The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-03-14
BY WHAT RIGHT?
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Nellie Blake was a very nice girl.
I The only trouble with her, a trouble
common with most girls whose parents
are abundantly able to support them,
was that she hadn't enough To do to
keep her out Of mischief Having fin
/ ished her education. there seemed
nothing more for her TO do but to wait
for her affinity and be married. This
/ was not To her taste, and She proposed
/ to her father to study - Well, some
| thing anything, 50 that If she should
be left without
{ NONSENSE" said the father I'm
not permit anything of the kind"
Then Nellie considered matrimony
The only man who wanted her, so far
az she knew, was Fred Langley. But
Fred was too matter of fact. He was
a ploddcr He had ploddrd ut college,
at the law school and was now plOd-
ding in his profession She thought
over II number OF others. but they all
had something about them unsuitcd To
/ her taste. She gave up the matrimn-
NAL problem, but one day, on reading
a matrimonial advertisement, just for
fun she thought She would advertise
4 for a husband and see what kind of an
! swcrs one receives in such cases.
| Sitting down nj the mahogany writ
| ing desk in the library. she wrote in
large hand Cher own was very delicatcl
with stub pea aud very black ink II
( communication IN the usual form. Then
4 lest some one should find out that she
was So HbSurdiy engaged she took the
precaution to carry it to the newspaper
I office herself.
! 1t would require a large volume to
/ al In th" body of this story. for II cor
/ respoudcucc spraug up between Nrllie
/ and an unknown gentleman who called
/ himself AlouHo Courtney. Nellie writ
/ ing as ClariSsa Narian. the letters grow,
+ Ing in length til near the end an aN-
/ cragc letter covered twenty -four pages.
/ Nellie had expected to have II good
laugh at her replies. -" was miStak.
/ on The first was SO delicate ana def
errutial that no one but thoroughbred
/ could have written it, MI DENOTED eN-
IRENE refinement Then the original
and attractive ideas the man had. And
/ how those ideas appealed 10 her, 1t
/ was marvellous that one who had nov.
err seen her should have such au insight
4 into her most hiddea feelings His let
trrs became more and more tmpuS
stoned TIL 1T last lie hcI-nd Tor meet
ing.
Had not Nclir Hlak" fallen i'm love
! with u soul she had seen expressed ui
paper she would not have granted such
an Interview. As Ii WAS. taking nd
vantage Of an evening when her par
ents would bc out, she wrote Mr.. court
uey that she would receive him at :
O'Clock When the hour arrived she
was in the drawing room in her most
becoming costume, pink silk, her hair
/ done high and no jewels. The lamps
were dimmcd with artistic porcelain
shades, aud she hnd arranged when
her correspondent arrived 10 Ice stand
/ Ing with screen and Il large palm for
\ a background When the doorhcll
sounded. her heart went up In her
/ throat. Then came the card of Mr..
! Alouzo Courtney and while he was
getting of his coat and hat in the hail
she thought she should faint The
drawing room door was pushed open,
ana In walked the matter OF fact Fred
! Langley.
4 TO say that Nellie was angry gives
no idea of her condition. She was too
enragrd Ia say anything for u few mo.
mcuts Then she Missed.
"lmpostor"
is il an lmposmrc for man to
tranScrlhc his inner self in words 10
one he loves"
How did you know that | udyertiS
ed2"
zone morning, doubtless soon after
you wrote your advertisement. ! called
on You when you We're lot at home.
| The maid. who did not know that you
/ were out. showed me into the library
and went upstairs TO deliver a mes
sage from me While waiting FOR her
return | noticed some large black let
terS In reverse Oh the blottrr on the
desk | amused myself dcclphoring
what made an excellent puzzle and had
nearly finished before II occurred To
me that was reading a secret For
this must apologize VIII you for
give me-"
And them"
at occurred To me that you had writ
ten the duplicate wanted TO discover
under cover what Of strength or weak
ness good or evil there might he in
you | watched for your advert iScmcut