Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-25
NOT so BAD AFTER all.


had rcwardtd Ernliy cummings seiapAI9
.,,.7 s,o having heen for months an ERNEST
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Ji'PV'''0i' "NN9 '''~' '-'0 ~ 80 &
of tenderness that vas perfect III It's way
She was q belle and beauty, but, to give
tbc roor eelJnu, bis dino he wac not verv
niucA III rove himself ''1>' '1s-4 moreover
faint tleeting notion that his 100000 had
more 10 do with her acceptance than any
purely personal merit Of ais own
However, the marriage III all human
probability would have taken place, and
nv little love story been entirely ni9red il
the bud. had !, not been for the grin hand
OF fate, which beckoued the unfortunate
Con 10 q watering-p!acc, on Al fishing ex-
c,1rsion ostens;biy bur ia reality to fan in
love With nretty iiItle Mabel Gordon.
He met her a, some VILLAGE gathering.
and II hains- y liked principle Of his 10 at
tapb himself 10 the prettiest girl in the
room he in the Yrlssrit case adhered TO his
D1rpose with a rigj,lity which would have
been extremely aulrsiag only that ii 50
soon became serious. Tor after two or three
meetings had followed the rustic soiree,
Master Con was fairly infatuated, and in
no,eut Mabel began to think that her ideal
hero had STEPPED out from his castle III
the mir and taken earthly lodgings for-
ever and ever more.
For Il week the dream was bright and
un5isturbed: then Con began to fee! I'M
CON for;shIe.
With the prospect Of being married TO
one eirI in month, he vas hardly dishou-
or-,hia enough 10 rroucse the same course
Win 8nothe2: but being neither yerv clever
nor original he couldn't see the slightest
Ioonl, ia No Ly wav Of inspiration. per-
han. he fingered on at Nabel's side: and
sha Moor child wa. hagry in the vneer-
Sa;n ,
OF course pe9u!e talked. as thew ALWAYS
do talk. and s,ius more daring than the
rcst crc1rn oasepd Con. and looked unit
tarahia tbin&s sg tha,, snake Of Nabais
fT,r,r,,s ,i'''' % 90 ''->' -
lives with her father and mother? Oh.
ve, Int then thew don't Lapnen 70 be her
fatbpr and nother She is theirCaughter
daI5rhtcr and IS to who was her flthar-
wall we ,}on't EDov, and the BIairs lake
care to ,5iva no no Information.
Then Con was Awf,.Iiy angry.
He was lust vcrn.- enough 10 be Qufxotic,
AMI If c1ursa he wanted 10 MARI her.
sine or no shame; to take his lille star
faced sngaI to him self for eyer!pOre-to
tra,,,..,.,nf his Little laid da;3y to 3 more
Jryuriont soii
~ WEI, ,Trnt ~, IN sec her with letter from
En;I,. Cnrnmings in lis noelset end an
omiu1rs uuilrv feeling about his heart.
{" nv loyrl hut thjs Is a clel1;u., srraDs.
Those Cun,rin,-yrs viii be after me l;le a
Toc,, (r vTIjtnrrqe but al I knnv,is hat I'm
no., have a vile il DONE ret aIabel Cor
,Io,,
S1 viii, trn,nFlirs determination he
went into Lr7 Internationally Mabel with
:
hair fnIIinr around her like a glorious
golden cloud.
II Thought you would come" she said,
sbyly, the color family flushing her fair
cheaE. And then, though nature hadn't
made him SO, Con Eel. more utterly foolish
than ever.
As il ] could stay away" he answered,
half reproachiuIIv: then added, patheti
cally, at least, until l have 10. for IN
goins away in a day or two"
suppose Mabe! had the natura. coq0et-
tisLness 0f her sex; but At that particular
mCmely 1t deserted hc- entirely. Her eyes
wandered down the road, and she leaned
more heavily than cyer against the garden
gate.
81 Oh are vOu very faint and tIcGlu-
l0us, sHe murmuTea.
Yes; bat III come back again i any
one wants me
She stole one quick glance 81 him from
under tier doWneast Ids.
Do you want ne, Mabel? Shall come
back TO you ?'
No answer came from the parted bps,
but think he knew She wanted nm, tor,
leaning over the garden gate, he answered
her silence by saying Very well, dear.
III be oack in very hale while and YOU
viii be waiting for me. wont you? ?"
wa M C,.TL I'd Z he
Of it.
ANY other girl would have preferred .
1,,0r.. lDcid rroUosaI but poor lftjIo Mabel
had one Of those Tlre natures which are
satisfied to Give sl and take almost nothing
TO love rre-emineDtlv. uerte,;tlv and
raeafva in return . fIiftuar iuaad Of after
ton
The world doesn't contain q great many
like her. and + for one. am heartily glad.
l think the women who hold their own,
and ANYTHING else they can get. are far more
rrer,-.JIe: but then earth and earth's chill
drcD must be variegated, sharp as well as
sweet
Con wen. home that niqht ecstaticaIly
br,t ,-71iIfjiv h.nDv. and when he reached
home he found q letter awaiting hirl-a
letter from his mother. the elder Mrs
Cre.shton. asking. or I should say demand
inc his instant ra,u-n.
"Eu,iIy i very iIjn she said, land Ger
tainiy vo;,. Mace sbonId be beside the lady
who in foyr weeks will become your vife
In addition 10 this 7 am afraid that some
I,Itr-for object causes your LONG de.ay in
hot oqt-ntlt he-vav place. have heard
bl,. .otaII- aj+EcIieJe. ru1nor Of some giri
whose pret,y face Il..4 attracted your atten-
tons II G1ated t,pon me With some ap-
Dcar.nca Of verscitv. and might have
troubled me had not known that I could
trust your dignity as being a member Of
ti,o C-s;'rI,t.,1 r,r,ily ana vo-r hrrar rs
bin, f,'..ara'I 10 Eal1Iv Cun;oligss."
Con crushed he letter in his hand and
tried L. stare circumstances in the face. but
circumstance, hatfi,d him. and in a state Of
senIi-tor,ure he retired to his dream-Gis-
-, - 'n.,.r
The next morning lie returned 10 Lon
don, leaving ii li,tle uoie for Mabel IN eE-
pi0nation Of his absence.