The daily gazette., 1882-03-23
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were not reminded of 1t q hundred
times . day.
But though wealth, pomp and beauty
paid respective homage to her charms,
aud II was an undisputed fact that, had
the caprlclous maiden SO willed, she
might have made her choice among the
vast company OF the young scions cf
wealth who fawAed upon her. and who
would give their sill fIr . single ray Of
hope, s1e coldly turaed from them, and
though maintaining her habItual air of
gentleness, offered no encourage.
ment.
Aud this very "eccentricity," as It
might be called, only served to draw the
lnckless yet vainly hoping throng o; ar
lent sultors on, only to have theie am
oltion most cruelty wrecked by some
lew aud characteristic move Of the ca.
priclous maiden.
This fact finally led adIsappointed, de-
spalring swain, who had piled his suit
most arduously aud gained sIgual de-
feat, which very naturally sSFvod to
make him not very little wrathY, and
vexed In spirit, to exclaim:
"By the great horn spoon never since
DiAnna was there created such q wo.
man. conl d have sworn q week ago,
that was the lucklest and most favored
man 10 FairVlew; but now ye gods l
am the most miserable. She 10 q perfect
riddle"
But the riddle was one easily read
by prosiac mind.
Born and bred from Infancy In the
midst OF aili1ence, pretty Minnie Stock
well had become tired and heartily sick
If the vain ponp aud display of the
wearylng society lie she led, the empty
compliments and lawning fllttery which
awaited her where ever she went, and
longed for that mode Of life which,
though humble, was, nevertheless In It.
self the assurance OF more genuine happ.-
ness.
In truth, she was heart sick of the
PRESENT life, who's, dross was hateful to
her, and sighed for change, but looked
10 vain for her ideal Of man.
That was the hero ofthls story-lmpul-
sive yet noble-heaTted Tom Hathaway.
But though Minnie StOckwell felt thai
such a man she could love and be con-
tent to share llfs's burdens with, yet she
was withAl possessed Of certain degrea
OF dignity aud reserved which ssrvel to
keep her from belrayiDg this fact to him
For Tom Hathaway was about the
only m an In gay EalrViaw who had not
cast hims IF before the shrine which had
proved so disastrous to SO many of the
proudest representatives Of wealth and
society, and this fact had impressed ca
priclous Minnie singularly.
But 1t was not because Tom bad moi
noticed and admired the grand capital
ist'a daughter; no, indeed, for Toni Hath.
away had as true an eye for 3 pretty
girl as any man, bu, the fact OF there ex,
is'ing q wide gulf between the stations
of the two.
| He was but the penniless scrape-gract
sou, hguratlvely speaking, Of poor ma
chInist, while she was the daughter oi
one Of the millIonaire3 Of aristocratlt
Fairview "a wide difference In the eye
of society. This was why, namely, th,
mere fact that be felt 1t would be hope
less-that had kept reckless Tom from
participating In the. tourney Of loye, anC
this very thing 1t was which insu o,
him better chance of becoming WHINE
than any who had yet essayed the con
test.
The proud capitalis.' IS daughter wa
| ANh ANeS AAAhiA4 utuu y elq WhouSNC
she met him, aud the result convince,
her that in hands Ime yet rsnniless Ton
there was more Of her ideal than she hal
yet met.
But naughty by nature, she woul'
not reveal the secret to him, and he
equally naughty, despite his poverty, ant
indeed, on that very account, would MOI
betray himself
Thus the two lovers, for such they
were in sIul, were kept at everlasting
lOggerheads, q safe If feeling whicl
would have existed, mercy knows how
long, had 1t not been for lu Ky hap
peniDg WHICH happily served to brini
about an undeis .Anding between them
A horse back party had been planned
by the ladies Of the Crystal Lake Club
and Tom was one of the escorts upOl
a certain damsel, by name Miss Froth
ingham.
+ Lively and talkatlve she proved, ant
/ also an admirable horsewoman, manag
ing the hIgb-spirited thorou yh bred whicl
she rode With q skillful hand.
Minnie Stockwell with Hartley Bran
don IS an escort, led the cavalcade, an,
! gay party they formed, IS In thei
. bright hunting costumes, they gallope,
Gre IS the fields. About FaIrVlew ex