The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-03-22

| pefeu IN uef edfr Vut very Ere1'
deal.n
"weIl. do you suspect the real name
of our friends"
1.-THE real name?"
"Yes. Well Mr.. !Savthe, Is Hon
Of Beacon street, Boston. The
family have just returned from Eu'
rope. and come here incognito for q
few weeks Of rest before going to thei'
Newport villa"
Archie was silent with surprise.
| Vow" continued the lady. don't
let this he known until after they
have left Dover-then I think you
may have q little sport out Of H."
do you suppose ! shall ever see
them again. or lie permitted to visit
them, after my mothers rudeness:"
asked Archie.
'why not, YOU are no; to blame for
il. theyshave been amused. but are too
weIl-brei To show resentment to you
| on her account"
But Archie, despite Miss Changers
assurances, went home that evening
| de.pondent The Smythss were per-
fectly cordial. bat they made no ailu.
sion 10 continuance Of the acguaint-
| ance.
After their departure Archie became
moody, and as his mother termed ii,
provoking" He did not make his
knowledge Of the real name and social
status of the Smythes known To any
one Dover was more than ever disa-
greeabie To him, and he spent his
time in reading, ia his own room. or
camping out la the woods. and he
seemed Indifferent To MIS-. Mauches-
ter's returning strength Of nerves.
So weeks passed ON until early Au-
tu,nn, when the young man avowed
his intention of going down 10 Boston
to find "a place in Law Office, a re-olu-
ton that was hailed with pleasure 10y
his father. and To which bis mother
gave silent consent.
And then the announcement came
from Archie that he had secured
most desirable position In a law.firrn,
rs n younger partner. through the
generosity of Mr.. Manchester Sr.
Mrs. Manchester was pleased 10 visit
Boston a few months after Archie was
established there. She found him thin.
pale, nervous. and as one Of the elder
members of the law-firm he had en-
tered, said working day and night,
and avoiding all social pleasures"
At this the young man smiled, and
replied that society hal no attractions
for him, and work WAS pleasant"
One afternoon. with his mother on
his arm. he strollei up Beacon street
during the fashionable hour of prone
made. Suddenly she was conscious
that Arches arm trembled aud saw
his face flush ~ lie bowed To two la
dies just entering a carriage drawn up
before IA spacious private mansion.
She looked the SECOND time IT the
ladies', stopped a moment invoianta-
rally. ami then moved on asking
bre;ithlessly:
Archie who are those Indies ."
Mrs. and Miss he replied.
Not the Hou-wife, ard daugh-
ter"
The same, and your Ambiguous
SIhyihes'
Archie, my opinion is--that-I
shall faint! How long have you
known this"
Not until it was too late for you 10
I've well enough tn call upon them IN
Dover" said the young man with "a
suspicion nf bitterness in his voice.
Have you called upon them here" |
Never. nor do intend To, until | |
avn in position through my own
efforts to 10 sO-perhal> never"
You forget your fathers wealth, |
and oursespectabi!iiy."
Don't. mother. they have not |
given me the slightest intiniafion of Il !
desire Ia have me visit them"
Nrs. Manchester did not faint. She |
soon after, however. returned To- |
Dover with subdued manner, and |
with n good Jea! of impres-rucnt, di- |
vulged To her confident Martha thst |
fer once, she had formed an erron- |
eous opinion, and was willing To say |
she regretted she had not been polite |
10 the Boston folks that were at the |
Clarendon the previous summer. |
Just TO think oft. Martha, I might |
have entertained the Hon. family" |
From Martha this news went at |
speed through Dover, and |
Mrs. Manchester's friends said. 1T |
was such a pity, ''and wv. all thought |
they were distinguished looking peo-
pie.
The following Thanksgiving,
Archie wrote q day or two in advance
that he could not take his dinner in |
Dover, that he had promised Aunt
Jule' 10 spend the day with her AT the
hotel where she was wintering in /
Boston,"
Mr.. Manchester. Sr. smiled at this
although ne expressed
regret at Archie's first absence at
that time-honOred fesiivity in his own
home
Miss Granger had only been n few
days IN Boston when she sent for Ar
chic, and since devoted himself a. her:
but neither hal alluded To- Laura or
her family Judge then OF his sur
prise when he entered Miss Granger
apartment. Thanksgiving day, Ia find
HAT young lady seated with hi old
friend, smiling, rosy. gracious. and
happy. His embarrassment s0nn
wore oil, and the three had a merry
chat aud some music. whirh remind
ri them all Of certain Summer even
ngs in hilltop town some month,
Miss Laura said her parents were in
or she could not have
spent Thanksgiving with "hsar Aunt
jule.n
As the evening advanced. Laura
that her carriage did not
arrive. that John Thomas had forgot
sh Na- ''t- 1
strained To offer his services as escort
a the fair maiden. and she demureiy,
,ut with a little twinkle Of her eyes AT
heir hostess. accepted.
And so this handsome. pleasant.
md gracious young couple started Off .
irm in arm for long walk, OF n clear,
old, moonlight night.
Its result may be imagined, although
I was not immediate. YES, Laura
.ould pardon Archie's mother" and
why should he consider il presnmp-
ion for him 10 ask her In marriage"
mi ''above all, why had he moi visit
d her. ETC.. etc.
To all of which Aunt julie said:
"WelI. / had to bring those two
'oung people together. [ sent word
q the coachman not tn come Noon
ighr is wonderful agent in love mat
ers." and II wonder what Mrs. Arch
bald Manchester's opinion will be of
Ter sons marriage in one Of the best
antilles in the old commonwealth"
Aw0MANS EXPERIENCE.