Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-10-30

ance. Inc second, VINO was OF u
sufficiently attra3 3tive appearance,
dressed plainly, but well, and seemed
to enjoy excellent health. Mr.. Dexter
himself never alluded to them except
as "Clara" and "Annic;" and the
male visitors grew prodigiously anx-
ious to make their acquaintance. But
n week passed, and the foreign noble.
man, spring captains, tailors, money
lenders, and seedy honorables had not
succeeded in attaining the object OF
their aspirations. Matters were grow.
ing desperate, so the count was de.
puted to devise scheme which might
produce the desired effect
"Clara, my DEAR" remarked Mr..
Dexter one evening to the invalid,
"that black whiskcrcd Italian brigand.
looking chap, who calls himself a
count, wants us to join in n driving
excursion somewhere.
"Of course, you told him you'd dc
no such thing" answered the young
lady, somewhat fretfully.
Il said I'd ask you-not that cvcl
supposed that you'd mix with the
taGrag, and bobtall lot OF people Lhor,
are here
80 you're not going?" said the
other girl.
"Certainly not. Why?"
Nothing, but thought you might
like change in the mOnOtony," and
she rose and left the room.
81 wish to goodness some Italian
brigand or nobleman would take a
fancy to Annie" sighed the invalid
"Her temper is really unendurable
Italian counts are generally on the
lookout for heiresses. Why can't You
send her on this expedition instead Of
me? Nobody here knows that she
hasn't got farthing in the world. We
might get rid of her, and what bless.
ing that would bel"
81 am afraid you are getting unchar.
liable. 1t would however, be rather
sport to let those hungry fellows think
she is an heiress. But if | take her
what is to become of you?"
81 shall get on. The people are
amusing to look at, and Hannah will
take care of me. Besides, Annie pos
itively irritates me. | know SHE
thinks nursing such dreadful inllic'
ton"
''Havc it your own way, my dear
I'll tell the count that we shall be de-
lighted.
SO when the appointed day came
Mr.. Dexter, accompanied by Miss
Annie, and duly mounted on modor.
ately well-appointcd coach, was
piloted by the triumphant count to q
well-known shOw-place n dozen. miles
from Scarborough.
Mr.. Dexter omitted to inform Count
Splitzcntotl that the young lady under
his charge was not his niece at all, but
the daughter of a defaultng clerk
who had committed forgery and thcr
blown out his brains. Neither did he
say that she had not a SiXpcnce in the
world, or that he had allowed her tC
assume the name of Dexter, owing to
the disgrace which had stained that Of
her father. The excursion was there
fore highly enjoyable. The count had
asked the Baron Won Stufguzz tC
Join the party too, on the condition, OF
course, that he did not make himself
too agreeable to the pseudo-heireSs
and the rich Miss Mnngo and hel
mother had been invited for the
| baron's amusement. So, after inspect
ing some more or less interesting I'll.
ins, the party paired of in the grounds
the count, of course, monopOlizinG Miss
Dexter, and the baron Miss Mungo
while Dexter was left TO the tender
mercies of the chapcron. The latter
gentleman had decidedly tha worst oI
the bargain, for Mrs. Mungo, who had
originally been II Halifax mill-girl
subjected him to n crOss-eXamiDatior
of the most searching and irritating
description of about himself, his for
tune, his nieces, the amount of money
he intended to leave them, and, il
fact, all his most private and persona
affairs.
~ hope you enjoyed yourself, my
DEAR said Dexter to his protegee
somewhat grimly, when his torment'
were over, and he found himself once
more at the Regalia.
"Immensely,n answered the young
lady with much emphasis. "rhc cOun
is simply charming, and he is so wei
off; he has house in Paris, a villa ii
Cannes, and any amount of estates il
Lithuania and the Caucasus.
"a house in Paris and villa il
Cannes !" growled Dexter to himself
II must make further Inquiries
Miss Annie Dexter, once having in
serted the thin end of the wedge by get
ting an introduction t. thorough so
ciety, gave her guardi". - peace untl
he allowed her to go to the ever.rccur
ring balls, which were the almost daily
solace of the young men and maiden
at the various hotels. She has no diff
fculty in getting Mrs. Mungo, o.
some other alfable matron, to lool
after her, an arrangement which suitet
Dexter and his niece to perfection, a
thereby they got rid of her for the ev
ening, and were left to their owl
devices.
Everybody knows what Scar
borough hotel ball is. The guests o
a hotel ask those of another alternate
ly. There is usually gentleman VIII,
oficiates as master of the ceremonies
and introduces everybody, whethe
they like it or not. Hence one see!
young ladies of title revolving will
Hebrew money-lenders, ambitious
mammas gushing over their daughters
perfection to the managers of Haymar
ket restaurants, and respectable Brit
ish merchants worshipping at the shin
of French ballet.dancers and demi
mondaines, Miss Alace Dexter wa
not a young lady of very refined tastes
and this sort of thing suited her admir-
ably. Her various chaperons i'm
} pressed upon the company that sh
was the heiIess to untold wealth
and Dexter's millions made such
sensation that the young lady ha,
half dozen proposals in as many days
She herself did nothing to en1ightel
her many adorers as to the real stat
, of the case, as she was quite shrew,
} enough to know that any such state
: ment would most materially decreas
| both their number and ador. On tn
} contrary, as she generally borrowe,
Miss Clara's dresses and diamonds
: sometimes with and sometimes with
out her leave, she did her best to con
; firm the popular error.
| After few week of this sort of lif
, the counts attention became so ex
, ceedipgly marked that Annie began t.
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