Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-04-13
The Bold Financiering Of q Middle
Aged Lady.

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In Twenty-ninth street resides Mrs.
Sophronia Belvan, buxom, well-pre-
served and still rosy widow, aged thirty
eight. The late Mr.. Belvan after looking
at his spouse with whom he had lived
with great delight for twenty years, died
regretfully, year or so ago. Since that
time Mrs. Belvan and her Matilda, girl
of seventeen, have lived together upon
mutual sympathy and very small in
come. 1t is needless to say that Matilda
is as handsome as her mother was at seven
teen.
Miss Matilda was beloved by two men,
one Mr.. Horace Lampson and the other
Mr.. George Battleman. Mr.. Lqmpson is
a splendid young fellow of twenty five,
but poor, and Mr.. Battleman is also a
splendid young fellow, but rich. Un-
doubleday in everything but the possess
sion Of lucre Mr.. Lampson is tho supc
rior of Mr.. Battleman. He is handsomer,
more manly, is better educated and has a
more level head. Still Battleman is by
no means contemplate being, and Miss
Matilda's mother considered her daughter
a fortunate girl in having 80 good a
choice. Battleman has money and is a
good average man, while Lampson who
has no money has yet the accomplish
ments to make it.
AS for Miss Matilda she was unable to
decide between them. One day her heart
inclined to Lampson and next to Battle
man, and then to Lampson and then to
Battleman. and 80 on, till those two
young gentlemen were driven nearly to
the verge of distraction. She was no
:rifer, no coquette; but she liked them
both, and besides, she was a good hearted
girl and did not want to make either of
them suffer. Battleman suggested to
Lampson that to settle the matter they
should leave it to chance, and that the
loser should at once jump off the East
River Bridge, or live in house with
sewer-gas in it, and end it. Mr.. Lamp-
son, who, we said, was level-headed, de-
clined to do anything of the kind, but
insisted that he should marry the girl
finally.
Mistaken man. Matilda, one day, after
giving the subject mature thought for five
minutes decided upon Battleman, and
for fear that she should change her mind
in the next five, put on her hat and seal
skin jacket, the gift of Battleman, went
out with that worthy and delighted young
man to q magistrate, and married him.
To say that Mr.. Lampson was an en-
ragged being is to put the case very mild
iy. He rsved up and down the house,
he wcpt and stormed by turns, and con-
Quoted himself not like the level-headed
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