Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-03-10
fl Lost Chance.

..id Mrs. Gafferly, this IS
I sa perlina MiIkin, the very
I've spent enough upon you
E t.. ma died and l took charge
s I, marry six girls who had their
,an+ them. I've dressed you
sr5ristmas doll, and I've let you
y ,nnpany, and I've sent you to
,,,+ fashionable places to board
W., and here you are, four and
,nd not so much as engaged.
....rrlv disgusting, Perlina; and
yIi5,ve to say is, if you don't set
y. s#airs this summer I'll give
nora chances. l expect to die
,oorbouse as it is. Why, l was
ja II, and your ma at Is, and
lnr Delight, about the plalnest
] ritter | ever saw, wasn't but
Ia What's the use Of advantages
,n have looks, Perlina-if you
4 make use of 'em.
/, sire | don't know what you
lne 10 do. can't very we'll pro-
a any one" said Perlina, ready
Il do everything l can, and
make love to me, and they say
1~, Of things. If they don't pop
n,+jon, how can l make them?
DOW, | suppose you waited until
Gaferly asked you to have him
YOU said you would"
fr Uuncle Gafferly would have
lifted suicide if 1 had refused
q aid Aunt Gaffer1y. "You may
sreve it now, but 1 was a beauty
wuth. As for what you can do,
Hght to know; but what I say is
Come home engaged, or I'll stop
Ii useless extravaganza. l have
It'd your trunk to the tune of
md you are going to Saratoga
ahe Kerosene Newbodys; and if
lint do it now, I'll give it up as
job"
n which speech she inflicted on
aes cheek that matter-of-course
j which female friends choose to
Din kiss, and babe her good
and despite her new wardrobe,
IL Saratoga trunk, the prospec-
znner gayety and the chaperon-
Mrs. Kerosene Newbody, poor
q cried a good deal in the hired
w which conveyed her to the
What was she to do? To marry
have been easy, but to marry
and that was what she was ex-
10 dO-Was a harder task.
Gaferly was a good business
and would not be likely to
sly more money on an unstable
and Perlina shivered at the
before her, if this summers
a should prove a failure. On
#Ne she looked so ill when she
at Saratoga that her mirror
~ that her best plan would be
'early and take as much beauty
SpOssible, in view of any eligi-
saeman who might put in. an
alce next day.
as a rose and dressed in her
"Omlng morning dress, Perlina
u seat at the breakfast table
~Ialng and nestled close to Mrs
Aewbody in the most be-
manner.
ady, an ample matron, with
aNe greeted her affectionately
'4ce introduced her to two gen.
slO were her neighbors.
AoIt, Miss Milkin; Miss Milkin
'aRlll. All old friends of mine
10 make you know each 9th.
1en devoted herself to break,
left those who preferred it t
,ae on conversation. And sc
>sn, having the field to her
e eyes at both her new &C.
s, and shrewdly noted, amid
atile gigglngs and dimplings
ETere smitten. They were o
rather of the ages, at which
is most susceptible of Cupid
Edmund holt was a youth o
dram Downhill was at leas
before had young Mr.. Kol
: Oewitching attention Offered
% as for old Mr.. Downhill, hi
brought back some dove-lik'
such as those Miss Milkir
upon him, from the long
Years Of his youth, but no
;. d long story short, Miss Mil
Jug discovered that Mr.. Kolt
neh and an orphan, and tha'
ZULU was a very wealthy bach
s-Ve set her cap for both gen
.ssolVing to accept the one
s'Sea first. She loved neither
= aer views, who had made !:
ue matrimonial market with
~pulation-that the man she
should have money-was
0i! 70 nave a heart. A huS.
~ 10 her easy circumstances
~On her Aunt Gafferly's in.
,,asging,' liberty to flirt az
h. Nc chose with ineligibles, who
m very interesting, and free.
'ue dread of being an ole
woody, who was, on the
!, sss W. woman, willing