Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
(Continued.)
MONEY MAKES THE MARE GO.

EhdIoi w ute now DelDg IN IuQQs
suddenly became the lion of Badger
ton. AS if by magic, it was discov.
cred that he was the best looking and
the most accomplished man 'sot on,
acquaintance" Every lady in town
sent her album to the Major, and
every one was enquiring into the
Majors history. 1t was generally
reported that the Major had been an
officer in the army of Texas, and like
most soldiers, had left the army with
nothing except honor and glory, and
that he had since become immensely
rich 10 the mines. Miss Celia Per-
slmmon, a young lady of twenty-fiv
and Upwards, who had refused three
young men without leads, determined
to win the Major. He had taken the
best lodgings in town-sported the
finest horse and buggy-wore the
best clothes-smoked the best cigars
subscribed for the best periodicals,
including the Turf Register and was
altogether tip top fellow.
Unfortunately, the lady OF the ex
cashier occupied apartments in a
house exactly opposite the Majors
rooms; so that the two respective
occupants seemed destined to dis
course together, at least the language
of the eyes
FRIENDSHIP, ETC.
Let a young man have nothing else
to do, and Of course, as he must do
something, he will get in love and
why should young woman be wiser?
DR.. Watts says, that
Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.
Still, as there are accounts enough
in the indictment against his Satanic
Highness, am not inclined TO add
this charge to the number: and will
therefore let the old fellow off; al
though the introdu ton of little in.
fernal machinery might add vastly to
the epic grandeur and dramatic effect
of my story.
Day after day was the Majors at
tention directed across the street. and
rlveted upon the beautiful woman
who safe looking out of the window
opposite. He watched the rapid
changes that stole over her counte.
nance. At one moment she seemed
gay, and her eyes laughed at other
times she sat with her chin pensively
resting upon her jeweled hand, as
calm as marble. She did not seem
to3observe the Major He had aban.
doaed books, horses, and every thing
else, in blind idolatry to this beautiful
being, to whom he bad never yet so
much as spoken. She became the
very light of his existence. He would
have sacrificed all he possessed to
win from her one look-one smile.
He knewnot, cared not, who she was;
he only knew that he loved her as he
had never loved woman before. Was
she ignorant OF his sensations By
no means. There is language
natural language-that betrays these
secrets-that speaks in every motion
in the CONFERENCE.-THE above all
in the eye She did not seem to see
the Major-that meant something-it
was studied, She had a perfect right
to be looking out of the window; nor
was she under the slightest obligation
to see the Major Again and again,
a thousand times each day, he looked
Every hour she seemed more beauti-
fillmore captivating. He felt that
she must indeed be capable of intense
love. She was tall and graceful, and
twenty five years of age; yet she
looked much younger. With a sigh
of despair, the Major retreated to his
mirror, at the back of his apartment
for the ostensible purpose of brush
ing his whiskers, but IN reality to see
a reflection OF the lady's face in tie
glass. when he beheld those eyes,
which he had so long sought to look
into,meet his gaze and send a sudden
pulsation to his heart He read in
their expression much to love and
something to hope. When he moved
she blushed deeply-her eye-lids fell
and they were friends.
Time vanished-and the Majors
funds were also vanishing. Money
was nothing to him-love was every
thing. Three weeks had passed
since his first acquaintance with
Madame Leech; and yet be had never
once suspected that she was the wife
of the ex.cashier. He had sought
her society, and she was not dis
pleased with his attentions. He read,
and laughed, and oonversed, and rode
with her; but her presence and con
versation awed him; for she was
'pure as the icicle that hangs from
Diana's temple" though not quite as
cold. They had rambled together by
moonlight through the grove they
stood together upon the banks of the
murmuring stream; he drank in the
music of her silvery voice, and read
poetry in the deep heaven OF her eye.
But what OF that? She was lonely,
and wanted society, and no one could
be more attentive or agreeable than
the Major. How could she refuse i?
1t was plain enough that she had the
power of making him happy by her
presence, and it was not in her gentle
nature 10 render others unhappy
Moreover, as the lady was most sin
cerely and deyotedly pious, she re.
solved, in her heart, to be the instru-
ment OF his conversion from sin. She
was most sincerely anxious about his
eternal welfare--there was surely no
harm in that.
A COMPROMISE.