Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-02-27

people who only judge by appear
.aDce, with your permission, moth
ing will give me greater pleasure
then to call upon your aunt at
Brighton"
Sat the mention of the name
Gfeysark, the girls color deerened
somewhat. and she raised her eyes
tosllis face for a few seconds. Then
SIle.said:
81 am sure that my aunt would
besAellghted to make your acqualn-
lance, Mr.. Greysark."
accordingly, on the following
Sunday, Mr.. Greysark, instead of
performing his usual weekly dnty
to society by an afternoon lounge
on The Green, betook himself to
Regency Square, and was nshered
intoflie presence OF a smiling gray
llairEl lady, who might have sleR q.
and who received him with the
stately urbanity Ola conrtler of the
OLD school. Being n man OF bn>l
ness,sJ onafllan Greysark lost no
time In beating al'out tue bush, but
plunged ut once in mcdias res, de
scribed the origin Of his acqnain
tance.with Phyllis, expressed him
self ii. such happy language, blew
Ills own trumpet in such pleasant
unaSsnming manner, declared his
devotion in fervd phrases, in fact,
put matters before the old lady i'll
such an attractive light, that she
was completely Won over.
sOfscourse, Mr.. Gleysalk," she
said in reply, ";lS lam only the
girls amt, have no direct author
ity in the matter. But if Phyllis
regards your suit as lavorably as |
do, can only recommend that yon
shouldS address Il letter to her
father III London, state the case as
you llaye stated it TO me, and abide
by his aecision.''
.But1tis an extraordinary phase
of our acquaintance" said the mer
chant, e:.rllat | do not know your
nicce'S Surname yet"
Perhaps the old lady was struck
by the strangeness Of this avowal.
but at ANY rate she heSitalcd Il mo
ment, seemed a little confused, and
then replied: "Her name is Elem
ing, Mr.Greysark; aletteraddressed
to Mr.. Robert Fleming and given
to me will insure its safe DESPATCH
'.But would it not he better Tor
me to cab upon Mr.. Fleming my
self' sailIfGreysark. Ny business
experience has taught me that one
personal interview is worth a dozen
letters"
so 1t is, as a general rule. Mr..
GreysarkYsreplied tue old l;ldy.-
But Mr.sFleminG's movements
are so uncertain, his business tax
ing him Sc. frequently away from
home, llsssaf 8 less c0ursea llayessgg
gested would, / think, he he bet
ter
And after little general CONVEX
sation, Mr.. Greysark took his
leave, resolved that lie would with.
ont delay formally propo. e to Ph,l-
lis, and if her answer should be IA
vorable, as lie hadnot the slightest
reason to doubt it would be, indite
his letter to Mr.. Fleming.
Accordingly, The next morning.
upon arrival at London Bridge, i'll
stead of handling Phyllis INTO a
Mansion House omnibus, as usual.
he insisted that she SHOULD walk
there with him. And by The time
King Williams statue WAS reached
lie lad poured cut his soil 10 her.
and received her ready assent to
his proposal, conditional upon the
approval of her father.
One or two little circumstances
connected with hi>vislt to Regency
Square on the previous day struck
Jonathan Greys;rk as being curl
Gus as lie satin Lis room ut tile Of
fee playing listIessly with the heap
of unopened letters before him.
or C, urSe he had observed the old
laly's hesitation in giving the
name of Fleming; and her sllgges-
ton that the letter SHOULD be for
warded through her instead of to Il
direct address was rather unusual.
Perhaps Fleming was u strange
SORT of man-undcr a cloud, or OF
eccentric habits. At any rate
Phyllis was a lady, as was her aunt;
the surroundings of the rooms i'll
Regency Square showed refine
ment, il not opulence; and although
nancy with Il wife WAS no object
with him, he preferred that the
lady llonored by his choice should
not he an utter stranger to the style
OF lie 10 which as Mrs. Gieysark
she would be introduced. But his
ardent affection for the simple
minded, tright-taced girl overc me
whatever little Shades. OF doubt OF
Scruple The above strange clrcum
stances might have awakene i
/ within him, and, after hurrie'lll
pursuing bis business letters, he.
called Mr.. Penn in, gave. him III,
stluctions to SHOW nobody INTO the
private loom for an hour, and set
tied himself down to indite he
epistle TO Mr.. Fleming. After much
destruction of best cream laid note,
he produced the following:
DEAR SIR: 1t is with no little
difiideuce that | address one who
is a complete stranger to me upon