The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-11

was f.@t Nt.h II ma % J. " nv hardly
knew nyse.L. L.t,l ~ meas female r-iat ons
of my own-none for whom l cared But,
somehow or other, when Harding talked in
this style, sneering at all womankind as
though all alike were bad, the face Of ths
girl had met in the train rose before my
eyes, and felt constrained to do battle with
him, if it were only upon her account
He laughed lazily.
aYou excite yourself. my good fellow,
unnecessarily" he said. "Of course am not
even limiting at the possibility of there being
any mercenary persons among the ladies
of your acquaintance No doubt there are
exceptions to every rule; but for my part
have not yet seen the woman whom five mil
lions would not fetch Wait and see for
yourself when the great man deigns to put
in an appearance at The morning parade
a thought he had already done So" re-
piled, feeling certain amount of compunc-
tion at the anger 1 had shown AZ has
been in Scarborough for some time has he
notF
"He is in this hotel at the present moment;
but be is laid up with some llness-gout,
suppose, as it is the ,ich mans special all
rnent-and has never been out of doors since
bis arrival Two weeks 20.
casions on which Mauleverer and his mil
lions were di ne into my ears. until grew
to hate the very sound II the mans name.
Ii seemed to me thaJ this vulgar image Of
brazen wealth about which everybody
talked so constantly wa a rival even in my
heart to that other image Of youth AMI
beauty upon which m9 fancy was fixed
tried to shake off Har tings unpleasant sux-
geston with regarl TO tue readiness of all
women to yield them 'eivsS TO the seductons
Of the mans gold; but coul no. do so alto
e,ether, and In the stata Of min to which
roy passion had brous.. me, positively be-
gan to wish that this Mlu.overer would take
his departure from S arborough before
had again met with the lady Of the train.
What. / thought to myself, if she were to be
brought within the reach of the magical in
huence of the millionsi
That she was still in the town | never for
q moment doubted Why | should have
clung so stoutly to this conviction / cannos
pretend to say. But so it was An instinct,
some secret presentment assured me that
she was still near me, though unseen, AMI
that should meet her again.
One lovely morning. when the golden sun
shine was flooding be- bay, and the genial
summer warmth. temp rel by the pleasant
sea bre,zs. was tempting everybody out of
DOORS went for my usual waD; in the Spa
grounds. Perhaps il was the weather that
had stirred the young blood in my veins,
and hal made me feel more confident than
| had ever done before of success; but what
ever may have been the cause, it is certain
tnat as I walked across the bridge by which
the grounds are entered Iny step was more
elastic and my head lighter than on any pre-
vious visit to the place.
~How we'll you look this morningI" cried
Harding, whom found seated on bench
not far from the entrance to the grounds
Scarborough suits you, see. Come and
sit be i'd ne for little We can see all the
world as it passes"
Thanks; I'll join you presently" said
II would like first, however, to stroll to the
end of the promenade"
Something within me urged uae onward
"Ah!" he replied. with a light laugh of
genial mocl1erye "You ara like everybody
else, | see But how long is it since you
vowed to me that she mans gold would
never-no, never-attract you9"
looked at him in blank surprise and said
nothing
"Whati have you not heardF he con-
tiiiued, after reading the truth IN my puz-
zled face. "Why, I thought the news hal
spread by this time to the uttermost hooks
and corners of Scarborough. Why he is
there-down below by the band-Maul-
everer, the millionaire That il why we
have this end of the gardens to ourselves this
morning. 1t is just as 1 told you it would
be, all the old dowagers are fighting for
places near him. but unfortunately for their
chances the young ladies have been before
hand and have made a regular ring round
the man. 1t is quite pretty spectacls, l
assure you, all the beauty and talent OF the
queen of English watering places that's
what they call it, Is it not?-concentrated
in one particular spot and all for the bene-
fit of one poor mortal in the ordinary Dire IS
of Nineteenth century tourist"
HConfound the fellow" l said II care
nothing for either him or his money. shall
stop with you And | seated myself beside
him
Harding lifted his hat, and made me low
bow
What compliment you pay mel Believe
me ] am grateful But there my good fell
low, don't waste your time on me Even II
you don't care about the millionaire 1t viii
be well worth your while to have a peep at
the pretty faces. There are some fresh ones
to-day, and some of them, ! assure you, are
not unworthy even of your attention. Go;
and Til vat for you. to hear what you think
of the spectacle"
He lighted cigarette with that air of
buoyant self posse ,sion which / could not
help envying in him. and / felt compelled to
comply with his wish.
Perhaps he had exaggerated a little when
he de cribel the popular excitement over
Mauleverlr's advent. There were, at any
rate, some worthy people sitting under the
yeranda or by the side of the sea wall, who
seemed more intent upon the enjoyment of
the sunshine, or of each others society, than
upon mobbing the man Of millions. Indeed,
when I reached the open space In the middle
of which the stand for the musicians is
place . though I was conscious that the
attendance at that point was unusually large,
saw nothing of the excitement of which
Harding had spoken People were sitting or
walking about very much in their usual
fashion. and if there were some special center
of attraction, !, at all events, unable to
discover it.
looked round to see if l could identify
the man about whom had heard so much
There We're elderly gentlemen Of every COM
pleXlon style and character seated IN bne
bright sunshine; and once or twice | thought
that htl fixed upon the millionaire But
invariably, in such cases, the person who
seemed to me to suit the character was ac-
companiefLby lady OF nearly his own age
who appeared to exercise over him all the
authority of a vile. None Of these per=ons
therefore, could be Mauleverer. who, l bad
been told was not married
cynical reflection in my mind upon the diff
Guilty of identifying any particular char
acter by the outward appearances of a man,
when ] saw that which made my heart for q
moment stand still and then beat with a
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