The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-03-03

fax married, and daughters generally
resemble their mothers, you know"
Undoubtedly she is q nice young
lady, mother, as society ladies are. /
dare say she can rattle off the first con-
jugation in French, recite Tennyson by
the hour. lead german, tell just which
corner of her card to turn down for q
call ofcondolence or a party call, rave
about majolica and the art decorative,
give the points oF a pug, yawn interest
ingly behind q fan, extol the opera,
write mawkish poems, each one with An
Envoi and, in short, be a credit 10 her
family and the seminary where she was
graduated. can see her now" con-
tinued Arthur, shaking his yellow curls
and laughing. "She considers me rs
her property, but hates me because she
feels sure of me. Yes she says, to her
confidante (chums no longer exist, they
have been massacred by confidantes and
bad French). l suppose I'll have to
marry him. the practical wretch"
"Now, Arthur, you are not just;
neither are you kind to speak so of girl
you do not know, and have never seen,"
said Mrs. Delaney.
"By jove, mothern cried Arthur,
bringing his open hand down on the
table with force sufficient to make the
china and his mother jump simultan-
eously, II have an idea"
What is it, my son?" asked the
lady.
young physician, "that Miss Fairfax
lives in Metroville. Now, train leaves
here at eleven and reaches there at two.
Jack Merton, my college chum, lives in
Metroville, and I'll go there, see him,
and try to see Miss Fidelia Fairfax with
out being seen by her. If like her
looks I'll introduce myself, If not I'll
come home, bid farewell to the fortune
and settle down to bachelordOm and
physic."
"You forget that your cousin Uriah
comes to-day and may b offended if you
are not here" urged the widow.
Mother" returned Arthur, mock
earnestly, "if anything could drive me
away from this comfortable home with
more speed than my curiosity to see
Miss Fairfax it would be the knowledge
that that dry old book-worn, Cousin
Uriah, was coming here to bore me with
his learning and his praises of that blue
stocking. his idol Araminta, for whose
hand he is too bashful to propose. He's
u nice young fellow, but, oh, such u
bore. That decides me, go at eleven" !"
And in the smoking train that lefs
Opoliston at eleven o'clock bound for
Metrovilles DIR. Arthur Delaney puff
ing a cigar gravely.
Father" said Miss Fairfax, while
presiding over cunning little break
fast table in a cosy little dinning-room
in the most comfortable little house in
the little city of Metroville, my mind
Is made up. cannot take the money
| cannot marry n man at the order of
another even il that other does offer me
one hundred thousand dollars to do So"
"Well, my dear Fidelia, "returned Mr..
Fairfax. " do not feeI competent to adj
wise you further than bid you follow the
dictates OF your own heart. Still, my
love, would counsel you not to be
hasty, ii your dear mother were alive
she could tell you in a moment what to
dol must say, though, Fidelia, that
one hundred thousand dollars is"
"Yes, pa, know, one hundred thou
sand dollars is great deal of money,
but even that sum cannot tempt me TO
marry a man do not love, have never
seen in fact. Was girl ever placed in
such humiliating positionp / wish
the eccentric old Mr.. Tobias Queerby
had been content to keep his eccentricity
to himself. The idea! AS 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 you needn't marry him, you
know, my dear" said Mr.. Fairfax. "If
had not been SO unfortunate the past
few years would say at once give up
this fortune; but l cannot leave you
much, my love, and know what COM
, forting thing money is"
But can't marry him, pa"
"Well, Mr. Greenland Kent, the atz
torney, says the condition is not legal. I"
But oh, pa, Mr.. Queerby 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" said Miss Fairfax
| decidedly.
'Time, my dear" replied the gentle.
5 man; yet this l must say, Fidelia,
S have often heard your poor dear mother
: speak of Mr.. Delancey, and always in
+ terms of the highest praise, and, you
e know that as general rule sons are
t like their fathers. have no doubt h'
: is a most estimabls young man."
= II have no doubt he is, pa. dar'
o say that he can interlard his conversa
s tiOn with yards of Latin that he dom
t half understand, can write sOnnets anC
o triolets in a lady's album, can tell th'
u best time of all the oarsmen and rae
!, horses, can play polo, can tell wha
# kind of coat ought to be worn on eacl
d day of the week, can say very clevah
IS bal love- as if he were a thorough maj
of the world, can tell what new play i
It going to be success, can firt will
If everybody and VOW all the girls ar
st breaking their poor hearts for him, cal
tell college yarns all night and laugl
s, loudest at his own wit and, in short
prove himself an honor TO society ant
l Harvard college. can see him nov
Dt talking to his pal (there are no NOR
e. classmates pals and college slang muT
is dered them long ago) and saying: oh
ly bal Jupitah, old fellah, it's a dooce'
Of bore, ye know, but the poor little gin
ce will break her heart if / don't MARI
an her, and suppose will have to, bs
We love. YaaS.i while all The time he hate