The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-02-04

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got you, and have promised this to Mr..
Gordon"
81 am sorry too, was the angry reply,
ito deprive Mr.. Gordon Of your society,
as this will be his last chance OF seeing
you; but I wish particularly to speak to
you at once. ]"
A little scared at his manner, she takes
his arm pettishly, and turns away with
him, saying:
'eThe next shall be yours, then, Mr..
Gordon.
"Etta," exclaimed George, "you posi-
lively must not dance with that fellow
again. T am acting in place of your
father now, and cannot see you flirting
publicly with q man not fit associate
for you, and becoming the talk of the
entire rosm."
every we'll; consider this fellow a
fit associate for me or for you, and as |
never was kept from doing what I pleased
by peoples talking, you won't brighten
me in that way.
And so he has killed his own hopes.
Rousing all her feminine and individual
perversity, the only result of his protest
is to see her spend the most of the even
ing with Jimmie; to see him brought up
to Mrs. Larton, and capturing her as ef-
fectually as her daughter with his sunny
blue eyes and sturdy, handsome face, to
hear him invited to Cleveland
In the midst Of it all Jimmie's heart is
beating very fast, and his head swim
ming little; but he comes through it
triumphantly, and leaves for home that
night with strange, new hopes Of secur-
ing the wished-for wealth by an easier
and quicker route than he had even
dreamed of before. That he is purely
mercenary it would be hardly fair to say;
for most men can be fattered into a
liking, if not into love, and Jimmie Ger,
tainly can hardly help being fattered.
| Very few young men exist but are lit
tie inflated by the evident liking and
even admiration of pretty and attrac-
tive girl; but when there is so great diff
ference in social position, in wealth and
every thing else as in these two, we must
look for more age and experience than
Jimmie had to keep his head from being
turned. Being turned, it is easy to see
!
and almost to think itself in love as easily
as Eta has been.
And now we will drop the curtain for
a few weeks, to raise it again during The
early fall in Cleveland. In the cab that
is driving up Euclid Avenue we find our
hero, the same boy whom we met on the
lake at Brownfelds, still intent on his
object, though no longer with dream
ing Indebtedness. The time since Eta
left Montrose for home has by no means
been spent idly. She, for the first time
in her life, has found within to which
she is constant; and in the correspond
ence which she grants him has, instead
of dulling her interest in this latest no
ton, added fresh fuel to the flame.
Jimmie, seeing now just how things
stand, has been vigorously making pre-
partitions for appearing before Mr.. Lar
ton creditably. His first step is to bor-
row q little money his father has laid by,
and the next to hire desk-room and an
offce-boy in New York, where he puts
up sign as Broker in Iron, this being
to give color to the character he intends
to assume of being an agent for Mr..
Peters. And now, with all his arrange
ments completed, he is driving up to
Etta's home, not yet cured of all his
palpitations, but with considerably more
self-possession.
He feels very tremulous again as he
enters the door, and as the footman with
gentle persistence, takes him to his
room rather reluctant, since he cannot
see what fixing" he needs, and almost
gives way when he finds himself in the
most elegant room he has ever seen.
Dressing and suddenly discovering that
he is utterly at loss as to where to go
and what to do, his usual good luck
brings Eta to his rescue on her way
down stairs. Helped by the same good
angel he struggles through his dinner;
escapes danger in not knowing what
wine to drink by suddenly becoming
totally abstinent; is fortunate enough to
be drawn into a conversation on iron,
and by adroitly using. the little know
ledge picked up at the FORCES and in his
reading, to gain credit for knowing a
great deal.
And so the days go on, Jimmie's luck
favoring him steadily until he has won
Etta's pledge of her love, her step
mothers good will, her fathers esteem.
Her Cousin George had gone to Califor-
MIA, Disguised as soon as he got home
from the Catskills, and Mr. Ellis, who is
the only person besides Eta that knows
anything of Jimmie's real position, is
South on a long trip.
On a lovely September morning the
lovers are standing at the lakeside, watch
ing the bright sunlight that sparkles in
innumerable diamonds on each little
wave crest, while a great, numbering
schooner creeps .lazily along with an oc-
casional clank of It's boom against the
mast, and the cool swish of the water,
that seems to grow deeper and darker
and colder as the shadow of the hull falls
across it. All around is the dazzling
sunshine, that here and there flashes
white from sail trying to coax motion
from an air too hot and tired to stir into
o wind.
Dear" said Eta, suddenly, "do you
know that papa goes to Europe to-mor-
row for six weeks?"
''No, hadn't heard a word of it. It
must be very sudden move"
Every. He only made up his mind
last night"
'You are not going too, as you thought
you would on his next trip?"
mo, can't get ready"
'Etta, says Jimmie, after a moments
pause, "have you the courage for bold
step while he is away? 2"
"No-oh, mol" cried the frightened
girl, II can't do it. Why don't you
ask for his consent?"
because I would never get it. He
will only give you to a rich man, and
that won't be for some time. IF you
marry me now he will easily give in, and
will then have an interest in pushing us
on, and will help us more than he would
help me alone. 1t rests with you. and if
You can't agree to this, we may Us we'll
give up all our hopes"
Swat until tomorrow, and I'll try and
answer then" Turning quickly to the
carriage behind them, she adds: "We
will so home now, and will think until
the morning. No, you mustn't talk to
me y imperiously, as he commences to
speak.
! Very charming she looks, with her lit
tie hAuUhtv air hut varv comma, di,,o