The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-04
Ruler of the Universe.

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| dropped in .f1r minute TO see how the
world had been using you since 1 saw you
| last"
+ How are you, Frank? Glad to see you
back and looking so we'll responded Mr.
Stacy, rising from his office chair to
| greet his young friend. Frank Walton, a
| rising young artist, who has just return
| ed from a vacation spent at once of the
| summer resorts.
Sorry 1 can't return the compliment
| Eustace, but you are not looking well at
all. You confine yourself too closely 10
| business. You really ought to take e
holiday occasionally I enjoyed my little
| trip to the Cedars ever so much, and feel
| now ike going TO work in earnest. The
Truemans were there, and a number of
others that l knew, and as I know that
you are interested in all that concerns
me 1 have some news for you"
We'll, the fact is, Mabel Trueman and
/ are engaged to be married"
Obi" laughed his friend. that ac-
counts for the very pleasant time, sup
pose. Well, Frank, 1 do sincerely hope
that you'll be happy"
Happy! OF course ! will. Mabel IS
| the sweetest dearest little blue-eyed girl
in the whole world. You would fall in
love with her yourself if you knew her
as well as / do. By the way, are you
going to Mrs. Broadhurst's this evening?
l believe the ball is given in honor of a
niece Of MIR. Broadhurst, Miss Hester
Broadhurst. a very beautiful and likewise
very wealthy young lady, who would be
a fitting mistress for that beautiful home
of yours, which is simply going to waste
for want of a charming woman to open
its doors and allow society to get a
glimpse of the treasures you have hidden
there. The idea of man imagining him
self happier keeping all that wealth of
beauty and comfort to himself, than If
he shared it with some one he loved. No,
Eustace, you can never convince me that
an old bachelor life is the happier one"
"All right, Frank; but remember you
are in love- and 1 am not, and do not in
tend ever making such a goose of my
SELF
'WeH, goodbye, old boy, for the pres
emit viii see you this evening" And
Frank Walton went out, leaving his
friend with an amused smile on his usu-
ally grave face. That E.ustace Stacy. a
man who had never given "a thought to
woman, lovely woman" should ever fail
In love and allow his life to be made
happy or otherwise by the butterfly crea-
lures he imagined the women of his day
to be, was an idea 50 utterly foolish that
it was a waste of time spending one mo-
ment considering il. So he turned TO his
desk, finished some writing he had been
engaged on when his friend came in, then
left his office and returned to his home in
the suburbs. And as Mr.. Stacy went up
the gravel walk TO the house he wonder
ed if his friend were right That even
ing at the appointed time he arrived at
Mrs Broadhurst's and after meeting Miss
Broadhurst, remarked to Walton, who
asked him his opinion of the heiress, that
"she seemed to be an interesting young
lady who could talk sensibly and clever
ly enough
Hester Broadhurst was Of medium
height, with brown hair, great dark eyes
and sweet disposition which made her
face beautiful, and a stately manner, all
her own, which made her appear older
than she really was. Dressed in white
and a slight flush on her cheeks from
pure pleasure at meeting so many of
"auntie's friends she was a charming
picture. Mr.. Stacy never remembered an
evening when time had flown so quickly.
He said to himself what brilliant host
ess Mrs. Broadhurst was to make people
enjoy themselves to. And he went home
haunted by a vision in white with dark
eyes and the sweetest smile he had ever
seen. Thus Cupid began his work and
never rested until he had finished what
he had undertaken. OF course, Mr..
stacy cdlleQ on MS IrlenuS, out ne
did not see the amused little smile on
Mrs. Broadhurst's face when he was an
nounced now. The cause of which was
that Mr.. Stacy called three times now
where formerly he called but once. One
beautiful autumn day Mr. Stacy's car
riage stood in front of the Broadhurst
mansion. The horses, coal black, high
stepping beauties, with beautifully arched
necks, were TWO that he had bought after
learning that Miss Broadhurst was pas
sionately fond of horses. and who came
out, dressed for driving in a rich, dark
blue suit which was wonderfully becom-
ing, and stepped into the carriage. Mr..
Stacy took his seat beside her and drove
away looking supremacy happy.
Next day Walton called to see his
friend. Hello. Eustace, what is this 1
hear? Only hope it is true
Hope what is true?" queried Mr.. Sta
cy, trying to look unconscious of having
done anything out of the usual.
why, Dame Rumor has ii that a gem
tlemen well known in social and bust
ness circles who has hitherto considered
matrimony a state into which no wise
man would enter, and who has always
thought himself invulnerable against Gu
pid's darts, is paying very marked atten-
ton to one of our most popular bellies of
the season, and [ also hear that the
young lady rather encourages his atten-
lions. All of which 1 must deYoutly hope
is t=ua.''
Yes, Frank. it is true, and more.
have asked Hester Broadhurst TO be my
wife. and she has accepted me. You were
right. and l acknowledge the sovereignty
of Cupid in this world of ours he added
with a smile. Later on there was a dou-
BILE wedding. and we behold Eustace Sta
cy proud and happy, while Frank Walton
is as happy on his friends account as
on his own. Hester Broadhurst. with her
dark beauty. and blue-eyed Mabel True
man are both equally beautiful in their
bridal robes. Needless to say Mr.. STACK
made model husband, loving his young
wife with an intensity quite in keeping
with his strong, manly nature. And she
returned MS affections.