South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-08
HER FACE HER FoRTUNE

" belle. She was verv handsome
and the only child Of a millionaire
She dressed perfectly and had every
possible accomplishment.
When she entered aroom she some
how threw ali the other girls Into
shadow. a crowd gathered about
her chair, and recognized beauties
poutcd in Indignation at their neglect.
Whether Sue would have beon SO
much admired had she not been an
heiress, it would have been hard to-
say; but size had had, on an average.
twenty offers of marriage since She
came oat,' and had not yet accepted
any one rs her chosen husband,
though she was three.and twenty
Perhaps the pleasure She took in her
hell!ehood WAS too great
AT last, however, almost Oh her
twenty fourth birthday, she met Mr..
Evan Plantaganet, a young exquisite
OF the aesthetic type, aud urged on by
his mother and all his many sisters,
engaged herself to him with her FL.
| TIERS consent. . >
When she did this, one young
heart sorely ached-tbat OF her fur. a.
way cousin Roderick Blair, a.pllysi-
cian new. fedScd, who lived with bis
| mother in a pretty country town in
Devonshire. He paled and moped,
and his mother knew well what trou-
bled him.
why did you never speak to Ella9'
she said. How do you know she
could not-have liked your
She was too rich, mother said
Roderlck, gloomily. 4 could not
seem to be Il !or;ane-huntcr | would
not owe so much to a wife
Not il size loved your asked the
mother.
Bat the son would have no more
tal6 about the matter. The airl ne
! vor could have been his lie him.
sell DID not underdtand why he should
teel more unhappy than before. Per
haps X was because, nc his mother
said, he lid not Know but that she
might Lave liked lin.
And Mr.. Evan ,Pantaganet ex,nb.
tied his prize i'll public, and bis moth.
or nnd sisters boosted OF his engage
ment 10 'tie daughter OF hir. Lowe
the we'll known millionaire.
Suddenly there came a crash; q
startling piece of news petrified the
fashionable world. 1t wns altered by
every tongue and published III every
newspaper.
The millionaire Lowe had embark
ed III specuation, and his millions
were gone.
The great house was closed. AIR.
Lowe aud his daughter went 20 live
on an upper floor, IN plain street,
and the mother OF Evan Plantaganet
declared herself shocked at the old
mnn'e deception. In fact, the young
man himself was horiif ied * tho situa.
ton OF bis prospective father.in law
aud having draw!od out suhdry re-.
proaches, WAS offered his freedom
which ne tool. at once
ELLA wts free and poor. itpderlck
blair, III his coun;ry home, heard the
news. 4 few hours afterwards he wac
1T loves door.
lie found Ella as bright as ever
IN fact size bad long since grown wca.
ry OF PlantagaDet and his affections
She wore q pretty dress and smiled
aud chattcd gaiy. The humble
ROOMS were pleasant and VOL -arrabg.
ell. Never had l;oderick passed 81
| Pleasanter evening. He returned
home fall OF hope and happiness.
Bat though he felt himself honor
cd by the privilege OF visiting in that
humble abode, most of Elias admir-.
crs and all her fashionable LADY,
friends, but three. gradually dropped
her. Size was no longer belle.
When she accepted an invitation
She found herself treated like othor
girls. The lesson WAS salutary. II
her vanity was hrrt her good sense
improved.
One pleasant winter day she accep
ted the hand of RoGcricI Blair. II
might be long engagement, for
both we're poor, but they trusted each
other.
Meanwhile Mrs. Blair was de-
. lighted. Size came down often aud
} brought all the village news. a.
mougst other things u description Oh
the splendid new house a rich man
whose name she did not know. was
building on the very next piece OF
land TO that on which Der own brown
cottage stOod.
1t was marvel Of perfection, thor.
oughIy well appointed in every way
ana 1t was now being furnished from
roof To basement iu the most elegant
manner. The furnishing did not
come at first, OF course Indeed. il
tool: six months 10 arrive at that poiLt
ANA a stained glass window in the
!. lmll, AMI conservatory thoroughly
stocked, brought the old lady down
ON special visit
Mr.. Lowe was always interested in
her account of the blacC