Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-08-20

was x0ia< 70 DC one-n spending more
or lsss hours every day VA Reed & Tap
p<sa's Offices cos.ld produce the ar
r.nzed-for result At trst the pros
p-os h.A been pleasant enough 10 him,
bss . eo1rss of winter slusements in
Nov York must have some eject upon
. yuunx mAa. and the effect IA MIR.
Mays case lad not been, Ia = legal
s.nse. satisfactory.
Mnsic azsd the drama. libraries
bsusd In Russia. instead Of calf; fine
sad Firth avenue boarding houses
tnssn. aud .aany other splendid things,
had become vosy agreeable 10 the new
ly-de<1ged sxqaisita- But his little
forssne was rapidly disappearing. and
tn iissls salary was sd extremely small
shzss 10 wss soarcely worth counting a.
. means tow ard these desired results
Wh>s must be dor He had asked
hhns<lf this question almost every
hour lately. and had never got but ono
snSwsr-"Aarryp
After . careful and honest review, he
~ conps4ied 10 admit that among all
IL riah And spieudid girls whom he
bad habisuaily spoken OF a. crazy
about hftn, only two were hkely IL be
crazy enough 20 entertain the thought
q marrying him-pretty little Bessie
Bell and the exceedingly clever Nora
81 Clair.
Bss~ie was the only child OF . nch
widow. who lived IN excellent style.
and Who We perfect mistress of her in
come She was . sweet dainty little
blonde, always irreproachabiy stylish
An dress. always ready 10 dimple into
smttrs. and never at a loss for Just tho
most agreeable thing to say.
Nora was close friend of Bessie'A
but IA all respects q contrast She was
No s-nderly nurturod heiress, but =
poor, brave girl, who had by the force
Of intellect. study and hard work
gained an enyiahe position In the
literary world Her income from her
writings was very handsome; sho
visited in the most aristocratic circles;
che was charming in person and man
ner>, and dressed like the rest of the
fashionable world But then Julius
felt that in every sense she would not
only b. the better half" but probably
the four-fourths of the house: and that
ais personality would sink simply into
.Mrs. Nays husband"
40 Bessie won the decision. and ho
determined. IL his new suit came home
the next day. To offer Miss Bell the
handsome person which il adorned.
For, 10 tell tho truth. he was a hand
come fellow; and if this work-a-day
world had only been great drawing
room, with theatrical Acoves and
musical conservatories, why. then Mr..
Julius May would have been no undo
sirabie companion through it.
The new suit came home, and fitted
perfectly; the tonsorial department
wa equally effective In results, every
precsution had been taken, and he felt
IN earnest of success in the very pros
pcrity of these prrliminaries- He rang
at MrS Bells door; before the footman
could open it, o gentleman came quick
" out. threw himself into Mrs Bells
carriage. and. in a voice of authority.
ordered the ooschmsn TO drive TO the
wharf
The incident scarcely attracted his
attention until. upon entering the par
Tor. he saw pretty Bessie watching the
disappearing vehicle with fearful eyes
She gii6led into her usual beaming.
pretty manners and very soon Mrs
Bell came ia, and asked him ~ remain
u dinner.
After dinner Mrs. Belts clergy man
called about some of the ehurch's char
tiles, and as the young people were
singing. they went into the library &c
discuss them. Now was the golden
moment. and julius was not afraid tC
seize it, What do nen say on such oc
casions?
Do they ever say what they intended
DO they remember what they say?
don't believe Julius did; for before he
had done-right IN the middle OF q
most eloquent sentence Bessie laid
her hand on his with frightened little
movement, saying:
"Mr. May, please. sir, please do stop
Surely you know that have been en-
gagged ever since I was eighteen T.
Prot Mark Tyler. Everybody knows
tive had betrothal partv-he is jus
gone 20 Europe for six months, that Il
what was crying for; why, all on
set know about H. though he has beer
away for nearly two years in th'
Rocky mountains and California Nam
ma said we we're ~ wait until wa
twenty-oue. but I love him just thu
same-and am quite sure that neve
did anything 20 make you think / couls
care for you ia this way. Mr.. May.
and Bessie looked just q little bit in
dignsat
II have had the honor. Miss Bell. o
being your escort all winter"
''Oh. dear. DID you think I was %
ing 10 marry you for that? In all on
pleasant litre dinners and drives an
dances. Is there matrimonial specula
tom That would. indeed. be dread
full"
She loved her professor boo truly, sh
had been simply pleasant and friend.
W him as she bad been To all other gen
deman friends. who. however. had ha
too much sense and modesty 10 mis
construe her kindness. Then sh
walked to her pretty little avisry an
began cooling 20 her birds Juliu
hardly remembered what passed after
wsri. except THAI he received a cool
courteous. Good night SIR. In snswe
20 his Farewell" and that he foun'
himself walking round Madison
equars In a very uneuvtabie state o
mind
To this speedily succeeded the though
Of Nora. he naust sea her tonight. e.
morrow Bessie would give her owi