Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-08
Married for Money.

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two gentlemen. The elder one was tall,
good-looking, with flashing black eyes,
which inspired the benolder with some,
thing akin terror when they were lit up
with passiOn;the other one was fair haired,
with blIe eyes and a merry smile ever
playing about his face.
| The first gentleman was Harry WIlniot,
the master of the house. Before hun wa s
placed large table. covered with papers
apparently bills-which he was examining
with gloomy and detected countenance.
After being thus employed for some lime,
he gave the tableau impatient push, and
said to his friend:
81 wish this piece of business was end
ed. By-the-way, have you heard that | am
going to be nlarriedf"
mo replied the other, whom We must
not forget to introduce to our readers as
MIR. Clarence; ''and may ask on whom
You are going to confer the honor of your
handi"
'.Miss Harper"
Il cannot say that admire your choice,
replied Mr.. Clarence; 'tshe has neI'her
blood. beaury, wit nor common sense"
Gan that you say is too true. aad be-
tween you and me, | cannot bear her my
self; but then she is rich. and If 1 do not
get some money, shall have nothing; be-
sides, my creditors are becoming clamorous
and, after all beauty is but skin deep; and
as for blood, she is the daughter Of toy
maker. but highly respectable people you
know"
''Well, but you have said naught about
her want of wit and sense" said Mr.. Clar-
ence
The first is a dangerous weapon in a
woman's hands, and the second hope
she will acquire in time"
"How trde it Is" rem arked Mr.. Clar-
ence, ''that gold is the god, the wife, the
friend, and the monty monger of the
world! But what Is her fortune2"
Fifty thousand pounds, which | can
essdre you, will be very useful to me, as l
am not worth so many pence at the pres
ent moment
when is the Wedding TO take place r.
"On the 10th of March"
swell, wish you much happiness; but
remember, man cannot possess anything
better than good wife, nor anything
worse than bad one. But l must now
say farewell"
When WilmGt was left alone his retlec-
tons were anything but pleasant ones. He
had habit of thinking aloud, or talking
to himself. perhaps on the same principle
as the VILLAGE school-master, who gave as
his reasons for doing so-first, 'that he
liked to talk to sensible man. and sec
ond, THAT he liked to hear a sensible man
talk Be that as il may; We viii listen
what he says
Clarence thinks am fool, and al
most think so to-going TO be married to a
woman all but hate for whati Gold,
hard, round. unthlnking, unmeanIng gold,
All! how different TO Eelen Aubrey. She
has every attribute TO make a man happy.
What a pity II is she has not money, and
what bore it is we caunot do without it !!
That Miss Harper seemed to he talking
very lovingly to Captain Dent last night.
Oh. if the jade turns out fiirt, shall go
halt mad and think am nearly 50 al
ready. There was some truth in what
Clsrence said above good wife; and if 10
al my other troubles thst of bad wife is
added, what shall 1 dol However, 1t Is
no use meeting troubles half wag; they
come quite soon enough without, think
1 Will 90 and see Miss Hel a One may
spend happy hour there; and suppose
must even bid goodbye TO that when she
gets to hear of my marriage, for although
she is as good as an angel, she is as poor
as Job, and as proud as LTcifer."
We must now introduce our readers to
Hawthorn Grove, the residence of Anthony
Harper, Esquire; for although Anthony
was only toy maker, yet, on account of
his great wealth-he being the richest man
in the vlllage-he was usually styled the
squire by the population; that, and the
seeming Difference always paid to him,
made HIM consider himself, his affairs, and
his property TO be of the first importance |
in the county. MIR. Harper was not an ed
ucated man. He was wont to declare that
be considered the whole system of educa-
ton a great waste Of time and labor; and
yet wi:hal (and curiously misplacing them) |
he had fancy for using long words.
Shortly after the conversation with Clar- |!
ence, MIR. WIlmot called on Miss Harper; |
but before we describe the interview. it |
will be but polite to describe tie lady. She |
was tall and thin; her hair was red, her
eyes were pink, and her features were
large and sharp.
After making the usual polite inquiries |
about her health, ETC., he SAID:
''what long time it seems to look for
ward to before l can call you mine!"
SONY fortnight, you know; but papa
was saying thst he was afraidthe marriage
settlements could not be completed in time
the lawyers are so slow In their work"
.'Nhat need have we for settlements Z"
exclaimed Wllmot. "Do l not love you
fondly, madly, passlonately Will not all
that have he yours? Oh, do not delay
moment beyond the 10th of March,
hardly know how / shall wait even that
long-or, at least" he mentally added,
how my creditors WILL"
TO which Miss Harper replied.
"Well, will ask papa about it."
"Do, my darling; and now, farewell! 1t
is like tearing soul from booy to leave you
even for a short time. Thank my stars,
have got away at last - he muttered, as
he walked down the stairs.
Mr.. Clarence paid his friend, Mr.. Malvin
a somewhat early visit one morning, and
found him slipping his coffee and looking
at the newspaper.
"Have you heard the news, Malvin?r
exclaimed he.
'.No," replied TIE latter, laying aside
his paper, ''what Is itf Did you win at The
last Derby races, or discover new cut of
coat, or been fascinated by a pair of
bright eyes?'
'.No; you are entirely wrong. In the
FIRST place, you know that was not at the
Derby. Your second guess is still more
ridiculous, as trust always to be above