, 1886-12-09

Jack Dccring, n thin, pale young man, of
uneZceptionable antecedents, who had so
well manipulated stocks in Vail street
that the higher powers, known rs
heavy Operators had placed hin in
command Of the Last Chance, with I'M
limited funds with which to operate.
During this time all went well with
Jack Mohr, in his wooing ut the shrine
of the fair Felicia.
she was pretty, with "a certain dashing
coquettishness, II daring audaeity oil
dress and manner that was even more
fascinating than her laughing gray eyes
and saucy smile.
The productive issues Of our country,
joined TO wonderful mechanical inven-
tions, have ben the source of vast in
diVidual fortunes, suddenly acquired.
A class Of women has been developed
from these conditions, whose cxravagant
luxuriou,ness of taste rivals that of the
famous empress who drank dissolved
pearls.
Felicia Dewey was one Of these. Born
and reared i'll poverty, with this new
prospect Of riches before her no fabric
was rich enough, no jewels costly enough
TO satisfy her taste.
As the prospects Of the Euchre began
to realize, - She INDUCED in many secret
schemes that filled her thoughts by day
and night; schemes that would have
startled even the two reckless spectators
who controlled its products.
She fairly overwhelmed Mrs. Byrnes,
one day, by Il description of some of the
%splcndors Of u wedding trousseau that
she was planning.
Good landr' Mrs. Byrncs' generous
amplitude of person seemed actually to
swell with establishment, rs She listened.
II don't see, for my part, how you ever
knew there were such things
Felicia laughed, showing her little
white. teeth, whose irregularity gave
piquancy to her smile.
Its n genius for spending money,
Mrs. Byrnes; it's like II gift for music or
mathematics. | I'M not gifted in other
directions, but / love beautiful things
just wait II little and you shall see.
one night Jack cam TO take her out
for II walk, hat they might enjoy to-
gether II little of that privacy so dear to
lovers, denied them by the narrow limi
tations of the Byrnes establishment.
The night was dark, with but few stars
visible; the wind swept through the
branches of the trees, rustling the dry
leaves that chung there, and now and
then the loud bark of n dog broke the
stiffness.
Dull lights, scattered up and down the
gulch, showed the location of the differ
ent mining camps everything about the
village, from its muddy, struggling
streets to its rough %pineboard shanties,
looked barren and desolate.
The lovers strolled slowly along,
Felicia clinging to Jacks arm; their talk,
ms usual, about the mine
II feel MS if | had never lived my true
life, jack" Felicia was saying. Ever
since my childhood | have so longed for
luxury, and we have been so poor. You
We heard of the mirage, Jack, well, it
il like that. To see always before ones
eyes the l~oveliest lace, filmy and soft ms
n cloud; lustrous, shimmering silks, with
II sheen like reflected moonlight; jewels
that glow and burn like stars, silken fur
niturc and perfumed light, and then be
chained to this
She waved her hand in scornful gest-
ure, but jack caught it, and pressd it to
his lips.
at shall he no mirage, dear; you shall
have them all, and ms much more us you
like. We will 90 to Paris and astonish
those poverty stricken counts and shabby
milorls with American ideas of living,
In II month more the Euclre will be Mt
high wai"r maxi
ITO Paris Felicia gave n soft sigh
Of rapture. "Oh, Jack think of the bon.
nets, the gowns, the laces-n
She stopped short. In the dim light
nf the dusk .Jack saw her eyes. fixed in n
d1,ted wandering stare n mnmentarv
unconsciousness TINT held her s~pellbound
.EeIiciai ~
He cnught her by the arm and shook
her, almost roughly, in his excitement,
Sh, smiled. AS the look of returning con.
seriousness came into her face.
.'I've been there, jack She spoke
like one ayypkinp from n sleep 81 know
now ybnt its like -
..Beeu vheresr asked .Tnck in his he,
wilderment.
..ro parisu
Iock mt his nrm oround her tn ns
SIRE himself Of her earthly ~embodiment
md held her close
oYou talk Ike that greasv Mexicor
clairyovnut who locnted our mine Re
licia. What is the natter,
81 dan, knnvy nnv mnr,. tbo, Won ,lo
Rut when vnur Inns Touched nv hand nj
thisLthr VILLAGE vou cvervthipg~fnde,
away and 1yos in paris And oh sucl
snInndnr such mnrnincence .Tack,h
lie was determined To trent The oraii
os n Joke tbough he Ind n healthy
manIiEe horror II the sunprnafurnI II,
steamed Down and tiesed her
"ynu con,t frigbten m. nut of liesin,
vnu in this fashion Felici, And A.
v.ry GOOD nf vnn Ia come h,cL ,.hn,
there nre "a many fine things IN he sreI
th.re Nv the y1v did van Soc mo thers
too and he Ianghed ~ his own n,as
lion
Ii "A tremor of horror tim
shnnk her from Lond Ia f,nt .md clnnn +,
lack desnerntelv
.Don't nsk me Jack Don,t-tbc bor
ror nf II win kin ma, Tnl. mo home
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