South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-05-02
Shared by an Advertisement.
By FLORENCE II. BrRxEY.

a young man possessed OF n small
fortune desires to open a cor-espon dence
with some young lady of good appear.
auce. with view TO matrimony il mu.
tually suited. Address Armand Trevor.
Barcourt L. o.
The above advert isement caught my
eyes IA glanced rapidly over the coun.
" paper. in the skimmjng way women
have a fashion Of cleaning the news
read it again and again. growing more
and more fascinated, Armand Trevor. -
W hat beautiful name 4 name which
to this day cannot hear spoken with
out peculiar sensations in the region of
my heart. | determined to write an
answer to this young man with tue
small fortune. Not that intended to
reveal my real name judith Hubby
had a commonplace sound, and might
shock his sensitiveness. | must choose
something which should bc tie equal OF
his own.
| could not reasonably expect any.
thing from this correspondence but. 1T
the least, it would be capital fun, and.
oh! was 50 dull in stupid little sta
pleton, where there was never anything
10 interest or amuse anybody.
knew that if fate willed il that this
Armand Trevor and | should meet, he
could find 40 fault with my personal
appearance. Why. Hiram Bung hal
toll! me on an average once n week that
was tie pre,ticst Girl in Stapleton. -
Not that | set much value on Hiram :
opinion, for 4 man who owned bravely
TO the name of Bung could no, have al
opinion worth thought. Yet in spite
OF the contempt had for Hiram's YER
diet il was rather pleasant TO bc told
that was pretty Af.er mature dclib.
GRAFTON OF about an hour, decided on
the not q" pl'u,e OF Pauline Irving.
whicE IL my estimation cqualed in beau
ty the name Of Armand Trevor.
My friend, Annie Towers. lived i'm
Barcourt, and 10 Der decided to send
my letter, asking her to post it there
| did not dare post it in Stap,eton, for
it was such "a SINAI! place that my
scheme would have been discovered iii
reCtly. | wished, also. TO keep my
earthly abode a mystery to Armand
Trevor, and allow him TO search for mo
IN Barcourt if he wished. There was q
singular pleasure 10 me in imagining
him searching day alter day for the fair
being who had answered his advertise
mcUt.
Wat n length Of time ! took 90 write
the first important letter! wasteC
nearly the entire c0utsnts Of a box OF
French note paper before the epistie va.
comp c,od % my satisfaction. I hac
asked numberiess questions, and re-
qHCstod my unknown ATmlui's photo
graph. His letters 10 me were u be Iii
rec'ed to BaccOurt; for Annie readily
agreed to take them from the postollic,
and forward them to me at once.
could never have taken letters from the
Stap!e,on oGi,c directed to Pauline Try
ing, for the posJmi5tress was 4 grea
gossip AMI knew me well. and The whole
thing would have been over Staplo,ou
in half an hour. and should never have
heard the last OF it,
After the letter was st length cent
peTiumcd with he,iotropc, grew impa
tient = nervous for an answer from Ar
mand. No matter what ! was doing "a
the time the daily rnaiI came in. woul,
leave it, ami RUSH 20 the pos,oGicc.
OF course made . mental picture o
armand, and gave to him a face an,
figure suited to his arisi0Cralic anu me
lodious name and endowed him will
every lovabic and manly trait oc charac
ter. Indeed, so loose run did I Civ,
my Wild fancy that long before receive.
my first letter from him. ! had imagine,
myscI! Mrs. Trevor, ana furnished my
future homc,-thc earthly paradise
where should reign MS Armlud's bride
Although pretty. ! had had few lov
crS, and only one suilOr,--Hiram Bung
Stapioton was too small q place 10 sup
port many young men, and those who
did manage 20 wiring q living from the
exhausted farm lands. or from thc small
stores, were not to my taste. Red hait
prc3omina.ol iu Staplctou. ana frecklc.
were universal. Since tle jcl % of on,
parents ] hal lived allh my sister Han
mails, who hll married Jonas Gubhcns
the proprietor Of tho ll-rcs5 variety
store in The tDwr. He w14 man o
Gfy, with G1riI complexion. porll,
form. auI bald spot ou top OF lish head
lf llauua.i bad hal spark Of romano,
ln Der composition -Lo could never hav,
we'd 'c5 Jonas GuJbcus. bur She wa.
made Of % dH.reu, mould from Beer Sis.
ter judith. aud Thought more or com
Portable h)uc. and Cling Der storc-goou
shelves With preserves aud pickles. thar
of EJWcys aud Julic's dark Dyed Ap5l
los ami loves young dream. She con.
-itCrgi that ! h4I done "a very uuw--,