The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1884-06-14
AN AMERICAN aEIREss.

AN AMERICAN aEIRESs.
Lady Frances Trimston was charm
ing. She was also clever, wonderfully
well-preserved, had natural complex
ion, moderate jointure, good milli-
ner, was a widow and had only one
child-a son.
She had experienced little care or
sorrow, for her husband was an old
man when she married him and he was
gathered to his fathers before he bee
anne very disagreeable. He was the
younger son of duke, and moderately
well off.
Lady Frances life-or, at least, her
widowed life-had been strewn with
roses and although she could have
settled down comfortably again, she
preferred to retain, as she said, her
freedom.
''It is so nice to marry an old man {;
you are a widow quite young, you
know" she murmured to her dear
friend, Glare Melton.
81 suppose it is, dear, sighed Clare,
whose husband was young scamp.
Few of us are perfectly content with
our lot, and Lady Frances had griev-
ance that marred sadly her happy but
terfly existence. Do what she could,
her son Jack would not marry.
"Dear Jack is so poor and 80 extra
VACANT, wonder what will be his
end ?" she sighed.
'IIe will marry rich girl, Of
course" said Glare.
cit is his duty to do so, as 1 tell him,
but he only laughs at me, " sighed Lady
Francis.
"Where is he now ?"
"Shooting Indians or buffaloes, OF
some other wild animals in America. u
"When do you expect him back ?"
81 am sure don't tknow-in month
or two, perhaps"
Jack Trimston had been out West
hunting buffaloes, shooting prairie
chickens, racing Mexican mustangs
and playing "poker" with the miners.
He had pleasant time of it, for he
liked America and Americans, and hi
was sorry to have to return so soon tt
England
But life in America is so expensive
and Jack, who had extravagant tastes
and knack of getting through money
had spent IN two months the sum ht
calculated would have lasted him fol
four, and was in the middle of the At
lantic, on board an Inman Liner, wheI
his mother told her friend that he wa;
shooting Indians and buffaloes. The
passengers on board were chiefly Am
ericans who were going to Europe OF
q pleasure trip. There were one o.
two pretty girls among them, and Jack
who was dangerous lady's man, com
menced a hot Irritation with one o
them before he was two days at sea.
Katie G. Brown was nice girl, an(
had pair of soft, brown eyes that al
ways did great execution-when the!
opened flre-and they did now upoI
Jack. The Brown party consisted o
three, for, beside Katie G. Brown, ther,
was Mary L. Brown-a fine, honest
American girl, with no pretense Il
beauty, but with look Of strength anC
character about her homely face-ant
Samuel Washington Brown, who haC
made money in Frisco in the good ole
days of gold mining and wild specula
tion. He invested part of it in sill
yer mine in Nevada, which turned out
q gigantic success. and Samuel was nov
worth his good S5.000.000.
Jack Trimston was pretty deep in tn
iniricacies of hard Irritation witt
Katie G. Brown before he heard wht
Samuel was. 1t was his friend Gen
eral G. Jones who enlightened him.
81 guess, stranger, that girl has go
a heap" he said.
"a heap of what ?" asked Jack, care
lessly.
"a heap of dollars. 1 calculate Sam
uel W. Brown is worth a million o
your money. 1 always heard he hat
only two children-daughters. 'Spos,
that brown-eyed friend of yours will
have her half million of pounds"
Jack Trimston was astonished.
"By Jove if my mother heard o
this fortune she would go mad l'' h,
calculated to himself. "Fancy, half ;
million of money! Ye gods what fur
should have spending 1t l''
The Brown party landed at Queens
town and went on to Killarney, whilt
Jack came over to London. 1t was ar
ranged when they parted that th'
Browns would write to tell him of thei
arrival in London, and Jack had prom
ised to show them the sights and MAKE
things generally pleasant.
Lady Trimston was delighted to hav'
her dear Jack back again. He wa
looking, too, she thought, so hand SOM
and so bronzed.
ANY girl would fall in love will
him, my DEAR" she said, complacently
to her bosom friend. Clare Melton.
10 can be very nice when he likes,
urmured Clare.
Jack, who wanted money badly, wa
4 very nice Just now to his mother. Ht
described to her his experiences Of Am
er1can girls, and Lady Francis was
deeply interested in everything relating
to her sex.
. "They are really pretty, and not al