St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-17
HE Lost MS BRIDE.
why an Eastern Girl Discarded "a
wealthy Western Love.

wealthy Western Love.
About a year ago George w. RivingtOn
came from the wild and hoping West 10
battle in the watery culture and effete civil
izatiOn that rich apartments in Madison
avenue have To Offer Mr.. Rivington had
money, was young and rather good looking.
and this combination of qualities, coupled
with letters OF introduction, soon gained
him the entree 10 some of the best houses
in New York. and gave him card 10 the
Junior PatIiarchs' balls. Everything went
on swimmingiy for the first few months,
and Mr.. Rivington learned 10 drop his RS
and acquired the art of distinguishing be-
tween Chablis aud Sauteme In way that
made even that side-whiskered waiter al
DelmOnicO's RESPECT his Judgment. lie
even succeeded i'm doing tie single eye-glass
act with a graceful air Of abandon that
spoke well for his application before the
mirror and for his Wallets valuable instruc-
ton. Perhaps IL il had not been for the
bright eyes of swell Miss Van Boskirk he
would not have devoted 80 much time and
attention to the acquisition of those polite
arts which alone enabled him 10 hold place
at her side. With the hard common sense
born Of contact with the rough ways OF
the bounding West. lac knew that 10 gain
her hand lac would have 10 be pronounced
eligible not only I'm her own eyes, but In the
sharp eyes of her mother and aunt. He
knew that one stud. more or less. I'm his
shirt front. the questionable combination
of cntaway coat and silk hat. or even the
awkward balancing Of the obnoxious eye
glass might drive him from her for all time.
And he did not mean TO be so driven.
A month ago. after aSsiduous attention
on his part. an engagement was entered
into with his sweetheart. lie had captured
the prize and the town was not big enough
10 hold his happiness. For three weeks ne
lived i'm heaven. and one day. when the
chaperOne was absent, he actually went SO
far as 10 kiss his love. 1t was rash, I'M
conventional act, but he was from the
West and so the little SOlecism was over
looked. He determined TO attempt Tepe-
titiOn at Christmas, but Christmas found
the doors of the Van BOskirk mansion
closed against him and the engagement a
thing of the past. He could not understand
his present to her.
With the common sense born of Western
life. he thought the most appropriate thing
would be something that would 90 towards
filling their home when he and sue went TO
housekeeping. He east about for some
thing sufficiently elaborate and finally de-
eided upon a silver dinner service. But
with a deplorable lack of knowledge of the
habits of the circle i'm which she moved. he
sent among other things, a dozen solid sill
yer napkiu rings. That settled his fate.
Anything else might have been overlooked,
but napkin rings never.
The family held solemn council on the
napkin rings. Did he mean a deliberate
insult, or was it only that he did not know
that people in their station of life never
used napkin rings? They never used a nap
kin more than once and had no use for
rings. Did the young man from the West
mean to cast reflections at their good breed
ing? Or was he only barbarian. ignorant
of the fact that napkin rings had not been
good form for years? Either horn of the
dilemma was ineXeusable. Their daughter
could not be given to such man. 1t was
fortunate that they had discovered him i'm
time. Why, some day he might actually
be caught making love to his wife or doing
some co ually horrible thing. Napkin rings.
indeed. So the vulgar present was re-
turned without a word of explanation, and
George w. RivingtOn left yesterday with
the silver for Chicago.-New York World.