| Show 1 yi ir gg THAT PRETTY WIDOW why her M was a I 1 disappointment to mr laore Lym nore I 1 roasted boasted quails waiter half a dozen oysters and a bottle of your best mo afo velle belle that will do I 1 think and abhor for dessert yes sir the white spooned attendant a obsequiously A fe few white grapes and au an italian cream and walterl wai terl sirl dont forget plenty of olives no sir and the waiter whisked out dontot of the room with the peculiar bustling movement that belongs to the genus while mr gustavus lynmore q quietly ui etly walked al k ad tad no to the bright anthracite fire and stood stroking his mustache mn before the mantel mirror with a face expressive of the mildest contentment with himself and all the world beside 01 upon my word soliloquized mr lynmore eying himself complacently theres a good deal in well I 1 wont say eh cheek eek for its a vulgar word confidence is at once more elegant and more express expressive ve now here I 1 am gustavus Gust avna adolphus Adol paus lynmore without ten dollars in my pocket and without as much as that in any banking establishment and yet I 1 walk wal kinto into the first hotel in the city oi order der the most expensive dinners and insist on the most elegant rooms and more I 1 get em cm dellol heres a gray hair in ray my mustache gustavus adolphus youre getting on in life my boy its time you were thinking of settling yourself co confound gray hairst mr lynmore plucked out the offensive thread of silver and strolled up and down the room in some perturbation pausing finally at the window and looking abstractedly out upon the tide of life flowing on in the great thoroughfare below and the white glimmer of the marble walls opposite by jupiter a pretty he stopped short transfixed by sudden admiration as the afternoon sunshine slanting in direct beams beam of murky gold into the second story windows opposite lighted up a bright head bending over some absorbing bit of fancy work much obliged to you yon my friend the sunshine pondered gustavus an opera glass bo be better blade dress loops of black ribbon at the throat fastened by a jet blaip clas a young and beautiful enough to drive a fellow distract distractedly edl au upon my Iny word that woman i discredit i the name ame n of mrs lynmore wonder if ashes rich she must be tho though agh to live in the parlor floor of the celandine hotel aomen women cant play the confidence game as meu men doi do obliged to have some sort of a base to stift start from oh she most be rich there e cant be a shadow of doubt about it rich and pretty and a widow gustavus my boy you must see about this theres undoubtedly an opportunity anity for youl voul hello a towheaded tow headed little boy as aa sure as im a living sinner with his head on the pretty crape eh derl confound all incumbrances say ty I 1 but then perhaps it meke make sa BO very tory much difference if there was plenty of cash in the locker I 1 really must take this matter into consideration that waiter dinner very well let it be served at oncel once I 1 mr ly lynmore sit sat down with an appetite that was enhanced by an occasional glimpse of the golden head bead and rov rosy cheeks a at t the window across the w way sy there she sees me he pon pondered dereL she sees me foresaw for I 1 saw her smile be ua llull klicsu luvay abil d now she has haa vanished from the casement hello walterl wai terl sirl the fourth window on the lefthand left hand bd side ride parlor floor at the celandine ive an idea it would be a very nice room to have in case I 1 leave this hotel yes sir said the waiter coughing doubtfully behind his hand and secret secretly hoping that BO 50 very stylish a gental gentleman would remain at the st aubrey 1 I suppose you cantell can tell me the number of the room 11 certainly sir 1 used bied to be hall boy agthe at the celandine air dr afore afar a 1 I came cama here fourth window on the lefthand left hand side aide lur sir parlor arlor floor bloor why irano its no 29 P twenty nine nijib lih eh thank you waiters waiter im very much obliged to youa half an hour or so iso afterward mr lynmore strolled accidentally into a roadway broadway florists establishment jansen I 1 want a very chalce bouquet 11 I 1 certainly Certa Wy wk mr lynmore what style J well plenty of white flowers you know how to express that sort bort of thing humble devotion and unobtrusive admiration mi ration yes sir air 1 I comprehend all L 11 endeavor dea to put pat the sentiment into shape I 1 rep replied im the aesthetic fl florist calef carefully ally writing down the order in a red morocco bound book 1 I sup suppose pos a you are aware we charge extra ex ti j for these ideal bouquets expense is no object said lynmore turning loftily away send it tono to no 29 celandine hotel this evening mr lynmore if I 1 might venture to remind you of the little bu bill you le leetun ift i i liquidated her here a year ago bill oh yes how could I 1 be so BO carelessly care c arele lessl sl ill certainly attend to it etim im I 1 I 1 fi f obliged 18 to M re 9 tj if the next morning mr lynmore had the gratification of seeing his ideal bouquet in a vase between the lace draperies in the fourth window on the eft ef th hand if side and moreover of behold beholding inK the pretty widows grecian nose occasionally dipping daintily among g the fragrant blossoms with the b bright tig ht h hair air f falling al 11 n 9 amun around d 11 like ke it a mist mis t of CIA gold 1 I must find out who she is 11 thought gustavus buethe but the question is how to do it I 1 c cant go over to the celandine bemuse because I 1 boarded there six weeks last year and came away without pay paving my bill As I 1 live thought gustavus elevating ele vat his eyebrows theres rushing across vie the street liko like a ance awo horse now I 1 