Iron County register., 1889-03-14

showed him some water-colors she had
sketched In the vain hope Ct selling them,
he had the unblushing mendacity to declare
that he knew picture dealer who was ach-
ing to secure just such things, Offering, il
she would entrust them to him, to transact
the business for her-which he did much to
her wOndermenf and satisfaction
Then he pleaded that she must have pity
on his loneliness in the city and - show him
about Bit" and even succeeded in in
weighing her to dine with him at his hotel
and drive in the park with him, and alto
gether conducted himself in such repre-
hensible manner, that am sure the reader
has lost al confidence N him.
The next day was repetition Of the pre-
vious one, and the more he saw of tho
charming girl the mora his heart warmed
towards her, and he became so demonstra-
tive in his affection that he scandalized Mrs.
Wilson, Kate's landlady, so that she felt
it her duty to warn the young lady against
the danger of the elderly gentleman's ad-
miration, which brought the first smile she
had seen in Kate's face for many day.
By and by they became more confidential
and she told him many of the struggles
through which she had passed and her man
ner of encountering them all of which tend
ed to more deeply impress him with the fact
that she was jewel of girl who could
hold her own under any difficulties.
But the crisis of the Captains inconsis-
tencies came upon the third day of his visit
to New York. Bright and early he was at
Mrs. Wilson's house, for Kate had promised
to accompany him on trip to Staten Isl
and. As he sat in the little dingy parlor
waiting her arrival-for Kate was not with
out the feminine weakness of being . wee
bit behind time in getting ready-he saw
scrap of paper lying on the floor and recog-
nised at once Harry's handwriting. make
no apology for the indelicacy of his action,
for l am simply historian, but the wicked
Captain picked it up and deliberately read
it through. 1t was portion of a letter con-
tanning the following:
while acknowledge that he is the best
father man ever had, am deeply panied
to add that theSe is no sign of that unrea-
sonable animosity to the name of Frobish-
am wearing away; and il, ,as you say, you will
not be my wife until he of his own free ac-
cord asks you to consent to our union, our
happiness is indeed far off,"
"Ho-ho," the Captain chuckled, so the
young dog has been making me the bug
bear all this while.''
And quite forgetting the young lady who
was hurrying her preparations upstairs,
he slipped out at the door and sped to the
nearest telegraph Office. whence he dis
y
indianapolis:
"Come at once to the Grand Union Hotel,
New York. Reply"
Then he sheepishly returned to the lodg-
ing-house, and never so much as limited to
the young lady the desperate step he had
taken.
Thirty hours afterwards, father and son
were clasping hands in the Office of the
hotel.
"What is it, dads" the young man asked,
eagerly. ''You can not tell how your tele-
gram has upset me, for the least l thought
was that you might be sick, or in some
scrape or other. What in the name of con-
science brought you to New York;"
just a little matter of business, Harry,
that's all; but felt 1 couldn't conclude it
without your assistance. In fact. there's a
person now in the ladies' room 1 want you
to see-would you mind stepping in theres
I'll join you IN a few minutes.'
If the clerk of the hotel had chanced to
notice the portly figure of his guest when
his son left HIM, he would have had grave
doubts of his sanity, for it is not usual
for old gentlemen to walk about grinning
and chuckling and every now and then slap
ping their thighs in a perfect ecstacy of un-
controllable delight. Presently he con-
quered his emotions and walked demurely
upstairs into the ladies' receptlon-room.
Well, Harry, how's business? Have
you and the other party come to terms2'
Harry Winthrop seized his fathers hand.
There was the same glad, trustful look IN
his face the old man had missed for many a
day, and his heart thrilled with joy to think
that at last there was no barrier between
him and his boy Harry
1t was very quiet wedding, for the Cap
tain insisted ON its taking place at once in
New York, as he argued that it would be