The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-20

OF it. He dubbed up like the com
pound in one of his kettles, and inter
viewed his daughter on the matter.
"See here, NIilly," he said, "Pm no
angry but | want you and Moore tc
stop your phIlandering nonsense. You
ought to make better match. Moore
is very nice young fellow, | own I'd
find it hard to replace him in the fac,
tory. But | don't want him for a son.
ln-law. You ought to look for some
one higher"
"Hlsher, papa. DO you wart me to
be married by son OF Anak? Frank S
six foot and an inch
Stuff you know what | mean.
Don't talk that way to me. There is
Van Stopel, who is half crazy after you.
Do you mean to give up millions for
nothing?"
"Not quite nothing, papa. Frank
has over twenty-five thousand dollars. "
'Iwenty- two thousand fddlesticks
Why, Van Stopel could settle a hun
dred thousand dollars on you for pin
money, and never miss it. You must
send Moore about his business"
MilliCent shook her head
what You wouldn't be married
without my consent?"
"Oh, no, papa | never will but
when | am married, intend to have
my own consent. | have to live with
the man, you know, and you don't. As
for Van Stopel-well, "a woman may
not marry with her grandfather -
Grandfather What are you talk
ing about? Van is only forty. Younger
than | am, and am in the prime OF
lite
Excuse me, but he IS too old for
me-"
You are an ungrateful, disobedi-
emit"
'No. indeed, 1 IN not, papa. | shall
not wed with any one against your will
not even Frank 50, don't scold,
you dear old bear. lust consider
Mrs. Livingston, she gives great'-a
grand party next month, and | have to
go. And | declare | haven't dress
that | haven't worn half-dozen times
almost"
That means y gu want check. How
much is it now?"
ooh I'll be SO economical, papa.
Two hundred and fifty will do"
"Two-hundred- and-ffty That's
economy, is it, Well, you shall have
the money. III send Moore with it.
No, | won't. He must keep away
You shall have the money, but not
Moore. When he can settle a hundred
thousand on you I'll give my consent,
and not before and | mean to tell him
SO. III have a serious talk with that
young man.
you are not angry with him papa,
because he has fallen in love with me ?"
NO, that shows good taste but he
must have that hundred thousand dol
lars"
Il think, papa, would like that hun
bred thousand dollars and Moore,' she
added, archly.
"Ffph :" said her father, explosively,
and wendell out to the office. When
Moore came in with a glowing account
of 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 way SO decided
that Frank tremhled in his boots. Then
he wound up with:
"You' re very useful here, and | don't
care to lose you. III put twenty five
per cent on your salary; but | won't
have you turning Nlilly's head. She
has promised not to have you unless l
consent, and | have told her that |
never will consent until you are able to
settle hundred thousand dollars on
her. And I'll keep my word. That's
all there is about it. III drop the sub
ject and do you drop her.
| Poor Frank went out with different
spirits than he had when he came in.
| y hundred thousand dollars
Van Stopel called that evening, and
to his great delight, found not only that
Milliccnt was at home, but was dis
posed to be gracious. In general she
avoided him on some preteXt or was
freezingly polite, but now she was pleas
ant and chatty. They were alone to-
gether, 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 NIillicent suddenly
broke out with
ooh Mr.. Van Stopei, | was reading
about stocks in the paper to-day. Do
explain to me what they do in Wall
street, and how they make and lose SO
much money. | do not understand it
at ALL.
Here was subject on which Van
Stopel could not only talk, but talk
well. And he did. He explained all
about puts and calls and options and
margins, buyers ten days and sellers
five, So clearly that his fair interocutor
did not understand it. But she did not
say so.
Il should like to speculate myself. l
have & 20. and | should like to double