Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-28

important parsonage present on tnat
occasion.
He was tall, somewhat pale young
man, of good manners, quite well bred,
undemonstrative, moderately good
looking; and, as Mrs. Fenno very justly
remarked, apparently of no conse-
quence in the world" His name was
George William Smally, and no one
seemed toknow anything about him
as Mrs. Fenno again remarked, "prob-
ably because there was nothing to
know, for she never had met such a
nonentity in all her life."
His host and hostess, when ques-
toned on the subject, answered care
lessly that he was young Englishman
making his first visit to America. who
had brought letters of introduction
from friends of theirs on the other
side.
This nonentity had quick eye,
however, and before Sara Fenno had
been in the room five minutes, he had
singled her out from all the young
ladies present and proceeded imme-
diately to fall in love with her. That
is why he seemed to her, if to none
else, a person of very great import
ance.
believe I have omitted to mention
that Sara was beauty. The fact was
so carefully concealed by her step
mother that the girl was scarcely
conscious Of it herself, so that I had
almost forgotten it. And then Sara
was not one of those resplendent,
dazzling beauties, who challenge ad-
miIation and shine out like the sun
with light that cannot be hidden.
She was rather like some pale star,
whose luster, s5ure and white, would
be perceptible only to eyes accustomed
to read the heavens.
Mr.. Smally was SO lucky as to pos
sess such eyes, and they discovered
Sara. He. devoted himself to her
during the whole evening with a per-
tinacity which provoked the ridicule of
Mrs. Fenno and her two daughters,
for the gentleman was too unimport-
ant for his evident admiration of Sara
to cause them anger.
On the next day he called, having
received permission, and the pointed
manner in which he sent his card to
Miss Fenno called forth new bursts of
ridicule as soon as he was gone.
From that time forward he was
known to the satirical stepmother and
her daughters by the title of "Sara's
Young Man." and many and varied
were the impertinences which the
young girl was OBJ ged to endure be-
cause of his attentions.
But as time passed Mrs. Fenno
ceased laughing at "Sara and her
young man." In her own forcible if
not elegant language, it was quite evil
dent that Mr.. Smally "meant business"
and being a "person of no conse-
quence," she soon concluded that he
couldn't oblige her more than by car
rying off her troublesome stepdaugh-
ter, whom she detested. 1t mattered
not to her that he was probably some
adventurer under the mistaken i'm
preston that Sara mn-S have money.
She didn't care if they started in
garret together, since she would take
good care that Fenno should give Sara
nothing more than the clothes she was
married in"
She therefore began to smile on Mr..
Smally's visits, and continually praised
the prospect of the coming marriage
when she alluded to the subject in her
husbands presence.
Whether Rehoboam Fenno under
stood his wife's tactics or not, he GER
tainly gave his consent very warmly
when Mr.. Smally asked for his daugh-
ter's hand; and Sara made no effort to
conceal her joy from her lover. Per
haps she was precipitate in her accept
ance, for she knew nothing of George
Smally, save what her eyes and heart
could tell her, and she neither spoke
nor thought of settlements or of pro-
vision for the future, or any Of the
hundred etceteras of that sort which
properly brought up young lady ought
to have considered.
So they were married, Mrs. Fenno
doing all that she could to hasten the
bridal; and when the marriage was
announced in all the next days papers
Sara was as much amazed as her step
mother to learn that her husband was
the Hon. G. w. Smally, second son Of
Lord Fitzroy, of England. She began
pretty little speech, reproaching her
husband for his double dealing and
wicked deceit; but as her lips were
presently called on for other duties, the
little speech was broken off and never
finished.
As for Mrs. Fenno, she went into a
fit of violent Mysteries from rage, while
the eldest Misses Morse turned SO many
different colors that they have not yet
quite recovered their natural COM
plexions.
aAnd you knew it, too," screamed