Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1901-03-13

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lightly.
"Oh, she talks to people and finds
out. Now 1t happens. oddly enough,
that | know of post worth seven
hundred a year, which is practically in
was also man of the world and dis
posed to stick to his work could ill"
why don't you give 1t to Mr.. An
derson?"
"Well, you see, don't know him, and
| am not general phllanthropist If
a friend of mine, whom | wished TO
oblige We're to ask me-but none has.
Apropos, want you to do me a favor"
Alices heart beat at this abrupt an
nouncement. Was It possible that he
could mean to propose after this extra
ordinary beginning? If so, would she
be glad? Would she be
He made his request in plain,
straightforward language, and she gaz-
ed Mt him at first mystitied, then prey
to mixed emotion, anon aware of a
rose-colored future before ner Her
fact wreathed in smiles as she gave her
consent.
"Well, now, Is there anything that
you want from me, little girl2'
Whereupon Alice, smiling and blush
ing, told him what she wanted most
In the following afternoon Lord
Wimberley called on the Testers and
found them at home. Soon after his
arrival Alice left the room on some eX
cuse. Then she put on her hat and
went out for the afternoon, telling the
servant to say Not at home" to any
callers.
When she returned she found her
mother sitting in the drawing room,
musing profoundly. AS Lady Testers
hour for dressing was past-and her
toilet was long and important func-
tion-Alice felt that something had
happened. She was a tribe anxious,
but she did not dare question her moth
or
The latter opened the ball.
"Don't you think, Alice, 1t was rath-
or rude of you to go away when Lord
Wimberley was here"
mo" replied Alice, boldly. "IIe ask
ed me to. 1t was arranged last night
that should"
Mother and daughter looked flxedly
at one another.
"He Is such young man. observed
the former, vaguely. "He cannot know
his mind"
HE Is not such young man." re-
piled Alice gravely. 'He Is n good deal
older than many men of more age Be
sides, he is serious, devoted to politics
much admired as speaker-as you
yourself said. And he certainly knows
his own mind. He practically-and
very tactfully-offered me place foI
George, with seven hundred a year, sc
that we may be able to maryland be
out of the way-if l could help him
and a man doesn't do tnat unless he
means business"
"He told me that he thought you
would marry" murmured the widow
"and spoke very generously about
you"
"He Is very rich," pursued Alice. 'It
would be mere fieabite to him. Win
berley Is a lovely place, and there Il
the coach, and no doubt there would
be a house in town, and carriages, and
every luxury, and no more worry ant
trouble, and you know, darling, thai
when you really take trouble you don
look more than half-quite young, il
fact, especially to people who are {
little shortsighted, as he is"
"And | should be free from YOU
tongue" interposed the widow, sharp
ly, by no means grateful for these com
pliments. "Yes, you are right. Lore
Wimberley proposed to me this after
noon. | told him It was sudden and
would give him an answer tomorrow
I have thought 1t over, and shall sa,
Yes He swears that he loves mi
and has never loved anyone else"
"And you must love him, too, moth
er, dear" observed Alice, with catlik,
softness, cor you wouldn't marry him.
"Of course | love him-devotedly-
have from the first. There Is no othe
reason why should marry him, i
thereT'
But, reviewing the circumstances o
the case, Alice felt that this answe
might mean anything.-London World
|
Instructing Mrs. Custer.
II was dining out one evening amonl