Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1907-03-06

we've been pretty confidential, Mr..
Zines, and ! don't mind telling you |
was a bit afraid OF that young man
until yesterday. Oh, not on the stock
proposition. On another matter. You
may have noticed that night at the
| Oldaker' Swell, women. Mr. Bines are
uncertain. | know something about
markets and the ways OF a dollar. but
all / know about women is that they're
good TO have. You can't know any
more about them. because they don't
! know any more themselves. Just be-
tween us, now, | never felt any too
sure Of a certain young woman's state
of mind until copper reached 81 and
Union Cordage had been blown up
! from inside"
! They parted with warm expressions
OF goodwill. and Uncle Peter, in high
| spirits az the success OF his machina-
tons had himself driven uptown.
The only point where his plans had
failed was in Mrs. Wybert's refusal TO
consider Mauburn alter the birth OF the
Casselthorpe twins. Yet ne felt that
matters, in spite OF this happening
must go as he wished them to. The
I 49, - a. = ll0lt refer cherished
The strong anu-British sentiment pc
culiar to his generation-would surely
never marry girl who was all but
penniless, and the consideration of an
alliance with Mrs. Wybert. when the
fortune should be lost. had. after nj,
been an incident-a means of showing
the girl, If she should prove to be too
deeply infatuated with Mauburn for
her own peace OF mind-how unworthy
and mercenary he was; for he had
meant, in that event, to disillus'on ber
by disclosing something of Mrs Wv
| berts history-the woman Mauburn
should prefer to her. He still counted
confidently on the loss of the fortune
sufhcing to break the match.
When he reached the Hightower that
night for dinner, he found Percival
downstairs in great glee over what he
conceived to be a funny situation.
Don't ask me, Uncle Peter.
COULDN'T get 1t straight; but as near
! IS l could make out. Mauburn came
up here afraid the blow Of losing MIN
was going TO kill sis with a broken
heart, and sis was afraid the blow was
gong 10 Kill Mauburn, because she
wouldn't have married him anyway.
rich or poor. after he'd lost the title
| Ihey found eacn other out some way
and then Mauburn accused her Of be
ing heartless, OF caring only for h s
| title, and she accused him of caring
only Tor her money, and he insisted
she ought TO marry him anyway, but
she wouldn't have 1t because OF the
| twins"
Uncle Peter rubbed his big brown
hands with the first signs Of cheerful
ness he had permitted Percval to de-
tect in him.
Good fur Pish-that's the way to
take down them conceited Britishers-"
But then they went at matters
again from new standpoint, and the
result is they've made it up"
What? Has them precious twin
Casseltborpes perished?"
Not at all, both doing finely
haven't even had colic-growing fast
probably learned to say fancy, now,
by this time. But Mauburns going
west with us if well take him"
Get OUT"
Fact! Say, it must have been an
awful blow TO him when he found sis
wouldn't think of him at all without
| his title. even if she was broke. They
had stormy time of it from all | can
near. He said he was strong enough
! TO work and all that, and since he'd
cared for her, and not for her money.
it was low down Of her to throw him
I fhpn 81 chi pbo
! her mother and us. now that we might
need her, not for him or any other
man-and he said that only made him
love her all the more. and then he got
chesjy, and said be was Just as good
rs any American, even II ne never
would have title; so pretty soon they
got kind Of interested in each J.her
again, and by the time / came home il
was all over. They ratified the pre-
Iminary agreement for a merger"
| Well, l snum,"
That's -.ght, 90 ahead and snum.
| ia snum "lyself if / knew how-it
knocked m' Better come upstairs and
congratulate the happy couple"
Shoe. low. ! certainly am mighty
| disappointed in that fellow. Still. he il
well spottcl. and them freckles mean
iron q the blood Maybe we can de-
yeiop him along with The o.her prop
critics"
They found Psyche already radiant.
/ hou-h showing about her eyes traces
/ 5f the storms devas,auyu5. mluuurn
vas looking happy, also defiant aud
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