The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1897-08-06

NJ" p. .IfIlNNls ut emo would marry
bu. mo-. She appears % deap.ao every /.
man ahe meets She 1Ifia with them F..
aud throws them aside liae ratoH|
gloves What % load it would Dee on F..
my mind ii she would Hud SOME hon
est ambitious young follow who /
suited her hayward fancy but. boo. I
Size turns from them 40. and hanged /.
d / blame her. They arc precious /.
I poor lot
Tie pausc7 as the door swings open /
aud "a boy enters with q rnrd.
I'm five minutes send the gentleman |
In the gray haired father says, aud T.
the boy withdraw.
Herbert Torrance. reads tho gray
haired man. "a fine young follow,
straightforward, honest. true. / half
wish he was in society. No, i don't;
10 would spoil him. Wonder what he
wants with me-
He bushes himself with his papers
for a moment or two, and then the
door swings open aud q we'll knit
young fellow with keen gray eyes en-
ters
"Ah, Torrance, says the gray haired
man, have a chair. What can 1 do
for your"
"rhank you, Mr.. Tinsley, says the
young man, and he draws a chair close
20 the desk. He seats himself with an
embarrassed air.
Nothing wrong with the brokerage
business, L hopel" says the old man,
| kindly.
ono, sir. The business exceeds my
expectations, replies the young man.
"And yet / could wish il were fifty
times It's present proportions.
That's a rather ambitious wish, my
boy, ' says the older man. ''Why this
display Of grasping greed?'
Because, sir, it might win ne a
more favorable consideration at your
hands.
and why are you so anxious to win
my favorable consideration"
The young man hesitates.
You are the man, sir, he slowly
answers, "whose good will j value
above all others. II had wealth and
position 1 might approach you in a
far different spirit; but, as 1 have
neither, p
Tut, tut, my boy, says the older
man. Never mind what you haven't
got. What do you want? BY Joye,
you are the second person who has
limited at some mysterious favor with
in the past half hour And he smiles
at the recollection
''What 1 want" says the young
man hurriedly, sis an inestimable
treasure 1t is yours to give or re-
fuse. l feel my own unworthiness,
sir, yet boldly ask this gift at your
hands. II hope you understand
me, sir?'
5 'Ithink do, says the older man,
3 kindly. But really didn't know
that you had ever met
Tit wasn't right, sir, says the
young man, hurriedly. Il met her
] first at the seashore quite by accident
there was little accident, in fact,
= but she said she wouldn't distress you
/ about it. And our acquaintance
rapidly ripened. When she came
: back to town, 1 met her at various
a places, sometimes quite by accident
S and later on by-by appointment. It
wasn't right, sir, but II was very
| deeplyin love.
The little mink" cries the older
> | GsNWbv che naval, Irn,tbaI 4,
word of this"
a $50 she told me, sir, and that-and
that makes my present task all the
a harder
t "Well, never mind that. You are
It not her dearest friend-and yet sup
u pose you think you are. Come, are
. you sure she loves you?"
5 Il have her word for it, sir. She
!, sent me to you.
''Well, well, and so quiet and de-
e mure."
n "Wh-what did you say, sir?"
81 say, why didn't Helen tell me?
s Because she wanted to keep it
l secret
"And she was in it too?"
J. ''Sir?"
}. ''Well, well, she is a good girl ant
you must make her happy"
r The two men shake hands solemnly
II the younger mans face beaming will
delight. Then Mr.. Tinsley rises ant
is goes to the safe that stands in u cor
ner. From it he take large envelope
lie "She'll not come to you exactl,
IS empty-handed, Torrance" he says a
IN he looks the contents of the envelop
M over, eve put aside from time t
- time certain securities for her, and
>, see that they now amount to something
lg like $4,000. OF course when 1 leav
err there'll be more"
u He puts the envelope in the safe an
v, comes back to his desk
ID ''She is a very good girl" he con
+;n7,ae $50 o1vno+ +np1nrn1 5utif1i