Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-02-08


do You BY Any Chance Belong 70
the Maryland Newboids, SIR"
gray and doubtless / look much older.
/ was only twentyeight OF my last
birthday. / was not born in this sec
ton OF the country. my home was in
Baltimore"
do you by any chance belong to the
Maryland Newbolds. sirf"
Eyes, they are distantly related to
q most excellent family of the same
name in Philadelphia. / believe"
II have always understood that to
be the truth"
"Ah. a very satisfactory connection
indeed" said Stephen Maitland with
nc little satisfaction. Proceed. sir"
There is nothing much else to say
about myself. except that ! love your
daughter and with your permission |
want her for my wife"
Mr.. Maitland had thought long ami
seriously over the state OF affairs. He
had proposed In his desperation to
give her hand to Armstrong II he
found her. 1t had been impossible to
keep secret the story OF her adven-
ture. her rescue and the death OF Arm
strong. II WAS natural and inevitable
that gossip should have busted itself
with her mama. It would therefore
have been somewhat dtficult forSMr.
Maitland to have withheld his consent
to her marriage to almost any repu-
table man who had been thrown 80 In
timately with Ler, but when the man
was go unexceptionably born and bred
Rs Newbold. what had appeared as a
more or less disagreeable duty, almost
an imperative imposition, became a
pleasuret
Mr.. Maitland was no bad Judge OF
me.when his ~preiudices wers not
rampant, and be locked with much SAT-.
isfaction on the ma. clean limbed.
cisar dyed, vigorous man who was at
present suing for his daughters hnnd-
NswboId had shaved c~ 49, k1.au and
had rcr-su close his mustache; hs
was dresisd Ii the habits Of cfviTiza-
ton and he Was almost metam-
orrhosed. His shyness wore away ~
he talked and his inherited ease OF
manner and his birthriGht Of good
breeding came back to hiE and sat
aAsfiy upon him.
Under the circumstances the very
best thing that could happen would
be q marriage between the two. In
deed to be quite honest, Mr.. Stephen
Maitland would have felt that perhapf
under any circumstances his daughter
could do no better than commit her
self to ! man like this.
~ shall never attempt. 10 said al
last TO constrain my daughter.
think ! have learned something by my
touch with this life here: perhaps we
Of Philadelphia need a little broaden
Ing In airs more free. / am sure that
she would never give her hand with
out her heart, and therefore, ahe must
decide this matter herself. From her
own lips o shall have your answer
But you, sir: | confess that ] should
feel easier and happier II ! had your
sanction and approval
Steve" said MI. Robert Maitland.
~ the other hesitated. not because he
intended to refuse. but because he was
loath to say the word that SO FAR as
he vas concerned would give his
daughter into another mans keepine.
Il think you can trust Newbold: there
are me who knew him years ago:
there ts abundant evidence and testi-
mony as to his qualities. ! vouch Tor
him."
Robert" answered his brother, y
need no such testimony; the way In
which he saved Enid, the way he com.
ported himself during that period OF
isolation with her. his present bearing
lin short, sir. Ii a father Is ever glad
to give away his daughter. l nigh,
say I should be glad TO entrust her to
you. / believe you to be 3 man oil
honor and o gentleman; yogar family IL
almost as old ga my owns as for the
disparity IN our fortunes. / can easily
remedy that"
Newhold smiled at Ends father, but
II was q pleasant smile; albeit with
q trace OF mocksry and q trace Of trt
umph In IL.
"Mr. Maitland. ! am more grateful
to you than can sag Tor your con,
sent and approval which + shall dc
my best to merit think / may claim
to have 0 your daughters heart; tc
have added TO that your sanction com
pletes my happiness. AS for the dis
parity in our fortunes. while your gen
erosity touches ne profoundly, / hard
" think that you need be under any I'm
e~asiness as to Jul material welfare
What do you meang"
Il am q mining engineer. sir; | didn't
live i've years alone In the mountains
OF Colorado Tor nothing
PRAY. explain yourself, sirsy
ibid ven ind gold In this hills e
asked Robert Maitland. quicker 70 I'm
dsrstand.
ssThe richest x@lr@ on ne .s-.s---
answered Newboid.
sAnd nobody knows anything ahon'
n w.