Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-12-18

.sSeSshere, .Milly,p be said: arm
notsAan cry; but | want You and
/. NIooreSto stop yonr phililnderins
! .nsjmseHse. You ought to make q
ttcEsmatch. Moore is . very
4 nice young fellow, l own. I'd fndit
. hard lb replace hin in the factory.
i But Lalnn,twant hin. for son in
! law.n Won onght to look for some
one higher"
HfgiIer,spapa. Do you want me
! TO beEelalriedsby a son Of Anlk.---
FrankS!six foot and I'LL inch"
..Stn4f!.you know What Ismeln.-
Don'tsfalk that way to me. There
is ValllSfopel, who is half crazy
after you. Do yon mean to give
up millions for nothings"
notwithstanding. papa. Frank
has 0verstwenty-two thousand doll
lars.
@TWenty two thousand ftlslle-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Could set
ltleas fRIlIlared thousand dollars on
zyon3fof; lIa none Wand sneverz ISIS
lit. must send Moore a6oa5,
r SO saa: =
:.What! You wonlln't be MIR,
ried without nv conSentw
s.Oh, no, papa! I never will; but
when Lam married Intend to have
my own consent. [ have to 1--we
with The man, you know, AMI yon
don't. As for Van Stoprl-w.ll, ii
woman may not marry with her
grandfather"
"Gran;ltather! What ale yau
talking al,nnt7 Van is only forty.
Younger than an; | am in the
plimeof life"
@Excuse me, but he is too old for
me-"
"You are an ungratcfnl, disobc
lient-"
"No, indeed, am not, papa. |
shall not wed with any one again It
yonr will-not even Frank. Sd
don't scoli, you dear old bear. Just
con,itlcr-MrS. Livingston, 'She
gives a tleal'-a grand party next
month. and have to 90. And |
declare | haven't a dress that ]
haven worn a half IL dozeu times
ain st."
Il
"T,.at means you want Il check.
How much is it nnws"
"Oh! LII he so economical, plpa.
Two hundred aud fifty will dn.n
1.-Two hundred and fifty! That's
economical, is its Well, yon Sl,il
have the money. LII send Moore
with it No, wont; he mist keep
away. You shall have the money,
but not Moore. When he CAN set
tie Il hundred thousand on you Pll
give my consent and not befnre;
and mean to tell him so. Iii hive
IL serious talk with that young
man.n
You're not angry with him, pa
pa, because he has fallen in love
with me!v
mo, that shows good taste; bnt
he must have that hundred TIL ~
said dollars"
81 think papa, would like that
hundred thousand dollars aud
Moore" she added, archly
"Frphr' said her father, explos
lively, and wendell ont to the Office.
When Moore came III with II glow
ing account of d large sale of Konia
he cut him short.
"Never mind that" he said, 81
have something to say to you
And he said it in a WHY so de
cidpd that Frank trembled in his
boots. Then he wound up with
YOU'RE very useful here, and [
lon'a care to lose You. Pll put %
per cent OH your salary; but won't
have you turning MiIly's head. She
has promised not 10 have you I'LL
less I consent, and have told her
that never will consent until yDn
are able to settle Il hundred thou
sand dollars OH her. Aud III keep
my word. That's all there is ahsu'
it. I'll drop the subject and do yon
drop her."
Poor Frank went out with diff
ferent splIits than he had when he
came in. a hundred thousand
dollars!
Van Stopel called that evening,
and, to his great delight, found not
only that Millicent was at home,
hut was disposed to be graconS.-
In general she avoided him on
some pretext or was freezing pc.
lite, but now she was pleasant and
scllatty They were alone together,
the father having gone to what he
termed the "library," but which
was, in fact, his smoking room; for
having quite mastered the article
"Soap" in the Encyclopedia, he
never troubled the dust covered
books. After the weather and
such customary topics had been
discussed MilIicent suddenly broke
out with
sol! Mr.. Van Stopel, was read
ing about stocks Ill the paper to-
! day. DO explain TO me what they
Ito in Wall street and how they
make and lose so much money. l
do not understand it at all
Here was a subject on which Van
could not only talk, but talk we'll.
And he did. He explained all
about puts and calls aud options
and margins. BUYERS ten days and