The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-04-22
asked Mr.. Keene if he would keep it

asked Mr.. Keene if he would keep it
for him and let him buy on. a mar
gin, using this stock as security. .~2
''Oh, yes, sonny, Twill do that for you,
for see that you have an old head on
your shoulders, or else you are cop
pering' some ones trick. What is your
order?"
buy for me 500 shares for $31, the
market price to-day" replied Charles.
The order was filed, and at the end
of 80 days it had risen to $9s, less the
$31 paid for it. The stock fluctuated up
and down until it sold at 81, 900 per
share, but Charles sold his out at $500,
and made cleanup amounting to
$50O,000. He then sought, his old friend,
Mr.. Jarboe, and by his advice he bought
business property that would bring
him a good income, and the remainder
he invested in outside property on
Washington and Jackson streets.
Charley now sold his newspaper
route, resigned his clerkship, and went
to preparatory school at Berkeley.
When prepared, he went from there to
the state, university, from which he
was graduated the first in his class.
Charles now planned to see some
thing of the world, and determined to
travel over his own country before 60
ing abroad. He had relatives in the
eastern states, and he decided to visit
them first. Accordingly, he started for
Cincinnati, where live his mothers
sister and a number of cousins. While
paying visit to his aunt at this place.
one of his cousins invited him to attend
On entertainment given by the young
ladies of the seminary which she at
tended as a day scholar. The form of
entertainment chosen for the occasion
was dramatic. There were to be reel
tations and a play in three acts, fol-
lowed by dancing.
One of the young ladies of the sem
mary. Miss Nina Pemberton, took the
principal character and also gave rep
reservations of both French and Irish
characters. Her talent in mimicry and
her power of initiating the dialect OF
these characters won for her unbound
ed applause, and her great beauty and
charming manners, added to her un-
deniable dramatic talent, played havoc
with the heart of Charles Belden,
which had never before been touched
by the fire of love. He sought an in"
PRODUCTION to Miss Pemberton, and, at
the dance that concluded the evenings
festivities Charles almost monopolized
The attentions of Miss Nina, although
she was the acknowledged belle of thu.
occasion.
Charles followed up his acquaintance
with Miss Nina by paying her most con-
slant attentions. In this he was aided
by his cousin Julia, who was Nina S
most intimate friend. He learned that
she was a most accomplished scholar,
speaking French and Spanish perfect
ly, that her family resided in St. Louis,
and that they were wealthy and influen-
tial. Charles forgot all about his trav-
els, and remained in Cincinnati and
laid earnest siege to Miss Nina's heart.
In this he was successful, but when he
pressed her to name an early day for
their marriage, she replied that she
was willing to accede to his request
provided that her parents would give
their consent. Upon this, Charles went
to St. Louis TO see her father, and stated
his circumstances, education, family,
etc. To this Mr.. Pemberton replied
that neither he nor his wife thought
Nina old enough to decide so grave a
question, as she was only II, but that
if they both continued of the same
mind when she arrived at 20 years OF
age, they would then interpose no OBJ
lection.
Nina at the same time received let
ter from her mother. stating that she
was willing she should remain engaged
and that, if she still felt that Charles
was essential to her happiness, she
would consent to her marriage on her
Goth birthday. Now Nina was true
daughter of the sunny south, and was
quite as ardent in her love as Charlie.
himself, and so she confided to him
plan she had formed by which she
thought to emancipate herself from
parental control and become independ-
emit and maintain herself by the ex-
eccise of her undeniably great dramatic
talent. She told Charles that, unless
her parents consented to her immediate
marriage, she had resolved to go to
New York and join a. NJ. Palmer's the
atrical company, as, after her perform
ance at the seminary, she had received a
most fatterlng offer from Mr.. Palmer
who had heard of her beauty and talent
through one of the spectators at that
entertainment.
Charles begged her to wait until he
could go to St. Louis again and see her
parents and try to get them to give
their consent to an early marriage. H.
went to St. Louis and, after an inter
view with them, in which they learned
that Nina was most determined in her
resolution, they at last gave reluctant
consent to the marriage, for her par
ents said that they would rather SEE
their daughter in her grave than allow
her to disgrace her family by going
upon the stage professionally.
AS soon as The announcement of the
coming marriage was made in ths