Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-27
Spelling a Bachelor :

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When Angelica was seventeen hef
parents married her to Ezekiel Ballou.
aged sixty-five and seven times mi
1iopaire. Seven years later Ballou died
and left a widow without children.
but with $10,O00.O0o.
Now. commenced Angeiicas real Ire
She Mas old enough not to need Il rhal'
won. yet young enough TO ENJOY 'he
romiuence given her by her wealth.
eauty that was in It's prime anu gfcat
prirbtlipcss. She at once became the
avori,e of society and lived in some
me of her several residences in town
and country. Men docked to her IN I'M
told numbers. but what is easily gain
al Is not valued. ana she would have
none of them Several or her snll"fs
were men Of prominence who coEh.
have advanced the young widow in a
WAY not to be attained by wealth
alone. but the trouble was they We're
10 be had forgthe asking. There was no
snort in a chase where a hundred hunt
ers were firing at her on sight. She pre-
ferred TO turn huntress and bring down
the game herself.
Among the young men of her ac-
uuaintancc was Paul Debonair, whose
father had died and left his son sew
eral hundred thousand dollars. Paul
spent all the income but resoutely re-
Trained from touching cent OF his
principal. Pleasure was his object
More money than he had he would not
have valued. He had enough to give
him what he wanted and not enough 10
bother him by attending to 1t. He
would never marry. In short he was
determined to get the most out of lite
In the way that seemed most desirable
to him-that is, as man Of the world.
One evening he went to ball. An
gelica was there, surrounded by Il
crowd Of men elbowing one another t.
get near her If she moved from one
room TO another, within few minutes
every one of those men was to lie
found in the room to which she had
gone. H she went back, they Went
back. Paul Debonair looked at this
spectacle With disgust. He danced in
the same set with Angelica, but every
time it became his part to take her
hand To swing he would pretend to
have made Il mistake and swing some
one else.
Great heavens. Paul. said one Of
his friends. do yon know whom yon
are snuhlfg: That's the young Mid
ow Ballou. worth millions.
Il don't care if she is the Widow
Croesus.e said Paul in a tone loud
enough to be heard by the widow te".
self, and worth billions"
Paul Debonar had sounded the Gtaih
knell to his Independence. Auge.ica
sent Que ofeltsv. circle of attendants -
bring him 10 her and Introduce him
He consented, bat if his object WAS to
avoid rudeness he nlGht as we'll have
declined. for his bru>uurneSs ard i'll
difference We're unpaiuonahle Angelica
had noticed while he danced that tfetp
EichOre was one of his idols II" abaN
dOned himself to the motion ult! III.
music as one in a heavenly dream,
lck to see a weak point. she re-
I'd TO attack him through this love
asked him to dance. He had the
Merry to decline on the ground
r did not know how to dance.
lit was not long after this that
ia gave ball herself. She had
-. )ut through her friends that she
hr very much hurt at the treatment
aebonair had given her, that she haze
surprised that any man should
IN unprotected woman so rude!y,
Tue she would give him an oppor
INTO redeem himself. These re-
one INere intended for Paul's ears
ri in he received an invita- ton TO
~ Me decided at least to accept
ing no orchestra> at hand CO
klaying dance music aS An
he'd it played, she impo:tet,
when Paul entered the bah
card voluptuous sounds that
the tips OF his toes. He Wen
D the hostess. who smiled
and said:
been saving my first dance
Nh. Debonair | am hostess
my word is law. You are
ID to dance with me-"
her moment Debonair Was
Yer 4 waNed floor With Il
loneliness in his arms. "a
rs. the beautiful face so near
the liquid eyes fastened t.
Ar;o, N his, Were an Irresistible l.
" r g Then, too. he was dancinm
y who was, like himself. a born
1ahs' They passed banks of flowers
md individuality caught their perfr !a.
They sailed around water sprin >:
rom fountain, and as the tiny drop"
ell they sang song of love. But all
Paur Debonair saw was a beautiful
ace, swelling bosom, pair Of & RI
syes.
Paul Debonair realized that he
being shared. Matrimony had bee
horror to him, and this only poss ,,e
outcome to the widows witchc'',' -.
palled him. He left on the Nc >.r.ser.
y for Europe. Angelica follow L; IT.
NM ovoo;or xyhila bo waS at J.;