Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1894-11-08

wv ell, IL makes very llttle ulHerence
to me. She's verJ nice girl. but
fellow can't live on sugar and water.
No, of course not, said Mrs. Sc
grave, feeling an inward longing to
box the captains ears.
Ferdinand Arden, however, was
perfectly convinced that the wealthy
widow was in love with him. Mable
Arnost has been very well in her way,
but Mabel Arnott was, to Mrs. Se-
grave, what the Insignificant daisy is
to the magnificent rose. And then
Mabel ought to have given him full
ly to understand the very precarlous
nature of her pecuniary expectations
before she allowed him to commit
himself. So the captain was ION with
the new love- before he was we'll off
with the DID,
Just about that time Mabel Arnott
down among the clover fields and
honeysuckles of the old Macpherson
farm received a long letter from her
stepmother containing news of note.
i have received an offer of mar
riage,' wrote Mrs. Segrave, and |
have postponed the answer until you
can come to me for few days. l
would prefer you to answer my suit
or for me. Come at once
AndMabel wondering much, ,obeyed
the summons. Nor was she less un-
willing to 60 to Newport because Capt
Arden was there.
TO be sure, she thought within
herself. he has not written to me late
ly, but of course there must be great
many demands upon his time and l
must learn not to be unreasonable
Capt. Arden, impatient like the
majority of his sex, thought that the
week Reconsideration Mrs. Segrave had
taken never would be at an end; but
days and hours do glide away heavily
weighed through they be, and one fair
August evening he dressed himself
in his best and went TO Mrs. Segrave's
parlor to learn his doom.
Not that he had any very trouble
some doubts about the matter. Of
course Mrs. Segrave liked hlm-didn't
all women admire his handsome face
and chivalric manner?
Mrs. Segraye received him, all
smiles and graciousness.
| Dear Sara he began.
Yes, Ferdinand! Ahem!' and the
widow hid her cherry lips with a
handkerchief.
DO you love me?'
90, stop minute, cried the widow.
4 forgot, I should have introduced
you to my stepdaughter.'
And Mrs Segravespoiled the effect
of the captains tableau by stepping
back suddenly and lighting the chan.
delier, thereby turning the gloom of
the room into blaze of light.
Out of this sudden brightness ad-
vanced, as if she had sprung up
through a crack in the door, Mabel
Arnott, pale and detected, like lily
broken down by untimely tempests.
The captain stared, literally stricken
dumb for the moment. The young
lady courtesied low. Mrs. Segraves
soft mocking voice chlmed in here to
fill the painfully embarrassing silence
You asked me if I loved you? Nc
Capt. Arden, I do not; on the con-
trary, despise you very heartily
but l doubt if my sensations are bali
as sincere and earnest IN the matter
as those of my stepdaughter, Mabel
l have helped her to behold you IL
your true colors. And now we will
have the honor to wish you a very
good evening.
Thus ended Capt. Arden's double
courtship in discontinue and defeat
Mabel cried little over her faller
image of her lovers brightness; bu
the sorrows of seventeen are fortunate
ly brief, and before the year was owe
, she had found a truer sweetheart
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