Smyrna times., 1882-03-22

be called, only served to draw the luckless
yet Valnly hoping thrOng of ardent suitors
on, only to have their ambition most
cruel Y wrecked by some new and charac-
terlstlc move Of the CapriciOus maiden.
inns fact finally led disappointed, des-
pairing swain, who had piled his suit most
ardently and gained a signal defeat. which
very naturally served to make him nor a
very little wrathy and vexed in spirit. to
sxclaim:
BY the great horn spoon! never
since Diana was there created such a
woman. could have sworn. week aoo,
that | was the luckiest and most favored
man in Fairview: but now, We gods, I'm
the most miserable She is perfect
| riddle"
But the riddle was one easily read by 3.
! prOsaic mind.
Born and bred from infancy in the nids,
OF attuence, pretty Minnie Stockwell had
become tired and heartily sick of the vain
pomp and display of the wearying society
lite she led, the empty compliments and
iawnlng tlattery which awaited her vher-
ever she went, and longed for that mode
OF life which, though humble. was. never
theless, III itself the assurance OF genuine
happiness.
In truth. she was heart-sick of the pres-
ent life, whose dross was hateful to her.
and sighed fora change, but looked in vain
for her ideal of man
That was the hero of this story-impul-
sive yet nOble-hearted Tom Hathaway
But though Minnie Stockwell felt that
| such man she could love and be content
to share lite's burden with, yet she was
wlthal possessed of a certain degree Of
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her from betraying this fact TO him.
! For Tom Hathaway was about the only
man in gay Fairview who had not east
himselfbeto the shrine which had proved
! so disastrous to SO many of the proudest
| representatives of wealth and society. and
this fact had Impressed caprieiOuS Minnie
, singularly.
/ But it was aot because Tom had not
noticed and admired the grand capitalist :
! daughter; no indeed, for Tom Hathaway
! had as true an eye for a pretty girl as any
man. bat the fact Of there existing wide
! gulf between the stations Of the two.
lie was but the penniless scape-grace
son, @igUrativcly speaking. Of poor ma
chinist, while she was the daughter
| Of ore of the milionaires Of aristocratic
! Falrview-a wide difference in the ewes of
society. This was the why, namely. the
mere fact that he felt it would he hopeless
that had kept reckless Tom from partici-
pating in the tourney of love. and this
very thing it was which insured him a
better chance of becoming winner than
any who had yet essayed the contest
The proud capitalist daughter was led
into making him a study whenever she
| met aim, and the result convinced her that
in handsome yet penniless Tom there was
more of her ideal than she had vet met.
But, naughty by nature she would not
reveal this to him, and he equally naughty
despite his poverty. and. indeed on that
very account, would not betray himself.
Thus the two lovers. for such they were
in soul: were kept at everlasting logger
heads, state Of feeling which would have
existed, mercy knows how long, had il
not been for a lucky happening which
happily served to bring about aA under
standing between them.
horseback party had been planned by
the ladies Of the Crystal Lake Club. and
Tom was one of the escorts upon a certain
damsel, by name Miss Rockingham.
Lively and talkatiye she proved. and
also an admirable horsewoman. managing
the high-spirited thoroughbred which she
rode with skillful hand.
Minnie Stockwell, with Hartley Bran.
don as an escort, led the cavalcade, and q