The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1904-03-19
CARRUTHERS' LUCK

clared that IL was blessing in disguise.
Carruthers was neither comforted by
consolation nor hardened by cyniclsm.
He had loved earnestly and his
Indebtedness was In proportion The
sting Of stings lay in the fact that Wv
len Dawnay had thrown him over for
mere money. She was now Mrs. Jes-
sup.
AS regards Jessup. he had huge
factory on Long Island, mansion up
town ana villa ut Newport, He was
not OF society, but he was gradually
entering the mystic circle that rings
society around, To PASS the boundary
with due eClat he deemed himself in
need of Just such wife as was Niyien
Jessup. SO it came to pass that there
occurred business transaction be
tween these two. For his money and
his potentalities Miss Dawnay bar
tered her youth, her beauty ana her IN
deniable descent from Pocahontas. Ac'
cordingly they were married, and
young Carruthers fancied that this
mere curtain raiser Of his life was
all his worlds drama
Carruthcrs was I'm fair way 10 go
to the devil when Nlvien Dawnay jilt'
ell him. He did not go thither how
ever, but to war instead 1t was the
war of those days Some nervous
conrticr Of the emperor Of Mandalay
had unwttlngly trOdden upon the sa'
cred pIgtail Of the ambassador from
Camboda. Within q moon and half
every plgtail In all Cambodia tingled
responsibility; hence I'll" war
| hive spoken Of carruthers cynlc
al friends. Most Cynlcs are good ma,
tured. and Hardness was the best ma
tured of cynics Hardness was II war
correspondent the stormy petrol OF
newspapcrdom He said to 'arrutherS:
Il sail for Mandalay tomorrow. Ion
feel Ike making a war on society
Come with me aud make war on the
CamDodinns instead" Aud Carruthers
went
The investment which Mr.. Jessup
mndr did not turn out SO well after
all 4 merely rich man who IL also
single stands u chance Of sncnklng INTO
society by way OF club parlUrS ana
yacht lunches, but Il married roturi'r
even If his wife belong 90 first fam
ily Of Virginia" does not always lind
open the front doors OF Firth avenue
Moreover, Jcssup had married at an
announcement epoch There was u real
serene hIghncss within the gates und
he meditatcd marriage with the daugh-
ter of certain society she general
Through the medium Of society papers
the Prince Of IIohenstautfrn lumpcr-
nickcla intentions were no secret. Tn
der the circumstances the introduction
of Mrs Jcssup proved dtliicult. Nou
cannot ask MI independent high ana
mighty lord OF the empire Ia dance "A
colilIun with the wife Of Long Is
land manufacturer Al least the great
DANES uptown argued in this wise,
Poor Nlvipu wns very lonely NJ New
port and still more lonely In New Hora
Jcssup had o short temper ana he lo9'
II altogether when tH tNuu that his
coup had ralra so,isiy papers began
to say nasty fauE bout the couple
Nasty taIn a.a usstire when tTue,
aue .nsa. saInpA, rerc hidcousIy
/ .rurate
In rho mast of 1t all the war in the
ea,t collapsed with crash To every
hDdy's lutrns" surprise the forces of
b.nndaluy made miu,cmcat of the
Cambodiuns Then young tHrruthcrs
suddenly appeared In London and
wrote II book n the war was the war.
then Carruthers' book was the book
\ year had passed without II new fad
or new Hon tnlruthcrs and his
book filed the gap Had not the young
soldier.uuthor penetrated us tar as
Bangkok aud seen the peacock throne
Were there not grand romantic sto.
rIcs which made him the Joseph of
mysterious oriental potiphur's sultann
The Duchess OF Gathrrum fed him
upon ortulans and trunlcs in Iloucutch
castle and his book went through i've
editions ms circus Columbtne goes
through hoops
When London bows down New York
twice the hero IN America that he had
been In England The great society
she general heretofore alluded To- In.
trlgued for an introduction and hailed
him OIL to Lcuox The Prince of lIo
hcnstnuncn pumpernickel planned With
him nm excursion into Burma
one morning Mrs Ipssup. nee Dnw-
nav read In her most dctrsted society
paper the following interesting item;
Fortune tuvurS the brave This
week we announce the approaching
wedding OF that modern Monte Chris
10. Mr. George tHrruthers, 10 Miss
Virginia Van Ruyter II viii be re
memhcred that Miss Van Ruyter and
her Sl.5OOopU dowry were popularity
supposed to be destined for IA \ H.
the Prince OF Hohrnstautfen- rumpcr.
nickel This IL not 10 be Gossip SAYS
that Miss Van Ruyter fell In love with
Curruthcrs' 'Cambodipnus at first
sight Her hero Is no needy fortune
hunter, Tor hts recent work is coming
mouFy and another book may shortly
be expected from his pen"
Mrs iessup displayed considerable
I'll nature when her husband returned
without card, for the Van Astorbut
ball Poor Niyiru she had been think
ing OF how differently matters might
have fallen uut II only she had re-
malned the daurre " young Carruth-
ers New YORK. Press