The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-24
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Author of "HELEN'S BABIES" Etc.

replied.
You seem to know them very well.n
"Oh,yes; we are from the same New Eng
( land town.
Il never saw anybody like that Mis-. Trent
BEFORE"
Quite likely" drawled Bridgeley. who.
noting a quick turn of his employers head.
continued: Very few people have seen
her equal. Sho Is one of the all-round
women who occasionally are met uneXpect-
edIy In this wOrld women who know
everything q woman should, and nothing
that she SHOULDN'T"
her education must have cost q great
deal c< money" remarked Cellowson. after
estl1atlng her attachments by the only
standard he knew.
"H'm-perhaps. though l think not, she's
I an orphan, and there never was any money
to spare IN the family. She, on her way
back TO America, to teach school at $500 q
year"
You don't mean itn exclaimed Callow-
son. with more earnestness than Bridgeley
had ever before known him to express.
Going to throw away her brains on a lot
OF young ones. for so little money!
BridReley did not reply. and Callowson
fell TO thinking anew about the cheapness
of brains. He had slyly compared notes
with some of bis now companions regard
ing the expense of Tutors u secretaries,
and ne had found one young fellow who
had made some reputation in Parliament
II the magazines by speeches and re-
views prepared for him by his secretary.
an Oxford graduate, whose salary wat not
half as large as Bridgeley's. That seemed
rlG2ht enough-for men. Tor did not these
fellows have many a good dinner, bottle
aud lark" st the expense of their employ
{ crsf Did they Lot hear many luscious
= stories which they never could have ex-
tracted from their own solemn brains9
But with a woman such things were differ
ent-the idea OF Miss Trent's brains hav-
Ing q market price, and. being dissipated
upon a lot of cubs such as he had assOciat-
60 q nth IN GHhnnl-UhU n n a q Wfnl
II yet Call0wson felt O thrill of de-
light. not unmixed with guilt. as he real
lied that Miss Trent's brains really were
for SALE. for with them must 20 their owner.
Only $500 q year. He would cheerfuliy out
bid that country school board ten times
over-yes. nearly Q hundred times. In the
short time during which he had seen her
he heard her express longings for sketches.
knew her poverty made unattaInsble; he
would gladly supply them all. in addition
TO most OF his income, If she might become
his teacher-his teacher for life. He would
ton: embarrassing though he thought
talked of in the railway car
rage. it probably would seem
him. She was an orphan. so there would
be no one to demand part of her time and
attention. On the other hand, he had not
a living relative. so she could not object to
| Dlul OIL dCCOuut Ol Ills IaIully. ElRnt nun
dred dollars.-and he with nearly q hum
dred times as much! Certainly she could
not refuse the price he would otter. He
would accept her religion. whatever it
might be, for he had none of his own He
would marry her in her own church and
support her for life in the best hotels in
England and the continent. and cross the
ocean with her several times a year. al
ways on the fastest steamers that set the
best tables and carried most swell people.
Brio geley." said he. as q cab deposited
the two men in front of a London hotel,
'Pd greatly like to meet that Miss Trent
again. l suppose you can arrange i'll"
They are to sail almost Immediately,
though"
Manage to delay them. some way" said
Callowson. rapidly. Hire their cabman
to be too late--bribe the engineer of the
steamer to have something happen-nomat-
ter what-Tu pay the damages: money'll do
anything. Twill be an extra thousand in
your pocket too"
Thank you" said BrIdgeley. carelessly.
but that won't be necessary"
But / want YOU to show extra interest
in the affair. and | want you 10 give her a
good idea of me. Pm very much interested
IN her, and haven't the knack of showing
of for myself"
"IIl cheerfully tell her every thing good
/ can think of about you. Mr.. Cailowson,"
said Dridgeley. but as he spoke his face.
always composed. seemed unusually i'm
WhO pAAO lax
patiently:
You must brace up. and lay it on
strong. Whatever you think | ought to
do to please her. just tell her Pm that
very thing. If I'm not. you must make
me so right away. Don't look so Internal
ly dumb about it; PHI see that you're we'll
paid for it. What did hire you for. any
wayf'
Certainly not to lie to a woman. Mr..
"Oh. bosh! Who wants you to lief Be-
sides. alPs fair IN love. and l mean only
what's fair TO her. Do you think it's the
right thing Tor a woman like that to be
under the thumbs of a school board, for
$500 a year, while there's n rich young man
that's dying to be wrapped around her lit
tie fingerP"
Now. / don't want any more talk about
it. hired You TO do certain services for
me that / wasn't able to do for myself. in
not ashamed to own up. between ourselves,
that this is one of them. If you won't do
il. just say SO. and we'll settle and separate.
I've let Won have your own way abOUt al
most everything. but l wan my way in
this. Ive paid you mighty well-two or
secretary gets. or Count Fsyarre's either.
and if you're getting too big for your place
all you've got to DO IL to say So"
Thank you" replied Bridgeley. between
his teeth.
Don't get mad. now" said Callowson,
in a softer tone. You're q mighty fine fell
low. and you've got lots of brains-a hun
dred times as much as /, and l respect you
for 1t. but L want you TO Just remember
that Pve bought your brains and paid for
them. and what Eve paid for | have q right
to use as | like"
I'm very much Obliged to you. Pm sure"
said Bird geley, with q pleasant smile. for
reminding me of q great deal that T've been
forgetting. I'll do anything l can for you,
and do il at once. If Miss Trent and her
party cam be detained here. FL follow
them TO America. If you like. and sound
your praises all the way over"
"There-that sounds something like: /
knew you'd do the square thing if you
could see 1t in the right light. And don't
forget that you'll be doing the girl herself
q good turn"
she certainly ought to marry money"
assented Bridgeley; Il dom know any
young woman who could use q fortune to
better advantage. Twill be too bad if she
ever has to marry q poor man, and settle
down to household cares In u New England
village"
course 1t will; I'm glad you see IL as
/ do. And say-well 20 to a jewelry
some something In diamonds for you to
give her for me-"
I'm afraid she won't ACCEPT a."
Yes, she will-don't you be afraid. Just
you remember what some fellow put into a
play j once saw in our town. | can't re-
member the name of il. but what the fell
| low said was this: If you want TO win q
woman play diamonds Did any woman
every refuse iewelry that / sent herf See
here: FIJI tell you whatll be better; take
her To the shop with YOU'LL stay outside:
let her admire something and then buy it
for her: if she's n bit otfish make believe
IT'S from both of us-you and me. That'l