The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-03-01
NUMBER 5.
;. But about the seventeenth ?''

a. oA4O 5CtllCu " Dc a July hAup"s L
thought Ia have a little fun under
the rose You know that Alice is so
confoundedly jealous. the mischief's to
pay if l look at another woman; so
this was a temptation. She said she
was twenty-seven, that her income
was sufficient to maintain her, but she
desired the companionship and pro-
lection of a husband. She had been
the belle of her native town in Ken
lucky before her marriage and subSe-
quent removal; she had had some
thoughts of studying for the operate
stage, but had shrunk from the ordeal
of public appearances; then she had
dabbled in art, but she was not salts
fed with the achievements which her
friends so warmly commended. /
thought there must be hitch some
where, that such a woman should an
swer an advertisement. But / wrote
to her and made an appointment,
which both of US kept. She was a
sumner, and no mistake-just lots OF
style, and as pretty as a picture;
while her manners were wonderfully
fascinating"
Il wonder what Miss Dennison
would have thought of her?" thought
fully remarked DIR. Raymond.
"Oh, keep still, and let me get
through, viii you? She was pretty
well gone on me from the first. That
isn't vanity"
Sounds like it might be-" com
mented Raymond, critically.
wait till you hear it all She was
awfully soft, and when we could not
meet she insisted that should write to
her. OF course l couldn't see her
every day, but she seemed TO be salts
! fed with letter when told her it was
| impossible TO come. But she wasn't
very easy TO please with the letters
She reproached me for my coldness
| continually. l didn't want to pile it
on too thick, but / got deeper into it
than L had any notion of when I be-
gan Finally, one day, wrote her
| one that was pretty warm, and the
| next day she was here"
Had you told her who you wereP''
inquired Raymond. with some surprise,
and keener interest than the case
| seemed to warrant.
What do you take me for, any
how? I'm not quite a fool, or at least
l thought then that l wasn't. l called
| myself Mr.. Edwards, and told her l
was boOk-keeper; 1 don't know how
she found out the truth, but here she
! came, anyhow" "
1T is singular how ones concealed
identity can be discovered in big city
like this, isn't it?'' remarked the ply
sician, philosophically.
Very. But, then, l suppose she
followed me stealthily from some Of
our meetings, and made inquiry of
some one that spoke TO me. Well, she
came, she saw, and | may as well con-
fess that she conquered. She insisted
upon interviewing me in the inner of
fee, although 1 assured her that we
would not be interrupted here. l
showed her in there; she stood a mo-
ment with her hand upon the knob, as
if she had half-changed her mind.
Finally she sat down"
What did she want?' was the curl
Gus inquiry.
"She wanted to make a fool of me,
and she did it to perfectionr' was the
savage response. She spoke of the
letters which she had received from
me, and said she supposed that L would
not like Miss Dennison to see them.
She seemed to have found out all about
me, somehow or other. She admitted
that they were not signed, except by
the initial +, but remarked that my
handwriting was peculiar, and would
readily be recognized; and when she
| Gaid that fhatv rE-pr11l no hav III s.
cult to explain away, l knew that it
was so. | knew well enough that if
Alice were TO see those letters l might
as well make up my mind never to go
there again; but | was so thunder
struck at the woman's confounded
impudence, that j could do nothing but
sit and look at her.
| - What do you think il would be
worth to get possession of the docu-
ments in question: she asked me, with
a sneering laugh.
| u demanded to know if she had
them with her; and my voice sounded
hoarse and unnatural, just as novel
hero's would under similar circum-
stances
I have them here she answered,
and took them from her pocket as she
spoke; if you Will give me two hun
dred dollars l viii destroy them here
in your presence; if you refuse, will
scream until the attention of people IL
the building is attracted-'
1T happened that | had received &
remittance of two hundred dollars thai
very morning; it was nearly every cen'
had in the world, but resolved that
would have those letters l tried my
best to beat her down in price. but she
was obdurate. She told me that she
knew 1 had the money, and that il
was foolish to expect her to sell then
for any less. So l paid her, got hold
of the letters, and burned them That:
all"
DIR. Raymond sat silent
Como now, old boy, that won
do demonstrated Mr.. Carter; .rv,
told you what a fool was; let's have
your experience"
You needn't emphasize your pro
nouns in that way" returned the other
with an air of offended dignity; ere
member that l went into it fancy-free
Have you never heard of such thing
resulting in lifelong happiness?'
We'll, yes, in stories" admitted tn
lawyer, reluctantly; but Ialways sus
| pected that the author stood in wit
the publisher for a share of the adveI
tising profits
Like you," continued DR.. Raymond
serenely disregarding this offensivel
matter-of-fact explanation. Il r,
| ooiv-aF q, ,,,,,, I.ar nj apsr-sy.s brf / III
not prastice on confiding femininity q
you confess TO have done; it did nt
occur to me. / made separate al
pointments with each one; if faile
to keep most of them, it was because