Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-12-07

tached. One of the partners Ca friend OF
the late Mr.. ReynelD replied that Will
liam, though steady at his work. had
never made a secret of his dislike to
business, and that some months since he
had suddenly announced his intention to
quit, not only their service. but Liver
pool itself. What he intended to do or
whittier to go he had never informed the
partners. Beyond these meager details
| George could learn nothing, Year after
year passed by, and no news came, until
at length the prosperous coLoDlst aban-
doned hope, and concluded either that
| the only relation he had in the world
was dead, or that the career, whatever
it might be, for which he had thrown up
his clerkshi % had proved disastrous, and
that his natural pride prevented his adj
hitting his failure even to his own
brother.
George Reynell had never married.
His pursuits had always been agricul-
tural, and he was now considerable
land owner, but his estates were in very
primitive regions. He might have es-
poused more than one heiress Of the
early settler pattern; but the association
of his younger days as regarded the 9TH
er sex rendered any such match utterly
distasteful to him. When, in course of
time, longing to see England once
more came over him, it may be conjoint-
ly with a faint hope of learning some
thing of his brother, there lurked within
him indistinet aspirations on the subject
of an English-born wife. The gratifca-
ton of his desire to make the voyage to
the old country was rendered the easier
by the fact that he could leave the man
agement of his affairs to young man
named Winston, of good English de-
scent, and thoroughly practical farm
er, who had come to Australia half q
dozen years back, and for whom he had
formed a sincere friendship.
As Miss Willoughby Generally spoken
of by Mrs. Bland as her 6 drawing room
lady'O was the next morning passing
along the hall on her way to the re-
hearsal at the Pantechnic, the door of
| the front parlor was opened, and the
on the point of leaving the house.
When the eyes of the two met George
Reynell's countenance assumed an ex-
preston of undisguised admiration;
Miss Willoughby's Of curiosity, not I'M
mingled with surprise. Reynell hasten
ed to open the streetdoor thatthe young
lady might pass out. 1t would doubt
less have pleased the Australian to know
which he did not-that Miss Willough-
by, as she drew up the window of the
cab waiting for her, peeped slyly at him
as he turned to re-enter the house.
Mrs. Bland appearing as the cab drove
off, her new "parlor gentleman at once
engaged her In conversation with the re-
mark: every handsome the young lady
upstairs is-even In her plain dress.
She must be something wonderful on the
stage"
"You ought to see her, and Judge for
yourself, sir"
"That / most certainly shall-aye,
and this very night. Miss Willoughby,
you said. Not married, suppose?"
" No, sir: leastways, if she is her hus-
band must have the worst Of tastes; for
lonelier life no woman can lead than she
| does"
George Reyne1 was only able to &C
| count for the satisfaction which this in
telligence afforded him at a later period
OF his stay in Torrington Square.
Miss Willoughby was regarded by Mrs.
Bland as rather ga stand-off sort of
young person. Unimpeachable in her
conduct, prompt in her payments, she
was silent as to her antecedents. and
carefully avoided any gossiping CONVEX
sation with her landlady. Great, then,
was the establishment of the latter when
the drawing-room lady, on returning
home that afternoon, stopped her in the
hall and after few preliminary observa-
tons, asked very pointedly what was the
name of the gentleman who had Just
taken her ground-hoor rooms.
Son the card he gave me it's Mr.. G..
Reynell,' y was the reply. "Of course
can't undertake to say for certain that is
his name this with suspicious glance
at Miss Willoughby-"people goes by
what names they think fit, as you know,
miss"
"Thank you, Mrs. Bland, "and slight
ly blushing at the marked allusion on
the subject of names, Miss Willoughby
passed on.
$780," thought the landlady, as she
hustled down to the lower regions,
"she's took with the new gentleman.
He certainly is a personable man, and
seems to me how he's took with her, too.
Hum l must keep my eyes on the pair
of 'em. I won't have no COINS on in my
house."
A fortnight passed without the sli ght-
est suspicion of any "goin's on " be-
tween her two dodgers becoming appar-
ent to the vigi1ant Mrs. Bland. And yet,
could the actual truth respecting them
have been revealed to her, she would
have learned that while Mr.. Reynell oc-
cupied certain portion Of Miss VIII
loughby's thoughts, he himself was
daily and hourly becoming more deeply
enamored OF the fair actress. He went
nightly to the Pantechnic Theatre, a
fashionable house, at which in the select
places, and he never occupied any other,
evening costume was de rjgateor. He
never failed-discreetly hidden behind
the faded curtains-to be at his window
when Miss Willoughby left the house;
and he has SO carefully noted her move
ments that he seldom missed getting
view of her when she returned home.
GEORGE Revnel1 cou1d not hit note