The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-03-19
John Blunt's
lnfatuation
By ESTHER VANDEVEER

dOuH DLuul, keulIcuIuu0 SdIcI w
profession. just 10Y out of a position,
was going up to his room on the fourth
floor Of a tenement house when he no
ticed q dainty glove on the stair be-
fore him. Seeing q figure In skirts
ahead Of him. he picked up the glove
and. Fastening on. asked the comely
young woman he overlook If the glove
belonged to her. She smilingly ac-
knowledged that It did and thanked
Mr.. Blunt accordingly. Moreover, he
noticed or fancied he noticed u look
Of admiration in the young woman's
was ii good looking man.
Il 'aven't seer you in the building
before" said John. Ave you been
ere long,"
.Honly a few days. Me and my
mother ave a couple o rooms on the
next floor above. but III not be ere
very long. I'm looking for u place"
What kind Of Il place."
"a lady's maid"
'Mebbe | can clip you to that. I'm
a valley myself when I'm at work and
know IL lot o swell folks"
If you do. please let NE know. I'm
in No. . on the next floOr above"
The very next day Mr.. Blunt rap
ped ut No. y and IA admitted by
III elderly who called out
Susan" and In came the young wo-
man he had met the day before. He
said he had called to get some infor-
nation as to what wages she would
expect aud other items Of like nature.
but In reality he was DESTROYS of FORM
Ing Susan's acquaintance.
There are triiers among the lowly
as well AZ among the swells. aud MIR.
Blunt was bent OH an anal with the
pretty lady's maid. He called often.
and his attentions appeared to be high
Is appreciated. Susan seemed q bit
fond Ut tinery and jewelry. and Mr..
Blunt considered himself fortunate In
being able to crafty her. especially in
the matter Of jewelry. He made her
presents of . few inexpensive .
ments. but they did not seem to satisfy
her. john found her very fascinating
and in order to gain her good will pro-
duced articles Of greater value. Finally
he found himself 20 deeply infatuated
that he proposed marriage.
To his surprise Susan refused him.
Nevertheless from time to time she
gave him encouragement to hope that
she might reconsider her refusal. She
said that she had expensive tastes and
was afraid that he would not be able
to crafty them. She limited ut q suit
or. u plumber. who had made q great
deal OF money. but she did not love
him. Nevertheless she was thinking
Of marrying him because he could give
her what she craved-jewels.
Upon this John SHE'D of for awhile.
Susan didn't seem to mind the change
in his attentions to her Il bit. Indeed.
she scarcely noticed him when they
met. One day she told him that she
was in receipt of handsome presents
from the plumber and she expected 4
proposal.
Soon after she had told John this he
came to her one day with Il brooch
containing several large diamonds. tell.
Ing her that his last master. Il stock
broker. had given him Il tip by which
he had made Il lot of money. lie had
spent q part OF it for Iii; beloved Su-
san.
Susan's eyes sparkled with pleasure
ut seeing the ornament. She put It on
and admired it aud herself IN a mirror.
You look fine IN 1t. Susan" said her
lover. I'm SO 'appy at my luck in
making the money to buy it for you.
seeing "a 'Ow now you needn't ave to
give yourself to the plumber"
But Susan did not quite accede to
the proposition. John begged her to
end his suspense and agree to marry
him. but she said that the expense of
living was rising every day and she
was afraid that without a permanent
income they would come to grief. She
would. rather remain single and be q
lady's maid than be married and in
poverty.
But John did not despair. for her
love for jewelry seemed to him to have
been born in her. and his old master.
the stockbrOker. gave him another tip
and he made more money. This time
he gave Susan q bracelet. q serpent
with ruby eyes. Again Susan was de-
lighted and seemed to warm; but.
though on the verge Of ~consenting. she
I'D not consent.
One day John called to e his love
when she was not at home. Her
mother received him and said to him:
I'm doing all l a for you. John.
with Susan. Persevere and you'll win.
It's the jewels that's doing It"
After this John became reckless In
his gifts. and before long Susan pos
sessed jewels enough to decorate q
duchess.
One day when John called At No. 8
he ELECTED no response. He tried the
door and found It locked. The same
~v0nfn0 ho tried II Ap0fn with n Ike