The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-16
WHICH GIRL?

Louie WOrthtngtou snt Oentitu tilc csossu
Of his newly acquired Office and
-SrueRled with bis thoughts. How full OF
hopC seemed this great wealth that hnu
~ him 81 unexpectedly, after q
youth Ut mere competence! Ana Scs snc
condition! No ono dreamed of u condi-
ton, not even his mother. his old
uncIc had died suAldcnly and I'm the read
ing of TIM, will IL was that Lou
was his solc heir, every one felt that he
must bc happy. Here he was in posscssion
Of the great iron mills md other proper.
ties. which every one had expected would
GO 20 charities,sincc old Mr.. worthington
always PROGRESSED dislike for his broth
crss widow and her son. There was no
disappointed relative tai make Louts'
life a burden, and how could hc help he
inn content? Hut they did not know the
contents of that awful letter the lawyer
had handed him, marked: For my heir
to br opened immediately after my
.loa,h." Flew insirHctions as 70 thc mil,
conduct in life, the Grimiy charactcristIc
reason for his magnificent ts,qrcst. tina,
q the las. " 1r n e" much tbc tsct.
ter" and then this dreadful sentence that
seemed to stand out i'm letters of irc as
Louis gazcd on the blank Office wall:
"And for all this, only one condition. 1t
in six months you are not engaged To br
married. and in one year are not married,
worthington. To divide my. property. bc-
tween the state reform school and Har-
va. .srd ~ =S"i r,rcsssia III r. ! i d.ns an nS..sI S. i hn maa =
smart wife before he Is twentS--i< ar
seven" Al ~. ..
thought of the poor little married woman
he dimly rcnleInbcricsl as Aunt Susan. a
smart wife! What "a Yankee his uncle
too. that he. n Connecticut man horn and
bred, should leave his money TO Harvard:
in case of his ~nephew's detection? And
he had known il would he doubly bitter
for Louis, who had such inmate love for
his own alma mater, Yale. But how could
hc fall in love to order: he was TAR TOO
marriage without love-. And yet IL would
almost break his mothers heart tai give
boy. And, being q healthy-minded Ameri-
can young man, he had no special desire
IN give il up himself.
must try to find some girl he could care
for. So sitting at his unclc's old desk he
thought over all the girls he could remcm-
ing their names ON q great sheet OF busi-
ness paper. After his college life he had
travelled two years abroad as tntorIbcar
phrase-of n western youth. He had en-
joyed these years, for the boy was bright,
college, and just as Louis was looking for
another position his uncle died. So he
could have only childish recollcctions of
college vacation, and finally his list mar
Virginia Black.
Mary Crawford.
Jessie Bancroft.
These he knew to he refined and edu-
Gated girls. he did mot think Of :nlarg-
for he did not know Of one who might I'M
the place he wished; and why should he
girls would do as we'll as any.
He SAT some time longer i'm thought.
then tore up the sheet Of paper, left the
Office and walked rapidly home. He and
his mother still occupied the old house
until the larger one his uncle had built
should be ~thoroughly rcfitted and ready
for them. His mother was only too glad
TO see him home early. and they sat down
in the shabby little veransi;i that held so
After "a little desultory talk the latter
"But havcn't half asked after my old
benton and Dick .whiteY. It's fully a
year since "a hearl from either"
When she had given him all the news
she could OF the boys, hc do 80
and the girls: Virginia Black-where
and n half ago. I Thought l wrote you. A
New York mana really low character, l
"Too bad. he answered. syrnpathc,i-
cally, inwarslly %Rroaning: 'Onc chance
gone" After a N hc inquired:
And Mary Crawford"
40, she Is still here and "a very pretty
girl; modest and sweet as she always
was. do think she Is as nice a girl as |
ever knew"
A good mark went down for Mary and
then
"Je-sie Bancroft"
"Her father il United States congrcss-
nan from our district now, you know. and
they live in Washington, not even spend
ing their summers here. She's very
bright and attractive, I believe, though l
haven't seen her lately"
Was his list to contain but one name ::
He must make one more effort.
"Arent there any newcomers. WHO
hns the Bancroft placer"
THAT il closed; hut there is one very
interesting new family here-the Chestcrs
at the old Goodwin place. There ar,
three Of the children, Gladys, Dot and
Joe. gladys is twenty-five or three; dot
perhaps nineteen don't know IL she IL
quite and Joe about fifteen. They are all
very pleasant. Mr.. Chester manages the
cotton mills across the river from your
nnc~lc's-yours,l mean. They wers. rich
once. I am told, hut through somebody ar
others rascality lost all their opc and
now have only his salary. Gladys fairly
leads the town i'm everything wakes Il
right up"
His mother left To supcrintcnd the eve.
ming meal, and rs he smoked an intro
tfuctory cigar hc meditated. Mary OF
Gladys? He rather liked the dash of the
latter, but very evidently his mother would
prefer the former. Finally he gave il M
with a sigh and went in to supper. In nc.
cordance with Louis custom, the meal
was, in all but name, dinner, but he could
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