Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-31
asked Freddy. tits someth .ng new to find
MISS Dreggs, and no one worshiping at tho

asked Freddy. tits someth .ng new to aud
shrine of beauty"
~ hate flattery, Mr.. Brown"
.r ,hul!o! one for me-" thought Freddy;
! must try another tack,' ana he took the
vacant chair nextthe heiress, and tried to
!ooA sentimentally at her; then be said, as
If to himself:
"M'ss Dreggs, 1 wish you'd let me paint
you some day. wantt to do'a picture OF
Cleopatra. Oh, if l could only get a model
IKE you! your face has all The poetry Of
Eastern loveliuess."
why, that's what the other one said,"
true.0
Freddy fancied he had scored, SO went
sympathetic model has on an artists
work, Miss Dreggs. Why, the veriest.
dauber could paint, with those eyes Of
yours looking on to inspire him."
GOOD gracious" thought the hetress,,
me is saying exactly what the other one
did, perhaps they have both learnt it out
OF the same book" Then an idea struck
her. What if this younger brother were
in love with her, too? he had always been
very attentive to her the few times they
had met. It would be too absurd if this
one proposed. She was still very angry
with his BROTHER for gong home to bed in
preferences to making lows to her; and as
Freddy. Looked at her, she noticed how
much better looking he was char his
brother, ahd how much less afraid Of her
said:
~ am afraid you would make me awful
ly conceitsd IL I believed half you say"
Freddy was, strangely enough, just
th%inkinsot his worthy fathers oft-reit-
Grated tdvice to go in and win tbs wealthy
c~ocoauaker's daughter. He was wonder-
ing whether the present was a favorable
opportunity to go in and end eavor to win.
MiEsADreggs seemed more subdued than
he had ever known her; so he argued with
Of himself by proposing to this child of
fortune, he had better do so at once. Beat.
ing about the bush he loved not; so he col
lected himself for q short, sharp bust of
eloquence.
Miss Dreggs, or may I call you by that
often met. but till nov there has been no
chance for me to tell you something that
is to me everything, however little it NAV
mean to you. From the first moment I
ever saw you it seemed to me my life was
CHANGED; 1 felt that l had never lived be-
fore"
$50 he is in love. too" thought Miss
Dreggs. ~ don't think I understand you,
Mr.. Brown, she murmured family.
II mean that I could talk of nothing.
think of nothing but you. I felt that it
was presumption to hope that you would
distant star; in fact, my father, with all
the affectionate commiseration of a friend,
told me my dream was madness. Butnow
l must tell you, If only once, that with a
word Of encouragement from you to give
me hope, l could work wonders. With your
sympathy nothing should be impossible.
All, il the true and honest affection of a
lifetime can give you a moments pleas
ure, you may command it. I know that
your fortune would always be a barrier
between US: What would I not give that
you might be as poor as II Before you
throw away a love like mine, think that
you must always be sought after by mean
and sordid fortune hunters; and that one
day perhaps you will be trapped into q
union with one who will make you miser-
humble but devoted sutton, at least say
that you are not angry with me for tell
ing you my secret. The words would out.
Lizzie, I love you'll"
Ten years ago Miss Dreggs had vowed
she would marry nothing less than a peer
to find that the titled ones of the land
were not caught even by the princely for
tune that would go with her. And she
thought now of ''what a falling off was
there" from these dreams to the reality of
a penniless painter. But the fact that he
/ kOVoO uoI UAU6 uONOV0OAy A1ON0u AOl !
womanly pity. No. she would not
trample this flower under foot, she would
raise it up to bloom in high places. If it
was inner power to make the name of
Smedlar Brow famous by a word, she
would not withhold that word. To a
woman on the threshold of thirty, the idea
| of being worshiped is a very sweet ones;
/ and to Miss Dreggs, who had of late felt q
| terrible dread upon her of becoming a
wall flower, it was especially soothing:
| So she gently placed her hand in Fred
| erick's, and told him she was willing to
love, honor and obey him till death should
them part.
Next morning at breakfast, when the
Smedlar Brown were all assembled, Fred
erick loosed his success among them like
some pleasant bombshell. William turned
as white as the milk which be aimed at
his coffee cup and delivered over the fort
nightly tablecloth, and then fed the room.
The father Smedlar wept tears of grateful
c~ontentment. seeing at a glance his whole
brood provided for in this one coup. Tn
Miss Browns hung on their brother in an
ecstasy of sisterlv affection.
"My loving and dutiful boy" hysteri-
cally sobbed Mr.. Brown, "accept alfather's
blessing"
In the face of the hustle of the prepara-
ton for the wedding, William axe
wall, uttering no word Of congratulation
to his lucky brother. AS the happy day
drew near. his feelings became too much
for him to bear. Every smile on the faces
OF those around him cut him like a sharp
knife; at every turn he was reminded Of
the cup Of happiness SO cruelty dashed
from his lips. Finally he left st. Johns
Wood, with a carpet-bag. his
hair six inches long, and a four
months beard, for Italy. where, working
at his art, he hoped to forget the past. In
his somewhat scanty wardrobe there was
no dress suit. AS a wedding present to
his brother he bequeathed the sole pro-
| rrietorship of the patent elastic novelty
| that brought him to the very brink of sue
cess only to remorselessly snatch him
back. He never means toiwear a swallow.
tail again; for he will be ever haunted
with the thought that his fatal promise to
return at twelve O'Clock lost him that
nohle nrize. the lovely Miss Lizzie Dreggs.
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