Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-07-30

middle of the afternoon-he told met m
so out of breath can't hardly speak k)-he
wasn't coming home till midnight
$50 you took an. opportunity Of visiting
fme during his absence, eh?"
aaJust so.
/ Lydia smiled on him DIT FIRST, but then
she looked thoughtful and finally appeared
quite .perplexed. She was considering what
d fs she would be in if White should be
coming along about that time!
aYou mustn't stop" said she, neryously.
"Father'n be. home Il expect him ev-
tery minute and if he should find you,
@PsnaW! there's no danger = said Brown.
IS I He won't be. home yet awhile. And If
| he comes, can slip Int the kitchen and
get out at the back. door.
Finding she could not send her lover a.
way, Lydia resolved to make the most Of
him while he stayed.
CO." said Brown, Give rich joke to tell
you"
@Do let me hear it."
GAS 1 was coming this way tonight,
who do you think [ metz" -
sWho?s s-,z--..
| 1
a'My particular friend" sneered Lydia
! @Yes-but never mind that amt "a
fraid of him"
@But how did you know him2'
90, had caught glimpse of him before.
But he didn' know me, and that's the cream
of the joke
GLOW so?
"Why, you see, we fell in with each 9th
er, and as he was coming this way, we got
to talking about the folks in these diggins.
Says |, sold squire Little lives some ewhere
here, don't he?' yes says he, grinning, for
the moon shone, and could see ..him. grin
do you know his daughter? 1Iye heard of
her, said |, she's pretty, they say2' sWell,
she isn't anything else says White; and
he looked atme just as if he thought he
was pulling the wool over my eyes COM
pletely. sShe has plenty of beaux, hear
says l. es, says he, laughing. sThere is
a fellow BY the name of Brown trying to
come in there, | suppose you know %,
yes says |, but he can'tp -4
Il looked very closely at him, and saw
he didn't mistrust | was Brown, and could
hardly Keep from laughing right out. He
cant come in says /. There's fellow by
the name of White that's going to cut him
out, hear Yes says he, white stands
q pretty good chance, guess. know
| White sDo you though" says l.. Cant
YOU Introduce me sonnet me ? In return, Iii
do YOU the favor to introduce you to Brown,
whom am intimately acquainted with
Browns pretty good sort of fellow al
though he may be unfortunate in love affairs
He's good natured fellow, and [ presume
that if he was in my place now, and you
were White himself, he d sooner joke with
you than quarrel with you.' That's just the
way with White says he. sHe wouldn't
quarrel with you if you were Brown
Il talked with the fellow in this way for
I some time, and kept my countenance SO
we'll that he'll be surprised, | reckon, when
he learns that am Brown himself Wasn't
lit rich joke, Lydia!"
ssAh, veryH replied the girl, laughing
heartily. "But what noise is tfatR'
sThere are footsteps"
30, it is father!', exclaimed Lydia, hot
! a, little frustrated. "Quick-you must be
gone" -,
j Brown did not wait for cerenaohy; but
1 lodged into the kitchen in hot haste. He
i would have hastened from the house in an
instant, but he heard voice which Sound.
ed so strange, that he had a curiosity ID
know II it was indeed Mr.. Little that had
come -.
He crept softly back to the door by
:. which he had made his exit, dropped on his
knees and applied his ear at the keyhole
At that moment he heard a noise thai
sounded SO much like a hearty kiss that il
made his heart come up into his mouth as
large as a pumpkin. %
Hsfnoked-and d, the faithlesssnhtssss ane
j fickleness of woman!-there was Lydia
blushing and smiling in the arms of his ri
val-of his new acquaintance-W hite!
Browns first impulse was to burst thro
. !. the door and eat up his rival, but he soor
= thought better Of it, and determined to give
j him a few moments reprieve before ne de
. molished him entirely.
; 'rrhere. stopp' cried Lydia. "You shan
! kiss me again tonight
! aWhy not?" asked White.
"Because you didn't come to ses ME d
Ftne Tune aPpolhteq. II aH VI t"ent)
! minutes later. That's Why
aYou don't imagine what good excus'
: I've gotP' replied White, laughing.
= "Wbat is it?'' --...-- -
: 81 met chap who bothered me-
: e'That was me-" thought Brown, still
Hooking through the key-hole.: 81 did both
= or him, and -bluffed him off nicely. too.
j wish had rung his neck for him.
e .'You can't guess who il was, LYDIA
d said White, laughing.
e "Do you know?'' =.
:. 'Fo be sure do! though he Didn't mi:
r trust knew him. 1t was my fedohbtabl
rival, Mr.. Brown!'
ot "The d--l!'' muttered the listener, bi
,e ing his lips in perplexity.
r "Did you meet that fellow?n asked Lyc
rt ia. O, wish you knew how much fu
{ I've had with him! Why, the great foe
ID hatters himself that ] am t,inny enough
love him!''
ID "Highly complimentary + thought Brow
h. grinding his teeth and looking harmle
er daggers through the key-hole.
as .You'd have been amused, Lydia,
tie hear me talk with him and lay on the SC
soap! got the wool over his eyes nicel
,t- He didn't know me, and | chatted with hi