Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-11-13
A FASCINATING GIRL
BY r. W. ROBINSON.
Author Of "For Her Sake" s.The Ro.
nance of a Back Street." Eta

A>-hNs ~ = Xi - AuCh A0VACN
at his new cna nal shiny hat, and thought
he was co'nr tn b. married. She felt sorry
he was Caught" and sure in her heart that
it was nv q designing widow with money In
the funds. and sone half a dozen grown-ur
sons ami t!au ,hters 10y way of family on.
cnwbr1Mce.
e: .m roi,lg to 4 wedding"
"Inlaed!"
@Mv nenhew'S wedding. Mr.. Todd enters
the holy state this morning. I I'M his best
man."
He watcila | her very closely, with his clear
gray eyes fscd and mblinking, and Ruth
DAILY object | to his stare, anil felt herself
rrdl"ning beneath his gazs.
This is u surprise" she remarked.
"Y,s. He's married this morning." he
sail, in a tone almost too triumphant to
n'ease Miss DAILY. L seemed to say, II have
Won the gama; you are ous Of the reckoning
at last, and there's All end of it and you.
II hope he has made a wise choice" said
she.
u think so. She is not a chit Of a girl,
but a woman Of mind, who will look after
him and the money sha brings him."
"Ycu are satisfied"
Perfectly satisfied"
"That is all right, them" she murmured,
in so dry a tone that ho looked at her very
sharply.
u suppose you think that when I am salts
fed everybody ought to be, Miss Daly!' he
said: "or, rather. you think that Think sos"
Miss Daily laughed.
II cannot say I have considered tho mat
ter very deeply" she replied; ION the con.
trary. my thoughts have been wandering
somewhat strangely"
"In what direction, may 1 ask"
SIN yours"
"My dear young lady," lie exclaimed,
eagerly, "what do You mean! Did you say
in miner
this was, though: you we're going to your
own wedding" she sail.
lne MAJOR stared iiar.;er than ever, and
his lower jaw dropped Oh TO his satin stock.
He took his new hat of, and brushed it the
wrong way with his coat sleeve, and then
put it carefully on again.
"God bless my scu'! what an extraordi-
nary thought" he said.
"Not very extraordinary, surely"
"That any one si.oull think-that you
should Think was going to be married this
morning! Dear me! ] wish you were not
troubled with sucl silly ideas, Miss DAILY"
"Silly!'
II would have preferred your thinking l
was going to be hanged" he said, techily, as
he walked away in great haste.
across cd bachelorl' said Miss DAILY, with
a pout, as she tnrnel TO her books; "it is as
we'll, for the lady's sake, that you are not
go ng to be married, Maj. C~rawshaw."
And certainly Maj. Crawshaw was not
particularly amiable on his nephew's we'd
ding day. He scowled at the ministers
there were three divines to tie up young
Todd and his bride securely; he prompted
young Todd in his responses in an unneces-
sarily high key; abused the b,adle on the
church steps for getting in his way and
tumbling over him, in undue haste to par
ticipate in the general distribution of fees;
and at the wedding breakfast lie was graver
and grimmer than befitted tho occasion. He
was very thoughtful, also, and made but a
clumsy, spluttering speech In return for some
one proposing the bridegroom's relatives,
and sat down disturbed in temper afterward
at his own miserable failure.
u was never so embarrassed in my life
never, Sarah" he said to his sister, who was
at his side in purple velvet. THAT fellow
ought to have been shot for Juggling in such
a toast. Ridicu!ous!'
II don't think you are quite we'll this
morning" remarked Dowager Mrs. Todd.
~ was never so we'll in my life"
"You seem a little out of sorts to me-"
II don't know what you mean" growled
the major; "but I'm in sorts-heaps Of
them"
"Ah! well, we have you to thank for all
this happiness, !" said his sister in a low tone.
"for if it had no: been for your coming down
to Battleton. and taking Edwin to town with
you, who could tell what might have hap.
penedl"
The major ooughed in his throat, but
made no reply.
"Poor Edwin would have been snapped up
by that dreadful girl, you nay depend upon
1t. She, was more than q match for my
dear boy. Shs meant to have run away
with him."
"5he never meant anything Of the sort"
aJohn, how do you knowf" exclaimed bib
sister; show can you telli"
"She was worth half a dozen Of your cub
he cried. "She would not have looked at
him-she would not have had him for TWEEN.
ty times his money. There is nothing like
design about Miss DAILY"
u cannot understand how you" began
his sister, when he snapped of her c~onject.
ure half way.
Nobody says you do understand; don't
try" he cried. sMiss Daily is a lady, and q
friend of mine. and I'm not going to sit
here and hear her abused. It is not likelv."
"A friend Of yours, joint Did you say q
fricndp
ayes, I did say a friend"
"Bless me! you know her, thena IL hops
she il not setting her cap at you instead Of
my boy, for she must he a really dangerou,
person."
"Don't talk nonsense"
but you are a man Of the world. and not
likely, at -FOUR age, to be led away easily"
Never mind about my age, Sarah. What
the devil has my age to do with itF he said,
In tho same suppressed and husky key.
"There are I'D fools as we'll as young ones, ]
suppos,."
But you're not an old fool" replied hi,
sister, drylv.
YES, 1 am. Tn an cd fool to think that
Will YOU cblice me, sister, by dropping thi.
Ridiculous C In%versation."
what are you going to dor"
"Propose the health Of old fools in gen.
erai,' lie answered, CURLY; and then he
rose, and gave the health Of the clergy and
the officiating minis.ers-which was very re-
markable.
Yes, he was in a bad temper that morn.
ING, and his sisters allusicn to his age had
not tended to improve it. He could no. for.
get that remark; peop'e over the boundary
linz, will take illusions to their years with q
spasm. It's the Ole rule without an ex.
ception.
Il was asked this morning if this was my
wedding dav," he said. later on to his sister,
when the guests were derartinc; $50 I could
not have looked so deuced old, Sarah.'
Far too old to he thinking of your owr
wedding dav now, John, I should thirk," re,
piled Mrs. Todd. who would have been x.
tremely sorry for her brothers marriage
ana all the leg ,cies floating away from hel