The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-01

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81 WOULDN'T MARRY HER For THREE
HUNDRED rIoUsANDI"
just wait awhile nnd- moncy'n git tell
right"
What business arc yusr- imp somo
one asked
''Wcll air't m any business now
have retired, you might say. I mado
my money in different sorts OF specula-
ton and have got it VOL invested,
drawin' fust-ratc interest I live In
Georgia and am putty much ut homo
when I'm there, 1 can tell YOU My
wife has been dead n good while. and
about all Two got to look after is tho
enjoyment Of my daughter. Her will
is law with me and am straightfor.
ward enough to say right here, or right
anywhere, for that matter, that tho
man who wins her lovo will DO fortri-
nate. There's about two hundred thou
sand dollars waitin' for him."
George Miles looked up quickly and,
with snccr, said II wouldn't marry
her for three hundred thousand"
The old man seized his canc, which
he had leaned against tho bench, and,
springing to his feet, glarcd at Miles,
who, without changing his position, sut
piacidly smoking.
do you mean to insult me, str?"
Beck roared.
Not In tho least" Miles answered.
"Whcn l want to insult man hit
him and then insult him aftcrward.
-
pressed your opinion and merely eS-
pressed mine. You introduced your
daughters namo tn a way not only I'M
necessary to the forco OF your former
statement concerning tho power OF
money, but with narrow-minded
vulgarity that was disgusting fyou
want to strike mo, do so. I have sold
nothing In behttlcmcnt OF the young
LADY, said that I wouldn't marry her
for threo hundred thousand, and
wouldn't; not that sho Is not worthy of
mo morally, but because our tastes arc,
doubtless, wholly dissipilar. Now, II
you want to hit mo with that stick, oil
right"
~ won't hit you," Beck replied
"Whatyo shy may DO right from your
standpoint, but no matter what you
thought about my daughter you ought
TO have kept 1t to yourself. 1t looks to
mo like would havo thought long
time before I would have made any
such remark - and 7 would have
thought that any true gentleman would
have done tho Same. I am rough
and-rcady sort OF man, and admit
that l don't always do tho proper
thing. and II my room Is worth moro to
you thanmy company, why, wish you
good cvenin'."
"Oh, no." several OF tho mon cried,
but he brusqucly hastcncd nway.
George, you ought not to havo snid
that" friend remarked "You can't
blame him for thinking so much OF his
daughter, nor for his determination to
give her future husband two hundred
thousand dollars"
'My dear fellow" Miles answered.
81 don't blanc him for thinking SO
much of her, and commend his deter.
mination to reward her future hus.
band, but do dcspisc his vulgar show.
lie is an old bear, and want none OF
him."
II wouldn't mind marrying the girl"
said n young fellow named Hicks; III
could put with the girls possible bad
taste and with tho old mans vulgarity.
Wonder go the old man and the girl.
lie is looking this way, and warrant
he is telling her about you. George"
81 don't care II he is" Miles replied.
Ellis ill-will and her prejudice can't
hurt me-"
Several days later Miles, whose
friends had left tho place. was stroll
ing along the mountains side, when
suddenly, upon turning Il sharp point
OF rock that juttcd out over tho path,
he met Miss Beck. Tho path was too
narrow to admit of his passing tho girl,
and he was about to turn back, when
she pleasantly remarked:
"Oh, don't turn back on my account.
I will climb down. 1 am used to climb
ing"
II will climb down." said he, bow.
ing.
"Oh, no." she intcrposed. ct am
afraid you might hurt yourself, and
then :"
And then what?" he asked.
Nothing, only you might be dlsiig-
ured if you should chance to fall, and
You might nfterward consent to marry