never rim a lucie rea a uny any thing plebeian its haste but jenkisson Jeu kisson was always eccentric coming here bere eh lifting his bis hat to the divinity at the Celan dinel he knows her as sure aa the worldly and gustavus Lyu lynmore more forgetting his recent sweeping condemnation of haste ran downstairs into the reading K room and clapped his old acquaint acquaintance an corili cordially ally on the shoulder old fellow what brings you ton here how dye do lynmore excuse me but im in a hurry steamer sails at twelve and its after eleven now Is that baggage ready mike alike 1 I only want to know who that lady is ia that you bowed to just now of 01 why its harry burkes widow harry burke that went off to california and made a fortune and died there two years RV ago rich eh rich as aa croesus Croas but I 1 say gua gna you go to making eyes at her its no use for carriage ready eh well g goodby good by cusp busl mr lynmore Lyn niora strolled out upon the portico smiling amiably the while to recon reconnoiter the passersby passers by and display i his unexceptionable costume what abat a very nice little boyl said Wd gust gustavus avus stooping to pick up the hoop abat had rolled clow to th the r 6 tep step 1 I 1 A f I 1 1 ra 0 V ff 9 I 1 and restoring is caress anais your name I 1 harry burke lisped the towheaded tow headed boy looking shyly st at the affable stranger from behind his eyebrows eyebrow sl harry eh a very pretty name 11 pursued su ed gastavus Gu patting tho the towhead tow head and want to RO go and take a walk with mev me nol not if we go to a candy store and afterwards to a toy shop harry burkes seven year old integrity was not proof against such glittering temptations as these he succumbed at once and trotted off hand in hand with the enticing ger master harry all unconscious of the dreadful fate awaiting him went home to his mamma in a high state of stickiness from various candies and loaded down do w n with toys t ys and directly adser warda ward ss a bouquet of rosebuds arrived containing mr Lym nores aristocratically engraved card dear me how bovo polite said the lovely widow dimpling nd blui blushing hing but then darling harry wins all he heartel heart artall sl darling harry the next day harry went to the park and anew a new volume of poems in tinted paper and creamy turkey binding was sent seat to harrys mamma the next day a pearl ring was in trusted to the youth for his mother the next a pony was vas hired for harry to ride rida and that evening a diamond of the purest water wader get act in a narrow hoop of gold was sent ap P to roohi no 29 with mr Lyn Ly amores morea compliments nor did the lovely widow these gifts I 1 that tbt settles bittles the matter gustavus adolphus decidedly to tomor mor row ill take harry to the menagerie and in the th g U ill 1111 call landlord or ar no landlord and declare my aay sentiments we have read each others othera eyes eyda lon long ago I 1 mr lynnore endured the zoological exhibition with the utmost calmness 1 and aji d philosophy ph il and when the last r pent was cadely safely coiled up in hia hb iron cage went home with the rejoicing harry for I 1 really must wind this thing up un soliloquized gastavus Gusta vur ive run I 1 entirely out of cash cashed nd d more rm im over hei head and ears in debt for the bouquets and rings ring and all these inel dental e expenses anses including the brat my darling he said aloud in a honeyed voice will you ask your mamma if she ehe will please favor me with a brief interview 1 five minutes ji nu tea passed ciway five nervous interminable ini minutes while mr lynmore sat in mortal dread of the apparition pari tion of the landlord of the celandine hotel and apprehensive as to what reception might be accorded to his bis mes sage page presently however master harry came jumping 1 down two steps at a time mamma says will you please pleasa to come up mr lynmore promptly followed his hia small email guide up the stairs his heart thumping behind his hia pearl colored waistcoat here he is mammal mam ar bawled the boy flinging the door wide open there stood the golden haired beauty in a lustrous dress of the richest white silk ilk and there moreover stood a tall dashing looking gentleman gustavus adolphus stood rooted to the floor 1 I am so klad glad to meet you yon mr lynmore lisped the lady extending her xi r hand and to introduce ue to you mr wyndham my husband your hus bandl 1 yes yea we were married this morning and 1 was so much obliged to you for taking dear little harry out of the way I 1 you see children are objectionable at such a time gustavus opened his lips lipa and shut them spasmodically without uttering warl and went on the blue eyed divinity with merciless sweetness 1 I havo have laid aside every one of your elegant presents fr r dear little tl tl ak Is old enough to th appreciate them we wa are going to take the sweet child to europe with us tomorrow to morrow but im sura re hell never forget his kind friend f mr lynmore bowed mecha mechanically nicana i and got out of the room he never exactly knew how one thing connected with his retreat however ho he had disagreeable occasion to remember that little bill of mine reco decol I 1 lect elect mr lynmore 11 said a husky voice close in his ear if its convenient to settle il but it convenient groaned Lyn lynmore inore with a bitter recollection of the diamond ring and the hothouse flowers oh ob very well here Jenning af and mr Lyn lynmore inore the cosmopolitan found himself arres arrested tedon on the chargo charge of attempting to defraud the landlord of the celandine hotel out 0 u t of the paltry sum bum of two hundred i dollars lo 10 allars so ended his courtship and so ended at least for the time being his hia dreams of imarri marrying ing rich boston globo globe I 1 |
