The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-10
said her friend, who was q good-nntured
n girl Come will Introduce you to tho

said her friend, who was q good-iintured
girl Come. Will Introduce you to tho
old doctor now" h 1,
And In d moment Maue was IN tle
presence of the librarian, =.
she entered at n fortunate moment. - !,
Buchiebe was d near-sghted old seI..,s,
man who read without glasses, pue u III.
acc nothing six feet away. ne ~. usually
received and dismissed ms Vlsl.ols ~
but bothering himself to discover or mug r.
no what manner OF people they we're. Al. !,
do not care how they. look" he would
any. i,They probably look as they TAX,
1Sithoi,. form ana void But at the
m oman when Maud entered HIS little
room, lo had put OIL his lenses TO look
| out OF the window, and he turned 20 sue
Il perfect form In n closely nttins ates,'
and d face pretty enough 20 slook On W." 49,
= i critirn1 Measure. He received her
it,ndlv, and encouraged her to hope FOR
mn nnpontment, and It was IN accord,
nnce with his suggestion TINT she caiieu
upon Farnhan as we have r 'ol''. te %
she did not 90 Immediately. She TOOK ., o,
several days to prepare what sne c ''.,,a
"a hnrncss,' Of sunicient splendor, a !. la
,.hiIc~ sho was at work upon Slt SLY
thought Of many things. sha was s NJ
cyon vet quite sure that she sW thl';tl !,
place lin the library. The doctor Z -1.a
been very kind. but he hau gwen Il n ..s
clearly to understand that inc W. "a IA
ouired OF her would be sevtre, ana ana , ti'e
m : very light. IS She had for y long time
thought Of tying to obtain q clerkship az
acknowledgements Fnrnhanl S5 wouiu
5heln her to that-and her mind wandered
Off among the POSSIBLE ties OF chance az, az,
,quaintance with bachelor senators any
DIPLOMATS But the more she thousht -
the coming interview, the more her feH m 'l,,l
dwelt upon tho man himself Wnom s >,
was going to sce-hs bow anu ms s' nv
his teeth and his moustache, ana tne
nerfect nj OF his clothes. One poin tin
regard to him5swas still vague In her
mind. and as to that her doubts were
soon resolved. One evening she said 70
her father: ~ " . IL b, - . q o., =
."pid YOU ever see Captain Farnllam1? q
Now. what d foolish question that IS! \
IT'D like to know who built his green
houses ef 4 didn't :. K 5l i3...
.'He Is pretty we'll on, amt he?''
aul&lnughed with that satisfied AFRO
d rnr,cn Il OF ignorant men when they are
, asked a question they can answer easily.
,'I rather guess he Isl; that Is, sef you
call three, four five millions well off.
4 don't know how It strikes you with q.
whitening sarcasn1) !. but I n call Arthur
Tarnham pretty we'll fixed 40 I. ..6
These words ran In Mauds brnin with
a ravishlng sound She built upon them
a fantastic palace Of mist and cloud
When at last her dress was finished and
she started, after three unsuccessful at
E tennis, to walk to Algonquin Avenue
she was in no condition to do herself
simple Justice She hardly knew whether
E she wanted a5place In tho library, 81 o
clerksklp at Washington or the post
Of amanuensis to the young millionaire.
She. was confused by his reception A. OF
her; his good-natured irony made her
feel III at ease; she was nervous and
Hurried; and she felt, as she walked
away. that the battle. had gone against
her.
TE1ro WIDOW AND HER DAUGHTER.
Mrs. Relding s house was next{t to tina
Of Mr.. Farnhnm, and the &nelsh to.lIi
custom OF Algonquin Avenue was TO bu1.d
no middle walls OF PAL tltion between adj
siolning lawns. A minutes walk there
fore. brought tho young man to tho
door OF Mrs. Belongs cottage; she
called 1t q cottage, and SO we have no
excuse for calling u IT, anything q else
though It was a big three stored house,
built OF the soft creamy stone Of me =,
BufIland quarrlcs, and It owed Its modest
name to an impression In tina lady s mind
that Gothic gables and dormer windows
we're a necessary adjunct Of cottages.
She was happy woman, though she
would have been greatly surprised to
hear herself so described. She had not
been out OF mourning since she was a
young girl Her parents, us she some
times sald had put her Into blaclk';f
and several children had died In Infancy,
#one after the other. until at last her
husband, Jairus Bedding, the famous
bridge builder, had persisted Of a ma,arial5
+ fever caught In the swamps Of the Wa
bash, and left her with one daughter
and a large tin box full Of good securi-
ties, Sho never afterwards altered tho
style OF her dress, and she took much
q comfort In feeling free from all further
allegiance to nlllners. In fact. she had
"a nature which was predisposed to COM
fort. She had been fond of her husband
but she had been " little afraid Of him.
and, when she had wept hor grief into
tranquility, she felt q certain satisfaction
s In finding herself the absolute mistress
of her income and her bedroom. Her
wealth made her Tho object OF matr,-
monlal ambition once or twice, ana she
E had sufficient beauty to natter herself
that she was loved moro for her eyes
than her money; but she refused her
suitors with an ndolent good-nature that
ulu tlol @tSc1L WIN I|@NNiIlcs tuS
u to their sincerity, II have been mar
ried once, thank you, and that Is
enough; this she said simply without
sighing or tears. Perhaps tho unluoky
aspirant might infer that her heart was
buried In the grave of Jairus, But the
sober fact was that she liked her break
fast at her own hours. Attached to the
spacious sleeping-room occupied In joint
tendancy by herself and the bridge
builder were two capacious closets. After
! the funeral OF Mr. Bedding, she took pos
Session of both Of them. hanging her
winter wardrobe In one and her summer
raiment In the other, and she had never
met a man SO fascinating ms to tempt
her to glye UP to him one Of these
rooms. l
She was by no means fool, Like
many easy-golng women, she had an en-
ightened selnshness which prompted her
to take excellent care Of her affairs, AS
long as old MI. Farnham lived, she took
his advice implicitly in regard 10 her in
}yestments, and after his death she trans
ferred the same unquestonlng confidence
dor, tI,at III, oil hail