Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-11-24


 man. He showcred her with proofs of his admiration in the way of flowers, books and parties arranged in her honor He was soon n daily visitor at the house. His manner was unmistakably ardent and cy- cry day when the front door ClusCd upon his rctrcating form the girls mother and brother rushed in to find out whether it was definitely settled. Through the en- tire winter and until late in the spring this went on, to the chagrin of the family, till one day the very eligible bachelor called to say goodby. He calmly announced to madcmOiscllc his sudden determination to make a tour of the world, said he would be away n full year and bade her n friend ly adicu.
 Of course that seemed the very end of the story, and grief and indignation ragged in that household. Imagine, then. the amazcment of the girl in question when one day l2 months later her quondam ad- mirer was announced and 2O minutes later asked her to bc his wife. Naturally her first question was n request for an cX- planation of his conduct. He frankly con fcsscd that he left town bCCause of his growing fondness for her. He was some what lOath to abandon the freedom of hachclOrhOod, but was morc anxious to find out the true state of his own heart.
 II have often" 50 he argued with him. self, ''bcCn quito as much in love as this beforc, and each time I have found 1t an cvancscent passion. will go quite away for n whole year. and if find myself still in love then I shall know it Is the real thing, against which it Is useless to strug- gle
 And if had known all this, sir. '' de clared the lady. you would have como back in vain" which was probably not true
 There has, it k almost needless to say. been many a happy marriage which did not begin in the real thing at all. One uf these was the marriage of the head of the old house of Evelyn in England. Evelyn himself was shy and solitary man, whom his friends and family had many times CntrCatcd tO marry. if not for his own sake at least for that of the namo and estates. Nothing could have bccn far thcr frOm his thoughts than matrimOny when the ncighbOring clergyman, who had connections in Irrland and wished la visit thcrc, made arrangements with an Irish curatc to exchange with him for n month. Evelyn, like the we'll behaved country gen tleman that he iS went duly tO church on the Sunday following this exchange, stop ped to speak tn the new Curatc after scrv- ice, and, according tO his civil custom, asked the family to dine that night at the hall. Now, the Curatr had two lively young daughters. with blue Irish eyes and rcd Irish checks, and they wcrc all excitement over the change from their dull little GU racy in n lonely ncighburhoOd with no rcsi- dent gentry.
 The hall and all it's nmuscmrnts. boat ing, tennis, horses, fruits and flowers, were opened to them for the month, and what seemed lilS mcrc hit of careless Ciyility
 
 host was tn tho naive young women an at- tCntion remarkable that 1t could have but one end However. tho last day of their stay arrived. and they had sCcn hut little uf the man who had sO luxuriously provided for their pleasure. He did rouse himself out uf his indifference sufficiently tO ask them sGain to dinner on this last evening. After dinner, in the Conscrva- tory, Inc said to the younger sister, q spir- itcd young person of r., that Inc hoped she had enjoyed her month in England. En- ioycd il! Words could not describc her happiness, nor her grief that it was over. nor her reluctance 10 rCturn tn 1rClaud-
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 Why do you gu. them" inquired Evelyn in languid thuughtlcsSnCss. not really knowing or caring much what he did say.
 ''Oh. won't. then. I won't: I'll stay hcrc with you, cried the young lady, ilinging her arms about EVClyn's eminent ly respectable neck BcfOT" he could re- cover his br.,;h she had hurst into the drawing ruum :.ntl annnunCrti in triumph;
 ''Oh, mamma, IEipa. I'm not going hack tO that stupid uld plasr' at all I am gu. ing tn stup hen with dear NIT. Evelyn He has a>kCtl mC tu
 What can n man Slu under such CirCum- stancCss The father and mother Tu~ss i'm emotion: the girl flew again int" his Arm> and was nil excitement aI;d wild delight.
 EvClyn's own pCuplr. when he consulted them in a panic next day. would give him no help. bcinE "vcrj ny,d |" have him cn- tangled with nice girl wl'" was well lsnrn in quit" "f h"r poverty. and whu was healthy. ClVNcT and pPstty. S1 the faint hearted lIachrlOr was married "ut Of hand. has bCcn uS happy as the day l. long and doesn't eve. rrnI"misr that hls COuTtshir diffcrrd in amy way frIm that of other Peo- pie. Indeed he n"w ss,y- h.. r,sIly did mean to ask her to stay
 Another somewhat similar CUuTtship took place in England s'me thrc Or more years ago, the lucky man in this case be- ing the recent w!dnwer of famous travel CT, Lord Brassssy. in fact. He was n well preserved man of 50. ruddy and active. and possessed of n NCry large fortune After tho death of hIs wife hC had fallen under the dominance of a ss.lf willrSl daughter, whose rule was SO severe that he looked back with p,grct to the days when he was only hcnpcCked, and this daughter so much fearcd bcing superseded by soine dc signing female that she kept all such nt srm's length with infinit" penetration and decision. It hapPsnCsl. h''vyCycr. that tho noble lord was visiting the country house Of n pcCr nf much higher rank and older crcation than himself. and for a wonder the daughter did not nCcumpany him The pccr, hnwvycr, was rsrsSrS-sSl of n daugh- ter, who, thaugh in her thirticS. was still handsome and attractive. Now, the wid- owcr, after n fashion IIur unknown among elderly wisluwcrs, had n hahit which caused his car,fuI daughter infinite disquict, a habit uf drawing the arms of nice young women through his own, hoiding their hands, ar even. in moments of abstraction, putting his arm about their waists, though all In n most frnternal and inoffcnSivs manner. Ono rainy Sunday afternoon the widowcr and the peers daughter walked in tho long picture gallery, and his arm in some unaccountable manner slipped about her waint just one moment befcre that vcry