Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-10

is in his present circumstances, or
wait ten or fifteen years. and run the
risk of his making a fortune. Work
hard. indeed! I venture to prophecy
that he will not be any better prepared
to support a wife ten years hence than
now"
AS Arthur Lindsay walked down the
street that night his mind was in a
which, to say the least. was
not complimentary TO Miss Neremore.
His disappointment was not greater
than his anger at himself for allowing
his affections to be so long conferred
on one whom he now considered I'M
worthy of moment thought.
Il could have seen her passion for
social pleasures, he thought had 1
not been blinded by my foolish love.
Her love for me, if it can be called
that will not prevent her marrying
the first man who comes along with a
sufficiently large bank account. She
thinks / can not attain the position
she wishes her future husband to &C.
cupy. We shall see. my proud beauty.
You will be sorry for this night S
work. or my name is not Arthur Lind
say"
Half an hour after the door closed
behind young Lindsay, it was opened
to admit very stylishly-dressed young
man whose bearing betrayed the fac
that he had always been permitted TO
do as he pleased. and expected now
to have every thing his own way rs &
matter of course. His name was Gin.
ton Weeks. and he was the son OF
John Weeks. the great banker and
merchant Clinton was intelligent,
and rather good looking, and would
probably. with the proper training.
have made useful man; but his father
was rich and busy. and had permitted
his son to grow up conceited COX.
comb who never turned his hands tC
any useful employment. Neverthe.
less. he was considered good ''catch''
by mothers with manageable
daughters, fact of which he
was well aware; and, when he
entered the Neremore mansion thai
night he had not the faintest idea of
going away without the promise o.
Miss Neremore to become his wife.
He had met her six months before,
and. taking sudden liking for hel
pretty face and her fathers fortune.
at once resolved to make her his wife.
Holding to his purpose remarkably
well for him, he had called upon hel
regularly ever since, and now intend
ed. as he expressed himself TO a friend
Ito end her suspense.
She was not expecting him thai
night, and was somewhat surprised tc
see him; but she was glad to have
something to draw her mind out of the
melancholy into which it had fallen
He soon noticed that she was unusually
quiet and thoughtful. and made some
remark about it; but she assured hin
thar she felt as well as usual and hat
only been little lonesome"
This. he thought. was his opportuni
ty. and he coolly explained his errand
What contrast between his matter
of-fact proposal and Arthur's earnes
pleading. She could not help compar
ing them; and she found the contras
unpleasant to her outraged heart
Mr.. Weeks. however, went away will
her consent, never suspecting that he1
hand and heart had that night beer
forever separated.
When Arthur came home on vaca
ton, Kettle was married and gone. H,
did not take the trouble to inquir,
where she and her husband had set
tied, for his memories of his formel
sweetheart were not pleasant, and III
would have banished them entirel,
from his mind had such thing bee,
possible. He was thankful that hi
poverty had revealed her to him in he
true light, before it was too late; ant
he determined that. in the future, NJ
girl should gain his affections until h,
was satisfied beyond doubt that he
character and disposition were all tina
he could DIES ire.
He had studied, and needed tn
vacations; and as his acquaintance. il
whose estIm alton he had risen per
ceptibly in the last few years, appeared
to be glad to see him, he had q yer,
pleasant time.
As the years rolled by, Arthur fount
that time, 1.-The great healer of sor
row." was curing him of the wount
he had received in his youthful strug
gle with Cupid. While finishing hi
course at college, he fell in love will
daughter of one of the professors
Sarah Wentworth, be it said to he
credit, had no such conceptions of tn,
Importance of wealth and position. a
those which caused Lindsay to be re
jected by Kettle Neremore; and full.
reciprocating his love. she accepted
him, and two years after Arthu
graduated they were married.
Thirty years have slipped by sine
our poor, half-clothed, and ill-uset
country lad took his small stock O
books under his arm, and wendell hi
way to the village school-house, con
scious that he was to become tn
laughing stock of the school. but de
termined 10 acquire an education lie
the cost be what it might. They hav
been busy years for him. and he hal
not worked in vain. Those who ridi
culed the awkward boy have shown
their appreciation of the talented m Al
in many unmistakable ways. Daring
four of these years. he served as
Judge of the State Supreme Court H
resigned this office to resume tn
practice of law; but he did not re
main long in private life. for his popu
larity made him the most available
man for his party at q critical time