The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-02-17
How n Poor Girl Captured IA Millionaire
Correspondence -. Louis Republican.


There Is very pretty romance about the
marriage Of VIM. II. Vanderbilt, Jr., to Miss
AIya Smith, the story If which Is often told
In upperendom. While at school, Miss
Smith suddenly received word that her father
had made al unlucky venture, that bis for
ture had gone up In balloon, aud that size
aud her sister must at the end Of the tenn,
| then near It's close, 20 at once to the home OF
their grandmother In Virginia, there to re-
main until their father could summon them
| North again. This was not suited at all TO
the tastes Of a 'dem"iselle conscious Of her
own attractions, aid she determined TO make
| q venture or her own account. She Dor.
rowed some money from her teacher and
made ali arrangement with her TO 60 TO Rtch-
field Springs for few weeks, so that when
she appeared there she had as q duenna
weli-kuown instructress, and this pisued u e
curiosity of the young men about the resort.
There was co,erie of New York girls there,
a Miss T., daughter Of a broker, Miss O.,
daughter Of arich brewer, and several Others,
who knew of the misfortune Of the Smiths,
and who also tried TO make II appear that the
young Miss Smith no longer deserved aplace
In the ranks of the nour eau riche, as her ia
Their had "eone up" Mr.. VIM. Vanderbilt
Jr., came to the Springs to attend ball, and
the N.w York girls were all In u hutter, be-
cause each one desired to capture the son OF
the great millionaire. Miss Smith took In
the situation at glance, but she had moth
ing To wear and she bad only forty dollars in
her purse. She proposed TO Miss L. to buy a
dress, and Miss T., having a big stock OF
dresses and small amount Of pin-money,
was ready to oblige her. She wasn't, how
ever, inclined 10 part with anything thai
would be becoming to Miss Smith, and &C
cordiIely SHE selected a yellow silk with a
wine spot in front, and offered 10 sell that foi
Miss Smiths forty dollars, being assured thai
Miss Smith being more of blonde than n
brunette. would look ''horsid" In yellow. But
Mss Smith paid the price, and the fair deal
er in secondhand clo' chucked over th" bar
gain she made. Her pleasure was turned to
chagrin that evening when Miss Smith ap
peared upon the ballroom door queen oi
: beauty, and ia that yellow silk, too. Instead
IT putting white upon her face, she had
made her complexion brown, aud, having
borrowed q lace mantilla from her teacher
aud big black fan, she came out the pic'ut.
of bewitching senorita. Her coy giances
shot INTO the Vanderbilt heart. She tossed
} the soft ends of the mantiia over her should
or, as she strolled the piazza, aud used that
: fan most bewitchingly. The New fofh
girls stood aghast, and Miss I. shed teal
over the loss Of her yellow silk, and felt tina
she had been cheated, for she never thought
: that the dress looked SO we'll. The result
was that Vanderbilt fell desperately ,n love,
D pressed his suit, became all the more arden
because OF the lady's studied hesitancy, ant
: was The happiest young millionaire anywhere
D when he gained . kiss aud The privilege o
u putting on the finger of the senorita dia
mond engagement ring. Mrs. Vanderbilt a
once visited Richield Springs, was charmed
e 10y her prospective daughter-in-law, and In
u vited her TO go and spend the summer will
y her. The smart young girl. however
5 pleaded that she had dear, sweet grand
j. mamma In Virginia to whom she owed
y duty visit, aud she said that she must @
J. there first. Thither she went, aud takin
y all account Of stock. improved her wardiob
y as smart girl with little money only car
aud then she accepted the Invitation OF he
prospective motherin-law. She contided I
Is her the story Of the bitterness OF the Ne'
:, York girls who were 50 ANXIOUS to get he
II expected husband, and the result was tia
L. the mother had her pride touched, aud she .
y once cut the rs and O's, much 10 the col
,e sternation of the families aforesaid. Wei
a all went we'll. The millionaire married th
C pretty firt of the yellow silk aud the blac
C. lace manlilla, and they are now living hal
VI PLY upon the avenue.