Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-11-26

tween the. husbands trains" Boy
without even the faintest hint of com
ing mustaches are pressed into thu
service, dubbed "Mr." and made /,
act as escorts and cavaliers to bevys o
blooming damsels who forget thei
names the moment that they return
to their accustomed "set," after thu
season is over. Even the most un
couth country lad who dares to max,
his appearance in the hotel is "mad,
eyes at" numerically by some of the
most mischevious and reckless of the
girls, and his head is turned accord
ingly until he finds himself, when the
'city dudes" Gas he disrespectfully
calls them), arrive, snubbed so sud
denly and so surprisingly that his head
snaps back into his proper position
with a jerk, and remains there until
until another bit of wicked lawn and
and lace takes it into her naughty
head to befool him again.
Under such circumstance it is not
to be wondered at that anything real.
ly interesting in the shape of a man
should find himself immensely popular
amongst the ladies, selfexiled to the
woods and hills which are so uninter.
esting to the majority of the fashion.
able sisterhood when there is no con-
genial spirit to "enthuse" over their
beauties with them.
So it was that when Mr.. Ellsworth,
pale, dark-eyed and languid, elegant
in dress and manners, made his ap-
pearance, he was Immediately the
center of attraction, and there was
not little quiet pulling of caps
among the dear girls concerning him.
Not that any of them "fell in love at
first sight," or anything like that.
The "dear girls" of the ninteenth GEN.
fury are not prone to do anything of
that kind upon the impulse of the
moment, but where escorts were SO
few and far between, Mr.. ELLSWORTH
society and attentions became unusual
ly desirable, and he proved himself
indeed to be the very beau ideal of a
ladies' man.
At first nearly all the girls made
what is known as u adead set" at him.
1t is so convenient to have some one
to carry young lady's small trifes
of parcels, to save her the exertion of
managing her own parasol, to put his
name down for an unconscionable
number of dances at the hops-some
one to 60 walking, driving, riding,
fishing, boating ETC., that few will
blame the Grant House young ladies
for individually striving to attach this
desirable "some one" who had drop
ped down among them, as quickly
and firmly as might be to her own
service.
Mr.. Ellsworth, however, was wary.
He was no callow youth to be con.
quered and subjugated by the first
glance of a bright-eyed daughter of
Eve. He was courteous to all, ready
to fetch and carry with unvarying
amiability for such as threw them
selves upon his good nature, but he
divided his attention with such i'm
Partially that no one seemed especial
ly singled out for their reception.
For the first day or two Miss Under
wood and her cousin. Mrs. Julian, re-
NAMED quiescent. They had been,
hitherto, little too dignifed to de-
scend to the level Of the other young
ladies and indulge in even mild form
of hotel Irritation, but life in country
hotel is dull, and is not little vexing
to an undeniably pretty woman to see
those whom she feels to be her inferi-
ors, distancing her in any way. So it
was that after holding aloof for brief
season, Miss Underwood entered the
lists and smiled upon Ellsworth to
such effect that he became to all ap-
pearance her prospective victim.
Mrs. Julian, however, was not one to
look upon such state of things as
this calmly. There had always been
a rivalry between herself and her
cousin from childhood. Mr.. Under
wood had been the guardian of his
niece and her small means from her
orphaned infancy, and the two girls
had been brought up as sisters. Up
OH the whole they got along reason.
ably well together, but Carries jealous
spirit, and a constant quiet grating of
dissimilar dispositions had precluded
anything like warm sisterly affection
between them, although they never
quarreled, and were, apparently, great.
ly attached to each other.
1t had been bitter experience to
Carrie when Belle, a year her junior,
had married, but it had been secret
triumph to her when that marriage
Zone of pique on Bellies part, although
she never confessed it,, had turned
out disadvantageously, Bellies hus-
band IA sickly, irritable man at his
best, dying within a year, and leav-