Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1897-02-18
A FIRST AFFECTION.

Grosvenor square. A waltz is just over,
and two of the dancers have sought tho
protecting shade of the great exotic plants
in the conservatory at Plantagenet House.
They are both remarkably good looking
and apparently are devoted to each other.
This has been their third waltz tonight
a fact that has been NOTICED and comment
ed upon more or less spitefully by the dear
est friends of the handsome couple. They
are Miss Sybil Grey, Lady Plantagenet's
niece, and Captain Arthur Malet Of tho
Grenadiers.
II don't think you care for me, Sybil,
as you used to do
GLOW unkind of you to say that! love
you with my whole heart. But you know
that as well as do, and you are only try
ing to tease me-"
81 am not indeed. Now look here. You
know my position-only $500 year be-
sides my pay-and you won't have mo~e
than goo yourself and perhaps will haH
to wait 20 years for that. It's not a verT
rosy prospect. But, anyhow, it's best to
look matters in the face. If you are con-
tent to rough it, so am l.
81 am moro than content, darling"
"Do you mean to tell me that if you had
the chance of making really good mar
riagc you would stick to me all the same?"
Nothing shall part us, Arthur. swear
itr'
"Mv sweet
And then among the multicolored Chi
nese lanterns and to the tune of the splash
ing fountain they continue to coo to each
other, as is, l am informed, the won't of
true lovers.
If ever there was fairv unon earth. il
is Svhil Grey. Golden haired blue eyed.
wild strawberry lips, tiny hands. tiny feet
tinv waist-she is a very dainty little
maiden indccd But this is NOT ali She
is AS GOOD as she is pretty. No evil tenn
pers. no rebellious instincts. no eccentric
tastes. has her loud mother ever had to cor.
rect. She was IA sweet baby, she was a
sweet child. and she is u sweet Girl. More
than ali she is dreuIv RELIGIONS How
hunblv does she conf s. her sins not only
now and then, bat every Sunday morning
In church, How unsplnshly docs she de.
vote her sunnicst afternoons of the season
20 selling things at a baz,,ur for the good
If the poor!
For all that, She is not vet married. al.
.boueh she is the daU~htcr of a fistin.
zuished clergyman of the Church of Eng.
lind and the niece of Lady Plantarcnet,
But she and Arthur Malet love one an.
other All, INV friends, world tossed and
world stained as we are. how can we faith
ON the pcculiarities of a virgin heart?
ooh. here YOU are are you?" cruelty
breaks in the voice of Lady Plantapenet.
81 have been looking for Won everyWb here
Sybil. Let me introduce General Grant. y
Horace Grant returns to his cha n, berg i,,
St. James street that NIGHT or rather "to.
morrow morning. " a doomed man. For
veal or for woe. he has met his fate I'm.
til now he has had a wonderful run of
luck. He has come in for every war from
the Crimpa to the Sudan and has nlaved
his part bravely therein, so that at the
age of 81 he il already "A liteutenant gen.
er.l and a X. BIC. He il a tall. well
looking man. possessing an iron constitu
tion and is sill blessed with the fu,l com
nlcmcnt of arms and leos And only III.
other day distant cousin was good enough
to disregard the Claims of a numerous
family and leave him 600 600 n wear
Trnc Sir Horace Grant wos foolish
enough to settle half of his fortune ,,non
the considerate testator's widow and chill.
dren. probably very unworthy pconle hut
e1o 600 n wear is. after all. n nice income.
And. greatest luck of all occordino 70
him, he has never been led cantive by ary
one of the many charming women he has
met Not that he is a misogvnist NV anv
means: simply because his life has been
so bappy throughout that he has felt any
change must Inc for the worse And now
he is head over ears in love at first sight
with Sybil Grey. Now he finds Mt last
that there has been something backing in
existence. Now he feels thai his life will
be n blank unless he can persuade this Vi.
sion of brirbtness and vol,th to share II
IT is hardly necessary TO cav that he
takes every opnortunitv Of SEEING his
chnrmer that prcsrnts itself and msl-rs
many onnortrnitjes when a lover less in.
f,tu,ted would he losing time Riob+ nm
to the last day of the season does he dance
attendance mon her Vast sums docs he
disburse for her Mt the florists Tnnum.
bered miles does he travel in her service
And one dav--tbn d,v before 7 ndv plan.
taoenet starts for her scat in Wnryvick shire