The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-08-27
An American Heiress.

She was also clever, wonderfully we'll
preserved, had natural complexion,
q moderate jointure, good milliner,
was widow, and had only ono child-a
son.
~ She had experienced little care or sor-
row, for her husband was an old man
when she married him, and he was
gathered to his fathers before he became
very disagreeable. He was the younger
son of q duke, and moderately well off.
e. Lady Frances Lfe-or at least her
widowed ife-had been strewn with
roses; and although she could have
settled down conf rrably again, she pre-
ferred to retain, she said her freedom.
1t is so nice to marry an old man
you are II widow quite young, you know"
she murmured to her dear friend, Clare
Melton.
&c 81 suppose it is, DEAR" sighed Glare,
whose husband was young scamp.
Few of us are perfectly content with
lot. and Lady Frances had grievance
that married sadly her happy, butterfly
existence. Do what she could, her son
Jack would not marry.
"Dear Jack is so poor and so extrava-
CANT, wonder what will be his end?"
she sighed.
He will marry rich girl, of course"
said Glare.
Sc 1t is his duty to do so, as tell him;
but he only laughs at me-" sighed Lady
Frances.
"Where is he now?'
shooting Indians or buffaloes, or
some other wild animlls, in America
"When do you expect him back ?"
"I am sure I don't know-in q month
or two, perhaps"
Jack Trimson had been out West,
hunting bntfaloes, shooting prairie
chickens, racing Mexican mustangs, and
playing "poker" with the miners. He
had q pleasant time of it, for he liked
America and the Americans, and was
sorry to have to return so soon to Eng
land.
But life in America is expensive, and
Jack, who had extravaganza tastes and
knacl of getting through money, had
spent in two months the sum he calcu-
lated would have lasted him for four;
and he was in the middle of the Atlantic
on board an Inman liner when his
mother told her friend that he was shoot
ing butflloes and Indians The passen-
gers on board were chiefly Americans
who were going to Europe on pleasure
trip. There were one or two pretty girls
among them, and Jack, who was dam
gerous ladies' man, commenced hot
Irritation with one of them before he
was two days at sea.
Katie G. Brown was nice girl, and
had pair of soft brown eyes, that
always did great execution when they
opened fire, and they did now upon
Jack The Brown party consisted of
three, for besides Katie, there was Mary
Brown-a fine, honest American girl,
with no pretence to beauty, but with Il
look of strength and character about her
face-and Samuel Washington Brown,
who had made money in Frisco in the
good old days of gold-mining and specu-
lation. He invested part of it in sill
yer mine in Nevada, which turned out
gigantic success, and Samuel was worth
his good five million dollars.
Jack Trimson was pretty deep in the
intricacies of hard filtration with Katie
Brown, before he heard who Samuel was.
1t was his friend, Gen. G. JONES' who
enlightened Jack.
II guess, stranger, that girl has got
heap" he said.
"a heap of what ?" asked Jack, care.
1essly.
ga heap of dollars. Icalculate Sam
uel w. Brown is worth about n million
of your money. always heard he had
only two children-daughters. S'pose
that brown-eyed friend of yours will
have her half million of pounds"
Jack Trimson was astonished.
"By Jove! If my mother heard of
this fortune she would so mad" he
CALCULATED to himself. Fancy half q
million of money! Ye gods! what fun
should have spending it..
~. The Brown party landed OF Queens