The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-05-01

alive she could tell you IN 4 momen
what 70 do must say, though, Fideia
that one hundred thousand dollars is
:" Yes, pa know, one hundred thou
sand dollars is a great deal Of money
but even that sum cannot tempt me tC
marry man | do not love, have never
seen IN fact. Was a girl ever placed II
such a humiliating position? / wish the
. eccentric old Mr. Tobias Queerby had
been content to keep his eccentricity t.
himself. The idea If the friend
ship that existed between you and Mr..
. Delaney and him gave him the right to
dispose OF the hands and hearts of his
friends children
But vou needn't marry him, you
know. my dear, said Nh. Fairfax III
[ had not been So unfortunate the past
few years | would say once give up this
fortune: but / cannot leave YOU much.
my love, and | know what a comforting
thing money Is.
But | can't marry him, pa.
Well, Mr. Greenland Kent. the IT.
tOrney, says the condition is not legal. +
. But oh, pa, Mr. Queerbv relied on
my honor not to take the money with
out accepting the condition. and my
honor makes the condition binding Il
the law does not. " sand Miss Fairfax de-
cidedly
Time, my dear, replied the gentle
man; vet this | must say Fideia,
have often heard your poor dear mother
speak Of Mr.. Delancey. ana always IN
terms OF the highest praise, and, Won
know that as Il general rule SONS are like
their fathers I have ma do11hr he !. ,
most estimable vouna man
II have no doubt he is. na. | dare
say that he can iuteriar,. lis couv,rsq-
ion with yards Of Latin that he don't
half understand. can write sounets ana
triolets In a laiv's alulm. can tap the
best time OF all the aarsneD and race
horses, can play polo. can tell what kind
Of a coat ought to be worm ON each dav
Of the week, can say Very clevah. bai
iove, us if ne were thorough man III the
world. can tell what new plav is going to
be success, can tiirt with everybody
and VOW all the girls are breaking fleir
poor hearts for him, can tel college
yarns al night and laugh ioudest IT his
own Wit amt. IN short, prove himself IN
honor to society and Harvard college.
can see him now talking to his pal there
are no more classmates: pais ana college
slang murdered them long ago) and say
ing: Oh bia Jupitah. Oh fell,,h, It's i
dooced bore, ye know, but the poor Ltrle
girl viii break her heart ii | don't marry
her, and [ suppose | viii have to, bai
Joye, yaas, while all the t3lae he hates
me like poison"
"Now, now, now, Daalic my love ="
cried Mr.. Fairfax. this is not RIGHT, =
vet he could not refrain from laughing
- You are unjust. mknd-yOu should
not speak so of one Won have never
seen" "Oh. papa =" exclaimed Fidelia.
suddenly clasping her hands ana shaking
her black curis. merril~.
"What, my dear" asked the father.
4 have an idea. The LAWYERS letter
saws Mr.. Fairfax lives in Opoliston.
Now. Rena Lester lives There. and shes
nv schoolnata and she's been begging
me to call ON her. There's a train leaves
trive to see Mr. Arthur Delaney with
ont being seen. and HI iudga bv his
looks whether III ask him to be intro
Guced If / don't like him III throw the
fortune to the hospitals and become an
old maid, and make ten forever for my
dear, stupid, loving. dariingpa. Somaze
haste, pa. | must prepare tor my Jour
nev.'
:. But You are not going to-day. my
Gear, complained NJ. Fairfax, 3. Won
forget that your cousin Aramlupa Is com
ugto-Cay to stop with 1ts, and Size might
be offended if You were not here to re-
ceive her.
PA, if anything could drive me from
the house it would be the thought that |
would have to listen to the dissertations
OF the learned Araminta and hear her
praises OF That modest, unassulnIng
O1ah, whoever he IS. Aramlnta IS
good enough body, pa, but she does
weary me 50. That decides me. / 90
to-day:
In the drowing-room car OF the train
that Left Netrovllle at eleven o'clock
bound for Opollston, sat Miss tideha
Fairfax reading the latest novel.
Jack, sald Arthur De-2ncey tossing
his Lat on the table u Jack Merton 5
room, and throwing hliASeu on me
lounge, are Eou q'ule sure You Were
right about Miss FaflaH house heInS
the seventh from here:
= III course 1 am. We often been
there to see him and his daughter, an
q" All, his daughterl ! think saw