The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-25

what, Tic caravan OF Sii4A-.
yasped.
Yes, cried Fred
WHO the devil would take any thing Of
vour,s' growlcd GariOuld.
The Eclectic. and no mistake. you duf
fer replied Fred.
Nonsense, we both cried
Here Is the check 10 prove Il. said
Racburue. producing narrow slip OF
paper
or course that convinced me. and | was
beginning 10 wonder whether after all ]
could De mistaken about Raoburnc. Not
ID Garb0uld lie Is never taken abaek
md be is never convinced.
Il have long said, be remarked. Jelly
that that magazine IS in very BAD haLds
It's present editors ar5 ruiImg it--simply
running IL,
yes broke in Fred because they
yon Z have amy moro OF yOur rusty Ole
war "Reminiscences. You aye ont Of Gate
with your scandal. of Queen Elizabeth
Il must he ont ct date, Indeed ro
Ioined Garbould, "when the mere fact Of
having a silly story accepted, undoiDl
eddy through some mi take, gives boy
ike y0u the night to insult q ran whose
name was u household word long before
you or Your magazine wero born. and viii
he when you are both forgotten"
Raeburne was about TO make some rash
-eply, and there D. no knowing how Tar
the wrangie would have proceeded. had
not come 20 the rescue as peacemaker
Fred is something OF q H0tspur, and o.
for old Garbould, he is an EnglisAmau
and is gifted with more than the usual
amount Of true British obstinacy Il was
therefore with some difficulty that / al
! last succeeded in recOnclling them. Fred
was the first % come round.
Come, old man, he said. holding out
his hand don be huTy. There, apolo.
gize. Give Us your en-
GarbouLl consented 60 be notified, and
smiling peace once more ablded with rs.
OF course this great plcco Of news
Knocked al other subjec ot conversation
on the head. The fortunes Of Tie Writ
ing Master" the play Garbould had been
taking about. no longer Interested rae
/ read fged3 letter trsm Tho Eclectic
while Garbould examined the check li0r q
good round SUM 1t was, too, at first
loubtiully then critically, but at last ap.
provingly lie was forced 70 admit that
! Fred had written something Which, for
some reason or other, had found favor Ia
| the eycs Of one Of the greatest literary
| authorities IN the country. Garbou.d is
q critic, and II gees without saying that
be Is a skeptic and Il cynic a. Tho same
time. OF course, he admitted nothing
openly, but | thought could see e grad.
uaily dGwuing respect Tor Rae5ugre IL his
tone and manner as the conversation pro.
crossed The old fellow is intolerant &c
! a degree. and only listens to other people :
opinions upon cospulsion. But this AZ
,ernoon he showed unusual forbearance.
for hin. not contradicting us more than
once ia three minutes So that when the
two got up 10 70 OF together detained
Fred long enough 70 whisper. III was
not convinced Of your good fortune by the
evidence Of the check. | should certainly
be forced % believe after seeing old Gar
bould's manner toward You congratu
late you. my dear fellow
Fred laughed and blushed. and went Of
evidently we'll pleased with himself, With
NE. with Gar bould. sad with the world IL
general
Well, the result OF It all was that Fred
and Laura were married Mrs Rntledge
did all ia her power to break OF the
match. but when she found that was i'm
possible She consented with as good grace
as might be 10 an early marriage. Miss
Window said that she had given her
word that ii Fred got an article accepted
she would marry him. and Sue was deter
mined to keep her promise. Besides, she
argued that the very fact Of the accept
snce OF his story by SO high an authority
as Tho Eclectic was proof positive that
/ Fred had q great literary career before
him. Whether Mrs. Rutleige was con
WINGED by Mis- WINDOWS logic have nay
reasons for doubling IL is far more
probable that she was finally urged tc
forego her opposition 10 the marriage
rather by motives Of policy than because
she WAS converted toa HOTe hopeful view
OF Fred's future as an author. Miss
Window was Gn heiress. aud she vas just
coming Of age. Tier guardians could,
perhaps. make her uncomfortable for u
short timo by Withholding their consent.
But in the end she would marry the man
OF her choice. and then she was not likely
to forget those who had evllly treated
her. il would. on the whole. be pleas.
anter TO have Laura friendly. And. after
all, what real difference did it make to
Mrs. kuiiedge whether the girl threw
herself away on q pauper or noti SO
think that astute lady argued tho matter
to herself. and the conclusion was that
shs consented to marriage In the spring,
So when the winter had passed away and
there was smell OF early violets IN the
air they were married Tie event took
place ct ono Il the fashionable uptown
shnsehss Kitty and l went. II was Z