The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-10
Synopsis Of First Installrnent.

Synopsis Of First Installment.
Captain Farnhnm. wholesomeSof face
and clean of limb. in fact ono OF those
fortunate natives who however
born, are always bred well and como
by prescription to most OF the8good
things the world con give, Is seated
In tho library OF his elegant nome on 4
Algonquin Avenue. tho fashionable
residence street OF Buiiiha1, |. city OF
some 2o2.soo population, situated on
Lake Erie. Il wIdOwerS but Souns,k
handsome. and immensely wealthy,
3Ethe plain, who, outside OF the SCR
wants. Is the sole occupant Of the great
& mansion. Is one OF the most nlarKeu Z
figures In the higher aflstocracy 81
z he city. 3 I'll i.g,3 III, ~ Yzs X
'isAs he sat reading his morning pa
z per and smoking II cigarette. Budsey.S
Tic grave English butter, announces
he had yainly cndeavotcd 70 tuTn,away
from the door, She was q tar ro-
bust girl OF eighteen or nineteen OF q
4 singular fresh and vigorous ocauty.
Farnham, agreea bly, surprise1d, ~, l, Glv 81,
discovers from her conversation tliat
L she Is more ill-bred than he at tirst
tfonght. he CALAMITY promises 10 40
what he can for her. . NJ u
The girl is the daughsers.o o.. Saul
Matchn, carpenter. VINO. disappoini-@
Ia cd In his other children. lavlshas ms
love and expectation upon his heauils
full daughter She's a. Z, grad ad ,oan oy
French novels. The humble surround
ings Of her parents have already grown
disinstcfnl to her. and hence i.r Visit
ana appeal TO s'tlle.!e elegant sr ~, IN
hecome the captains private secre-
tary is not Mt all allurlng 70 that gen
tleman, and 1t is finally aGreea az az -sE
twnen them that he will use ms , ani.ui
eRce as president p o. ths ~ lbraria
az want opportunities for sell -cklltuIe,}
for Intercourse with kindred Splits Splits,
for the attainment OF hlshets ues
tiny." declares Miss Maschn.s 49,
nh. The captain, promising to , Let h er
5hasrst from hi nj soon, ushers ,ner :uu.
md accepts an Invitation 70 dihe , ma
Mrs Belding. an old friend VINO o,, iIsg -
ia the house next 70 = me 20 = t4n''
mansion. *
truA PIER I1.-coNT1NUED.) .5s
,,sai,a 10 difference that Maud was
,tii, 4 vulgar and ignorant grit = - -.
49, 49, 100 ,o, the person TO perceive or
,,,nraclntc theyc defects. She cav iiei,
~, III, Y,,,,te wonder, blooming out heioIe
,or very eyes. from STOUT, s.oeNs !, ,
sjrowzv8 child, with coarse red CHECKS w :,
snuckles, like n bootblacK. INTO u "a "a! J,
slender girl, whose oval race %as 20
regular as n comic section. ana Mnos ),
movements we're as swift, stioiis. huu
vrncef,ll, when she forgot herself, as
s ? ~ a rnce horse. There Wee stu
No Ties OF habit and romance between
ibc,n AzaLea, whose brother was a
traIn boy on the Lake Shore Road hau
/, constant supply Of light literature
rhich The girls devourcd nthe loag inte.-
yals Of their studies. But even the Io-
nance Of Miss Mntchln had undergone
4, change. Willis Azalea still dreamed
81 dark-cyed princes. lords OF trsplcal
Islands and fierce and tender warriors
VINO should shoot for her the mountain
eagle for his plumes, listen with her 20
Tho bulbul's song in valleys OF roses, or
hew out throne for her In some vague
and ungeograph empire. me reYetles
Of Miss Maud grew more and more nuns
dane and reasoHable. SGe was LOO stto'is
ana well TO dream much her only VislonS
were Of Il rich man who should love her
for her fine eyes. She wotlldsineet nm
IN some simple and casual MAY ;atsho
would fall in love at sight, and speedily
prosper in his wooing; they Dwo uid l5t Q
neutrality-suspicious. for Maud blnshfd ana
burned to think OF her home at sucn
then they would go 70 New
y ork to live. She never wasted conjee-.
ture on tile age tile looks, the manner
OF being OF this possible hero. Her MAD
Itself with the thought or his
wealth. She went one day TO the Iupllc
Library to read the articles on RothSc ID
and Aston In the encyclopedias, Sne evsn
tried to read the editorial articles on
gold and silver in he Ohio papers.
t,,4t h SnrtSrs
She would pore for hours over
those wonderful columns, which dascrlb-
ed the weddings and tho receptions OF
rich toDacconists and stock-b l okers, with
lists OF names, which she read With IN
Unite gusto, At first, all the names were
the same to her, all equally worshipful
and happy In being printed, black on
white, in the reports Of these UPPER
worldly banquets. But after while her
sharp intelligence Logan to disilHgulsh
The grades Of our republican a!lstocracy,
and she would skip the long rolls OF
obscure guests who figured mt tho COM
ng-out parties of thrifty shop-kcepers
IF fashionable ambltiqns-to reyel among
he genuine swells, whose fath&rs We're
. The reports Of tie bat
les Of the Polo Club filled her with a
sweet intoxlcation. She knew tla names
~ AlHo SoHo"suHsS ny llStttli Hiu itfLo ~
,wn opinion as to the comparative elgir
oillty of Billy Buglass and Tim Blan-S
tct, the young men most In view ut that
line In the clubs Of the metropolis.
Fer mind was too much llLsd With
interests OF this kind to leave any great
'oum for her studies. She had pride
enough TO hold her place in her claa,es,
md that was all. She learned a little
music, a little drawing, a little Latin and
little Frenoh-the French Of "Stratford-
ltte- Bowe, for Frenchsof Paris was not
,asy Of attaInment at RUTLAND. ThIs