Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-11-28
He BACHELORS STORY.
BY MAY EDNA.

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syiga, yGn evening, feeling rather lonesome,
$500. ght would accept the kind invi
and ii .cf the middle. aged gentleman who
h,ocE II ose ed the room adjoining mine. had
Mart in the house only short time,
Jamesre sll the dodgers were strangers
lat as1oE Il orning previous, while converslna
yided ~ lsndlady, this gentleman passed.
no aaSume a Mrs. Adams thought it would
LIZ LIZ frore agreeable for me to become &C.
W tied with my next door neighbor,
oiGe' Ge ay she asked him to wait moment
Lot she introduced us.
lia' ir. Girard and shook hands. Hound
-, pleasant. even speaking, thorough
R. .tleman. He invited me to call when
,r l was disengaged. 1t happened that
Pc following evening found myself en-
ely depending on my own resources
l,. amusement. 1t was stormy night,
, 4 did not care to venture out, and hav.
o. nothing to do or read, thought 1t
sa, Id be pleasant to spend few hours
s.. my new acquaintance.
~. Girard made me welcome. His
H Hisi was larger than mine and "bach,
500 like" had books and papers around
sywhere. We commenced talking
20 20 it the politics of the day, and both
ig of the same party we agreed on
pc. score without a jar; but were not
su ,se so fortunate respecting women.
snare YOU bachelor like myself?'
biiI am one now," answered, "but
=, 10 at the end of the year to marry the
,etest woman in the world"
O, Well, 1 am glad you have been more
cessful than 1. Would you like to
my adventures with women?' he
Nike off, suddenly. On my expressing
.,ght, he began: -.
~ was born and brought up in this
g.. Ny mother died when l was in
lteens, and my father, who, in his
su had been a prominent lawyer,
Ps,ed me to follow in his footsteps.
hsning loath, 1 prepared myself for col
-. and after passing good examina-
ni1r and graduating with honor, l was
j, lifted as junior partner in we'll
to bllshed law firm. Father had mar
to late in life and was quite advanced
h ge and had retired from active prac-
He was rich, owning the house we
Le living in, besides a number of
Pers, which brought him a handsome
,ome.
How or where father became ac-
inted with Estelle Hale never found
The nrst intimation l had of his
criage was one evening on going home
ly 1 found father and his lady await
? my arrival. was surprised and dis
sted, for Estelle Hale was too young a
,man to make my father good wife.
le took dislike to me at once, and
ade it so unpleasant in a hundred diff
rent ways that at last l was compelled
/, move out of the house had always
allied home. Father was completely fas.
mated and threw all the blame on my
,houlders; but this was not the worst,
,he persuaded father to sign over to her
ali his property, and as soon as she had
II under her control she secretly sold
everything, even to the house over my
fathers head, and then fed to Europe
with younger man.
~ was engaged to be married to 0
Young lady, who thought the sweetest
and truest woman in existence. We ex
nected to be married in few weeks.
had to inform her of fathers marriage
and also told her that we would bt
obliged to wait until could command {
larger salary before we could wed. Shs
AID not make any remark at the time
hut the next morning l received q lettel
with our engagement ring inclosed. say
INF she was very sorry, but her love to-
me was not deep enough to wait, and sh'
bsd only consented 70 become my wife