The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-07-04
}ENSBURG, PA, FRIDAY, JULY 4. 1879.
HOW SHE MARRIED FOR MONEY.


! the mirror. and then turned away with a
smile of happy satisfaction, that--rippled
| over into a joyous laugh as she caught
her cousin Ellie's eyes.
You are thinking l am vain as a
| peacock. aren't you, Ellie Well, | do
! look well, don't 1 ? And I'm awfuily
| glad of it, because, cousin mine, it will
be all the easier for me to come off vic
torious in the campaign | have laid out
for myself during my three months visit
with you.
She spoke with charming frankness
that made Miss NellistOn smile back in
the lovely, girlish face.
And what may your plans be, Ad-
die? OF course it is a settled question
that you will take New York by storm.
you know, of course, also, that your
pretty face will secure that happiness.
But further than that, what, little mis-
chief maker 20
She looked fOndly, proudly at Addie,
whose dusky, eyes were glowing like
stars.
Oh, only my arrangement for the
chief end of marriage | tell
you, Ellie, | am going to make my hay
while the sun shines-in other words,
while l am in New York, | am going to
secure some rich-oh. some d1cfullg rich
fellow-whO can just smother me with
diamonds and dresses, and give me all
the money want-enOugh to buy every
thing / can think of. -
Miss NellistOn laughed at the girls
honest enthusiasm.
on rapacious little cOrmorant
You certainly have erected a very am
bilious stand, but l cannot see who or
where the desirable par tbs. am quite
sure you deserve just what you want.
dear but the question is. can you get
it 20
Addie shrugged her pretty shoulders.
"Ellie, shall get it. l know just ex-
actly my own worth. Now don't put
me down as vain, silly creature be-
cause | regard myself good looking, and
quite desirable for wife generally. |
am fairly goOd-natured, am not, Ellie d?
and [ ought to have good husband,
oughtn't I -
She leaned her soft, fair cheek caress-
ingly on Miss NelliStOn's face.
Indeed you ought, pny darling. And
if | could | would conjure one to order
for you. Addie, you are beautiful
enough to win the highest and best in
the land.
And she was very beautiful-and all
the more so that she was not in the least
vain of her charms.
Standing there beside the dressing
mirror, in her evening dress of delicate
pink silk, with her fair white arms barred
just below the dimpled elbow, the dain-
ty hands caSed i'll creamy kids, the Joy
Gus, happy face, whose features We're eX-
quiSite. whose complexion was so richly
warm and satiny in its pale brunette
beauty. whose eyes were so deeply dusk.
and luStTOus, and eager-Addie Arling-
ton was certainly sweet enough, and
winsOme enough to fully warrant Miss
NellistOn's s loving assertion.
IF only there was anybody rich
enough in or about New York, unmar-
ried, to satisfy you. childie -
Addie laughed.
''I'l tell you a secret. Ellie. I'm 90
ing to take my fort by storm and when
you see me the betrOthed bride of an
English MILFORD, Ellie"
Miss NellistOn gave gasp of positive
horror at the girls audacity
''Addie Arlington, you don't mean
you actually have designs on the illus
tTiOuS guest the Van Rensellers are ex-
pecting-the English nObleman all New
ork is on the q'ti rire about p
The girls silvery laugh accompanied
a very defiantly positive shake of her
skirts, as if that graceful little gesture
dttiCu iilCpilNIpNCIllDit uti'fldSiS-
Exactly, cousin Ellie. You needn't
look so Mortified. I'm sure the prospect
of having a Lady GrosvenOr in the fam
lily ought to delight you.
But Miss NellistOn was too taken
aback to appreciate the prospective
honor.
''Addie, how wild you talk The
idea . Why you never have seen him
you don't know whether re is young or
old, gentleman or a-a-nOt gentle
man. Suppose he is old, and fat, and
short breathed, like papa's English
friend, Sir William Wiggleton -
The charming estate everybody
knows Lord GrosvenOr owns, and his
rent-rOll of a hundred thousand dollars
a year, aad his wonderful mines in
Wales, and his treasures of costly ele-
gance in his town house in Mark Lane,
and his country houses in Sussex and
Cornwall, will cure all these defects FL
lie. Come, We'll be late at Jennie
Jernyngham's and you know Jennie al
ways expects me first of any One.'
And so does Jennie's brother I am
ready, Addie.''