Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-06

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distastcful to Frank Hcnnikcr Like
most men, no matter how fast" he
had looked forward iu his inner heart
20 time In the failure when he should
nnd woman who truly loved him and
should settle down into A auiet life and
DC very happy; agd this ideal tho
Ihought OIL marrying for money dis.i-
Pa'eu' mat u would be possible for
MN so To do he had not the slightest
SouOt' Without being c1ncci,cG ne yet
knew that he was more than tOlerN w
good-lOOking. gentleman and pos
seSsed OF manners and beating that in
Sured MN, at any rate among the
younger members Ot his acquaintance,
a hearty welcome wherever ne went.
nut To marry Tor money 10 give up all
ms sentimental IDEAS Of finding dispo-
sition that would be thoroug hly con
gOhal 10 RS own--to marry n girl who
an all probability would not have a
single thought or feeling ia common
Win him-this was Indeed. bitter
pill TO swallow.
III was, howoVcr. no time for nambv-
Pamoy sentiment. Ruin WAS STARING
MN IN tho face and disgrace was not
so very Tar behind but that he could see
the coming shadow. Thore could be
no doubt about 70; he must marry for
money. DisaIrceablc rs the phys,c
was, u must DO taken. and upon whom
should his choice fallP
Cogitating thus within himself nj.
eye Tell upon n letter in n rack .nls,ve
The chimnoy-piecc. the address of which
was written In n pretty feminine hand
surely here was the very thinyi That
same morning he had received nm invi-
tation from an exceedingly wealthy cot
Ton spinner In Manchester. 10 WHOM, M
had recently had the opportunity az
Deing OF some service Ia town. asfing
hlm 10 spend Whltsuntide with linn
ms cotton spinner was n widower. and
had ON only child. daughter. Tbougbt-
fully Hcnnikcr opened the letter AMI
Tead IL through. The contents ran
thus: ~"
an ". MibIASns, Orusnupv. MAY IL H..
B1AH MA. HENNtEEU. papa r,r whom I
am acting a. secretary, wishes 81 knoN M -,
vii do us tho pleasure or niin, ~ ~ NJ gul
tide herr. Hc "a Understood. THINK from via,
~ Nv, s,ua Nhen ne VS. IN town, that you wcro
1s know When ard hy what train we msy 90 ~.
peo, YOU tho carriage sh ~ meet Won M the
honcs 80, I ape sonds his Mind regards aud
truly. i,tv NJ M , y"uss WY
Lilly unused IIennikcr, as he laid
uown the lettrr-"a rNtty name, And
~ Is a nice ladylikp hand she writes. |
wonder what sho Is likeP Just the on
posite OF the name, I dare sav-.a short.
Stout awkward girl with large red
nanus aud tremendous feet. who bushes
toarfully whenever she Is addressed and
hasn aJvord To say for herself. il is
not ditiicult % understand what the
daughter OF an uncultivated cotton.
spinner, brought up under the extreme.
~ refining influence of Manchester s,,-
society, will be- like. OR PERTAINS She il
one OF the loud school. bold md mas
culine, n perfe,t boy I'm pett coats
Ihero's something rather free and easy
about the letter, now I come to tbint
OF 10, though il II written so nicely
However, rs have decided that She "a
10 % my future wife. IL is scarcely wise
60 pull her To pieces. I'm in for the
race now and IL would only be the act
OI very foolish man to deprcciate the
prize aad. pulling writing-case
towards nm, lie hastily wrote an ac-
ceptancu ot Mr. MaitlanFs kind invita-.
uon, promising To be in Manchester on
the uay but one afterwards.
was with no very pleasant feel.
feelings that Frank Hcnnikcr travelled
uoWn irum EustOn on the day appointed.
MT Maitland was not mt home. the
butter Who opened the door nj the Mid.
lAhds informed him. not having vet rr-
turned from business. but Miss Matt
land was in the drawing-room. II he
would be pleased TO walk that way:
and thithcr accordingly he directed his
steps. AS he entered. n tall, fair Girl of
ABOUT twenty-five rose from her seat nj
the lar end of the room, whore she had
been reading, and advanced 10 meet
him.
She was very flerent from his an
ticipations, he thought. n he shook
hands with her. This was certainly not
the common. signifcant-looking Girl
no had prepared himself To see. On
tho contrary. she was infinitely moro
ladylikc. both in her appearance and
manner, than many Of the aristocratic
friends he had left in London. and She
had one OF the sweetest faces ne Thought
he bad ever seen. With easy grace She
bade him well ONE To the house. exrus-
ing her fathers abs nee rs a matter of
necessity. and then she r sumed hcr
scat and .hey entered into conversation.
lnstinctively during IL all Hennikcr fell
mat her clear, brown eyes were scruti-
mixing him closely. that she was. AZ a
Wore, summing HIM up and making n
mental estimate of his value. He BEGAN
10 take an interest in the girl, and the
more so because he felt that he had
previously done her an in Justice.
=, Inc butler came in presently TO show
hennlher To his room. and. when the
young man went back. he found Miss
maitland with her hat and Jacket ON.
thought you would perhaps like
10 look round the grounds IL YOU are
said. '"0
He answered that he should be only
TOO pleased, and they at once sailed
out together.
Going along she gave him little de.
scriptons OF the neighborhood. showed
him her canine pets. the hon SEES. et
cetera, and did her best TO entertain
him. Henniker found himself listening
In way that be could hardly have be-
leved possible. The girl had n wonder.
fully attractive manner. She was so
easy and unaffected, 50 thoroughly nm
conscious that she was beautiful and
stylish, so different from the parrot-oirls
oil society whom he had previously met.
and yet 80 completely their equal Ia the
inner attributes Of good society. in grace
and refinement. with tenfold morn
depth OF character aud cultivation. that
Henniker enjoyed his walk as he had
never enjoyed any walk before. He nj.
most forgot that his companion was
only an unc1ltivated cotton-spinner's
daughter
II was about live o'clock when thew
bad finished their rounds aud tea was
served In the drawing-room. Henniker