"Miss Clementine Marat. She brings me nearly $3,000,000 in money and real estate, and a heart beyond all price."
"How on earth did you meet her?"
"She was traveling with Mr. and Mrs. Selden—you know John Selden. She has lived with Mrs. Selden ever since she left school; they were friends when they were girls together."
Cleve gathered up his reins, and nodding to Mr. Frank Belmar, drove at a finable rate up the avenue and through the park. He could not trust himself to speak to any one, and when he did, the remark which he made to himself in strict confidence was not flattering. For once Mr. Cleve Sullivan told Mr. Cleve Sullivan that he had been badly punished, and that he well deserved it.
THE TWO MR. SMITHS.
"It is not either her money or her position that dashes me, Carrol; it is my own name. Think of asking Eleanor Bethune to become Mrs. William Smith! If it had been Alexander Smith—"
"Or Hyacinth Smith."
"Yes, Hyacinth Smith would have done; but plain William Smith!"