Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-12
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,,uel moment When Miss Grace
We after her change of fortune,
1I1,. her former rival, the rich and
b Us u.s. Miss Marlton. They had been
ii's. .!bslles two years before, in society,
ss'ls had said were competitors for
10 , l.l5y If Young Stuyvesant Mortimer,
-'-' hair of the banker of that name
D 'V.s father had failed and then
,.a,ipr his family destitute. She
Wy "a IN this emergency, to accept a
y gan gan AZ nursery-governess IN the
,;rlsoa of SeaverSe, on the shore
',' Island Sound. To go ont, in
Elemental condition IN Few fork,
. s' many knew her, sac felt to be
lN .;bIe. Int here, in this quiet and
i.S Mace. she was not likely to
' !. so,mer acquaintsuce3, she thought.
''. s~a I shall forget" she said to her
n ' "a shall be forgotten"
%. tbe very summer after she went
S S-.gs,ge an enterprising innkeeper
"a -oacious hotel, directly by the
VT and laid out around it some fifty
sof ornamental ground. Immediate
S.,yerye became not only fashion
sort but an aristocratic one as
fo- the two are not always the same.
IRE. one morning, when out on an
and Grace came suddenly on her old
n Who was driving along one of the
,-,-v roads, in a phSeton, behind a
,of handsome ponies, and with foot
An in livery and cockade, IN the rum
gopder if she will speak to me-"
a,,bt Grace, her first impulse being to
IN avav. But she had brave souli
80. after moments hesitation, she
MED full at Miss Msrlton.
The latter saw Grace, and evidently rec
rzsd her, for her face flushed, even
ngph i,s abundant coat of powder;
|a,bs did no. bow; on the contrary, she
,,sd AS if the two had never met before.
lmight have known IT," said Grace
4sf.v: "Our worlds now are different.
what an insolont stare! | am sure if
,.hsd been a poor governess and / the
rt,s cogld not have treated her SOL
Sehad known, always, that Miss MARI
sb8led her Nor was the reason far
.ek The latter had come out year
|asr than Grace, and young Mortimer,
hing that first winter, had been quite
entge But, when Grace took society
storm, twelvemonth after, Miss
NIt0n lost her half won conquest.
cae is having her revenge now" thought
sce, with renewed bitterness. 81 don't
|yp0se he ever thinks of me. An, well,
El should he' am only a poor COVER
s., and since AS father is dead, he is
noi the richest young men, they say,
America" Sac ended with sigh,
atrose, a moment after, into a half
ifmptuous laugh.
What do you think / heardf" said
h. Leigh to her husband the next day
.c1Cheon. 1T is that young Stuyves-
Mortimer is to marry Miss Marion"
What the daughter OF the great rail
Sd OPERATOR" replied Mr.. Leigh. swell,
sgFeat catch, even for her. Railroad
l,s yo1 know, my dear, have q rqueer
aa' often of becoming next door 10
ra-e'- bat Mortimer's fortune,
Hiis in railroads, has been transferred
sWemmenr bonds ard ether first class
gr'les and is a. safe as gold itself"
hey say returned the wife, "that
young Mortimer is one of the hand
ls' o. men aud a great swell"
10. replied her husband "Wen, I
f1og him, even in Blu siness In
A socially, the Mortimers have always
yea 10 higher sphere than the Leighs.
aesu IN Europe, you know for a year
more hand in goye, I'm told with the
people there"
LA's heard this conversation with a
1Alg heart, for she always lunched
p. "t' ana Mrs. Leigh; their lunch was
ls' dinner. She had not heard be
d, Der old lovers absence in Europe,
.,'! knew Of his fathers death from
.'s'aph In the newspaper. Naturally,
.'-.a not help being moved st this
ba' her lip curled with contempt
recalled the fact that he had de-
1e' the moment she became poor.
eIi h7t little that night, natur
's eludren were especially try
"a. la! for the prolonged heat was
VIZ lhelr tempers. So, after les
over Grace started for a walk,
,'-s the l'tle brook, on its shady
~. ~, ' would 20 the sea. It was a pref
r-.r --.'sI' widening at places to quite
r'5'' and IN places full of water
~. --,Lll1 corner Grace came sud
rs.,5'. 4-'' Aaiiton, sitting in a boat,
s,- ing Z" fish, but looking up every
IT,. o. u she expected some one.
3d., 5s wa IN the front of the boat.
i, 1[4es step, the pampered play
s-s. t.aos Up and began TO bark furi-
III. 5s' AZ the same instance Miss
e'eJ our heroine, and open
.y.- 'lzy eyes, stared again, this
e5.,,.. more srPersiliously than the
-rs trace hurried on as fast a.
.r3 -'' cheeks rot with mortifca.
~ anger But 7eI haste was not
e,- ~ carry hsr ont of sight and
& sHe saw manly form
1,. 49,. sue" only too well-and heard
-4ls every pulse Of her body
g MAJ s'uyvesant Mortimer, who
es. appeared from a grove or
- III tle stream, and to whom
called 70 come and row he,
p, & as5 boat, a she spoke, to
c got back TO the house, tina
ea never knew. she mus
49, 12Fn for she was ali out Of
tsE arrived. She was Qlac
sr sso'ed her to escape from
1s gam She spent long hour,
'a her misery. Eyes ther,
-as said to herself. "Onl,