The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-02
A MODERN CINDERELLA.

The Hon. Marmaduke Gervoise Wa
man with two very decided ideas
one was that any young lady on whor
ne might propose to confer the nam
OF Gervoise ought to think herself
very lucky girl, indeed; and the othe
was that she ought to have a magnifi
cent fortune to counterbalance in som,
measure the immense ADVANTAGE
which would acruc TO her from such ;
anion. He was not, by any means {
bad fellow-in fact, men general,
sald 'Gervoise was deuced good fel.
aow-so good-tempered, you know,
and always ready to lend a hand
And they were right in saying so, for
he had learned that good-tempered
man, who is willing to be useful to his
trends in little matters, is generally
welcome, and everybody is only too
glad to make use of him instead of
undergoing any trouble themselves.
But he had one disadvantage-he was
exceedingly poor. Still he was to be
met everywhere in town and country.
and in the latter particularly, ladies
gave him hearty welcome. sMr
Gervoise was so jolly and so useful.
We really do not know how we could
get on without him." Besides, he
was undoubtedly a man of good fami-
fy; and, even even if queer stories had
occasionally been whispered about
him, how many people are there whose
lives would endure rigid cross-exami-
nation? Only mothers with daughters
whom they were DESTROYS OF placing in
good society looked askance at him. |
and warned their girls mot to give any
encouragement to that Mr.. Ger
voise. The rest of the world was
glad to see him or was utterly indiffer-
ont TO him; and, as he shot well.
played good game of billiards. was
grea. in the art of arranging picn1cs
and water parties, and had a GOOD
tenor voice and some knowledge of
music. both men and women found
him = good companion both indoors
ana out and pronounced him an acqui-
si:;ou.
AT the time of our story there was a !
very large gathering of guests in the i
inc old house known as Bindon I
Court, the property of Thomas Fudge t
ow. Esq, an honest-hearted and hos G
pita5lc manufacturer, who had married |
worry charming, beautiful, and we'll t
bred wife, and who was never so hap +
Pv as when entertaining as many L
people at his picturesque, but h
somewhat rambling, house would hold. t,
among the number of his guests at Il
his particular time was the Hon. Mar a
nadukc Gervoise. He found tbe house al
very pleasant one to stav in anJ h
made himself very Useful in many NJ
rays to the owner, putting him mn r. OK
,anya wrinkle in INVITING and epter, Ia
sining his guests, and manaoino 70 in
lake all things run smoothly and r.
leasantly when difficulties cronnod w
p, as they occasionally did. Rn ffbbe he Or
Id another, and far more narticular 81,
JASON, for wishing to be at Bindon cr
onrt on this especial occasion M;ss 1t
uriel Mcrricwether was very lovely. sy
ny ycuag, very charming in manner "a
ry nishly accomplished, and report lat
i'll she had 100000 a year. Also in,
tcly her own. Moreover. She was he
orphan, she was great frie nd of ba
RS. Fudgelow's, and she had nrom- fo,
d to spend this October at Blindon en-,
urt. SO the Hon. Marmaduke conde- lief
ended to imagine that he m;oht ~ ~;
iuced to think seriously abont bey do,
any rate. the shooting at R;ndor ba.
S first-rate, and if the vonna ioJn no; NO;
not prove so attractive as he 5oned an,
would at least have some SNORT nos
70 Bindon, therefore, he went and p pn1
at once set himself eneroet;caIIu ~ fagI,
nv the lovely Muriel and her }o ~ ;n inc.
10 by assault. 1t must he remen,- baSr
ed that he was a fayorite with wo- wa,
n, that he was a fine. man1v VIII;
=
ldsome fellow enough, and one who %
uld hardly fail to make an imnrss. Won
n on any girl whose heart he had ass,
ermined to win. Miss Merriwether sim
) not girl easily won. however enc,
had set up for herself a standard here
manly excellence far beyond tbat 80
uired by the average Souno ladv her
lay be that her wealth had alreadv tbe
Re hei suspicious of men and their She
poses; but it is certain that bar met,
idard included high integrity res with
e purpose, noble aim in life and who
other things of which Geryoise conf
not the falntest conception. 1t if sh
not be supposed from this that So
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