Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-11
FATE AND RICHARD DAYTON
ON mipht marry. Dick -

"You might marry, Dick"
"On whatP Are wives supported on
saved cigar-money and tailors' billsP
Can l keep house on an overdrawn
bank accountP No, no, Give; | have
eaten my cake and enjoyed it. Now l
must be content with the necessaries of
life-a wife is a luxury"
Yes, such wife as Emma Loring
WOULD make. But there are varieties of
wives; and, Dick, depend upon it, you
will find it as easy to love rich girl as
poor one"
marry girl for her money! Give,
lam ashamed of you. | may be poor,
but Richard Dayton could never, never.
be poor enough for that meanness.
Nothing in heaven or earth could in
duce me to marry an heiress-nothing. !"
And the young man set his lips and
looked defiance into the future.
The two friends were strolling leis-
urely through a pretty greenwood,
Give lazily blowing the smoke of his
Havana in graceful eddies, and Dick
half angrily and half thoughtlessly
striking down the tall golden-rods that
fringed the narrow path. After Dick s
little outburst both remained silent a
few moments, and before Give could
either renew or change the subject
some one touched Dick on the shoulder
and said, is the gentleman angryP
Is the gentlemen in love or in troublep
Let me read the gentleman's fortune" p"
The two young men turned together
and met the gaze of young Romany
girl, she was so beautiful that her re-
quest would have been hard to DENY;
and she seemed so much in earnest
that the laughing, bantering mood
which both assumed was speedily drop
ped for one of genuine interest. Give
held out his little plump white hand
first, and the girl barely glanced at it.
"You can eat and drink and sleep,
my protvy g., oti.vro ''ii vOIh rOI YOU,
and there are fools in plenty that will
make an almighty of Give Raynor.
But there is no wife in your fortune;
and the girl you'll love will laugh al
you"
"Can not your skill show me how to
prevent the lady's scornP" asked Give,
with ill-concealed annoyance.
"What is stronger than fateP You
will love above you and beneath you,
and you are not great enough either tc
stoop or to rise. That is all;" and she
gave him look which turned all hi.
carefully controlled emotions into 8
perfect tumult of passion and delight.
Then she turned toward Dick. He
was watching her with curious pleas
ure, though he had clasped his hand!
behind his back. The attitude strucE
the girl at once, and she shrugged hel
shoulders scornfully.
81 have no need of your hand, gooC
gentleman; your fate is written on YOU
brow. Do not leave here to-day; youl
fortune has just arrived-stay and wei
come it. A fair fortune, my good gen
tleman; and if you had piece of gold
you might cross my hand for reading
it,
81 have not"
81 know it; but your friend can do i
for you;" and she held out her slim lit
tie yellow hand to Give. The actor
was accompanied by glance so be
witching that Give for once gave golC
away with a positive pleasure, ant
would, indeed, have prolonged the in
terview if his friend had shown tn,
least inclination to do so. But Dicl
had already wandered onward, and tn,
girl was in the act of parting the thicl
underground which led to the tent be
hind it. So, though her beauty haC
stirred his heart as nothing in life hat
ever done before, he was too conven
tional to risk the danger of some other
strollers from the hotel finding hin
tete-G-tete with gypsy girl.
Dick smiled as his friend reioineC
him. "Lucky fellowr'
"Unlucky, you mean. What is lif
without wifeP" and Give iingled hi
money in his pockets, and looked senti
mentally backward. "Will you wal
and shake hands with your fortunep"
mo. | shall leave by the six-o' clocl
train. l have just time to catch it com
fortably."
But when six o'clock arrived, tn
train did not appear; and by and b,
came telegram saying that there wa
wreck down the road, and that tn
passenger train would be DELAYED TO
an indefinite number of hours.
!" So you can't 60 tonight, Dick, afte
"The girl knew of the accident, O
course. Come, let us return to tn
hotel, or we shall miss our supper a
well as the train"
Half way up the long fight of step
leading TO its main entrance they me
Carol Ashton. He was fresh from hi
third daily toilet, and looked quite con
scious of all his strong personal points
Moreover, there was an unusual littl
furry of excitement about his manner
so much so that Give involuntaril
asked: Anything new, CarrolP''
81 should think there is. Jane Tel
Eyk is just arrived. Such turnout
Such trunks and servants! Why, oil
MARROW, his clerks, and all his corn
dtptODlGtique have been running atte
her and bowling down to her. What
snob Marlow is! He hasn't seemed +
know me at all yet, though have bee
paying him money for six weeks now.
"Neyer mind NARROW, Carol. VIII
is Jane Ten Eykg"
"WhO is Jane Ten Eyk2 What a
ignoramus, CliYel Jane Ten Eyk /
the great Western heiress; owns Who'll
silver mine in Colorado-pans out
thousand dollars day-and no end O
railway stock (Pacifc, think, beside
being absolutely her own MISTRESS
"Wellp'
"Well, don't you see what a chane
she is for poor handsome fellow lk
Carol Ashton? She will be at the no