The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-02-22

thnt some persons have--and that, al
together, the suit Of a member Of the
house who combined as many attractive
qualities as her Brownlee was prefera-
bic to that Of any other mortal
And SO, to cut things short after a
dashing courtship, they were married
at one of the fashionable churches.
with great display of pomp, the at
tendance Of her distinguished relatives
and his congressional friends, members
of the press, etc. Then, after brilliant
reception, they departed on their
bridal trip, but not to Brownlee's home.
On the contrary, he purchased tickets
over railroad that took him in a
Numerically opposite direction, just
as far from his district as he could CO.
The trip came to an end and then
Brownlee and his wife returned to
Washington, installing themselves at
one of the leading hotels. Brownlee
had seen, enough of the world to dis
cover the secret of making an impress
sion in society. With the aid of his
wifes social standing and his FIVE
thousand dollar income, the way was
| open to him, and he made the best of
his chances He was received every
where with open arms, and if one man
ever hit it rich it was the same ener-
getic young NJ. G.
On the whole Brownlee deserved It.
He had no influential friends to thank
| for his rise in the world; no family in
fluence had stood back Of him to direct
his efforts; no money had been used to
buy him seat in congress. He had
just invested what mother wit nature
had endowed him with, in such oppor-
tunities as came to hand, and when
Fortune, in her timid way, had knocked
at his door, as she is said to do at every
mans door once in lifetime, he had
said: ''Come in!' IN his loudest tones.
And he was honest and sincere He
had not deceived Miss Vernon about his
pedigree. She had taken him for bet
ter or for worse, and the fault was hers
if she should feel disappointed.
Brownlee was a good working men,
Der of congress. He made friends rap
idly with the leaders, and watched that
they never lost sight of him single
day. All this young man wanted was
opportunity. He would rise to the oc-
casion. For that he vouched.
The session came to an end. The
election was near at hand, and every
member fastened home to look after
his fences. 1t was the hardest strug-
gle of his life to decide upon course
of action with regard to his aristocrat-
ic wife. Take her home? Leave her
here? He suggested the latter course.
II have been thinking good deal
about it, remarked Mrs Brownlee. II
think shall accompany you. You
know, dear, l have never seen you papa
and mamma. 1 have formed my own
ideas of them, and am real anxious to
see them. They must be just charm
ing people to have son like my Ally"
"Ally" is what she always called
him. But there was no music in the
sound of the sweet diminutive, as she |
uttered 1t on this fateful morning after |
breakfast Brownlee had a headache,
and was not as responsive to his wife's |
affectionate caresses as usual.
I ''Well, I'm not ashamed of 'em, any
how" he replied, in desperation.
They packed their things and left |
town the next evening.
If Mrs. Brownlee, in her buoyant
trustfulness. an icipated scenes of greet
ing in which mingled the picturesque
effects Of summer residence on the
banks of Lake Como, as described by
Claude Melnotte, with the other details
of romantic stage illusions, which be-
guile the senses Of a girl who has seen
only the fashionable side of life, her
were somewhat damp
ened when they stepped off the train
in the dark and found themselves on a
platform where some rough-looking
men were lounging about under the
canopy of projecting roof that was
them from a dreary rain
fall.
They seemed to recognize the men,
Der of congress despite his disguise, for
he wore a fashionable overcoat and a
closely umbrella, though he had
his silk hat for derby.
After some whispering the knot of
loungers gravitated toward them.
"Dog my oats, BILL" called one, IF
this amt Smith Brownlee. Hello,
eli a ~