News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-02-15
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Wildly admired young 1laIU OIeuIualll,
who was very handsome, and wore
clothes that fittedhimperfectly. Through
their servant, who knew one of the
Grenthams' servants, the girls learned
that Master Platt was rather a wild boy,
and sometimes went on terrible sprees,
and that his father talked to him very
savagely, but the young ladies explained
to one another that probably rich young
men could not help occasionally being a
little wild, and Platt needed only a wife
to make him a model member of society.
As he was an only son, OF course he must
| some day become very rich.
One very rainy Sunday, Miss Eunice
Roysham happened to be the only one
of her family who attended service by
strange coincidence, Plat Grentham was
the only occupant of his family's pew.
The young man looked very forlorn, and
Miss Eunice imagined from his appear
ance that he had recently been more
dissipatsd than usual, and had been
driven to church by mixture of remorse
and repentance. She was quite right III
her suppositions, and as there We're no
PRAYER books in the Grentham pew, at
which the young man appeared much
disappointed, Miss Eunice timidly ven
tured to offer him her own. He tookit,
with a sad, but grateful smile, and after
service he returned it with a few words
of thanks, which the young lady dexter
ously made the beginning of a pleasant
| chat that lasted two or three minutes.
Within five minutes the entire Roy
sham family learned what had happened
and Mrs. Roysham had planned to go to
| New York the very next day and get at
| least two new dresses for Eunice she
also instructed her daughter to be more
distant in her manner toward the young
rector. who had been somewhat attentive
/ for a year, but whose salary was small.
| Between new dresses and new hopes,
| Miss Eunice looked quite pretty as she
| lounged on the lawn III the late after
noon, when every one was astir, and as
PIatt Grentham often walked past the
Roysham place and Miss Eunice was
often near enough to the hedge to be
accosted, pleasant acquaintance began,
which was not restricted by anything
the young lady said or did.
Young Grentham had apparently not
been as communicative as his admirer,
for his father. mother, and sister entirely
ignored the Royshams; still, rs Mr..
Roysham said, it was not intended that
Eunice should marry the whole family.
One evening, as Plat Grentham passed
the Roysham place, just at sunset, he
said to Eunice, who had evidently been
Watching for his appearance
The moon will rise in an hour. l
would greatly like to invite you to drive.
1t seems a shame to neglect such glori-
Gus weather, but my father is so careful
of his horses that he never allows them
to leave the stable at night except in
cases of absolute necessity"
''How odd!' said Eunice, with pref
ty laugh. My papa does not care when
our horses are out, or how late. " Then
she dropped her eyes a moment, and
finally said:
IF you really are very anxious to
drive, I am sure papa would be glad to
have you use his team, for he complains
that the horses do not get enough exer-
else"
Il should be only too grateful for
such a favor" said Grentham, eff I
could hope for Just one more"
"What Is that?" asked Eunice as in
nocently as if she did not know.
o 1t is that you will accompany me. -
Miss Euuice acceded with alacrity.
and when Grentham called, an hour
later, the horses were at the door and the
entire family in the parlor. Mrs. Roy
sham received the young man effusively,
Mr. Roysham was placidly courteous,
the young ladies adored mutely and
their brothers regarded their prospective
brother-in-law critically, so Grentham
was glad when finally he was on the road.
He drove carefully, talked pleasantly,
and although he did not make love, he
quoted some poetry, which, the family
agreed, was a good sign. A little gall
was poured into Eunice's cup of happi-
ness by the family servant, who had
heard that Plat Grcntham, besides be-
ing a hard drinker, was a gambler, and
/ had recently been put on very short
/ allowance of money by his father, but
] the young woman told herself that there
was all the more reason why he should
have spent an evening in her society and
out of temptations way.
Miss Eunice and the family horses
kept Grentham from bad company sew.
eraI times afterward, the only fault the
lady could find being that Grentham,
who always stopped a few moments at q
''Toad house to rest the horses, would
return smelling of liquor, although his
manner never became offensive. She
noticed, too, that he seemed to know
many ''fast" looking men who drove up
that way from the city.
One evening he rejoined her in the
parlor of the hostelry, and, looking
somewhat troubled, said:
cone of the horses has famed himself
in some way; I must ask you to let me
! take you home by train, and [ will come
/ down tomorrow for the team"
Emice acquiesced; she would willingly
have walked home by the side of Plat
Grentham, although the road was dusty
and the weather very hot. The railway
station was easily reached; Grentham
bought two tickets for Ridgeton, which
was only half dozen miles away, found
good seats, stuck the tickets in the cas-
ing Of the car window, and as the train
started asked Miss Eunice to excuse him
for moment that he might speak to an
acquaintance whom he had seen enter
another car
Grentham had not returned when the
train reached Ridgeton, so EImice hur-
ried out alone to meet him on the plat
form. But he was not there and finally
she walked home alone, to explain what
had happened and to say that her escort
had probably been carried past the sta
ton.
Neither Grentham nor the horses
were seen again in a week. so Roysham
finally went to the place indicated by his
daughter to look after his team He
found the animals looking remarkably
well, but they were at the pole of car
riage he had not seen before, and when
he attempted to take them, stout man
in n large diamond and thick cigar OBJ