Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-05-06
GRAcE'S ROMANCE.

GdAGG y 1tvMANOG.
..Social position--there 1t is!' said
Grace Ryland, with asigh. "Ifmamma
didn't get herliving by keeping a board
ing house, you and I, Stacie, might
stand some chance ofmarrying we'll"
sShe must get her living somehow, ]
suppose, y said Stacia.
s'That's just what I don't like, sighed
Grace.
Speaking Of boarders,n said Stacia,
.shere's Mr.. Cordwell's vestwants but
ton sewed on, and a stitch or two taken
In the seam under the arm. You are
neater with the needle than I am,
Grace ce-suppose you do it.p
ssIndeed, i shall mott said grace,
sulkily. II haven't hired out as Mr..
Cordwell's drudge-in-general that ]
know Of. And I think it's very inso-
lent of him to ask us to mend his horri-
BILE old vests!'
AOh, WE'LL" said good-natured little
Stacia, '.it will only take minute; and
besides, Grace, he didn't ask me. ! saw
the vest lying on the bed, after he had
gone out, and so I--dear me, Grace,
what's the matter?n
For GRANGE had started suddenly.
ssWhy, here's q letter in his pocket
addressed to Walter Canfieldp' cried
Grace, with wide-open hazel eyes.
uWhat then3, Who Is Walter Cam
field7''
s.Why, child, don't you remember
what old Mr.. Markham told US about
the rich nephew Of the firm Of Morton
q Morenthope, that wasexpected home
from India?"
ssWhat of it?''
tJust this" Grace went on with
sparkling eyes and heightened color.
"Oh, Stacia, what a goose you are not
to read the riddle at oncel Mr.. Card
well is playing masquerade--he isn't
VIM. Cardwell at all, but Walter Cam
field.n
''Stuff and nonsense" said Stacia,
breaking into a laugh.
s'You will see that / am right, one
day, Stacia,n z said the elder sister, eager
". ~ always thought there was an
aristocratic air about him.
Don't be q goose, Grace, said Sta
ella.
And you yourself can't deny that I
am pretty, Stacia, Y pouted Grace. "And
Ishould 80 like to be rich and wear vel
vet dresses, and have carriage and
horses Of my own,
Eyes, and meanwhile, z added Stacia,
.swhat Is to become Of poor Ralph
Hyde?n m
'Nonsence, Ralph was all very well
as long as one couldn't do better. But
+ mean To be Mrs. Walter Canfield.'' z
terrace, are You really in earnestly
Never was more so In my life!n def
antly answered the pretty brunette, as
she bit Off the thread between twopear-
ly teeth.
Etacia forgot all about the mysterious
epistle in half an hour; but Grace dress
ca herself exquisitely that evening, and
sat SO close to the door, when Mr.. Cord
well went up from his late ten, that he
could not choose but come III. 4
aYou look weary, Mr.. Cordwell,"
said Grace, sweetly.
Them rascals Of clerks always put
up the meanest jobs on a new fellow
like :Ine," indignantly observed Mr..
Cordwell.
How delightfully."- eccentric!' thought
Grace, land how completely he pre-
serves the identity he has chosen to as
sumo. Y
but Til cry quits with 'em vet, see il
/ don't!p added Mr.. Cordwell.
It must be charming to reflect how
completely you can one day be reveng-
ed" said Grace, with penetrating
look.
When MIR. Hyde called that evening,
Grace had neithera word nor look for
him, 90 completely was she absorbed In
the preliminariee of d delightful fiirta-S
fion with Mr.. Cordwell. And Ralph.
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