The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-01-05

Inc Slrl nom Donald loved last year
was christpncd Frances and he used
to call her Fanny Also, he addressed
her by various cndearing terms. but
that is Of no consequence. Such words
applr to the new love as to the old. \
fellow may call a girl sweetheart" as
the result of a habit of speech ac-
quirCd before he knew her, and she
cannot detect the crime, but if he per-
sists iii calling her dearest Fanny"
when her name is Helen she will in
dict him for perjury.
1t is painful to speak evil of a
woman, but candOr cCmpclS the state
ment that Fanny was Il drcssmaker's
dummy animated by Il soul that would
have been considered mcrccnary in Il
paWnhrOlur. Donald could not per
ceiye it. Everybody else knew that
her GesvrtiOn of him and her marriage
with a man old enough to he her
grandfather ought to have been pub
lShcd by the press under the head of
Financial Transactions" But Donald,
who was n highly imaginative person
and had always surrounded Fanny
with a mist of illusions, believed that
the occurrence was one Of those subtle
mysteries of love which, in the words
of Lord Dundrcary, no fellow can find
out.
\ man of simpler mind would have
sent up Il strong prayer Of thanksgiv-
ing for Il great deliVcrancc, but it
pleased this dreamer to imagine that
he had suffered loss.
Fanny was young lady with con-
siderable social prctensions, and, after
she turned her back upon Donald, he
turned his upon society. He wander
ed into artistic Bohemia, and there he
met Helen, who was regarded in that
region as an infant phenomenon. As
a matter Of fact, she was 90 years old
and had worked hard under the very
best teachers since the earliest day
when such instruction could profitably
begin, but she looked like a girl of 1G
who had never done anything more
serious than chase butterflies in the
fields. Hence Bohemia, which judges
by appearances even when the facts
in the case are perfectly we'll known,
persisted in holding her to be an in
spircd Child.
Donald was more shocked than
pleased when this ideal of maidcnly
innocence invited him to come to see
her any time, adding the information
that She was living in big building
full Of bachelors of both sexes, in Il
little suit that was all her own Her
quick eye caught the expression that
fitted across his countcnancc, and she
was amused, perhaps n little piqucd
also.
81 am chaporoncd by q large bull
dog said She, land when YOU see
his teeth YOU will admit that the
strictpst social code could require no
more
vt an early day Donald made the nc
quaintancc Of this novelty in chapcr-
Ons, ana me was forced to confess that
the animal was competent to preserve
the 3oyorum of any company accord
ing TO such ideas as he might have
on the subject. Yet the young man
was aJill Of the opinion that the mo
mage left much to he desired lie was
so much older than Helen. having Just
turned 80. that dicful milestone ut the
end OF youth that he vcntmod to Civ"
her advice.
"Nau'rc going to be famous some
day said he, "an1 in my opinion it
VIII DE pretty soon Then you'Il want
10 get INTO society, ana lhS sort OF
thing VIII ne against YOU II you only
had an aunt or something Ike that
got fqt, ...f,t,.." asked IN, Girl
"r.v.rr.rrll want. +, r.t f,,, s,.
clrt..' ,r.l uon1ll ".rnai,s ,,-lnro
fnc money f. amt nf c,nrsn vuar
rltfm1-, u,,r..t I'm l,rf,,.i.a nfri,..,..! is
TO soil ,Irn.. r.r l.n 1,.t n,-s;I1n
Drfcn. 7r,rrn,.o,. tr......r ,or a,.r. to.
yorr~ b, frrp,. of II. ... tn,r, i tln
question az mafriuopv"
81 moot % NM. 49,. f.,., ,.,,.. anvil
fbcn n .afl rrnInI ....... Lrf r,oost
most of Thorn ana ,-.t.-
'N1v vlura r,i.rI'. r..f1fnnd Donald
"ne,.ar marry r,..r,,f. Fir. 1.-Two 1,,,t rr-
mrmrrrr 9e nm .s.ff.t ihot won con
view u great deal more scenery from n
steam yacht timn YOU can from the
Jersey City fcrNhoat'
"CorbyrGs,' said Helen to the dog,
do You hear what the young man is
talking GNJuj.'