Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-05-27
Irynd sat at the piano.

best rule Is that the more one has Of it
the safer one will be Of having what is
actually required.
THAT appears to be sound PROPOSE
ton. But to return to the Immediately
serious subject for consideration. While
your father declines to give his consent
to our marriage, his opposition seems to
be rather passive than active. He as
good as gave me to understand that you
might do as you pleased about it. And
Of course you understand what I hope
you will please to do, my darling"
While speaking he had possessed him
self Of her left hand Her right con-
tinued making the soft, dreamy music,
and she looked at him seriously, stead
lily, without reply. He went on:
II want you to become my wife at
once. Let us go out quietly and get
married There Is nothing to stand in
the way Of our doing 30. and when the
deed is done feel convinced that he
will find II quite natural and will for
give It"
She shook her head very positively as
she answered:
"You think 80 because you do not
know papa I do. A stranger to him
cannot Judge at all. what he thinks by
what he says 1t is not even easy al
ways to understand what he does do
not at all like his apparent willingness.
that I shall do as I please, throwing
all the responsibility on me- You may
rest assured that if he once meant No
he will continue to mean 1t, and until
the reasons for his negative cease to ex-
ist you might as well try to push over
one Of the East rivJr bridge towers as
to move him. 1t will not do to count
upon his forgiveness
"Well, then, let us go and get mar
ried anyway.
"Now, Chester, do you think that
would be wiser You have your way to
make in the world, and in your present
position would only be injuriously ham
pered by q wife"
"He has told you, I presume, the
meager limit of my resources?" asked
the young man, flushing and speaking
in a tone Of bitterness.
"Wel, yes, he did, and Of course,
when you come to think soberly about
it, you must recognize that it would be
preposterous for you to get married on
any such amount.
"The struggle for fortune would be
easy with you by my side. Your love
would be q constant inspiration to me,
talisman to command success.
"That is not practical way of look
ing at it. My love, Chester, dear, may
inspire you quite US much and still not
trammel you if for the present we re-
main as we are. Let my father pay my
bills, as he is well able and content to
do, until you shall have achieved such
success as will command his respect and
win his consent Then I will be your
wife, but do not ask me to do So now. "
Long, but vainly,. he argued with
her. She could not be moved from that
position, which was the outcome Of her
deliberate Judgment, arrived at the
night before. The fathers understand
ing of her had been better than the
lovers
At the elevated railroad station to
which Chester Sewall assembled that
night when returning home a placard
fascinated his sight 1t announced for
sale c book bearing the seductive title,
"How to Win a Fortune In Wall
Street." Not how to do business in
Wall street, or how to make a living
there, but "how to make a fortunep'
Why, that was just what he wanted. 1t
was providential Inside the great glass
front Of the newsstand, closed down for
the night, the tantaGzing spectacle Of q
pile Of the little volumes bearing that
title was presented to his eyes. He felt
as if he could hardly restrain until
morning his impatience to possess copy.
What surprising thing that 80 many
remained unsoldl The public must be
blind! He remembered the story OF the
man who, on wager, in crowded
London thoroughfare, offered to sell
from a basketful Of the coins gold sover'
eigns for shilling each, but the astute
public was SO suspicious Of trick that
he did not in an hour find purchaser fol
q single one. After that Chester thought
he could hardly be surprised that the
books remained unsold But he would
be no such fool as to let slip chance
like that. He would get the book; ther
he would get the fortune.
CHAPTER vi
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