New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-01-27
Josiah ormskirk proposed to her, and

Il WONDER II she WOulQ remember
me if we met again?o thought Bour-
CHER, as he turned, and, impelled by
some obscure feeling, took the Ele-
waited, which within g. short time de-
| posted him near Central Park. He
strolled through the gate, and along
| the aforementioned drive.
The afternoon being unusually fine.
the drive was thronged with carriages.
Bourchier paused several times and
| stood to watch the moving panorama
| of beauty and fashion. Theintermin-
able stream Of vehicles and the con-
slant 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 large pair ofbrown
eyes regarding him from a handsome
barouche that had just come to a
| standstill not three PAGES from where
he stood. AS his gaze rested on the
! piquant face in which the aforesaid
eyes were set a flashing glance ofrecog-
milton shone from under the delicately
arched brows, and pair of fresh rosy
! lips parted in bright smile over set
OF the most dazzling little teeth imag-
| Unable.
"Rosalie!" murmured Bourchier to
himself; "and she has not quite for
| gotten me after ALL
He raised his hat and went quickly
| forward to the side of the barouche to
greet the woman he had parted from
in bitterness and anger ten years ago.
| Vincent Bourchier, / declared" said
Mrs. Ormskirk, as she extended her
daintily gloved hand; II thought I
could not be mistaken. When did
you return from Europe?'
"Only the day before yesterday he
replied. looking her full IN the face.
ut is a pleasure to find that am not
quite forgotten-a pleasure / hardly
anticipated. / have been in the Park
for an hour or more, and you are the
only person who has recognized me- y
"I-I have good memory for Races.
And you are very little altered" she
finished with a blush.
That ready blush of pretty Mrs
Ormskirk's gave her an air OF girlish
simplicity that was more charming
than real
Would you have known me again?"
she asked, with an innocent air, which
| became her wonderfully.
II should have known you any
where, +" was his fervent answer.
How crowded the park is this after
noon,o remarked the lady changing
the subject abruptly. "Isn't it won
derful where all the people come from?
And such queer looking people some
Of them are! just look at that woman
in a pink bonnet and yellow dress!"
''May call on you, Mrs Orrnskirk?"
he asked, when they had talked about
mutual acquaintance, criticised the
passers-by, and chatted anlicably,
after the manner of friends who meet
after long interval OF absence
COT course you may. l live at Nc
gatherlum Flats when I am in the city
You will generally find me at home
about 4 O'clock" And, with another
OF her sunny smiles, Mrs. Ormskirk
drove on.
x y * Y
Mai. Bourchier saw a good deal OF
Mrs. Ormskirk during the next few
weeks. On some pretext or other he
contrived to drop in nearly every day
at Megatherium Flats. The luxurious
suite of rooms occupied by the fair
widow was on the seventh floor of the
huge block OF buildings, consequently
they were reached by that useful
modern convenience, an elevator.
Bourchier soon cherished quite SEN
timental feeling OF affection for the
| cosy little cage which carried him so
easily and so swiftly upward to the
dwelling of his charming Rosalie, and
had he been OF a poetical turn, he
would certainly have penned sonnet
in it's 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 it was that Mrs Orms-
kirk had at least half dozen pre-
PENDANTS, and the name of her admir-
ers was legion. Bourchier was often
mortified to find that the attentions
| Of one or the other OF this band OF as
pirants seemed more acceptable to
this little coquette than his own.
More than once he was tempted to
risk everything on a single cast OF the
die, and ask her boldly if she would
marry him. But more prudent coun-
sells prevailed, and he resolved to bide
his time. Precipitancy might ruin ev-
| erything. A woman, he argued, is sell
dom won by a coup de main.
One evening, nearly two months aft
er the meeting in the Park, Mrs. Orms-
kirk was present at a fancy dress ball
given by Mrs. Rodney Roster, a sister
OF the most distinguished of the fair
widows suitors. It was the first en-
tertainment OF the kind at which the
latter had appeared since her hus-
bands death. Mrs. Roster made so
great point of the matter that she
wrote a charming little note begging
dear Mrs. Ormskirk to break through
her rule. Mrs Roster, it may be hint
ed, was extremely anxious to bring
about a match between her brother
and Josiah Ormskirk's widow and
Josiah Ormskirk's thousands, the
Rockminster family's revenues not