Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-10-27
A PROPOSAL.


came out two years ago. and l had not
been out very long before oesah 10
have offers. I once read book csheo
GLOW Men Propose" soRe day 1 sha''
wr,.e a SEQUEL 20 Il. am competent 10
do 81. what's more, l could add chap
tcr 20 CAV how women 10 IT, too, when
they are driven 20 desperation thoosh
that part is a great secret.
am not exactly beauty. but 90
know how TO dress. woman VINO mas
that knowledge and the means TO use IL
needs no more. think can say "ith-
out vanity that my eyes are good. Ihey
are gray and sparkling and long, Win
very curly lashes Yet there are plenty
of Jealous people who say that 1t Is only
'ies beaux yeux de ma cassette" that MAKE
me popular. | do not care any more
am idiotcaliy happy because Know
perfectly well that In the eyes OF ono ma"
j should be Just as charming II the oei'
field patent" had never "reVoiu'ioh'@eN
the cycling world" ...,,,,b
. 1 quote an advertisement, but t"0s
we advertise we are not vulgar IN
Srna crondna was n younger son. ana
did not work for his living. preterr'nS '"
drag up his family on snah an 's,,
ancs Papa's tastes were different !"oN
,;v for me. lie being merely !oui.
o. sons Younger son, the iaiiiE ''s.b
had dwindled and hardly seemed WIZ"
while supporting at such paHs. md
So Saranna Bellheld IS Il |S1In -
might have married lord-t"o wi 70
"a knights eldest son. though 'ha' - ~
side the mark. Ny admirers sad / Was
cvn,cai for sometimes | laughed at the',,,
couldn't help II. | decided AZ -
that l had no heart, ana tHat "ou,.
accent ths first really eligible p"Iu e'.
came along. IL sounded easy II vac
eesv. until | went into the county W
e,ay with n great friend OF hi'H'' IT,
ried TO a clergyman VINO WAS an
orable-as well as merely reVtrehu' w.
.Ict OF being the Miss BelIheid. per
.,'asad NV friend 70 let me he first
cousin Of hers. down AT Cherrinston-oh-
,rarn she is good, easy soul HIS rcVeI
once had gone away 10 n conference
overpersuaded her, and-wcil, hao
lovely time as Miss Kitty Beh'.
II was such an innocent sort or name
] took 10 maid. and dressed the part .o
perfection IN pink Bingham ana ihusi'hs'
Cherr!ngton-On-T arn is very quiet Spot,
The season there consists of two schooi
treats and flower SNOW. AZ All 'iiee
met the one man.
lie was the doctors son at home on
holiday. md he fell in love with me d.
rectlv. | thought. He is tremendously
clever: they think all the world OF MN
I'm his hospital. He is sood-lookihs'
think. He did not propose TO me- thoush
there were opportunities Jessie was ao-
sorbed with n baby, and She had no ldea
how often Miss Kitty Bent met Mr.. Hugh
Maydwell.
At first did it for fun, but when !
~ In
Tarauharson began to be attentive. theh
knew how much happier Kitty Bent was
than Saranna Belheld. | did not give
way TO my feelings. | rather haied t.
reaijze | had any. House surgeons o.
big hospitals don't 20 into society. dare-
saw they nirt with the nurseS-horrid
things!-- that is all.
Then Major Farquharson came on my
horizon. very young To- be "a major at an
and very handsome. His manner 10 me
wax neriect. Luckily found how utterly
selfish he was: otherwise. as Dr. May
dwell had apparently entirely forgotten
Miss Rent Mamma IS a dear.
kind-hearted thing. and when announced
that | intended 20 so 70 Mrs. Hay-I ne
sjcor's with that horr!d little Mrs. Ewart
Nane, she let me do Il. told Major Far
quharson 70 be there; then told mamma
he was Going IL was naughty, but one DAY
got Mrs. Hay-Thesiser 70 give me
blank card for Il friend OF ours, ana sent
it To DR.. Maydwei. I wanted him 10 see
ma in n!y glory. and l wanted stu more
10 see If should like him in ballroom
as much as at CherriEGtOn-on-Tarn.
went warlly TO work | wrote Il short
note with the invitation: said | should
be there signed it X. Bent and wrote
ON plain paper with no address.
Very bold and unwoman!y but VIVA.
was / 10 do? knew he liked Kitty; If
Kitty, why not Sardnna Catherine? II
was his awful pride and independence
dreaded. lie had told me very mean
;nsiv that lie would never ask Il woman
80 marry him til he could give her q COM
Portable home. lie never apparently con-
templated the possibility that she might
have means to supply that.
There was a lovely rose at Cherrington
I'm the vicarage garden, lieVe dor !
used TO wear the buds in my white gowns.
I -ot a dress for the ball Of their exact
shade. ] wore one in my hair. quite in
the old heroine style that has come back
again. and / had very simple rosy TO
match. instead OF carrying Major Far
ouhnrsons big. rather vulgar erection or
orchids.
There were not five people who were
I'm society at Mrs. Thesigers But me
ball was thoroughly well done, and eX-
Cept Major FaTquharson, no one appeared
10 be at ali sensible Of the fact. There
was 4 girl there who lived qui'e near MS
mother: the two families were Intimate.
I knew. This girl was not very young
any longer though she was certainly
pleasing. She had few partners. ana
noticed that when Victor Farquahrson
passed her with a smiling bow she looked
disappointed. Years ago that girl had had
what people call a disappointment. She
had loved some one who did not ioVe her'
Perhaps she was all the more panied by
The marked neglect Of an old friend.
aaxg n touch of sadness in her eyes. and
g. made me realize sharply that the at
tentive cavalier who was asking so
humbly what l would give him mad no
real good nature.
I knew by signs that he meant TO be
even more empresse than usual. lie was
so handsome that sometimes my heart
had beaten quite fast when he had maze
love 10 me- He was standing beside me
with that devoted air he can put on so
we'll when l suddenly saw DIR. Maydweii.
He looked older and rather taded; neat
enough. but certainly not fashionable
at ALL He was very grave when ne sa"
me 1 suppose the young person IN Ia-
diant golden brocade was not quite the
same as Kitty IN her Liberty nat. lie
Aus, glanced at Major Farquharson. and
was obviously going TO pass on without
even asking me for dance! Then 1t
flashed across me that he had found out.
and that he was angry. lie looked quite
stern. | dismissed Major Farquharson
enthusiastically: Ten and eleven, II l am
here ~,
did not care for his annoyance. he
had made Elilce Wedderburn unhappy.
and he was showing Mrs Thesiger how
exclusive and superior he was by being
thoroughly useless. Just TO make me a
,,.tn -, rn,,korSnn nv marriage would be