Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-03
LOVE OR MONEY.

rsor old Charlie Seton ieit the rrgi.
ment when we were stationed ut Delhi md
went down to Bombay IN route Tor homo.
lie was our senior captain and the hss'
soldier In tho regiment. llc was also ouf
host bachelor, for did not count for much,
bcing only doctor and small md plain
and getting on for 90
Whatever sou do don't rot married
we all adjurrd ns we hado him farewell
Then came tho rumor, u week later that
he was still NJ Bombay, then the tclo.
gram 70 mu TO go down and serve him rs
best man.
1 went down by the mail train and
found awaiting me on the platform Charlie
Seton who looked so worry quiet and ~
astonishIngly happy that felt n sort Of
Juggling sensation Ia tho throat Extreme
happlncss IL always alarming.
Mlss George. 60 whom was duly PR.
tented, was not In tho FIRST flush u her
'outh She was girl u perhaps % and
good looking but thorc was no possible
doubt Of SETON. chnnca OF happiness.
This woman had the right feeling for him.
was old enough 10 feel no onbarrass.
ment IN making an excuse ~ leave them
alone together | had no clothes it fui
even the quctcst wedding, and telling
them 20 took my leave.
Miss George n Appeared, wa. travelling
In India with friends who II struck me,
were not on very Intimate footing Thoy
werc all staying NJ "a hotel irnm which the
wedding was 10 be unoblruslyciy celchrat'
ed The couple had only been engaged a
week II l. the only cnso u love M hrt
sight-sinccre, permanent, convincing
which have encountered
My simple duties WIN duly performed
Charlie Srftun add Eleanor George wort
declared 10 I've man and wiio. I saw the
ccrumory. heard tho declaration. lap.
pended 10 the entry In the register my
name. which looks more ut home uu
death certificate l wns deadly sober, az
folks orr at wrddlrW.
"',h1 10 giving up lot 81 money 20
marry mo-" snid Seton after the crrc.
mony when ho mud happened to be alone
for few minutes
And you ace giving up career, ~.
fcciod, mindful " many young men mar
ricd.
But there nrc some marriages which
strike one NJ once ~ Inevitable The only
question H. why tho people concerned have
not mot sooner. This union was Of such u
description.
Tho bride and bridegroom went away
from tho church with that disircssingly
happy look which make. one feel uncom.
Portable. They wrrr to shil for home the
next day.
journcycd slowly back TO Delhi BY
stopping night train, after seeing the last
Of their boat from the outer pier AsI
stepped out ~ the cnrFinEu ia tho early
morning and noted the mist rising from
tho Jumna two qunrtcgmlstcrs " tho
pcnlnsulnr and Oriental steamer Rumaua
tipped up plank and pro0ipliatod tho
dead body ~ Charlie Seton into tho III.
very waters " tho Arabian frn. ilo died
ono day ont from Bomhay--of cholera
Tho thing LEFT u shadow over ~ which
lasted all that hot weather.
In due time We forgot Charlie Seton.
The surcst proof ~ the existence II mcr.
ciful God Is -urrly tho facility with which
We arc permitted To forget
Years nftorwhrd the whole story wns
suddenly recalled TO mo at garden pnrty
ia n quiet country village near llccclrs, In
Suffolk. | WINS taken Ia this entertain.
ment-ohicny remarkable for tho number
Of clergy pp'sont-hs the friend ~ our ~
the guests The house was long low
building Of, / was informed, tho Queen
Anne period. Tho host wns genial old
chattcFbox Of nm admiral who concerned
himself with his own affairs In his rctirc.
mcnt and rcfrnlned from writing o. the
newspapers, which phsiimo Is q special
weakness ~ supcrannunted ndmrnls lie
was Immensely proud of his home and
seized ON me the only stranger present tn
observe It's beauties. From the lawn
followed tho direction indicated by his
hul HHHN Of
carving IT gable committed the indiscrr.
tion of looking into an open window ON
the first floor
Then thotn~dy ~ Charlie Seton came
back TO my mind, for saw tho woman
who had married him pinning ON hcr hat
before u glass. She did not syr mo
was still with my host when we met
Mrs. Seton face TO face.
All" said the old gentleman, with
genuine delight, "hcro Il my niccc"
Going forward, held out my hand
"How do you TO- Mrs. ~yftOnF
She looked at me quickly, without
Elimmer of tho cyclids.
You aru mistaken" she said. 81 am
Nlss George"
And with perfect good breeding sho
looked toward her uncle inviting an In.
troduoton, This the old gentleman nc.
empllshud with all tho ceremony " his
day, mentioning the LADY, name NJ Miss
George II VIA not sister was not
mistaken. This was tho woman whom
know to have been vito Tor tho space ~
IS hours. There was the evidence VI AN
internal trouble beneath the ewes, which
remembered aud now saw developed ~ the
Intervening years would hnyc developed 10.
We spoke for u few minutes ON indiner,
rnt topics,
The doctor Is "a great traveller " the old
gentleman said. "ll0 knows India, uuy
dear"
"Hcs," / added. ~ know India"
"Ahl answered thcmost intrepid WON
M | have met, Indeed"
Then my host hurried mcon TO examine
carved mantolpiecc of which l have no
recollection at this time. l do not think
even saw II.
HOY funrS. EaIl tho admiral cont.