Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-07-23


know she wouldn't have an old
bachelor like you. Give me the
first chance, won't You J"
Waring looked down at his COM
panion from his superior height
and a feeling of contempt, which
amounted to a strong desire TO
knock the fellow down, crept over
him. His good-nature got the bet
ter of him, however, and he seated
himself calmly, with the mental
comment, "You poor, shallow,
good hearted rascal 1t is impOssi-
BILE to be angry with you"
"You see, Bond," continued IIar-
ry, 81 never was so struck with a
girl in my life. She'd make a per
feet rage at home. Mother and the
girls have been teasing me to make
up my mind to som ebody these two
years, and they'd just go wild over
her. She hasn't any property,
to be sure, and no family to boast
of, but she's beautiful enough to
be King Cophetua's beggar maid,
and I've inst set my heart on her.
| suppose, by all sense of honor, |
ought to step ont and give You the
first proposal, but if | marry her at
all, | want to take her to Saratoga
before the season is over, and as
this is my last opportunity, why
can't you let me try my luck to-
night ? | stand as good chance of
being Tilted as any one, and if Pm
snubbed, why then III Just clear
out and leave the track clear for
YOU
Waring surveyed his cousin
calmly from head to foot. Was it
probable that this sweet village
flower who had so completely won
his heart could Withstand the fasci-
nations of this gay, handsome
youth, with the rumOrs of his for
tune which were wbisperedin every
body's ears ! What had he, morose,
unprepossessing old hermit that
he was, to offer as a rival
Nothing but his love. He dared
not take the risk.
81 fail to see by what sense OF
| Justice or honor a fortunate fellow
like you can ask another to play
into his hands in that wholesale
manner. I'm not the magnanl-
nous fellow you take me to be-
There's too much at stake. I've
lived without father, mother, or
sister long enough for me to ap'
preciate the value of what it would
be to have a home Of my own. II
were simply charmed, and you
were heartily in love, | can con-
ceive of my making a sacrice.-
But see here, Harry, you have met
Miss Doane perhaps fOnr times in
your life You are attracted by heT
as no one could fail to be. But !
tell YOU that kind of love sickness
one can sleep off in a night. You
are simply charmed by her pretty
face, while"
"And what are you, pray!' burst
IN Harry, angrily, "Conlound 1t.
Aren't you charmed by her pretty
face toOg Just because | haven't
the faculty OF daubing it on canvas
is no sign | don't enjoy good looks
as well as you. You always said
YOU couldn't endure beauty thai
wasn't natural. I'm satisfied Will
beauty that's made up, if it's wei
done. There are plenty of natura
beauties around here. Why can
you take one of them, If a models
what you're after y
care you out your head = sale
Waring, his seli-possession fast Civ
ing way. "Wbat do you mean by
your talk about natural beauty
Isn't that just what | admire il
her p
Natural beauty ~ laughed Her
ry, scOrnfully. ooh, you old blinC
dotard / begin to believe you ar
pretty far gone. DO you mean t.
say your observant eye hasn't beel
able to see through one of her pret
ty articles! Why quarter of tn
ladies in New York know how t
produce that same kind of a wig
only she does seem to have bad eX
ira luck in the bleaching. Tha
ravishing complexion, too lo
call that natural You can eXpec
to produce that kind OF pink ant
white with your paint brush, o
from a powder box, but you don
find it on the natural cuticle i
, these days. Those eyes, besides
another item. You think that ma
, ture ever made a pair as black an
brilliant as those without the ali
? of a little dose of appropriate med
cine now and then? Oh, Bond
, wouldn't have guessed that falllni
, I'm love would ever make such
blind old idiot of your
"Thornew exclaimed Warinl
, starting up, this time thoroughly i
earnest, "If you can convince m
of the truth of one of your Islander
f ous statements by any tangibl
, proof, leave town without furthe
, notice, and cancel all claims in you
favor"
"Chrlstopher Columbus! Nv
, gained a point now, haven't |
Very well, Bond, ! accept the cha
Ian0a Pm n pOO1 deal of n dc