Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-09-25

He found Miss Gladmyr delightful
reader, but, for some reason best
known to himself, he hated to let her
read to him half as long or as often
as would have been agreeable to him.
Oriella saw this, and frankly told
him of it.
'sYou are very silly not to make
the most of any generous impulses /
may have,' she exclaimed lightly.
81 am not often given to benevolent
acts. AS for my falling in love with
you-if that is what you fear-why,
set your mind entirely at rest.
You're not at all well-looking man,
according to my standard of mascu-
line beauty, and Maud tells me that
you are not-well, what I call rich,
and except that you dance divinely,
and have the manners of a gentle
man, and-just now-several broken
bones, there's nothing interesting
about you that any young woman
should fall in love with you
"Thanks, Miss Gladmyr," laughed
Lance when she ended her gay little
mockiug speech, 'tfor being kind at
all to so uninteresting an old fellow
as myself
"Not at all. You know it is aw-
full for Maud to have you on her
hands in this way, and decency COM
pels me to help her take care of you
in any way | can. | cannot do
much, but nearly every one likes to
hear me read, and since you enjoy it,
too, why you and Maud must make
the very most you can out of my
small charity"
II intend to after this" said
Lance, cody. "You do read very
WE'LL"
eyes; it is my one accomplish
ment. Once / dreamed of making
fame and fortune by it. Now l
know an easier way to get the fort
une"
"Yes?' questioningly.
''Yes; to marry it. | never in
tend to marry any man who cannot
count his money by the hundreds of
thousands"
"Indeed Do you tell me that
for fear that 1 should fall in love
with you?"
"Oh, no." retorted Orilla, non
chalantly. 81 know there is not the
slightest danger of such a thing.
You dislike me too much.''
son the contrary, 1 do not dislike
you, Miss Gladmyr; but | do not
approve 70, Of ..n the same. Your ideal
woman is a sweet, shy, clinging con-
ventional little creature, who has
never been tested in the cruicble of
the worlds fires. l am-oh, almost
everything your ideal woman should
not be !"
Lance laughed again. They were
nearer being friends than ever be-
fore.
'sAnd now that you have painted
my ideal woman, would you mind
depicting your ideal man?''
''Oh, he is tall, very tall and slen-
der, with piercing eyes and white
hair and beard, and an enormous
bank account"
II see the money question still
prevails" said Lance, with slight
saIcaIm.
Oriella opened her beautiful eyes
very wide.
"Why, of course it does. The
ambition of my life is to mary rich
/ am firing you, I'll come again tc
read just after dinner. We under
stand each other now, don't we
We may as well be friends"
) Lance smiled and held out hi:
l we'll hand to her.
1t was nearly winter before Ma.
Croft was desolated by the departure
t of its guests, and Maud Sanborl
went up to town with Miss Gladmy
without being able to discover tha
: her two cousins admired each othe
: one whit more than when they frs
v met. Still, as Oriella remained il
u New York for the season, instead O
II returning to her home in Baltimore
they two saw great deal Of eac
e other, and grew, slowly, more an
Is more confidential friends, until i
u March, something of Importance be
% fell Oriella, she made Lance the frs
sharer of her secret.
le ssBe sure and be at Mrs. Chande
is lor's dinner-you said there wa
h some doubt about it-because | wal
: to introduce you to Jarvis jerome
| have attained my ambition at las
He is almost millionaire, and ha
D asked me 20 marry him. of cours
| gracefully and gratefully said
la would. l want you to congratulat
me. ". O.
~ Those were the hastily-scribble
m lines she sent Levering; and Leve
in ing threw them into the fire with
TO muttered curse.
s. sWhat do | care that she has el
I'd gagged herself to Jarvis Jerome?'
It. questioned of himself, fercely bitir
s. his lip until the red blood sprung
his pearly teeth. And then he wro
s, his regrets to Mrs. Chandelor, pacI
d. ed a satchel and went out of tow
C. for week.
as When he got back he went straigl
e. to see Oriella and congratulated he