Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-25
bs said retr1,;ne to b;ssoliloouy; Emily


man.
His meditations brought him up IN front
! OF the Cummings residence.
! Five minutes after he was sitting n the
! daintiest Of boudojrs, Emily before him
! in the most recherche Of French morning
robes. fragrant with the subtlest Of French
! perfumes.
You look ,lreadfully tired, Con Have
yen been walking very far she asked,
! q sweet sympathy percepuble III her voice
and . tender anxiety in her luminous eYes.
No. particularly far, but l have mad
/ bad news; and, as q general thing, that IS
/ more lara.sing than the mere effort OF
walking
| Con had : way Of plunsing right into
difficulties, and now he wanted to be ever
with il.
Why, what news have you had? Moth
/ ing very serious, hope"
Z on not at ali, Only that I've lost
every penny Of the fortune that my uncle
| left me u
lie now noticed with great satisfaction
THAI her fair face grew very white, and thar
she instantly put or an Understandable eX-
preston OF withdrawal
Lost, chi Oh, mol How 81
"Oh, in romantic way. OF Course. Il
| seems that nay supposed bachelor uncle
vas in reality Benedict, but as his mar
riage was 4 secret ole and the girl was moi
| Of his own status nobody knew anything
| about il, so lie told }er the ceremony was
! false. and lef. her. She died heartbr0ken,
! bat LETT an heir OF heifess. ] don't know
which Tie child takes the silver spoon
ous Of my mouth, and !, as YOU see, lose
| EI0G, 000 ana an ruined. Plain and luud,
! .jn't it2'
| But Emily didn't answer; She Y7as griev-
u
unpaid bills, and wondering whether her
rather could stand this last stroke OF mis-
fortune.
"Of course, Emily, I came to you st once
| to release YOU. il you wished. from eur en-
| gagement. Reared as you have been, I could
not expect You 10 marry poor maA; and,
F! indeed ] fear that in nay changed circum
| stances, I WouIi be 10 fl husband for you.
Then Emily Cummings showed THAI,
/ girl as she vas, she vas equal to the Occa-
sion.
Standing fully before him, where the
| light fell directly or the beautiful. naughty
face and slender. graceful figure, she assist
cd Inn olt d his difficulty with an ease
and grace that was almost superb.
| - can readily perceive, Mr.. Creighton,
| that i IS your wish that our engagement
| should end, and knowing shis, ! should De
| the last one % oppose your lnciinoilons.
| as regards your loss sympathiZe with
YOU sincerely, but cannot fail TO rejoice
! that Il happened before : aWoke to the fate
OF au unloyed wife"
She PAUSED for breath, an5 then, 9s Con
stood in shameful and, it must be con-
| fe5sed, slightly Disguised silence she vent
on And now, Mr.. Creighton, rather than
pro.ong our unpleasant interview, had We
| bctter not say good-bye"'
| -
| the marble STARE. saying to himself. Al
any rate, 7 still have two thousand and
| Mabel"
lie walked along The streets. fesIing his
spirits considerably lighter, his troubled
| conscience comparatively at rest, but just
| ~ he reached his mothers residence Gray
once more encountered him.
All here you ore again TIE very fc:
| low want Your cousin has arrive and
| is anxious 70 see YOU. Could you 60 II her
ut once She is with some relatives a the
| Grand Hotel"
Con turned on him, with z sulhy express
sion wrestling bis handsome face.
| Look here Gray lsn't it enough for i
| fellow q b left pennies, without making
him play lac.ey to the girl that's got his
money! AS you're so desperately inter
! estcd, you can tell my cousin that a3G veIy
| much engaged today, ana cant 90 10 her.
| i she wishes - ste nay mother, presume
I she can find her"
Arthur Gray whjstle3 as he tuned bis
| back Upoa LIS late client.
lie Was q yourg man, ard s.iN unnar-
ried, 50 it may be presumed be didD'. feel
very badly n heIeturned 70 pay his dcVoirs
! 70 the HERES
But Con fslt far from comfortable rs he
passed the massive portals Of bis mothers
| dog-, and strodo impatiently down the
| stately halls that were theirs DO longer.
| rs ne stood inside the lofty room that
| his imagination had already peopled, and
| looked around on the velvet chairs and
| lounges, il every nook of which he had
| already ensc0nCsd in fancy Mabeis slender
| figure; on die softly yielding carpets that
! he hoped her little feat would press or the
! heavy sIkcn curtains from which he had
dreamt Of seeing q childish face and golden
! head waiting and w1tching for him, he did
| feel very badly; and, after all, I don't think
any OF us can blame him, although we may
all have raised sUpfrgii:9Hs eyebrows al the
truthful homeiiness Of the old proyerb
! When poverty comes ia ct the door, love
! flies oul 1t The window
After this passion had subsidized he wrote
| to Mabel, and. - give him his due, took
infinite c5mfu-; in 50 doing
lie tod her all lis lnst0rtnnes, and
asked il she would ln reality become his
| wife; tall how he hoped lE lis own exer-
tons TO climb the Ladder, end asked the aid
| Of hex small hands 10 help hun in the
! struggle. Then he stamped the letter and
sealed FL with the Crtirhtan seal. after
which he went in search OF his mother.
| She y,gs ont driving. the servant said and
| would no, be home unit, dinner. So. with
q ftcljnE Or half relief he was descending
the stat " hen she servant called, II for
got a. ...s YOU this note. lrr. CREIGHTON. I.
Was III hex s55a. i've minutes inn; "a a:o5
Con t9a. II M and claneel eareIess,y at
it. da.nty Iihle envelope. whose delica,e
address he did not reeaeniza. broxe the
seal. and read.
Miss CfeilLtou's condiments 10 Mr.
Creighton. and desires LIS immediate pres
ence Ut the Grand Hotel"