Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-10-04
How to Woo a Woman.
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MRS. Mattleway, was not yer,
pretty woman, but she did no
need beauty to make her attrac
tive to gentlemen. As she was
widow instead Of a maid, sh'
could look her admirers full il
the face without blusbing A,
Toy her figure, that spoke for it
self so well that many maiden'
coveted it, as Mrs. MsttlewaJ
well knew.
Her greatest attraction, how
ever, according to many gontle-
men who admired her, was the
house she lived in, for it belonged
to her, it was in very good
street, 1t was tastefully furnished
and there was no mortgage on it,
So Mrs. Mattleway was the re-
cipient Of innumerable attentions,
most of which she enjoyed. II
was only when men proposed
that Mrs. AIattleway did not en-
Joy their society. She had been
married once, and so dreadful
was her mistake on that occasion
that she did not intend to repeat
1t. A spirited woman who il
nearly thirty mist interest her.
self in something il she hasn't a
husband, so Mrs. Mattleway
made attempts at business. She
invested little money in q man.
ufacturing enterprise, and she
took such solid comfort from ex-
aminations Of balance sheets and
weekly statements that she was
sure she had q head for business;
she therefore began to make ven-
lures in the stock market.
The inevitable results followed,
and the first Of them was that
Mrs. Mattleway became an en-
thusiastic gambler Two or three
times she succeeded; for her
broker. Platt Winston, was a
very shrswd fellow, as even his
enemies admitted; beside, he bad
hopes of persuading Mrs. Mattle-
way to reverse the decided mo
she had spoken to him on another
subject year or two before. No
one who is possessed of a single
idea can help talking of it to
every one. So Mrs. Mattleway
began to make the stock market
a subject Of conversation with her
acquaintances. One Of these, a
journalist, named Barth, had
known so many persons afflicted
with the Wall street malady that
be recognized the symptoms in
Mrs. Mattleway's case at once,
and did all he could to discou4
age the lady's mania. But be
did not succeed. Mrs. Mattle-
way laughed cruel little laugh
and ventured deeper than before.
When her ready money failed to
keep good her margins she mort
gage her tenement houses; then
che mortgaged her own residence;
finally she gave her individual
notes, which Winston discounted.
Then the crash came. ''The
bottom fell OUT of Watertie pre-
fsrred, and Mrs Mattleway found
herself almost pennlless. Whis-
ton called upon her. nobly offer
ed to extricate her from all her
difficulties (which he could easily
do, as all her money had gone in
to his own bank accounD, and
asked in return only that she
would rescind the dreadful mo
or yess or two before
Mrs. Mattlewny sent Winston
away sorrowful; she had endured
him only as a shrewd broker, but
he seemed not to have been even
that. She heard her door bell
ring--could ii be a visitol? A
servant came 10 the door OF hel
chamber, but shs would not lel
even o servant see her face. She
merely put her hand to the edg,
Of the door and took letter; i
contained, beside a package, th,
following:
DEAR Mas. MATTLEwAY I wan
TO confess to some underbant
proceedings and pray for forgive
ness. l have for months beel
bribing Whiston's book -keepe
to let me know the extent of you
ventures, and have obtainec
much more alarming information
than / had expected.
1t is so seldom that a man cal
be Of genuine service to a lad,
that / have unspeakable plsasur
in asking you to make use of in
closed Government bonds, of Tia
face value OF $50, 900; for as man
months or years as you like.
For fear you may suspect m
OF selfish motives and persona
designs, shall start for Europ
in the morning by the City .
Timbuctoo, and remain abroa
for an indefinite time. Shoul
yon change your nams before
return p ease Say to the fortunat
man. for me, that he ought to /
the happiest being alive. Yer
respectfully,
CLEMENT BARrH.
Mrs. Mattleway started agai
to cry, but her rising spirits g
the better Of her rising tears, an
she went into an ecstacy {
laughter. Here was a man, il
deedl Gould she accept b
money! She would, at any rat,
but ohl for q chance to thar
him---to apologize to him for hi
ing even thought him like 9th,
men, though how could she hay
avoided it when she often d.
faefad him in the act of eveir