Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-06-23

knocked at il the private entrance to
the same building rs that with which
the shop is connected"
They were now standing in the small
sitting room. Clara pointed to the door
at the other side Of the passage,
"That door," she explained, "leads
into the shop which mother keeps
Now do you understand
"Oh haw! Yes, / understand"
| A slight pause followed, during which
Mr.. Cox surveyed the room through his
eyeglasses. He then said:
"That wouldn't matter at all if the
room suited. What is the fgure?"
1.-TWO dollars per week including at
tendance"
"Haw May l look at the BEDROOM,
Certainly"
He followed Clara up starts.
Its considerably larger than the
sitting-room, observed Mr.. Cox.
eyes; it is over the passage as
we'll"
Exactly; and only four dollars a
week, including attendance?"
1.-TWO dollars" said Clara, looking at
him.
1.-TWO dollars Two dollars only
Surely you must be mistaken"
mo, | am not mistaken"
Excuse me; but how on earth can
it pay your"
"Oh, people can live on so little in
an out-of-the-way place like this" an
swered Clara.
"Haw!" exclaimed Mr. Cox, who
could not repress a smile; every good.
/ always thought rustic life blunted
the understanding; see / am mis-
taken. hope you did not think me
intentionally rude"
He made this apology in such nice
manner that Clara animoisity began to
take rapid flight.
"Oh, dear, no." she said, and then
she conducted him downstairs.
"Well, if you'll have me-" observed
Mr.. Cox, whose different manner SEEM
ed to convert him into quite another
person. 81 shall be happy to take the
rooms. The fact Of the matter is, am
reading hard for my final, and want a
quiet spot where there will be no COM
partnership to take Ee from my books
and where / can have a little solitary
recreation in the shape of trOut-fishing
A harmless amusement that, is it not?"
"The fish do not think So" replied
Clara, smiling. IF you will sit down a
moment will fetch mother, and you can
arrange matters with her"
81 saying, having handed him a
chair, Clara departed to call Mrs.
Moore. That worthy lady was in at
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quilted her roof he had arranged to
take the rooms for at least couple of
months from the following Thursday.
1t is perhaps almost suPerf1uous to
state that Clara Moore, being such a
beautiful girl, had numerous admirers.
Although the village--by name Mum
ford-was in itself small, there were
plenty of outlying farms; and not more
than three miles away market town.
From these surrounding quarters came
many and many one to see the vii
lage belle, and many and many a one
Mt first sight fell over head and ears in
love with her.
Added to her charms of face and
figure, she had a remarkably sweet
voice, and although it was not highly
cultivated. it was not altogether un-
trained. The consequence was she was
in great request at readings, which dur
ing the winter months, she attended
with commendable regularity.
At one of these entertainments she
had met Arnold Carew, n well-tO-do
farmers son who lived some TWO miles
away from Manford. She had been
troduced to him there, and he, like
many another, fell in love with her.
Of all the men she had met she liked
him the best, and not a week prior to
the advent of Mr.. Cox as q ledger at
her mothers house, she had as good
as consented to be engaged to him.
1t is unpleasant to pick holes in any
bodys character, and doubly unpleas
ant to pull to pieces the disposition of
one who is in all external things per-
lection. But the truth must be told
Clara Moore was n terrible tilrt; and
like most tlirts, she seemed to have
II total disregard for the feelings of her
victims. She would lead a man on to
believe at least in the possibility Of his
one day securing her aft actions Indeed,
the very fact of a woman tarrying in a
mans society to listen to his love pas,
sages, is in itself an earnest apprecia-
ton of his society, and then when it
suited her caprice, would throw him
over and laugh at him.
Clara Moore had tried young Arnold
| Carew to the utmost more than once.
Az, scores Of times she had destroyed
his peace of mind by her pernicious
fondness for what she called charm