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"'Scarcely in my case,' said Brown; 'as be we ever so extravagant, we
should never be able to set through it.'"
"'Are you telling me truth?'
"'Truth; I swear it.'
"'Then take her, my boy, and her eight thousand a year; how pleased I
am she has been saved from fortune-hunters.'
"They were married; Brown made the money fly; bills came in. Scene:
Sir Calico in a rage.
"'Where is the endless gold you promised?'
"'Here,' said Brown, coolly, taking his wife's hand and showing her
wedding-ring; 'and what just fits one of my Wife's taper fingers I am
quite sure we could never get through.'"
"'There is one thing in our favour, papa,' said his daughter; 'no one
can say I have married a fool.'"
"Not bad," laughed Douglas.
"Henceforth," said Vaura, merrily, "I shall, in imagination, see small
Everly and his kind labelled 'Endless Gold.'"
"That little Tompkins will be in the market again this coming season,"
said Bertram; "I wonder who the successful angler will be."
"Unhappy heiresses," said Douglas, mockingly; "Cupid's darts are not
for thee.


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