Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1896-12-02

Quently MADE one Ut lltI thC''Si ~"
ties. But, although he thought Mrs
Ieyerson "aw'hy kind, and all that sort
of thing" she would have preferred to
see her niece subject to less worldly IN
huences than those brought to Dear
upon her.
In accordance with the illness Oh
things, he vaguely imagined she should
always be dressed in white, wander
ing through sheltered rose gardens ana
indulging an amiable solicitude Tor
birds and dogs and poor old cottagers-
a village Lady Bountiful, in short. And
to fell the truth the unconscious maiden
would infinitely have preferred more
natural way of life, and her happlest
moments were spent on her mare Ill the
park, where Johnnie, leaning against
the railing, watched her wlstfully. He-
could not afford horse.
He never told Awkward anything
about this particular flame OF his. III
was Tommy Blake who posted up the
plodding young man in his youthful
kinsman's affairs one afternoon at the
club. "And both women seem dead
nuts on your young friend, he SAID IN
cidentally. pretty well off, l sup
poser
He's worth precisely twopence half-
penny year." said Arkwright, with
more figure of speech than he usually
permitted to himself.
Tommy ra;sed his eyebrows as high
as nature permitted and said it was un-
common queer.
and the9e was sort OF indian
prince-no ctld of a nabob, I'm told
wanted to llarry the girl, and Mrs.
Leyerson selt him to the right about i'll
double-quick time. And she is not the
sort to feel SHY about bowling down TO
the golden calf, either. Can't make her
out"
'sPerhaps ghe thinks her niece too
young to marry yet" said the ploddlng
young man. "She may be acting mere
ly from proper regard for her happi-
ness"
"A proper regard for fddlesticks,"
said cynical Mr.. Blake.
Arkwright was sitting up late one
night to finish an erudite paper upon
THE Ethics Of Modern Drama" when
Johnnie stole noiselessly into the room
and sank into the easiest chair. Ark
wright wrote to the bottom of the page
and threw down his pen, thinking he
had found an intelligent audience for
reading for his valuable essay But it
was no such matter. Johnnie was oc-
cupied with the drama of real life, and,
to judge by his aspect, seemed to inn
agine that he was cast to play principal
tragedian in that enthralling piece.
"Of color, Johnnie?" said the elder
man, tentatively.
NO" he said, smoking savagely.
"Feel doubtful about your 'call?"
''No. l think I'm pretty safe
Arkwright stretched out his hand to
reach his pipe
by the way, here's a letter for you,
Johnnie, from your mother; have just
received one from her myself"
Johnnie, however, made no attempt
to take it, or he might have spared his
friend the opinions he expressed con-
corning the station in life to which it
had pleased Providence to call him
ITS beastly, you know" he ex-
planned Il may hang on for years and
never be nearer marrying than l am at
the present moment. AS for proposing
to her now-as the mater said-it's de-
cidedly low to get a girl to bind herself
to any promise until one has decent
prospects"
Arkwright reflected with Pickering
smile that Johnnie had probably caught
rather the spirit than the letter of his
mammals admonitions. However, it
was a sign of grace that he remem-
bered them at all, and he felt sorry for
the woebegone youth.
You're young to think of marrying
yet, you know" he said Am l right"
he continued, after a pause, sin sup
posing is my informant-a GER
tain Miss st. Clair has occasioned all
this trouble?'
"Oh, if Blake has told you. And the
aunt is awfully decent to me-"
But you are not proposing to marry
the aunt. Is Miss st. Clair herself-is
She"
"Oh, well, a fellow never knows that
sort of thing, you know, till he tries
his chances" said Johnnie in a manner
which betrayed that he thought he
knew quite well that his affections
We're returned, as, indeed, they were,
and Audrey st. Clair was far too frank
to take any great pains to conceal it.
"Oh, Arkwright, what am | to do?" he
said, pathetically.
''Open your letter, Johnnie" he re-
piled, and the tone in which he said it
caused the wondering youth to obey
promptly.
He looked seraphically happy till he
remembered that he ought to look be-
reayed. Johnnie's ship had come home
Just in the nick of time. He had al
ways had shadowy expectations from
his uncle, but lie had been to pessms-
tic 10 count too much upon him. How
ever gOut had clai lined victim and the