The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-28

"A LII TINS while MIR. Trambefley n
"a his unexpected visitor nave been
left taking a preparatory glance
at each other before opening their
conversation in earnest. A task which
evidently devolved upon the young
man, for his host had not the slightest
idea of what was coming, although as
he afterward told his better half, "he
saw in a twinkling there was some
thing Up" which set him all of a furry.
Nor did Elton, nov they were alone,
keep him long in suspense; he began
"Mr. Tramberley, 1 should not OF
course-finding you so .busy-prolong
my visit another minute unless l a
something important to say-important,
that is, to myself; for l have no idea
in what light either you or-or any of
your family may look upon the mat
ter
Mr.. Tramberley bowed from the
waist, and said, rubbing his hands,
Pray proceed"
II must beg you," said Elton, "to
excuse the abruptness of what 1 am
doing because l felt obliged to take
what little time there has been for re-
Election, and now you are on the point
of leaving. Briefly then / have come
to ask your leave to pay my addresses
to your daughter"
And here the lover-for such an
hours intercourse with Angey had
made him-blushed like a school boy.
1t is a way with fathers to imagine,
under such circumstances, that any
words like these necessarily refer to
their eldest female child, even when
that child is 40 and hideous. Mr.. Tram
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feelings too obvious to define, and ut
terly losing the little composure he
had assumed, stammered forth
Indeed, sir, you do me-us-inhnite
honor, and L am sure our dear Lucy
ought to feel tiattered at So
"Oh!" exclaimed Elton, with a sud
den look of horror-he had forgotten
the very existence of his future sister
in-law except as one of the numerous
Tramberleys. Pardon me-most nat
ural mistake on your part, of course,
but it was to your second daughter I
referred"
ooh, to Angey!' said the anxious
parent in a tone that ~invoIuntarily re-
piled, Now, l understand. That is
much less surprising"
ITO Miss Angela Tramberley, yes.
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of conversing with her once, 1 am quite
resolved on my side to ask her to be
my wife, if no insuperable obstacle
should prevent it,"
Prevent it," said the father, his
face falling at the thought.
eyes, 1 might very easily fail to win
her heart, or perhaps, even your con-
sent"
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1ieved.
The principal thing / have to say is
not a pleasant one, and it will sound
particularly hard and u|ngracious from
having to be said i'll a hurry"
MIR. Elton, 1 am thoroughly alive to
the circumstances, and shall make all
due allowance, believe me. We are
two gentlemen speaking frankly to each
other
Eyes. but for all that it is not easy to
say. However. 1 will do my best. You
might not unnaturally think that from
my being what is called rich, from my
living much in London, and-and per-
haps other circumstances. that in the
event of your daughter consenting some
day to be my wife. she and 1 might bethe
means of introducing herfamily to many
of the people who give the principal en-
tertainments in town, whose doings are
reported in the Morning Post and Court
Circular. Now, from What l have gath
cred from my friend, your son, you have
not for many years spent much time in
London. He says. too, that o make
no secret of the fact that you wish for
some years to live quietly, with a view
TO putting by for the benefit of you
children
Mr.. T~ramberley. not quite seeing his
lnterlocutor's drift, thought it safest to
emit an equivocal Hum"
But" continued Elton, 'supposing
you should, after the marriage. decide
to live in London, and should wish to
enter, through us, into that gay world
of which 1 speak-and l do not say but
what it would be most natural-T feel
bound to warn you from the first, for it
is a point upon which. of all others,
there must be the clearest understand
ing, that neither 1 nor you daughter
could do anything for you in that way
ITO BE Continued Tomorrow