The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-21

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Bell Buocs was one Of those youns
women who imagine they. have grss'
influences over the other ssx.
She had been heard to aver that sh&
could make any man she wivsed 10 loy.
her
She sertsinly had msny .attractions
not tie least Of which Vas peculiarly
pleasant scintillating expression of the
eyes aud . voice full o. the swsstest
melody. s4
Her form was superb. and she car
ried hsrself gsacefslly and veil.
Tom Bowers. . dashing young law.
yer Of twenty-five. havieg besn intrs-
duced to Bell at the house Of . friand,
called frequently to 80 her, and was
always most srasiously welcomed.
He had. however, heard sf Bells
reputation - . man killer and - did
not know how to conserus her charm
ing behavior towsrd him.
The truth wAs that when Bell first
saw Tom she mAdD - her mtpd ~
she would captivsts hin. o she had -
many others. remaining. s1eshwhila,
perfectly heaYt-whSlo hcSself
She s"ou thought she saw upon him
the effect she usually made upon others
believed sbe had wound around him
the silken network Of love, from
which the poor 6y could not escape.
Then she resolved to cool off-to
suddenly let him go that shs did net
care tc hsys their Intimacy = further.
Tom. still calling upou hsr. noticed
the change.
Instead Of calling after that, a. the
victims Of all the other couquests had
done, be stopped visiting her at once.
As day by day passea. the beautiful
coquette began to thisk shax perhaps
the fly bxd mot been Mq|cin,tly en-
tangled. when che ch6 6ks4 her de-
meanor toward it. SO she sent him .
polite note. inviting him to . soiree to be
held at her fathers mansion.
On this occasion she took carr to 1T.
tire herself in the most becoming Of
dresses. to arrange her hair exactly to
suit the ms,chless contour Of hsr face,
and to other ~ias sdorn hsrsslf - .ss~ld
best set oil her lrauty. GA IS
Tom ~a~ At ths soi,rs. Hs~kas =
pnlite .. usual = Bell, IL factsIct1fi
As II n.ah'ng out of the wat had bop
pcaed. q. e.
His perfsct self possession, when
she fixed her radiant glance upon the
young man. rather piqued her and
brought deeper hnsh 10 her cheek.
Her eye. however. flashed triumph.
Antly when he promised to call again.
She believed shs wo6id soon bsys'
him in her tolls 20 <fkAt lie could inoti
pscape.
Tom called frequently. aud Mt every
visit he would look - il there was
somsthing he wanted to say. and yet
be did not quite like to say it.
The young woman concluded tbAt'
she had hiul fast now; tt2f he wanted
10 propose to her but he hardly dared
yet to do 60
One day she WAS walking along on
Greenwich street. where she had sesn
10 make sone purchases. whom % nhe
Was crossing the stsesl she heSkA .
sudden shOut behind her. She turned.
to behold Q runaway tsau Of horses.
along furiously at . iate that
would allow her but little tims to get
out OF the way.
To her horrer she perceived two or
three large truck tsaps dsexnsup siGht
iu her way. % that she could not step
aside without running up against lthsa
and even then would nos escAps the
threatened peril. - -. -.
Therefore she. did what most apy.
young lady wesld have 1oae un6et
similar circamstasesse stood stilf eod
~vs~sxfw &c
A ssnsismau heard that sersa.h. ne
sprsng right into the sersse, caught
Bell in bic arms and narrowly esoopod
with his burden 10 the sidewalk.
Hsit faipting sbs lens3 oeDon himv
then. eleacint ". dideet& p Ibse1 NJ
rescnsr wss Tsen BsRslp. SsE4 Az
oh. thank you. cir: you. have aaved
my life. she said.
Yes ma'am. answered Tom. DO
you feel able to get hose alsns +
! am yery weak. Mr Bowes1' she
Hs- got ints.a cassvitA hsr. sThey
wsge sossl At hss reo30o1ce. - SeO
Won't yoa eoue II. 4e Bowsssx 4,
sBusiness.s rsplied TEN. spssvshte nj
from having that ploaenses essx xss1xzsl
Now. them thchehe Bsll, triumph
antly. whsa he tssy go4sl lfhese = D
chance TO get that proposal ost 9 thim.