Amador ledger., 1905-03-31

How will you have it-in notes?'
Yes, please.
Mr.. Durntord rang the bell, won
deriug little whether Margaret was
going to buy her furniture for her
new home with Mr. Welby with her
legacy; but he purposely refrained
from asking her any questions. The
money was absolutely her own and she
had right to do as she liked with it.
Margaret departed as she came, in
hanson, with notes to the value of
one hundred pounds in her pocket.
She drove straight to very expen-
sive shop in Bond street, and there
selected very gorgeous dressing bag.
The fittings we're very numerous, and
all with silver-gilt tops. The brushes
also we're silver-gilt, and there was
every variety of article tor the toilet
and of writing material. 1t was
large bag, and quite the most expen-
sive in the shop. When she had ord
cred the monogram 'E. W. to be en-
graved upon each article, and had fur
ther supplemented the gift, at the
suggestion of the polite shopman.
with set of gold studs, pair sleeve
| liks, and one or two other little arti-
cles of jewelry, the whole amount
came to niney-eight guineas, which
she paid for over the counter with the
notes her father had given. The mon
ograms were to be all completed by
the next day, and the bag sent in
packing case, for which she paid fifteen
and siXpence extra, to the address
which her lover had given her in Nor
folk
After that Margaret got into an
other hanson, and went home to
Westboure terrace, feeling sublimely
happy and quite satisfied with her
| mornings work.
That night, after dinner was over,
she had her talk with her father. 1t
was not long talk, and the results
of it are given in the following letter
which she wrote to Mr. Edward Welby
the next morning:
My dearest Edward-I have talked
to my father, and he was very kind
indeed. l don't think you could have
understood quite what he meant, for
he says that he told you the same
thing he has told me. He will quite
| give his consent to our marriage, and
we may be married as soon as ever
we like. He says that you have a
hundred and fifty pounds year, and
he will allow me the same, or perhaI S
two hundred, for as long as he lives,
and will leave me something when he
dies; but l am sure L hope, dear old
| father, that will not be for many a
long year. He will also give me my
trosseau and help us to furnish |
don't think anything could be kinder
or more liberal, and it seems to me
that we shall do very we'll indeed
upon that if we live IN a small cot
tage somewhere in the country, as l
am not at all extravagant. l am sure
we shall be happy as the day is long,
shall we not? Write to me soon, dear
est, as l long to hear how delighted
you will be. Your affectionate
Margaret.
P.S. Did you get the dressing bag?
| hope you like it,.
The answer to this letter came two
days later:
Dear Miss Durnford Il have read
your letter carefully over, and find
that have too sincere regard for
you to wish to condemn you to the
absolute penury of existence upon
three hundred and fifty pounds a
year. No lady brought up as you
have been ought to be asked to live on
such sum. Such poverty would only
bring us both to very great unhappi-
ness. | must therefore, with deep re-
gret. resign all pretensions to your
hand. Thank you a thousand times
for the dressing bag. l would send it
you back, but as you have had my
monogram put upon the things, and
it might hurt your feelings if l we're
to return your present, will keep it
in remembrance of you. Believe me,
ever your true and sincere friend, to
his Iife's end.
Edward Welby.'
And Margaret never saw either her
lover or her legacy again. She was
quite broken hearted and very ill at
first, but after time she began to
understand that perhaps her affections
had been cruelty and fatally mis-
placed. As to Mr.. Durnford, he con-
sidered thatMargaret' legacy had not
been at all wasted, since it had served
to teach her the true nature of the
man she had wished to marry, and he
was of opinion that she had got rid of
Mr.. Welby very cheaply indeed.
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