The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1878-07-11
JEyNiE'S TALSITY.

Yes, it is true-l am going TO marry
jeanette Baldwin. And that settles
it, as far rs you or anybody else besides
Jennie and are 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.
Ayington had been discussing the
rather sudden and surprising announce
ment he had made of his engagement to
Miss Baldwin.
"Certainly, unc'e 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, [ should
have thought that you would have
chosen for your wife lady at least
younger.n
Mr. Arlington, junior; spoke very
quietly, not a 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 a womaMs life when young is
TO be applied to her? Jennie is what /
and any other sensible man calls in the
very flush and hey-day time. She's
just twenty yeight-rich, rare, ripe,
juicy, fruity anything you please to
apply to mature, mellow perfectiont"
fomg Arlington shrugged his should
ers.
CAS- | said, it is a mere matter of
opinion, my dear uncle. If Miss Bald
win suits you, and you are pleased, all
right. Nevertheless, | 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
his heavy, handsome brows.
What do you mean?"
Young Arlington lighted his cigar cool
enough as he rose to go.
| 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, thatll dol you won't gain
Eything by trying torun Jennie down.
It's perfectly natural you should feel
discomsolate at the prospects of the es-
tate You hoped to inherit going to my
future wife and-ahem,-fa family; hut it
will pay even worse to go around trying
to tradUce Miss Baldwin"
And 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 | ever
heard such silly opinion rs he dares
eNprcss-to my very face, too. Why,
God bless my soul, don't know Jen.
MES all right? Don't we board in the
hotel, and don't see her at all times
and dmder various circumstances? Stuff
and nonSensCl The idea of .Iennies
fresh color and jatty eyebrows beng
the work Of art. Don't | know she's a
glorious flesh -and-blood reality? and
what's more, don't know she thinks
| al the world of me, and not my money,
as some people have tried to make me
believer"
i very self-satiSfed smile was Oh his
face. as he rose TO leave his Office
-Four o'clock and l promised Jen-
ME Id be there at five, sharp, to give
her a drive t9 the Park. | shall have
to hurry to be on time Confound that
young nephew of mine for coming in
and b0ihering me.'
And he hustled around, gathered to-
gether oyertoat, 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 MT. Arlington. and all uncon-
sciouS to herself, had in changing her
room that day, been placed Immediately
next the one her betrothed lover occu-
pied
So That. when Mr.. AyingtQR had gone
into his pleasant, warm room. and was
huriedly making few alterations in
his toilet, he was suddenly aiinost pet
rliied TO hear distinctly Jennie Bald
wins voice coming through the defec-
tive, yawning crack through the tran
som over a connecting door between
the two apartments-a door that had
long been unused and against which
large, heavy wardrobe stood on both
sides, SO that occupants of either room
seldom ever knew Of its existence
/ Jennie Raldwin's voice. rmmistakable
IN IL CIGAR, positive utterance.
Love hin3 loEe him? How can you
ask such silly question, Ada? Its no
question of love. but money. The idea
0f anybody's loving him-horrid old
euTmudgeon?2
And a sudden sensation came over
Mr., Arlington rs if some one had let an
ice cold shower-hath on him. lie stop
ped in the important act of tying his
.ravat. tie horrid conviction stupefyinr
him of whom she was talking.
A second voice, he never had heard
before. answered.