Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25

| the most respected houses In the city
of London, and that as Iamquite aware
that an acquaintance of.this casual nat.
| ure is apt to give rise to erroneous i'm
pressions in the minds of people who
only Judge by appearances, with your
permission nothing would give me
greater pleasure than to call upon your
aunt at Brighton
At the mention of the name Greysark
the girls color deepened somewhat,
few seconds. Then she said:
II am sure thatmy aunt would be de-
lighted to make your acquaintance, Mr..
| Greysark.'
Accordingly, on the following Sun
day Mr. Greysark, instead of perform
ing his usual weekly duty to society
by an afternoon lounge on the Green.
betook himself to Regency square and
was ushered into the presence of a
smiling, gray-haired lady, who might
have stepped from an ancestral pict-
ure-frame, and who received him with
the stately urbanity of corrtier of the
old school. Being a man Of business,
Jonathan Greysark lost no time IN
beating about the bush. but plunged at
| once IN medidS res, described the ORR
gin of his acquaintance with Phyllis,
expressed himself III such happy Ian
guage, blew his own trumpe: II such a
pleasant, unassuming manner declared
his devotion in such fervid phrases, in
fact, put matters before the Old lady in
such an attractive light, that she was
completely won over.
''Of course, Mr.. Greysark, she said,
in reply, las am only the girls aunt,
have no direct authority in the mat
ter. But if Phyllis regards your suit as
favorably as 1 do, l can only recon-
mend that you should address letter
to her father in London, state the case
rs you have stated it to me, and abide
by his decision
''But it is an extraordinary phase of
our acquaintance" said the merchant,
''that l do not know your neice's sur
name yet"
Perhaps the old lady was struck by
the strangcness of this avowal, but at
any rate, she hesitated moment,
seemed little confused and then re-
piled: Her name is Fleming, Mr..
Greysark; letter addressed to Mr.
Robert Fleming and given to me will
insure its safe Dispatch
''Bat would it not be better for me
to call upon Mr.. Fleming MYSELF"
said Greysark. my business expert
ence has taught me that one personal
interview is worth dozen letters"
$50 it is, as a general rule. Mr..
Greysark," replied the old lady. '.But
Mr.. Jennings movements are so I'M
certain. his business SO frequently tax
ing him away from home, that the
course l have suggested would. l
think, be the BETTER
And. after little general converse
ton, Mr. Greysark took his leave. re-
solved that he would without delay
formally propose to Phyllis, and if her
answer should be favorable, as he had
not the slightest reason to doubt it
would be, indite his letter to Mr.. Flem-
ing. Accordingly, the next morning.
upon arrival at London bridge, instead
of handing Phyllis into Mansion
House omnibus, as usual, he insisted
that she should walk there with him.
And, by the time King William S statue
was reached he had poured out his soul
to her, and received her ready assent
to his proposal, conditional upon the
approval of her father
One or two little circumstances con-
nected with his visit to Regency square,
on the previous day, struck Jonathan
Greysark as being curious, rs he sat in
his room at the office playing listlessly
with the heap of unopened letters be-
fore him. OF course, he had observed
the old lady's hesitation in giving the
name OF Fleming: and her suggestion
that the letter should be forwarded
through her instead of to direct
address YVES rather unusual Per-
haps Fleming was strange sort of
man-under cloud, or OF eccentric
habits. AT any rate, Phyllis was a
lady. as was her aunt; the surroundings
OF the rooms in Regency square showed
refinement, if not opulence; and, al
though money with wife was no OBJ
ject with him, he preferred that the
lady honOred by his choice should not
be an utter stranger to the style of life
to which as Mrs. Greysark she would
be introduced. But his ardent affection
for the supplemented, bright-faced
girl overcame whatever little shades of
doubt or scruples the above strange
circumstances might have awakened
within him, and, after having hurriedly
perused his business letters, he called |
MIR. Penn in, gave MIN Instructions to
show nobody into the private room for
an hour, and settled himself down to |
indite the epistle to Mr.. Fleming. After !
much destruction of best cream-laid |
note, he produced the following:
DEAR SIR: 1t is with TO little difidence |
that address one who is a complete stranger |
to me upon subject of such importance as |
that which now occupies my pen: but am |
sure judge you rightly when think that won |
will pardon the liberty l am taking by the |
time you arrive at the end of the letter
In short, wish to Obtain your consent to |
my marriage with your charming daughter.
Phyllis As this is to some extent matter of |
business. may inform you that l made the
young ladys acquaintance in the Brighton
train: by which we have been fellow-pasSen-
gers daily for some weeks past: that then OBJ
tanned not only her consent TO my proposal.
but the entre appreciation of her aunt upon
whom had the pleasure of calling, with YOUR
daughters p omission
For your satisfaction | NAV add that al |
though am not a very young man, am i'm
the full vigor of health and sire lgth; that l
am the sole and responsible head of one of
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