The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-06-19
Wpr 5anilp Storp.
How Nellie Lost a Lover,

man VIII brntea the cost. And now
voc "as bunting up the cost. This
"aS tne Nason OF his trouble.
III Mii1ate friend, holding him by
Jorge, my dear fellow, what has
omMSsover you? Are you in love""
.vHes," was the frank reply.
PYou are p strange lover to look SO
~SSsoebegone. Where rests thet trouble!
/" There 10 much beyond love" SAID
Lane.
NMYes.n
Marriage and the cost Of living"
"True. But you have a good salary.
Has the young lady nothing ~
She has a father who Is doing an
excellent business but the family live
at an expense which must cover all, IL
.notmore than all the profits"
Who is the young lady? will not
betray your confidence"
"The youngest daughter OF Abraham
West"
Hardware merchant 2"
1.-THE same"
81 know her, and a sweet girl sho
la. Nelly West. Why, George, she's
the very n for you. l congratulate
: you.p
witless enough to bare my neck TO the
uHlt9T.O WdUElOLlohyS IA oho ooo
bind me to q perpetual serfdom."
"What do you g 7" 40,
aSimply, hat the manner in which
Mr.. West has raised his daughter,
unfit them for the position OF wives TO
Young men OF my condition. They
have the education, the tastes and the
accomplishments we DESIRE, and must
have; but their habits and expecta-
tions are fatal dowries for any poor
- ..~ - % nNnOnf TNhnu hnVa no
fortune to bring their husbands, and
yet must be supported in comparative
elegance. The idea of useful employ
ment does not seem to have entered
their minds. Work, in their view,
involves something Of degradation.
All, we'll 1 must dismiss Q fond
&. illusion that was sweet while 1t last
" Nonsense, George" replied the
loves you.-shg will adapt herself to
-Xourc observation-disclosures. Nelly is a charm
Ing girl. Press your suit, and after
gaining her consent talk over life's
sober realities with her. She has
sense and right feeling, and will
readily comprehend how much OF
happiness Is involed in your pruden-
tial ideas. A who loves a man
we'll enough to marry him, will cheer"
go iuliy dCCOllhlOudGC ltClSOli w hio VII
cumstances."
Accommodate p said the young
man, curling his lip. 81 don't like
the word. 1t hurts my pride"
Pride Is never IL good counsellor,
George"
HMy manhood, then. 1t hurts my
manhood, kyoung woman, without a
dollar in the world, accommodate her.
self to the circumstances OF IL young
p n xu1noa innnfnn ia funlva hnn1ra
ayear! You can't reconcile me to the
case under that plea"
"While 1 think" answered the
friend, "that George Lane is a little
too high-strung for the case under con
alteration, I know Nelly very well,
and think her a sensible girl. True.
the way in which her parents have
conducted her home education is not
favorable to just views in life. Blu,
~hearted. Take herr out of he present
false relation to society, and she will
make you, l. am sure, q good wife In
every respect"
emo. Even as I talk with you, and
listen to what you say, l grow more
resolute in my purpose to recede from
4 a dangerous position. If Molly was
alone in the world, 1 might act diff.
e~rently. But look at the case as il
oVuhuuJ duo SOC WhdU III hNoiNSN
There are two older sisters, both
married; and their husbands noses, tc
use O homely phrase, are we'll down
upon the grfndstone, and likely to re-
main there. Already both have gone
through the ordeal OF a failure in bust.
ness; and no wonder, for, not being
able, as clerks, to maistaih The
domestRa ,oatahlishmvnts they. were
."o,'shl enough to set up in imitation
rpeople as silly as themselves,
aust have stores Of their own,
he incomes Of which to draw
liberal supplies. Both are
again but how they manage 10
appearances as they do, passes
lprehension. 1 have me- their
! few times at Mr.. Vests, and
old their heads high. T sm
in thcir estimation Why,
welry, laces, and other shoVy
they flaunt in peoples eyesso
ssly-cost more than my yea''s
you have nothing to do with
adies," interposed the friendl
le, and / don't mean to have
ig to do with them. But he
,uld have another bearing WIRE
iher-in-law. / would have their
auenee operating on my wife.
st have as fine q house to I've
~neAfurniture, to display to nor
and my nose must come down
grindstOne, like the noses Of
fortunate husbands. I've gone
ematter twenty times, or more,
mo see 1t differently. 1t won't
there is no use trying to ha-
things that are utterly incon-
80 how it is" answered the
You have large caution"
not right 2"
rhaps 80. But lovers, whose
Ire SO much interested as yours
to be, are not apt to throw
iial reasons of this character
way OF their happiness. They
ally inclined to take counsel OF
me-"
we seen pictures of Love blind
ut | think blind Love It false
you WILL said the friend.
his l know: II my heart was
ed in Nelly, ] would never
her on the plea you have
ID I; at least. not before | was
Mred that the false life, which,
md of domestic necessity she
5 far led, had SO fostered pride
atty as to deprave her under
q. Be we'll assured, George,
this you sin not against your
srt, but the maiden's.n