Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-30
ALONDIKE CAXTON.

II, r ALONDIKE CAXTON.
r. hIondyko Caxton was native of X
Iarslsh manufacturing center in th
LACK country. His father, a poor Gle,
e Ryhlah, had no means to afford his so
: good start in life, ard he was thank
Il lui enough when the interest of certai,
lflends secured a clerkship in one of tb
local banks Young Charlie Caxton. a
4 ne was then called, remained in tb,
= p9nk Tor nlne or ten years until he haf
acnleVea the age Of 2S and salary OF
Al'o per annum. Now, taking into ac.
connt the conditions Of the bank clerk
labor market, this was by no means
bad
But CAorlio Caxton was q shrewd fell
low ald had done even bettor for him.
SCH III the time than he might have ok .
. I'cted lie was already assistant cash.
+ ht, Wlth the prospect Of soon becoming
/ phlll cashier at an increased salary. and
ID TACT SO well were his business abili-
tlcs thought of by his chiefs that he had
very fair hope of being appointed
manager of one Of the country branches
o51ofe many years were over But cir
cumstances occurred just at this Tina
"h'ch caused him to throw up his situ.
ation and leave the neighborhood. These
circumstances We're connected with an
affair Of the heart.
LIS i .$. ounaR AZ Ia. lady yas 49, Mis- djs Miriaw
Wakefield. only daughter of the vicar
OF X She was q very pretty and charm.
ing II somewhat superficial girl, then
nafeIy IS years Of age, and her maiden
Iahcy was soon caught by Charlie Cax.
ton handsome face and agreeable man.
nera.
On his side, Charles was deeply in
ioVe Nlth Miriam and made no secret
OF his attachment, but the relatives Of
poth Young people naturally viewed the |
alIalr with dlsapproval for Charles had |
ho'hl!!S but his meagcr salary, and Mir
IAN had not a penny. However, the
ehalh0rcd Charles was deaf to all reason.
ing and Miriam, being spoiled daugh-
Yer ana accustomed to have her way, at
length coaxcd her father into giving a
consent to the engagement.
'Eut 1t will be a siege of Troy, nv
dafllhg, he pointed out. "Charles will
not Do IL position to marry for ten
years. -
IL would wait for him if it were 20.
ather' she cried, with sparkling ewes
md flushing checks.
The vicar smiled to himself, but said (
10 moro. He was man wise in his {
'oAeration. Eo thought he could gauge t
llrlams disposition, and-well, ten t
ears was long time. s
everything went smoothly with the l.
overs for abouta twelvemonth. Then a f
loud began to appear upon the horizon 0
Charles Cations happiness. He no. II
ced some slight change in Miriam's Il
toward himself At first it il
as very slight but gradually it became tt
'oro marked. Poor Charles was terribly #
pset. lie felt that he was not mistaken W
ld that Mlriam's love for him was a
'ollnS daily In this conviction. as a eC
after OF fact, he was quite correct. m
lr1am, II the truth must be told, was fir
young lady incapable of any real in. oh
nslty of love. She was emphaticallv Ii,
It the stuff out Of which heroiues are
ace, and that degree of heroism in love in
1lch required her to wait an Indefinite br
ne Tor marriage while the best of her pr
uth was slipping away and which Of in
req her no better reward at the end Gel
an the position of very poor mans an
1e was Gas she thought on mature re- to
itlon) just spot beyond her. uei
In this idea she was sedulouslv on.
lfaSed and supported by all her hb'
mas ana relatives. "You are throw wa
yourself away on Charles Caxton, " ant
y SAID, when with your pretty face. lhf
DEAR you might marry fortune" I'M
mere are many rich men quite as abl
ldsome as Charles was the tenor If son
ers remarks. There is young Silk nae
le, for instance. He has Just come in.
~ oo" year Miriam blushed at fai'
) There was young Slkstone, and tl9.
was quiro as handsome as Charlns Sta
i'o h~d $4,000 year or rather WILL
9, Tor his father, the retired coal dea'
chant, had died only six months ing
ana has personally, almost the you
ia IF ,,,,;.. littl
a., va 0,'i n 10 MS SON. had char
sworn at 100000 net Also the eton
Il h"d begun to be very polite and no :,
ntlVo to herself, and--and- in :,
eW reflections of this kind often be- ,ra,.
by ending with an "aud," but fro,,
seldom end by ending 50. Miriam's -at
c'lohS ended with a letter-a very potl
proper, lrettily worded letter to 60 :
'"s CaXton. Young Silkstono's desc,
was not mentioned in the letter, viii
Only her (Miriam 81 struggles be- N,
,i,,,n h,a 49, 10y ~ WHICH heaven CaXt
-, tta ia.. '-.o H'ionbtn TO range her al re
III tho latter's side. Heaven also lit roga,
VIZ, a.. VIZ ,o''er) had gwen her alter