The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-18

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richly repaid
| This IS not, alasi a love story. It deals
with other things Besides love, and so 1 shall
not dwell upon the happy days that followed
| by far the happiest / have ever known in
my placid, uneventful life Day after day
found ME by Oaisy's side, and | was the
recognize etendant of her and the million
are whenever they appeared in the saloon
grounds Once or twice I accompanied them
on drives to neighboring places of interest,
and by and by, when Mr. Mauleverer's health
improved, We went for long walks together
never saw Daisy during the whole of this
time by herself When her uncle could not
leave the hotel she invariably remained with
him Many days OF delightful companicn-
ship passed before l had my first chance OF
speaking to hr alone.
Even then the chance was brought about
in somewhat ludicrous fashion The so
ciety papers were now full of Mr. Maulev-
erer and h millions | could not take up
one OF them in which did not find his name
Now 1t wa' some wonderful story that was
told about the magAificence with which
Great Lprton Hall was being furnished and
otherw ise prepared for his residence; now it
was yacht winch he had bought from the
executors of dece .sed duke, and which was
being redscorated for his use in accordance
with the traditions OF ne arabian Nights,
rather than any more sober or prosaic pre-
cedents; and now it was an elaborate calcu.
lation OF ths number Of guineas per hour
which by day and night wera being poured
into the pockets of my friaad
When ] read thess tales | found it very
difficult to connect them with the plain
almost stability dresseu gyl1UTer4ssH. r1-1--
although he had secured the be suite Of
rooms at the hotel, still lived in perfect sim
plicity of style and gave no evidence either
OF the possession of wealth or the taste for
extravagant expenditure which, if these tale.
we're true, he undoubtedly had never, of
course, made any reference to these news
paper paragraphs when 1 was with MauIev
erer and his niece Daisy, | was certain,
knew nothing of them, and would have been
revolted by their vulgarity; while | was
strongly induced to suspect that the million
aire himself was equally ignorant
But if put all this gossip aside as being
probably nothing uloie g than the concoction
of imaginative penny-a-liners, it was taken
very seriously by not few Of the people
around Us The more Mauleverer and his
millions were talked about in the newspapers,
indeed. the more wild most persons became
to secure his acquaintanceship
There was a lady staying at the Grand
hotel for whom | had conceived strong
aversion from the first. and who apparently
regarded me with just rs little favor as /
showed her Yet l had. as it turned out,
great reason to be grateful to her.
Mrs Domvilie, the lady in question. was
very big, very stout. with a flaming scarlet
face, the color of which in its richness
matched the ribbons and dresses she habitu-
ally wore. She was constant attendant at
those balls Of which have spoken, which are
perhaps the most Objectionable of all the
features of life at Scarborough during the
season. On these occasions she was invari
ably accompanied by her son and daughter
the former a weedy-lookiHg youth of twenty.
the latter big and bouncing like her mother,
and handsome into the bargain, which is
more than one could have said of Mrs Dem
vile herself. .
It happened that had danced on one oc-
casion with the daughter. 1t was when a
ball was beid in our own hotel, and ! had
been pressed into the service by an agonizel
master OF the ceremonies, who found that Jhe
demand for dancing men far exceeded the
supply. Miss Domvllle was not person
who cared TO encourage the attentions of an
unknown swain Goodness knows that she
had no reason to snub me ON this account.
for after our single dance ! was quite ready
to drop th5 acquaintance; but snub me she
did, and her mother evidently encouraged
her in doing 50.
/ was not a little surprised, therefore.
when, CHANGING to meet Mrs Domville one
day in the hall of the hotel, / was salutad by
her with a warmth that was more than
usually friendly.
we met Are you to be at the tall Tonight?
Pray come and ask Arabella for the first
waltz Shall tell her to engage herself for
it, Now / know how good natured you are
You will never say no, am sure"
Thus the magnificent creature ran on in a
style which almost took my breath away. |
did say "No," however, and rather bluntly.
too. She was in no wise disconcerted
@By the way" she said Il have a particu-
lar favor to ask of you. see that you are
acquainted with the Manleverers. Now, l
am quite certain that Mr. Mauleverer is the
friend of very dear friend of my own |
have ard so much about him that really
must speak to him. So now look 10 YOU to
introduce me the next time we meet
Mrs Domville looked so formidable that
it required some courage to show any hesita-
lion in promising to crafty her wish
Nevertheless | did hesitate, for | knew that
the promiscuous acquantanees Mr. Mau-
leverer had hitherto made In tn. hotel had
apparently bored him was, indeed, not
little afraid that | myself was no exception
to the rule.
II think must ask MIR MaulevereI him
self before can promise to do that,D / re-
piled You know he is not in good heslth
%Then ask him now, for he is here
l turned and saw Mauleyerer ami Daisy
standing beside me The lormer had evil
IDENTIFY heard bis own name, AMI with the
quiet simplicity and courtesy which were
OF the man he came forward.
Mrs Domville favored him with a courtesy
which would have done ereIit to the queens |
drawing room She looked as Z she would /
have liked to kiss the rich maa's hand
sForgive me, SIR she aid, in a reveren-
tial manner that was quite new to her 80 far
rs my experience went. a was asking our
young friend Mr.. Fenton TO do me the honor
Of introducing me to you. have been 30 /
anxious ever since heard you ere here to
question you about an old friend of mine
whom / thtnk you once knew very inti-
mately."
The millionaire looked puzzled, bat he
was listening with grave attention to the
lady.
4Perhaps you are going down 10 'he
"a a!oon," continued the latter @Ah, then, If
you would be so very kind as to permit me
10 walk with you / could explain what |
mean"
aBy all means, madam, responded the in
aocent old gentleman, and he turned to the
loor of the hotel closely attended by Mrs.
Domville. Daisy and followed them.
aWho is this woman, and what dots she
want with my unclep she asked.
aShe wants all Scarborough to see her
walking with him on the promenade, sup
pose" replied
Daisy looked at ms with eyes of inno;ent
wonder She scarcely seemed to compre-
lend.
II am vexed, she said, presently; II hored
We should have been all by ourselves, to-day
/. least"
aTo-dayi Is there any special reason con-
lected with to-daya7 asked
"Yes." she responded, with a faint sigh.
Tomorrow our friends are coming, and
'ear there win be no more pleasant mornings
or US all, such as We have had lately
aYour friendsn / murmured, perplexed
ind dismaYed.
HYes, the only friends we have in England,
Dr. Branksome and Mr. Fosdyke- They
ire coming tomorrow in the yacht which
believe my uncle has bought
Pain and jealousy filed my heart. It
,eemed that those halcyon days which had
brought so much Of joy to me were at an
md
aAnd win your new friends-I beg par
ion, your old friends ought to have said