Scribner's magazine (1887) (14595342678)

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Title: Scribner's magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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as onlyone woman in the world for him, andas for the men, they interested him notat all, provided the single ones stayedaway from Philadeli:)hia. There wasjust one man he would except fromthe general scope of his indifference,and he was Horace Wilson. Why thedickens didnt that fellow get mar-ried ? It was high time. Happeningto look across the street as this thoughtformulated itself in his mind, his heartgave a jump. In the vestibule ofGeorge Edmundss house stood fourpeople, who were on the point of en-tering. Indeed, before he had fullycomprehended the situation, they hadgone in and shut the door. But inthree of them Ben had recognizedGeorge and his wife and Horace Wd-son. As to the fourth, who had beenslightly in advance of the others, andconsequently partially concealed, hehad detected by the feathers on herbonnet that she was a woman, and apassably young woman at that. Ben,being a note broker, was quick at com-putation. He instantly put two andtwo together and said to himself that
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Vol. XVT.—74 686 THE MATRIMOMAL TOXTIXE B EXE FIT ASSOCIATION Horace had been escorting the un-known in question home from church.A ray of hope ht up his h\te gloomyreflections regarding the gilt - edgedmortgage. If Horace were to becomeengaged before he did, the pool wouldbe his. After glancing up at the houseoj^posite in the hope of detecting themysteiious stranger at the window, hewent on his way with a more elasticstep. If he won the pool, could he notafford to give the one woman in theworld the superb diamonds which hehad examined at a jewellers the weekbefore ? He would be cautious anddelay a little, and await developments. On the very next evening Ben hap-pened to iim across George Edmundsat the club, and immediately askedhim the question uppermost in hismind. AVho was the lady walkinghome with vou from church vester-day? The inquiry was made in the mostinnocent, off-hand manner, but ob-viously George was prej^ared for it.Be it for the reason that he had nev-er forgiven Ben f