Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-10

such may be interesting. Whether it has
any bearing on what 1 have here written
depends good deal on the point of view
from which it is regarded. The Young
woman in question is not bv any means
poverty stricken. Indeed she has a good
deal of money, all her own. She was born
into what is called a good social position
and holds it with such grace that nobody
envies her, while everybody admires her.
She is not remarkably beautiful. She Ia
just wholesome, pure-hearted, elear-mlnd-
ed American girl, having plenty Of the
ideas that ought to belong to such a girl.
Somewhere, in this country or in Europe, a
foreign aristocrat made her acquaintance
she did not make his. After due inquiry in
proper quarters as to her bank account he
took counsel of his heart and found that he
was greatly In love with this young girl.
So he followed her home and offered to buy
her.
squnre Enough on HIS Side.
In other words he proposed to take her
money and her, giving in return the title
which he had inherited. This was per-
fectly fair offer from his point of view. He
would give the only thing of any worth he
possessed. He would receive the money he
needed, and as the transaction could not be
completed without the girl, why he was
willing to take the girl also. So far the
story lacks flavor of originality. There is
hardly city in the land that cannot pro-
duce the mate to it. Here is the variations
The girl did not accept the offer made by
this peddler of worthless goods. She de-
liberately, and with some emphasis, rejected
this opportunity for brilliant marriage"
She might have stunned the senses Of
sober people by a fashionable wedding.
She might have enjoyed the rapture OF see
ing church crowded in her honor by vul-
gar people who would fight for places, and
who would stand up on the backs of pews
to behold the spectacle of her marriage.
She might have enjoyed the further rapture
OF knowing that she was, by purchase and
sutterance, the possessor of a petty minor
title. But she would none of it. She did
not even spend any effort in finding out
whether the title was genuine. She simply
did not want the man, and therefore be
might have offered her half dozen titles,
each one dozen times more impressive
than the one he did offer her, and she would
not have accepted them with him as an in
cumbrance. A rather significant departure.
that from the routine we have become sadly
accustomed to.
The Accepted suItor.
The friends of this whimsical young
woman had not yet done protesting against
her decision, or applauding it, according to
their bent, before she gave them fresh cause
to exclaim. She had refused to make a
brilliant marriage" but she had no notion
of not making any marriage at all. The
breath of the worldly-wise-or unwise-was
quite taken away from them by the an.
nouncement that the girl was to be married
after all. She had refused foreigner who
offered her title. and yet she had accepted
a native of her own city who had not even
the highest social position. True, the for
tunate young fellow was as manly a man
and as goodly man as one might wish to
see. His morals were good, he had keen
intelligence, his reputation was without
blemish and his spiritual and physical per-
fections were many. So far as he himself
was concerned he was worthy to be the hus-
band, even of this young woman, and that
was saying great deal.
But marriage with him would be a
rather disappointing misalliance for the
girl who might have been a High Mighti-
ness in Bulgaria. You see, he and others,
could just remember seeing his grandfather
in the process of gaining an honest liveli-
hood by driving team; whereas it is a WELL
AnoWn lsct Inab only LnOSe peoPle dEo qulto
we'll born who cannot remember such things
about their grandiathers. So this young
nan lacked high birth. Indeed he had
nothing to offer his lady love but himself,
lis honest affection and a very moderate
mount of this worlds goods.
And yet she accepted him. What on
arth could she be thinking Of? Perhaps
he was thinking of the real value of things.
Perhaps she was thinking OF how this trans
ction would seem to her 1 900 years hence;
II even 10 years hence; or even six months
lence! JAMES @. PURDY.