Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-03-24
A LITTLE ROMANCE.
inc Quite Like a Bit Out of 81
Story Book"

story Book"
IL was a cruel moment when Mis-
Grace Courtney, after ber ,bonro -
fortune, first met her former rival III
rlch and naughty Miss Marlton. Tho
hau been leading bellies, two wears b,
iore' IN society, and rumor had sal,
were competitors for the hand of voun,
otHyvesant Mortimer, the sole heir -
ahe banker or that name. BIT Groco,
ia'her had failed and then died. ~leavin,
III: family destitute, She was clad, in
,nS emergency, TO accept a situate,
as nursery governess in the pretty vi,.
rage OF seaverge, on the shore of Iona
island Sound, To 90 out, in this boIf.
hienlal condition in New York. whore
so many knew her, she felt 70 no i'm,
possible; but here, in this quiet and 60.
ciuoeo place. she vas not likely TO meet
ior'i'er acquaintance, she THOUGHT
I'm tlme ! shall forget" she said to
hcTscli' "as shall be forgotten"
nut' The very summer after she wen,
10 oeaVcrge' an enterprising inukeenor
Putup a spacious hotel, directly by The
water and laid out around it some Gf.
y acres OF ornamental ground, Immo.
ull'eiy SeaVerge became not only -
fashionable resort, but an aristocr,,in
n as well, for the two are not always
'he same And here, one mornina
"heh out on an errand. Grace o.rea
suddenly on her old rival, who WINS
"r''liS along one of the country roads.
III 'Phaeton' behind a pair of handsome
ponies and with u footman. in livor,.
and cockade, in the rumble.
- wonder if she will speak to me-
'no"Sht Trace, her first impulse bcinc
10 Turn away. But she had a brov1
soui, and SO, after a moments hesit,.
u9r, She looked full at Miss Marlton,
lhe latter saw Grace, and evidont,r
recognized her, for her face flushed
even through its abundant coat If
powder; but she did not bow. on ,bo
contrary, she stared as if the two hod
never met before. "'
i might have known it," said Grace.
query "our worlds now are different
hut what an insolcnt stare, am srra
II she had been a poor Governcss and
i inc leiress | could not have tre,toJ
her so.n "'"'eu
She mad known always that Miss
marion hated her. Nor was the reason ,
lar to seek The latter had come ont a ,
year earlier than Grace, and vonno /
N%ortlner' during the first winter. hnG ,
'cen quite attentive. But when Grace G
. society by storm, a twelvemontb t
'i'er' Miss Marlton lost her b~a,f.won h
'ohquest' ''She is having her reyepcn t
thought Grace, with renewed Il
,I~t'erneSs' 81 don't suppose he ever t,
INKS OF me, All, well, why should
e' am only a poor governess. and II
nee ms father is dead, he is one of .
10 iicieSl young men, they say, in Il
She ended with a sioL G,
'"t broke a moment after, into \ half. a,
ontemptuous laugh. h,
"What do you think | heardp" s,id
rs Leigh to herhusband the next dav u,
luncheon at is that young Stuy. m
'Sant Mortimer is to marry Miss 81,
arlton.n ~ "'
What the daughter of the ore,, III
i.road OPERATOR replied Mr.. Leicb
veil IL a great catch, even for her ob
'liroaa shares, you know, my dear. ov
queer habit often of BECOMING be,
At o o to worthless; but the Morti. sin
Il fortune made in railroads. has NJ,
transferred 10 Government bonds his
u other first-class securities, and as ON,
e as gold itself" i"'
They say" returned his wife. .tbo, s.e
$ young Mortimer is one Of the Ia,
iasomest of men and a great swell" cha
AM! replied her husband. Well. I cri,
, t know him, even in business. In if Y
t. socially the Mortimers have Al. -
Is moved in a higher sphere than +
Leighs. He's been in Europe. Won He
wv Tor a year and more, hand in Cir,
w. I'm told, with the best people ma,
wcr
Hwy 'io .h's conversation with a teri
'ing heart, for she always luncbed the
mr.. II Mrs. Leigh; their lunch i, I,
; IN fact, her dinner. She had not was
~ before of her old lovers absence hay,
Europe and only knew of his he f
er from a paragraph in the news fore
Naturally, she could not bel, ana,
g moved at this news. But her lin tho
Ell with contempt as she recalled sboc
Tact that he had deserted her the man
she became poor. the
slept but little that night, natu- his G
: Inc children were especially to a
e next day, for the prolonged heat his $
telling on their tempers. So. after Al
ms were over, Grace started for a b,uf
: following the little brook, on its over
y side, as it wound to the sea. II have
a pretty s.reamlet, widening at To- Il
IS TO quite a small river, and in now
IS full OF water lilies. Turning a who,
IL Grace came suddenly on Miss who,
ton' sitting in a boat, pretending fearl,
but looking up every moment, he to
she expected some one. va, !,
pet dog was in the front of the IL do
Hearing Grace's step, the his a,
cred %plaything sprang up and be- dren
o bark %furiously at her. At the tears
instant Miss Marlton detected our evos
- opening ner large, lazy which
stared again, this time even moro ;ng /,
h,u..; ue oay before. thing
80 w as last as she could, him.
heeks hot with modification and ..w
:. But her haste was not sufficient no .,
ny her out Of sight and hearing own ,
81 $50 manly form-wL,eg lar, :.
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