The Bessemer indicator., 1894-04-28
THE POWER OF LOVE.

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When Mrs whItson gave the nrst
"tea" of the season TO her friends. she
asked Mr.. Clinton to come to 1t.
Mt Clinton was only young clerk in
the law office of .Whitson & Brown"
. young man from the country. who
but a little while ago had been called
Billy by everybody. and had been sent
out with messages and to the post Of
fee.
But he had improved amazingly. had
lost his local twang. had acquired ele-
CANT manners, managed to dress well
on his small salary, and above all WINS
very handsome.
"And 1t is SO hard to get gentlemen
to Ave o'clock tea," said Mrs. Whitson.
"and 1t makes them so much pleasanter
to have few, and Billy il 30 nice"
So cards were sent to him, and with
the old clergyman who was 10 popular.
and an author who was fond Of being
lIonized, and an Engllshman who was
on a visit to the country, and q very
young nephew who looked much older
| than he was, and could, at least, talk
| about baseball, which waz all he SEEM
| ed to be learning at college. there was
. masculine head or two amongst the
bonnets.
Miss Guilder, the heiress who in
| costume by Worth, fresh from Paris.
snt next to Mrs. Whitson, remarked
that she had never seen n more intel
lectual face than that Of the dark-hair-
ed young man talking to the lady who
wore violet, and Mrs. Wf1tson said that
he was "a rising young LAWYER" and
When Mr.. Clinton was introduced,
Miss Gullder was very gracious.
She was a tall girl with n nice face,
and q clear, pleasant voice.
She had such n sweet smile. such
| lovely manner, she charmed him more
| than II she had been merely pretty. and
when next day card came inviting
him to a little musicale" at her house,
his heart beat with rapture.
| To cut long story short, before the
winter was over, Miss Guilder was en-
gagged to Mr.. Clinton, and Mr.. Whitson
said to his partner in the office, that
] little Billy" had done good thing for
himself.
No one said of Esther Guilder that
she had done good thing for herself
They sighed and said:
well. hope she'll be happy" or
| they laughed and said: well, l wonder
| how 1t will turn out" And all because
she had the money.
1t is the penalty an heiress pays for
her wealth. no one will ever believe
that she Is married for love.
She knew that very well, but she was
| not afraid In her heart she believed
| that VIII Clinton hadfnlleu In love with
her.
He had not pretended to be rich. he
had spoken of his early struggles, of his
old parents.
She fancied them refined old people
living very quietly, and had resolved to
call them mamma" and papa"
One thing she could not have forgiven
him, she thought belonging to people
who were vulgar, common. ignorant
But evidently he had aristOcratic
blood in his veins. one could see that
by looking at him, else no matter how
handsome he had been she would have
refused him.
One of her proverbs was that lt tGnk
three generations to make gentle
man"
She was thinking this ns she drove
out one cold day in warm, comfort
able carriage with fur robes over her
knees, a fur rug for her feet and the
fact that 1t was going to rain Of NO Inn
portance whatever.
Suddenly the carriage was brought
to 4 sudden stop-the footmnn jumped
down-a crowd gathered.
Them rich folks don't care who they
kill" she heard a laundress with bas-
T.. IL I,ov orrvn orva r<,
and letting down the window, she cah-
ed the coachman.
mo one Ia killed, ma'am" he said In
reply to her inquiry. IAN old lady has
fallen down-'twarn't my fnult." But
still alarmed, Miss Guilders stepped out
upon the sidewalk.
A little old woman was crying. an old
man was brushing the mud from her
dress.
Don't beller Tilly Jane" he was say
ing I'm praisin' God you amt killed.
Why, you amt hurt nun, be you? 1
kinder broke the fall"
II guess I'm injured INTERNAL" the
old lady was saying. And I'm Just
sick with fright Them horses seemed
to be right atop of me. The driver
might have waited for an old woman to
go by"
"The young man did his best, but
them horses is spirited said the hus-
band.
"Get into the carriage, my friend"
said Esther. "Slnce my coachman has
been the cause Of your wt6e's fall. I
must see whether she Is injured. My
doctor lives not far away. We will
drive there and he will tell us. 1t will
cost you nothing"
well, since you nre so obliglng. said
the old man, and helped his wife In.
She was still weeping and trembling.
But having reached the doctors house
and been carefully examined, she con-
sented to believe that she had only
been frightened.
The doctor wrote out . prescription
for the quieting Of her nerves and this
Miss Guilder had made up at the next
drugstore.
And now" 8 ehsnid where shall I
take you? l shall, Of course, set you
down at your own door"
We're goin' to ketch train" said
the old man. THE Grand Central Is
our pint of stoppage-but we're giving
you lots of trouble"
None" Miss Guilder averred, and
spoke to her coachman
She felt very amiable and very oonde-
acendinR These were evidently yeTY