West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-12

| Htu plehCneu ncf pretty niece many "a
sermon on the folly and wickedness of
girls who married poor men
81 don't think YOU are the sort of
woman who would be happy with two
! new gowns q year. she was i'm the
habit OF saying Think OF living i'm p
| siN-rOomcd house i'm the suburbs. with
a mad-of-all-work 20 wait ON you No,
Resale, you must marry a rich man or
| / wash my hands of you
| Miss Dryden had not sufficient
strength of character To defy her aunt
and marry Vincent BOurchier, whom,
! I'm her heart of hearts, she knew she
| loved. A couple of months or so later,
! Josiah OrmSkirk proposed TO her and
\ was accepted
II wonder if she would remember
| mo If we met again. thought Bour-
| CHER. rs he turned into the Park.
The afternoon being unusually fine,
| the drive was throngcd with carriages
| Bourchier paused several times, and
! leaned on the rails 20 watch the moving
| panorama of beauty and fashion. The
iutcrminablo stream OF vehicles, and
the constant succession of faces that
looked blankly at him as they passed
made him feel somewhat melancholy
He was about to turn homeward when
he became aware of pair of large
brown eyes regarding him from a
handsome barouchc that had Just come
To- standstill not three PAGES from
where he stood. As his gaze rested on
the piquant face i'm which the aforesaid
eyes were set, flashing glance of
recognition shone from under the deli
cately arched brows, and pair of fresh
rosy lips parted in a bright smile over
a set pI tho 1a..,It,,.r A.
imaginable
"Rosalieri murmured Bourcbier To-
himself; land She has not quite forgot
ten me after all.
He raised his hat and went quickly
forward TO the side of the barouche 10
greet the woman he had parted from i'm
bitterness and anger ten years ago.
Vincent Bourchier. / declared said
Mrs. Ormskirk, rs she extended her
daintily gloved hand; II thought |
could not he mistaken. When did YOU
return from mdia?''
Only the day before yesterday" he
replied, looking her full in the face.
1t is pleasure to find am not quite
torgotten-a pleasure L hardly antici-
pated have been in the Park for an
hour or more, and you are the only
person who has recognized me-"
IL have good memory for faces
And you are very little altered, - she
finished, with blush.
That ready blush of pretty Mrs. Orms-
kirk gave her an air of girlish sim
plicity that was more charming than
real
Would you have known me againP"
she asked with an innocent air, which
became her wonderfully.
81 should have known you any
where, " was his fervent answer.
How crowded the Park is this after
noon. remarked the lady, changing
the subject abruptly.
Isn't il wonderful where all the peo-
pie come from? And such queer-look-
ing people some of them are! just
look at that woman in q pink bonnet
and yellow gownr'
May call on you, Mrs Ormskirk?M
he asked, when they had talked about
mutual acquaintance, criticised the
passers-by, and chatted amicably, after
the manner OF friends who meet after
long interval of absence.
''Of course you may. l live at Me-
gatherium Mansions when / am in
town You will generally find me
at home about four O'clock And,
with another of her sunny smiles. Mrs.
Ormskirk drove of.
Major Bourchier saw n good deal of
Mrs: Ormskirk during the next few
weeks On some pretext or other he
contrived to drop in nearly every dav
at Megatherium Mansions. The lux
urious suite of rooms occupied by the
fair widow was on the seventh floor of
the huge block of buildings, conse-
quently they were reached by that use
full modern convenience, lift. Bour-
CHER soon cherished quite senti-
mental feeling of affection for the COW
little cage which carried him so easily
and so swiftly upward to the dwelling
OF his charming Resale, and had he
been OF poetical turn he would GER
tainly have penned a sonnet i'm its
praise.
He was resolved TO try his luck again.
and, in spite of the fair widows occa-
sional fits of caprice, he believed his
chances Of success were considerably
better than they were ten years AGO.
The worst of il was that Mrs Ormskirk
had at least half a dozen pretendants,
and the name of her admirers was Lee
glon. Bourchier was often mortified
10 md that the attentions of one or the
other Of this band Of aspirants seemed
more acceptable 20 the little coauette
than his own. More than once he was
tempted 10 risk everything on single
cast OF the die, and ask her boldly if
she would marry him But more pru-
dent counsels prevailed, and he resolved
to abide his time. Precipitancy might
ruin everything. A woman, he argued.
is seldom won by coup dc main.
One evening, nearly two months
after the meeting in the park, Mrs
| Ormskirk was present at fancy ball
given by Lady Ethelinda Roster, sis
! ter OF the most distinguished of the fair
widow suitOrs. II was the first enter
/ tainment Of the kind at which the latter
had appeared since her husband s death
Lady Ethelinda made so great a point of
| the matter that she wrote charming
little note begging dear Mrs Ormskirk
| 20 break through her rule Her lady
( ship, 1t may be limited. was extremely
anxious TO bring about match be-
tween her brother and Josiah Orms-
kirk widow and Josiah OrnYskirk's
| thousands, the Rockminster revenues
not being exactly IN q fourishing con-
I ditiOn.
BOurchier also received q card If in.
UtaiiOn and he had the modification
| OF witnessing the very marked atten-
/ ton paid b. Lord Rockminster TO