New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-20
It. People pretended to like me. and made so
much Of me. and | knew ii was merely money

much OF me, and knew it was merely money
MONEY!"
And you successful in inding out II you on
| were charming enough TO captivate without III!
His manner was chilly sarcasm itself. memory
of all the things he had said ana ooheu o'e' 0""e
me. , =. $500
You ought to know I whispered, IL was
dreadful. but you see l saw now that II ne once
went there would be only misery lor me- ,.o.,,
He did not even smile you sought 10 preah
| a country heart for pastime ere you went 10
town." his only reJoinder a.,
Quotations are not In go9d !aste i.idue :, n me
| that He hurt me: he misunderstood me- nave
! my faults but | am not heartless. | have done
only as other people do-n fact less tnan most Oh
item. | plucked up courage and tried again.
II think DR.. Maydwell. you were masquerad-
ing as much as was or else you really nave be-
come quite different: you never talked like that
when were boating on the Tarn
mo. | made a fool of myself by talking non
sense most people do when 1t doesn't rain In
| August"
Now, could anything be stupider? Here was
| Hugh Maydwell-a man who had got gold medals
| in physiology. pathology. or something-con-
Quoting conversation as If he had not two IDEAS
in his head.
| AT any rate you were very much more civil to
, Kitty Bent than you are to Saranna Befeld. yet
| they are one and the same"
Indeed, they are nothing of the kind" ne broke
| in. hOtly THE one was simple country grl, 1uli
of pure thoughts and high ideals. she was as
poor ] am; we met on the same level win
Miss Bellfeld. in her fashionable splendors' win
her great fortune. have nothing. can have moth
ing TO do. Your trick was an unfair one; you TOOK
! advantage of my ignorance. only woman would
be clever enough to put on another manner, an
| other nature with big hat and a pink gown
| Somehow. was cheered by his remembering the
| color 1t was Paris dress really, and had cost
| frightful amount. For that adorable simplicity
| they know how TO charge. i daresay he thought
| that II he married somebody on nothing year she
| would wear frocks and hats Of that pattern All
the time the dancers were in front or us ana that
| tune kept buZzing on. . .
| II did not put on another nature-I couldn't
| if | tried / think you are most cruel. suppose
you think ] change my friends as easily as
| do my clOthes?'
The way in which Miss Beheld treats her
| friends matter nothing to me-.
| He was hateful. and yet every minute 1et
| could not could not let him go. quite sud
denly l knew that loved him; that nothing
else in the world mattered. because knew Ne
| plain but did / grew boder
! You cared once about being my frlend OF
| at any rate you said you did.
| Miss Bellhed, think l ought to offer you
my congratulations and to say goodnight That
| idiOtic Barn dance Is over.
| ratulatons?" I said 1t with Whoie
| string of notes of Interrogation.
| 81 mean upon your engagement 10 MAJOR
| Peile- Farquha rson." He rose as he SAID TINS;
| and was turning quickly away when l stopped
| him. He told me afterward, l spoke quite pas
| sonately. - -
| to any one else. People have no right TO say
| such things. Down at Cherrngton
| Down at Cherrngton the 'llage gossips might
| have fanced that penniless doctor nad Deeh IN
| IL
| him for an indefinite number of years; they were
| just as far from the truth, probably much
| further" , -
| wretched that my eyes were full Of tears; one
| even fell on the roses in my hand he saw tna ma.
tear. but he was just as obdurate' JUST as an t
annarentlv not even relieved to hear ] was free,
when might have been Lady Sandellion but for
| him. .,..
| I didn't care what did what he thought.
| She would have waited all her life.
| HOW got out those seven words wonder still.
More tears fell as | said them. and there was an
| awful silence. Then he began in such dlf1ereht
| you cannot mean what you are saying" He
was standing and looking down intentiy re mas
the best eyes ever saw. they are so honest, put
| could not face them after that deco OF CARING.
| Il mean it with all my heart
| You make it hard for me-" he continued.
| when let Kitty guess | AIRED for her. thought
| perhaps a time might come when could claim the
| right to ask her to be poor mans wire; you are
a great heiress and II am poor am proud You
force to tell you that love YOU not TO put me
| foolish question that has bit one possible answer
| Then | revolted once for all against the tradi-
ton of what is maidenly and right Hugn.
| can't you understand, must tell you that all my
| money is nothing to me and that only want
| your"
He told me later that 1t was too pathetic, that
| he had always dreaded to see woman cry But
| he kissed me, and somehow IL was all perlec'S
| right and natural
| Half an hour later Just we We're so happy,
that horrid Major Farquharson came FOR Or ms Two
| dances Take care Of my roses till No. H. Doctor
| Maydwel." | said "and come here then 10 ma
| me" You see. ! was reckless. and wanted the
Major to how things We're Hugh took the
| flowers obedienty and went off. Positively they
| had put in another Barn dance Major FaIquhaI-
! son wanted to sit it out. but knew better He
| must have been obtuse not to have guessed l
felt so utterly content / thought everybody would
| notice my face. We danced. There Is something
| hopeessly unsentimenta about Barn dance l
| was in mad spirits now. Mamma and papa are
dears and quite manageable; there would be
| scenes but | should have my way in the END
Providentially the Maydwels are OF very OLD
| family and mamma who came OF no FAMILY al an
! co TO sneak is very particular on that point.
| Hughs mother had a Jedigree that would bear
| the most searching scrutiny.
| To face the parents a minor AFFAIR. indeed.
| after the awful ordeal | had come through. MY
| partner was very gloomy. He did not respond 10
| my Mveliness. and stiff as poker In the
| dance he took me into the conservatory In the
| interval. and | let him say his say. He said It
most condescendingly. Lord Sandellion had been
careful to let me realize what an honor he was
doing me. but even he was nothing to MAJOR
| Farquharson. | listened with a sort Of salts
| faction and then / refused him. point blank.
| had no want Of fuency in this case. but have
never seen any created being look as amazed as
| he did | am no scalp-hunter. yet | absolutely
| revealed In the prospect of telling Hugh OF TINS
occurrence.
glanced up at him and added coolly: THE fact
| Is, am engaged already.
THAT being the case, there is nothing more to be
said except that you have behaved heartlessiy
! to me" HI tried to put disconsoate air. but
| il was a dead failure / smiled:
! you never cared for!me, so ] need not say |
am sorry; you must have wife VINO VIII ADMIRE
| you and never did He was very angry, Dut
| far too dignined to slicw it.
| And | went back to Hugh.
| We were married at the end OF the season, and
| I am the happiest woman in England thought
| would write this in case any other poor girl
| is burdened with a fortune. as was read a
story once about proposals from ladies' One girl
in 1t told her friend that ''t simply wasn't done"
She wrong. you see.-(Black and White.
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