Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-03-25

he miIner, always took d remarkable fancy for
| fresh whenever lawyer Gilbert was IN The OPP
| posite ROOM and insisted that The door should be
| left open. Ida sometimes hours together
| tha, she could no, lfi her eyes without knowing
/ that a young man, rather handsome, and wi h
gulariv foe eyes, sat within The adjoining room;
though she never looked directly him. could
see the Ieas, indication tina, he took advantage 0!
| Miss Smiths hb-ralIty regarding the door.
Miss Smith was toWn-tIed. dashlng taIlliner.
rather social, and ready 10 inpar Information
garding former conqnesls IN town, even TO her
apprentice girls, SO long as they were content TO
admire md wonder at respectful distance, but
amid all her condescensIou she never once allow
ed .our Ida" TO forget the unreasonable distance
that existed between a bleach-box and wash tub
She sat before her two apprentice gtris it'll one
foo, resting the top Of bonnet block twisting
up little bows OF ribbon, and admrlug the efiec
like Calypso among her nymphs-ihat -, soppos
ing the goddess had ever condeScendsd to become
useful without the least shadow of necessity. as
| Miss Smith affirmed was The case with herself
Sometimes the lady would quietly siea! glance
through her black ringiets TO observe If the law
yer were remarking the elegance of her position
/ and the girls seldom lifted their ewes IN thai
direction, easy to Indicate the force OF her
charms by EXPLANATIONS of Dear me! wonder
why Mr.. Gilbert is always looking this way!-
What can be find interesting? really wish
he would not sit exactly against the door!'
Had The girls looked towards the lawy er's Office
at such times, they would have seen him tran
qpiliy porting over a very new volume IN paper
binding, with his back towards, his chnr hallanc
ed two legs, and his feet resting on the edge
of a table covered with law books in sheepskin
backs. perfectly untarnishcd, pair OF boxing
gloves, 1lte. quantities Of wiring paper, and
pens without number. II Mr. Gilbert really was
attracted by The bold, black eyes which were Sc
often ben, upon him, or The beauty OF neck
more rhaG usually exposed when the weather " as
n fnr IN he FL he G
nough Of a lawyer avoid the observation o.
witnesses 10 his deliuquencies; and though Miss
Smiths evidence passed very we'll before her ell
der apprentice, and dear, unsophIstica,ed Ida, il
was good for noihIug IN court of law, and nc
damages were likely to follow.
II would have been a very unPrlncped thing
in the young lawyer, had the deep founces and
pretty caps, which Mss Smith for him. TAX q
effec;-for he was already engaged TO n gGuug ia
dy who had Jist returned from boarding. school IT
New Haven; and the hne old homestead, which
stood little back from the church. embow red IN
a grove Of oaks, and with old fashioned flow
/ er rden attached, WAS at that very moment tn
muituous with the noise Of workmen who were
preparing il for The reception Of a bfide-lawyel
Gi.bert's bride.
Once or twice Mr.. Gilbert did actually lift his
eyes from the paper bound volume, when his pc
sition admitted Of The effort without mlrf
trouble. nd look ed earnestly into the mlliner'-
I room; but Mss Smith leaned her head and
cast a side glance through the interstIce thus
made between two Of her longest curs, she saw
that his ewes were fixed, no, on her. bat on the
dropping Ids and dark iashes OF Ida, the wash
erwoman's daughter.
He might well gaze the innocent picture O
that young girl, she sat low stool, bend lng
over her work with her dark hair twisted
single massive braid around her finely moulded
head, her tiny foot creeping out from the folds Of
her calico dress, and her small hand nlttering n
bntIf tha MIR rod sill he Ike :
bird coquc,ting with fl ,wer. And he milne
might. indeed, experience an uncomfortable sen
satIou she turned her kinding cr- -.e tic u''
conscious possessor OF much iovellness-espe
cIav az lawyer Gilbert never turned page tha
afternoon WITHOUT stealing n look nj the gentle
GIL from over The top IT his volume.
The next morning Ida was banished to from
window directly out of range with The door. This
pretties, prospect imaginable lay before II; an'
The poor girl was delighted with the change. =
Bred the fields she had been, II plea s
an, look up from her work now aud then, anf
rest her aching eyes with glance at the greer
trees, and the cool blue sky beyond. She wa
very grateful for the change in her position, nnt
thanked the miner sweetly again and again
that the lady really began 10 applaud herself f.
having done a kind actIon-a sensation which
from us extreme novelty, mus, have been exceed
tnglv agreeable.
Directly before Ldn's window CLOSELY
| traTupied greenswarG, divided bv the highway a
! II curved up from the valley. Opposite stood
hinge " iiow tree. with Profisian Of delicate 10
/ ltage dropping over i:s heavy branches 10 IN
! ground. Behind This tree was two story house
/ white as snowdrIft, surrounded by rose bushes
/ n portico The from, door, and arouhd one O
ITS slender pillars a single houevsuckie vine ha'
twisted itself like wreath. The house :,
/ near that Ida could almost count the crimson
| blossoms from her scat hv the window; and whei
i n Young girl would cume into the porttco with
Z hook. emDrUIdeFi
! frame. which she never useC. I4tda would ply he
/ needle With ereat diligence. and blush 10 he 8
i earnestly regarded by the most accunp!ishe
/ and naughty r,rl IN our vlll,ge. She knew rha
/ this Young lady the Intended bride Of Mr.
/ Gber,, bu, never dreamed that II was presence
sence near window, with his flute. that drew Mis-
Warmers attention 10 the tuIlding. Poor Ida
in the Innocence Of her heart. she was beginning
to think that the boarding school graduate had Ia
:, lon 70 be. I'D de-. .n1s Of 2