiv-
ers-an excellent comedy. How shall
snub you, Fan! And for once / shall.
ltav no MI of
has not Mr.. Seldom seen you?"
''NO; was married Ia Maryland. and
went Immediately to Europe. came
back a widow two years ago. but Mr..
Selden has not remembered me till now.
/ wonder who this friend is he PROPOSES
to bring with him %
The willow examined the note "Mv
friend. Mr.. Cleve Sullivan. Do YOU
know him, Clementine !"---
"No; am quite sure that / never saw
Mr.. Cleve Sullivan. don't fail In love
with the name-do you? But pray ac-
cept the Offer for both gentlemen. Fan,
and write this morning, dear" Then
Clementine returneitO the consideration
of the lace in coquilles tor her new even
ing dress.
The plan so hastily sketched was sub
sequently thoroughly discussed and car
rled out. The cottage at Ryebank was
taken, and one evening at the end of
June the two ladies took possession Of it.
The new widow Clare had engaged
mai i'm New York. ard fell into her part
with charming ease and very pretty as
sumption OF authority; and the real
widow, with her plain dress and pensive
quiet manners, realized effectively the
idea of cultivated but dependent COM
panion. They had two days in which to
rehearsc their parts and get all the house
hold machinery in order. and then the
gentlemen arrived at Ryebank.
Fan and Clementine were quite ready
for their first call; the latter i'm a rich
and exquisite morning costume, the for
mer i'm a simple dress of spotted lawn.
Clementiae went through The introduc-
ton with conSummate ease of manner.
and i'm half an hour they were a very
pleasant party. Johns "cousinshipn
afforded an excellent basis of informal
conpanionship. and Clemenilne gave it