Mohave County miner., 1889-08-03
A WIDOW BEWITCIlED.

A WIDOW BEWITCIIED.
Oliver Beauchamp had been dead 70,
rather more than . year. Why Mary
Vane had married him nobody could
ever make out He was such q thor.
oughly uncomfortable person that even
his money could scarcely have been
. sufficient inducement to the mos,
mercenary girl in England to consen,
70 pass her life with him. Mr.. Beau.
champ had been in the habit Of spend.
ing the greater part Of his time 10 the
pleasing occupation Of coquetting with
one fashionable physician after an.
Other, for truth to tell he was . malade
imaginaire. The doctors found Mr..
Bssuchamp to be anything but sat
isfactory patient, for 30 fond was he
Of fresh woods and pastures new that
he had the playful habit Of deserting
his medical advisers just as they be.
gan to 6stter themselves that reAlly
ful!-feathered fool had come into their
professional net Then Bea uchamp
would try quackery, and doctor him.
self with one welI-advertised nostrum
after another; 30 that the only won
der 10 that he lived a. long as he did.
Now, it was owing to the advice ID
Sir CELSIUS Gorget that Mr.. Beauchamp
came to marry Mary Vane. Wnen she
came out at the county ball in Loan.
shire he took her down TO supper, and
half an hour afterward proposed to
her and was accepted, Young ladies
Of 10 years Of age have = habit Of ac-
cepting their first offer. A good many
explanations, more or less possible.
have been given for it; but the real
reesOn, no doubt, IL that the charm.
ing young creatures honestly believe
that they will never be lucky enough
to have . second offer. and that there.
fore they will do we'll u make hay
while the sun shines.
Now Sir CELSIUS had said to Beau.
champ, as he pocketed that gentle
mans 2 guineas and bowed him out OF
the consulting-room: why don't you
try msrrisgeS You seem 70 have tried
everything else. Mind. I don't say !
altogether recommend it-still throw
out the suggestion; think it over"
Beauchamp did think it over. In.
deed, during the following week hs
pondered on tho great mans advice
day and night; and, just ss he would
have accepted any other panacea, 81
he swallowed Sir CELSIUS DOstrum and
married Mary Vane. The nostrum
can scarcely be said TO have been sin.
Rularly efiicacious; for in less than
| 1.S. l. Z.
marriage he died. leaving Mary Beau.
champ E3.OOO u year. Sine was y good
and kind wife To the unhappy man.
and / think that. after all. what killed
him was . too liberal allowance Of
somebody's electric pills and some
body slse's Africa elixir.
Captain Graham was Q hero Of 70.
nance. He had not q penny in the
world. but he had black curly hair.
bis teeth we're perfect, and his features
admirable. Moreover. Captain Ora.
hsm went to q good tailor aud his
boots were undeniable. For various
reasons the Captain had arrived ut q
stage Of existence when il struck him
~ siagularly advisable that he should
marry money. He went down ta
Brighton and he put up at the Bed.
ford. He used to walk up and down
the kings road and tO stare out OF the
Windows Of the club like . young lion
seeking whom he might devour. Ol
course he came across 4 great many
pretty faces. but to his mind be saw
nothing half 80 delicious as that charm
ing young widow. Mrs Bcanchamp
and - within . week Of his arrival the
young lady thought hit to cast aside
her weeds and blossom forth In gentle
violets aud delicate mauves. he became
moro than ever confirmed 10 hi,
opinion.
1t 10 scarcely worth while going in
70 details A. TO the Captain's machins'
tons in obtaining ap Introduction u
young Mrs. Beauchamp. Suffice It Il
say that they we're triumphantly sue
cessful. He was TO her as . revel
alton. He came, he saw. no conquered
He proposed 70 her one moonlight
night upon the west pier. Miss Jen
kins, Mrs. Beauchamp's sheepdog. wa'
sitting within . yard OF them; bu
then Mrs jenkins was listening to thu
soft strains OF a selection from '.DorO
thy" which WAS being played by tn'
band. and Queen Of My Heart To
night" - = cornet solo, distracted hel
attention from the subtler rendering
of tho same theme which was beinI
poured into the young widows ear BY
the enamored Captain. Mrs. Beau
champ listened with pleasure TO biz
tale.
II am . poor man. you know
Mary" said he. 81 have little els'
but my good name and my sword u
Offer you. and I hardly know II VI
should have enough to live upon.
He almost Winked AS he said TIT
words but they conveyed : noble ide'
Of his own disintsrsstedness. ~ hs in