The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-07-28

jolcing took place on all sides when
Veronica suddenly developed into a
healthy child, and the probability Of
David Moore inhcriting the coveted
estate decreased to a minimum. 1t
was not n long rejoicing, however. for
John .Iu,lson followed his wife to the
grave before Veronica had reached her
tGnth year, leaving her and her half
4 Ter. Cora. to the guardianship OF a
grabbed old bachelor who had been his
fathers lawyer. This lawyer was
morose and peevish, but lie was never
positively unkind. For two years the
sisters seemed happy enough. when,
suddenly and somewhat peremptorily,
they were separated, Veronica being
sent TO a western school, where she
remained, seemingly without single
visit east, till she was seventeen.
During this long absence Miss Tut
tie resided in Washington, developing
under masters into an accomplished
woman. Neronica's guardian, severe
in his treatment of the youthful owner
Of the large fortune of which he had
been made sole executor, was uneX-
pectedly generous TO the penniless Sis
ter. hoping perhaps In his close. pee
wish old heart that the charms and ac-
quired graces of this lovely woman
would soon win for her husband in
the brilliant set in which she naturally
found herself. But Cora Tuttle was
not easy to please, and the first men
Of Washington came and went before
her eyes without awakening in her
any special interest till she met Fran
els Jeffrey, who stole her heart with
look.
Those who remember her that win
developed from handsome woman
into lovely one. Yet no engagement
was announced. and society was Won
dering what held Francis jeffrey back
from so great a prize, when Veronica
Moore came home, and the question
was forever answered.
Veronica was now nearly eighteen
and during her absence had blossomed
into womanhood. She was not as
beautiful as her sister, but she had a
bright and pleasing expression, with
enough spice In her temperament to
rob her girlish features Of insipidity
and make her conversation witty, IL
not brilliant. Yet when Francis JEFF
frey turned his attentions from Miss
Tuttle and fixed them without reserve
or seeming shame upon this pretty but
terhy, but one term could be found ia
characterize the proceeding, and that
was fortune hunting. OF small but
settled income, he had hitherto shown
certain cOntentment with his cOndi
tiOn calculated TO inspire respect and
make his attentions to Miss Tuttlt
seem both consistent and appropriate
But no sooner did VerOnica's bright
eyes appear than he fell at the young
heiress' feet and pressed his suit sc
close and fast that in two months they
We're engaged and at the end Of the
half year married. with the disastrous
consequences just made known.
SO much for the general gossip ol
the town. Now for the special.
A certain gentleman, whom II 10 un
necessary to name, had been presen
at one critical instant in the lives O.
these three persons. He was not
scandal monger. and II everything hat
gone on happily-if Veronica had live'
and Cora settled down into matrimon!
he would never have mentioned wha
he heard and saw one night In tn
great drawing room OF hotel In Al
lantic City.
ITO he COntinued.l