The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-03
MURDER AZ R0SEM0UNT.


built by younc millionaire for his bride
10 crafty every ..ssiOlo or impossible
yncrasy Of uillionaires and brides.
Such lovely cottagcl such perfect
yerandai such roses in the garden such
bay window IL tho libraryl and such a
view from the wimdowsl And all, all. oven
20 tho beautiful furniture, TO be had now
for a song. The Young millionaire had cn
opening Offered t. BIN in California, where
there seemed 20 be n prospect for him OF
doubling his millions; and have noticed
It as q peculiarly OF human nature that
the more money man has, the more anX-
Sous he is 70 double il. SO Robert and
Lily Wentworth gave up at once the cle-
giant New Iori. residence. and wanted 10
give up tho charming suburban villa, to
povo on % California and chase the beck
ening millions The cottage could be had
for song. for a i..erc song; and Richard
Fairhild leaned over the little gate every
evening on his way up from the station,
sad wished lie bad the courage 10 suggest
10 Kittic that If they practiced some small
economies. they could perhaps indulge in
Ale ono great lu@ury of getting married
Immediately and going to housekeeping
10 the Wentworth cottage. But, dear
no would be n rlan Of courage who should
dare TO suggest 10 any girl of the Nine
aconth century those dreadful small ccono-
mics No; they nGst go on waiting; and
with sigh Richard would detach himself
from tho dear little gate and so on up
she hill.
And every morning. as she came down
ths hill to market. long after l.ichard had
taken the cars 20 town again, kittie, too,
would lean on the little gate. and think
ahat perhaps if she jest had the courage
g. let Richard know that she would be
willing TO practice AL sorts Of economies,
If only the could indulge in the ono
great luxury Of getting married and be-
gaming housekeeping in the Wentworth
cottage, why. perhaps it might come TO
BASS. Bat tl>n-what girl would think
Of suggesting - her lover that he hasten
sheir wedding Cast And so Kittie. tOo
would dctacl herself from the dear little
gate and hasten on her way down the
bill TO market where. in her abstraction,
she camo Vc~y near ordering the things TO
be sent upto the Wentworth cottage, and
actually went so lar ono morning as TO
ortier string beans because Richard was
particularly fond Of them.
When matters have como 10 such
pass as thu, il is easy 20 forscc what will
happen On certain Monday kttic was
still declaring that they were not to be
carried for years and years. a probation
which oven the imratie.t Richard dared
not shorten - loss than months and
months, AID or the Tuesday following it
had been unanimously agreed that the
SEEDING should take place IN a month.
rs to the occult processes by which the
transformation was brought about. the
outside world i.cew nothing. They them
selves knew nothing. Kittie would deny
Indignantly That shc ever suggested hast
xuing their marriage; and Richard Is
equally sure that he never, rcvcr was the
Erst TO propose that his dainty, charming
Kittic shogld be reduced to the necessity
If small economies But there Is a
stlaugo lrccmasonry between two people
gho love each ether. even before they are
rmn and wife, and somehow Kittie and
gichard became simultaneously aware,
without any requests or protcstatlons,
shat both Of them were willing TO sacri-
fco everything else in life if only they
night be married in Juno and go to house
Keeping in the Wentworth cottage.
When a man has seen the woman whom
10 would marry if he did not think it
snwisc for him to marry, his remaining
bachelor George Eliot says, viii depend
on her resolution. not his And whom two
yeung people have mutually c0.no 20 the
conclusion that they would be married in
Runc, it is safe to say that the wedding
sdsy will be before July. At any rate.
Xiitie and Richard were married in June,
AID for their wedding tour walked down
ahe hill together TO take possession of the
coveted Wentworth cottage.
The great small economy that kittie
xas to practice was that OF doing her own
work. OF course. woman was to como
"a to wash and iron ard TO sweep" ad-
ad Richard. with all the beautiful
shoughtfulness of a lover before marriage,
Dat Kttie was privately determined that
No woman should ever sweep her house If
ssS could help it, She was sure II was all
cNng to be perfectly delightful. She be-
lsved in Mrs, A. ID. T.. Whitney, and now
sssf would have q chance to prove all those
aaantiful theories about beating eggs for
IN cake while somebody else read aloud
fram Ruskin. Somebody elsel but. .
aarl after she left home and separated
fsam the little troupe Of sisters there, of
s1arse there wouldn't NJ anybody else to
r.sd from Ruskin. After Richard went 70
issn in the morning, she would be quite
tlene in the house till lac came homo at
,icht. But never mind: she was not 60
iisy TO let little thing like the absence Of
Enskin interfere with her satisfaction IN
tenting her own eggs. She meant to write
book about it herself and 90 step be-
spnd Mrs Whitney to prove how charm
d. il was. ii You only thought so. 70 beat
cggs by yourself, without anybody else in
tes house to disturb you with reminding
YIN of the necessity for culture And
s1en if 1t shouldn't be charming after all,
slough of course It would be, why she
ssu..l give Up beating eggs entirely end
1ay her cake.
Strange 10 cay. things did 60 very
smoothly, cni thu littlo bride, every oas
ssid, did admirably. One afternoon, late
r. September, she he'd been preserving
and lad had the woman" IN to help
aer with ;he heaviest part OF tho work.