Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1901-01-25

Engllshman, upon whom oil eyes wars
turned with admiration, first encoua-
tered the slim. round-eyed heiress Ct
Hiram Fairweather. the Chicago man,
whose corner in iron had made him
world-falnous.
Gladys mourning for the dead
father had only Just blended into ten
der grays and virginia. whites, and
the girl, literally adorned otherwise
with shy bushes, cunning dimples and
happy smiles, was entering the wide
| ly welcoming arms of society.
Gervis Templeton was the first Eng
lishman OF good birth GLADLY had as
yet known. Hiram Fairweathers
boom Of luck" had not come in time
for him to take his place in the top
most circles Of American society.
It had arrived all too late for tho
patient, meek helpmate who was ~
ing in a shady corner OF country
churchyard, with tired, Woodworking
hands folded restfully.
1t had come too late to polish their
only child into a fashionable lady by
means OF European education; but
Gladys was .young-scarcely nineteen
and rarely dainty of face and form,
so society willingly accepted the rose,
uncultured as it was, and petted her
unstintingly. But society could not
keep its new idol for long.
After the first shy look, the first
few stammering words, GLADLY had no
longer heart to boast of, though she
herself was innocently ignorant of the
fact. For this girl there would never
be any other man than the chivalrous
English stranger whom fate had in
troduced into her life. No other love
could ever take the place of that which
filled her veins with it's blissful &C.
stasy. Her simple heart secret was an
open page-Gladdy knew no guile
wherewith to hide it.
The astute dame Of fashion who. for
certain handsome sum allowed by
the trustees Of the wealthy heiress,
took GLADLY under her wing, contented
h ri self with smiling blandly at the
pretty love scene going on under her
eyes.
"Happy's the wooing that's not long
ADDING" Gervis Templeton did nos
let the grass grow under his feet un.
til he had secured the matrimonial
prize Of the hour.
And, to do this young Englishman
justice, he fully meant to have and
ito hold to love and to cher
ish,"' this fair, sweet woman whom he
had won. until death should part
them.
Hes got what he came over here
for" mcodily said one OF many dis
appointed SWANS.
That's So" observed another. cts
always like that. Those dandy Eng
lish chaps have only to throw the
handkerchief, and the richest of our
heiresses, as well as the snartest Of
our summer girls, are at their feet.
Bah! It's sickening!"
"Oh, come" broke in a kind1ier
spirit, surely it's not so barefaced as
all that? Though. now think Of it,
he does not seem over-head-and-ear
in love with that little Fairweather
girl. There's look in his eyes as If
he had missed the chief aim In life,
and consequently didn't much care
how things went"
Perhaps the last speaker was not
wide Of the mark. Gervis Templeton
certainly had a past Of his own lock-
ed carefully aWay-honorably away
now.
For the young man meant the vows
he took upon himself when he and
trembling, shy GLADLY stood together
at the altar. He would love and serve
as we'll as he could the sweet, young
helpmeet God was trusting to his
care. Never should she know, il he
could help it, that she had come Sec
ond, not first, into his heart to remain
there.
So another youthful pair set out for
veal or for woe-who might say as
yet?
ITO be continual