Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-08

who had formed secret attachment to |
a man like the one had seen last night |
j should look upon the information as
an act of great kindness / might be
wrong. must use great caution, then
there could be no harm resulting from
word of mine.
ePardon me-" & said, sis your daugh-
ter a young lady of about sixteen years,
and does she sometimes wear" Here
described the dress of the young girl.
Che lady looked at me moment in
blank establishments; and, being appar-
emily satisfied with her scrutiny, she
answered: s'Yes"
'eShe will leave London from Che
Southeastern station?''
Che lady answered eyes, again.
''Pardon me. have good reason fop
asking these questions continued.
o'Was the date and Sime of her depart
ure fixed by yourself or by theqyoung
lady?''
The person addressed evidently
thought me insaneS obut she answered
my question, and her answer gave me
che clew needed.
MY daughter remarked last evening
chat she would like to visit her aunt to-
morrow, and that, WITH my permission,
The invitations had been standing some
| time. sas Co have accompanied my
daughees. Unfortunately, Z ana called
to Canterbury upon business this aftere
noon"
81 think 8 shalt induce you Co pose
pone your Journey" remarked. ''Wjn
you a1oind answering me one more ques-
ton? alas the young lady any male
friaudS ope.A iS Shere anu vO11nor trau-
Sleman she anee1s by an appointment,
having yous permission to do SOP"
''Cereialy not,'' said the lady, indig-
| hantly. s'NSy aaughtes is much too
young toaecsga any attentions from gen.
tlemen.0
Then described SO her the meeting
had witnessed with the languid and
gorgeously g0tten ap Adonis. 1 spoke
Of his manner toward the young lady
and of che appointment he had made
with her.
''YoR are mistaken" said the masron,
frigidly. e"Ehe young lady was nos
Ethel"
had parSly expected this, and yet
was mosally certain that previous to
our conversation the lady had said TO
her friend: ''a ana growing quite uneasy
about Esliei. Dc you know she fpe-
quenfly leaves home upon all manner Of
excuses isa Che EVENING"
| AAd sbe had admitted co me that Shis
same EShei would leave town alone on
4 the @sdneSday morning train from the
SoueheasterN station, and chat my de-
scriptios OF hes was the correct one.
Goo6 breeding should have prompted
me 60 apologize for the interruption
| and maize NO further remark what
ever but & was SO convinced thaG the
young lady had no intention oq visiting
her auns, but that she Gid intend TO elope
with the cavalier Of yesterday Shat sace
rifice6 the point of etiquette and 7ee
turned 90 the attack.
Suffice ie Go say chat induced my
1 travelling companion So postpone her
journey u2tn the neXt day Cbut to leave
| her home as at present arranged and ne
main at her friends house,; further,
obtained hes: promise to be at the South
eastern station st che hour fixed for her
daughter departure, and promised 90
arrange for some place where she could
see without herself being seet9.
8 succeeded IN doing this, and, %
course, tina reader knows the sequel
Che laagui8 Gdonis, en- the extraordi-
nary costume, was standing on the
plntforna. S4esently the young lady
joined him and he Cook charge of the
little baggage she carried with her
She burss into tears, but he quickly re-
assured he9. After a time he would
have handed her into the train, but the
now nearly distracted mother rushed
, from hes concealment and the girl fell
fainting jneo he's arms.
The yoaeh disappeared promptly, but
be was unearthed few days after
wards. He was one of a worthless, dis
sipated SET. de intended to marry the
girl" he oaid, and then 60 ''come upon
her fsjends" for a new start in life
Happily, his designs were frustrated by
the coincidence attending two whispers
Ethel, poor child, was inconsolable aa
the loss of her ''own true love-" bue she
will learn wisdom in time, and when
she finds her true love in reality she
will thank ne for my window scrutiny
and for what followed it.
She vei1 teach her children 20 avoid
incautiously formed mountaineering,
and relate to them how narrowly sine
escaped falling into the tolls OF a schem-
or, whose self-introductiona in the first
place, was an impertinent insult, and
whose ofattery was Wien. Y. World.