Wichita eagle., 1888-08-26


realized" and left. He spoke exceed
ingly good English, without q particle Of
foreign accent, and had acquired some
Americanisms Of speech. He was very
agreeable and popular. He was gallant
too, in spite OF few gray hairs in his
beard and hair, and used to come into the
parior, which was for the common use Of
dodgers and their visitors, and chat for or
hour OF so with Miss Bysshe or Adela, Il
he found them there, and tell stories 0,
and though told In the third person these
were evidently his own. He was particu
larly polite to Miss Adela, though not
The elder sister thought him the most
delightful, as well as the most polished
gentleman she had ever met. And then
be paid nearly third Of the rental the
house brought and gave no trouble.
Bit by bit the general slid into Kind ot
''friend Of the family" position. Miss
Bysshe had more OF less trouble at times,
and she grew into the habit of consulting
him. Suddenly notion entered into hel
head Adela was only 1S. it is true, and
the general was AZ, IS she had heard him
say. But he hadn't wrinkle and looked
some years younger. He was q most ex.
cellent man, even tempered and exceed.
ingly rich. Why couldn't she engineer q
match between these two? For Miss Bys-
she never thought of herself She was
80, and though her glass told her that she
was still beautiful and looking younger
than her age, yet she felt that her marry
ing days were over and she could end her
life as q respectable old maiden Lady. She
had her bit of romance too-most women
have. She was very young at the time,
just out of her fifteenth year. A young
civil engineer was marking the boundary
limo Of property on which she was stay
ing for visit in the country, and between
her and the good looking young gentle
man an acquaintance sprang up. They
were, or thought they were, very much in
love with each other. Her father, In spite
of his folly about his will, was sensible
man. He neither stormed nor even
groaned, but said he would think it over
He sent for young Brenner-John NJ.
Bremen was the young surveyors name
and had friendly talk with him. He
told him there were two objections to the
match, one a disparity of means and the
other the youth of his daughter. Now"
said he, young man, hear nothing but
good of you. Your character, your habits
and your family are irreproachable. You
must have money enough to support a
wife, and l think you have independence
enough to disdain living off a
father-in-law. Go to some place
where you can rise. In five years time,
if you have bettered your condition, re-
turn If you and Cornelia are of the
same mind then shall make no opposi-
ton. But this Is on the condition that
there shall be in the meanwhile no CORE
spondence. l shall then know whether
my daughter is under girlish fancy or has
q serious attachment. It will test you
also" After some demur Brenner agreed.
and he and Cornelia parted with sighs
and tears after exchanging fragments of
q broken ring. But five years passed and
ten and fifteen, and Brenner never re-
turned and was never heard of, except
that he had gone to Mexico and had left
there. Possibly he was dead. He and
the romance faded from Cornelia's life,
though she always carried the bit Of ring
in locket. 1t had grown to be faded
memory. But her heart was wrapped up
in the future of Adela- 1t was on her
account she rented tho rooms. All she
made over their expenses went to the saw.
imgs bank to furnish dot for her sister
And if she could engineer q match with
Gen. Martinez, SO rich, so irreproachable
SO noble in thought and word, what q
great thing it would bel She thought
him the best of men. She almost wor-
SHIPPED him. AS husband for herself
she could see that that was impossible; but
as brother-in-law, ahl
The general undoubtedly admired Adela
very much. While the rest Of the dodgers
were kept at arms length and treated
with freezing politeness, the general was
allowed to slide into an easy familiarity.
He got in the habit of going less to the
club of evenings and staying oftener at
home, passing deal Of time In the par
lors, where he admired Adela's embroid-
cry and chaffed her about It and other
matters He was not SO well at ease with
Miss Bysshe, and had an awkward habit
Of blushing like q schoolgirl when she
addressed him. Frank Peters, as a par
ticular friend of the general, grew into
the habit Of coming in also. But Cornelia
didn't mind him He was O nice young
fellow, but nero boy-not much over
20. lie was down town until 4, and then
his dinner consumed time, and he never
got in till dark. Cornelia was glad to sec
him como in and spend an evening at
homo. It was better than rambling
around town. Tho general, who was o
great book worm, read always for four
hours in the morning In tho library, and
found perpetual delight in the departed
Mr.. Bysshe's books.
Without G particle Of warning tho
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bis bony arms around the neck of Miss
Bysshe.
Savings banks are excellent institutions
50 long as they save the deposits and pay
interest promptly to the depositors. But
when the officers use the savings to in.
,rcase their private fortunes by specula-
ion in stocks savings banks become de- |
usions and snares. The cashier Of the |
security and Fidelity Savings institution,
n which Miss Bysshe deposited her yearly |
surplus, had q fondness for puts" aud |
calls and such things He put largo |
mount of tho banks funds in Wall |
street, and when he made call for it it |
vas not there. When he was called for /
le was not to be found A smooth shaven |
who bore o striking resen-
'lance to him, barring the whiskers,"
urned up on the other side of the line, in |
he Botany Bay of the United States In |
ix hours the bauk was in the hands of a
eceiver.
That evening when Gen. Martinez
ropped in the parlor he found Miss
Iysshe looking very unhappy indeed He
new OF the Gefalcation, and also that she
ras depositor, and he undertook to com.
ort her.
"You had some funds In the Security
nd Fidelity" he said
Yes, general; all have. Eight thou
and dollars and upwards. And the