Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-01-27
LUCY'S LOVERS.


innidcns. Besides Lucy was really sweet
enough and pretty enough and adorable
enough to monopolize the attentions of
any number. or these two SWANS one
was an elderly swain-that Is. " the col.
Iector Of district on two thousand and
pomo odd hundreds Of rupees q month
and u "fund" of the most liberal nature
can properly be called swain Mt all,
which 10 doubtful. Ho was good fel.
low, was John McAllistcr, but Mt least
twenty years older than Lucy, and, what
was moro TO the point, very prim and
ftiff and solemn aud serious. and In fact
destitute Of not only appearance. but tine
thoughts and ways Of youth
And so when Colonel Watson cited
Instances Of tho happy marriages bo had
seen between elderly gentlemen aud
youthful lassics--ho used occasionally TO
draw on his Imagination little-poor
Lucy would piteously reply:
"Yes, papa, but 1t isn't his age; that's
nothing, nothing"-oh, Lucy, Lucy
.'but he's 40 old In his ideas and habits;
he has nothing in common with n girl"
And then there would be a little break
down in tho voice, and tear would fall
on the coloncl's hand, and he would
turn away 10 smoke chcroot and make
the best Of 1t. for ho did not want to
force his child into n distasteful mar.
rage; he was too fond Of her for that;
but with six sons ranging from fifteen
10 five, that his one daughter should
marry well TO do man was distinctly
desirable.
Pensions were good In those days. but
even Gi, 100 year seemed small with
such troop Of boys TO educate aud put
into tho world. Aud then thorc was
triflc Of debt which McAllister would
but what was the use OF thinking about
II II IL would make little Lucy unhappy
II Is almost supcriluous TO say that the
other adorcr. whom Lucy did like, was
q hopeless ineligible. George Farleigh
was "a subaliern In her fathers regi.
ment, of about five years service. A
fine young fellow, good ut sports, but
with absolutely no prospects. There
WINS no chance Of the adjutancy falling
vacant for y long time, and there were
no departmental openings, no far at
least rs he was concerned.
In n small, up country station thes
TWO nnd many opportunities OF ,neetlhg'
anu W W. ,n'n' 1u'.,'o my 'oyN "u't''i
not without u mixture Of sound, com
mon sense. and size would not pledge
herself 10 George until no could show
some reasonable grounds for believing
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