Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-01-20

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L will come up with Eliza next
Monday, and no doubt, I may get
permission to go through it with
you"
"Delia htfulw' said Mrs. Blair;
a dore handsome houses."i
Ella smiled; and the result was
that the following Monday Mr. Lowe,
hearty and happy as in his palmiest
days, offered his arm to Mrs. Blair,
and leaving the young people to fol
low, escorted her from her own quiet
home to the elegant new mansion.
The man who was carefully polishing
the stone porch, opened the door
for him, and all four entered.
Certainly a handsomer, and yet
a more home-like house, could not
have been found in all America.
Mrs. Blair was in raptures. Roder-
ick, looking down at Ella, said:
MY dear, wish 1 could give you
such a home;" and she answered:
"Ah Roderick, / wish 1 could
bring such home with me when L
come to you"
Mr.. Lowe, heard and paused with
a smile. -
"Say you so, children" he cried
"Well, then, my dears, if you like it,
I will give it to you. Take it and
enjoy it."
1t seemed witticism, at which
they all laughed, and they went
home together happy and friendly.
and took tea in the widows cottage.
After the meal was over, Mr.. Lowe
once more brought up the subject of
the new house. a4
"Would you really like to live
there, coed Ella" he asked, $50 far
from town and all it's gayeties?"
''Papa, hate town." said Ella ga
country life and true, honest friends
for me-"
81 agree with you, child" said Mr..
Lowe.
THE world is very hollow, society
very unsatisfying to the soul, yet it
is not usual to feel that while we are
young"
ave have had our experiences.
1 think they are sufficient But,
dear friends, have confession to
make. The story of my total loss of
fortune was an exaggeration. / lost
fifty thousand dollars, it is true, suffi-
cient for foundation for the rumor.
1 fostered it, and played the ruined
man to perfection, My motive, was
to save Ella from a fortune-hunter,
and to give her to good man who
really loved her. She has found
him.
my dears, get married as soon as
you like. The house yonder was
built for you. You, Mrs. Blair, will,
of course, live with your son, and
you must fiud room for me some
where within its walls, dear madame.
| / think we will all be very happy to-
gether. There, no talk about it now.
You have engaged yourself to rich
woman against your will, Roderick,
and will have to put up with it."
And he took his daughter away,
wrapped in her fur-lined cloak, and
smiling back at her lover.
Again the millionaire Lowe was
nine days wonder IN the city of New
York. Again the fashionable world
offered his invitations, and Evan
Plantaganet's mother went to call
on dear Ella, and tell her how
ssPlantaganet regretted the misunder-
standing;" but she found wedding
party assembled in the little par
lor, and discovered that Ella had
been Mrs. Blair for nearly half an
hour. She had self-possession enough
to present her congratulations, and
retire speedily She was not wanted,
and the late belle quite understood
what had brought her there. For
her part, she was happier than she
had been in those days of adulation
and fattery, and would not have ex-
changed her true and loving hus-
band for all her train of admirers,
for all the hollow world could offer.
And yet she was glad to bring
Roderick a fortune as we'll as her
heart, and he knew her too well now
not be glad also, if only for her sake.