Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-01-29
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Thank you, MY mean sir. We
shall look forward with great pleasure
to your coming"
Those people are extraordinarily
polite.n thought the.you man, after
their departure, as he sat in his room
smoking cigar. 4 really think they
have taken quite fancy to me. My
good looks / think it must be, for I
haven't q single recommendation be-
sides on earth. Well, if I find the girl
has money / may improve my advan.-.
age and offer myself in matrimony..
Money would be very acceptable just
at present.
Had Mrs. jenkins heard this solilo-
guy she would probably have come to
the conclusion that there was some-
thing wrong about her calculations,
but fortunately for our hero this was
not the case.
It will be readily imagined that Mrs.
jenkins exerted her culinary skill to
the utmost in preparing for her IL
lnstrious guest. As he saw the numer-
GUS dainties spread out before him he
felt glow of Joy prevadc Ills frame,
and determined on the spot to lay
siege to the heart Of Matilda
The reader will imagine that his adj
yances were readily met by the young
lady. who was quite enraptured by the
conquest which she had achieved over
the heart of an earl. Nor was her
mother less gratified. The good lady
held her head higher than ever, and
speedily anticipated the time when, as
the mother-in-law of an earl, she would
take precedence of all who had hither-
to yentured to look down upon her.
You. know, Matilda" she said, "that
when you are a countess ! shall Of
course be d0wager countess or count
ess dowager, / really don't know which.
I wish could find somewhere d book
of the British peerage, then I could
find out without any trouble" She
thought of going to the bookseller and
asking him to send for the book, but
on second thought decided that it
would be most prudent not to run any
such risk of revealing her aspirations,
even If she were obliged to remain in
ignorance little while longer.
One point, huwever puzzled her g
little. Notwithstanding the very init
lAoIO tCA AAS Va GuO CItlA Will IlOA 4tlully,
he never ventured any allusion to- his
rank or his English estates or the
amount of his income, which Mrs.
Jenkins would have been very glad to
learn.
But, I suppose, Matilda" she re-
marked to her daughter, ''that ha is
determined to remain incog. so as to
make sure that you marry him for HIM
self alone. Ihave read Of such cases
in stories, but never expected to have
anything like it in my own family.
Really, I think it is quite romantic.
On the whole I guess it would be best
to say nothing about it until you are
fairly married"
Matilda acted upon her mothers
prudent advice, and, although her
curiosity was as strong as her parents,
she carefully guarded against betray-
ing it to the earl.
At last one memorable day she burst
into her mothers room with a triumph
ant glow on her face.
HAS he proposed?" exclaimed Mrs.
jenkins in great agitation.
''Yes, mother" was the reply of the
overjoyed Matilda. ..He told me that
he loved me to distraction.''
~ conoratnlate ynn. conntess that
is to be-" said her mother. ..By the
way, did he say anything about his
..Not a word mother
II am not at All surprised Re s,,re
then that you don't give him hint
mncS wa shall an;ov o,,;ne RI Enoland,,
..We!,, repeatyi Matilda Surely
Won don't nronose ooino across the
Atlantic at vonr time Of iifepn
..At nv time sof life!'S said Mrs
jenkins sharply. Indeed / do. ]
don't mean that YOU shall have all the
enjoyment. But did the earl fix the
day for the marriaoe?n
HE left that to me-,
.:rhen fix It as soon as possible.
You must NOT let him slip thronph
your fingers
That day three weeks the imnortant
ceremonytook nlacn IN Mrs. Jenkins,
COTTAGE Scarcely was 81 orer than