San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-11-11


them How is your dear good grandmOth-
er? How will she ever bear going DOWN."
''She is very unwell and weak; l am quite
frightened about her.
And no wonder
Nine Dabrisay united her veil, and sat
down with n respondent air. She was q
plump woman, under middle height, with
dark eyes irOn-gray hair. a decidedly
turned-up nose, wide, smiling mouth,
which was rarely quite closed over her
! beautifully white teeth.
Tell me ali about everything"
And Mona explained as far as her i'm.
perfect knowledge permitted.
Those promoters and scampS who get
up these companies to rob and plumber the
world oIght TO be hung! know the cruel
way they work. You pay few pounds on
each share, and all goes swimmingly for a
bit, and then yOu take more, and chuckle
over the good income they bring in, never
doubling that their value will double by
and by; then comes the crash, and you find
all You posse IS clawed up by those villains
and I'm afraid they will make clean
sweep of poor dear Mrs. NcwbuTgh's
money, that she was so fond Of Not but
that she was generous and kind, too" add
self
Il am afraid they will! / try hard to
think what will become of us-Of what,
ought to do" returned Mona, with deep
sigh. 81 fear | am very useless. What
can do to earn money!"
You earn money! Why, it is hard
enough for those who have been trained
for work to find the means of existence;
and you" here she found her handker-
chief necessary. That | should live to
hear you speak of such thingl Not that
| the work itself is hard-an idle life is the
worst of all!-it's the looking for it, and
the failures, and the waiting. No, my
dear, you must make up your mind and
marry some nice rich man."
Mona laughed, but her laugh was not
merry.
Dear Deb! you are as imaginative as
everl Nice rich men are not plentiful, nor
are they ready to marry penniless girls"
Yes, Englishmen are. And you must
not be too hard please. remember that
| night went to Mrs. Vincent's soiree mus
icdle, to play the accomplishments, there
was fine, elegant, distingue man talking
to you, and watching you. / asked you
about him after, but you would only laugh.
You told me his NAME but cannot think
of it."
Mrs. Vincent's party" said Mona,
blushing There was a crowd of very
polite gentlemen there" she added, eva
sively, =
How well she remembered that blissful
| evening-what a thrill of pain the mention
| of it sent through her heart?
"Ayl but this one was more than polite.
He was n aptain-Captain Lsle, that's 1t.
Now, why wouldn't you take him?"
Because he never asked me for one
thing" said Mona, nerving herself to speak
lightly and smile carelessly. Il suspect no
is a man who wants great deal for money
and has very little"
'Ohl he isn't badly off! l know they
were talking of him, and of rich widow
who wanted to marry him. and Mrs. VIM
cent said he was too independent TO be a
fOrtune-hunter-tha he had six or seven
hundred year, to say nothing of his pay"
THAT is not being rich, returned Mona,
trying to evade the subject, but making a
mental note Of the fact that Isle was not
poor; then a sudden impulse prompted her
to Con1iie her difficulties to her shrewd
sympathi2ng friend. But am in a pain
fully undecided state of mind about a
really rich man who has written to my
grandmother asking leave to pay his ad-
dresses to me, rs old-fashioned people say"
THANK Cod" exclaimed Nine. Debrisay,
devOutly. And will he do, dear?"
"A week ago | should have said certain
ly notl Now" her voice broke, when
think of poor grannie's wistful eyes when
| hesitated, | feel ought not to refused
Then she tainted away, as if she could bear
no more. How can rob her of her last
hope, ], who have been so much trOuble2
And yet, the idea of marrying this man is
-horriblep'
Her lips trembled, the long pent-up de-
SPAR and anguish of her Heart would be
no longer controlled. Covering her face,
she burst into tears, struggling hard to
suppress the bitter sobs which would come.
"Why, my darlin', is he a mOnster9"
asked Nine Debri5ay, dismayed.
MOO" said Mona, when she could ar
ticulatc. lie is n gOOd-natured, weA-
meaning young man. rather tireSOme and
heavy. ! used to dance with him last sea
son, and he called here few times. Then
he was staying at the Chase (Oh! it was
such pleasant partyD, but he did not
seem to notice me much. Then this morn
fng came letter from him expressing
wish to marry me-"
Small blame to himN' calculated Nine.
D,brliay. And are you quite sure he is
rich?'
81 know nothing about it, but grannie
seems quite sure"
as lie d lrig ,J?'
"Wcn, no. Lady Mary thinks him rath.
er handsome; but have seen some quite
I Q b.tf ~
"Pu ask you Just one question more;
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