Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1850-01-03

'Whor
Yom particular friend Mr.. White.
MY pa'lcuar friend sneered pref.
ty Lydia,
'Yes--tu, never mind that amt
afraid him.
'Bu, how did you know him 2
o, ! had caught glimpse of him
befurc. Bni lie didn't know me, and
that's Tho cream OF the joke,'
sA~w 80 y ..----~. s........-...
Whv, You see VIC fell in with each
other, aud us he was coming tins way
we got to talking abou, folks in these
digsngs. Says 'old squIrcL utle lives
somewhere here, don't her Yes
says he grinnins--fnr the mnnn shonc
and ! cod see him er,n--'do vou,know
his daughter I've heard OF her. said
/; she's mighty pretty, they say
Well, she isn't anything else. says
White and he looked at me lust as If
he was pulling the wool over my eyes
completely. 'SLc has plenty CT bc:,ux
lhear,' says I. Yes says he, laughing
there's fellow by the name of Brown
trying to come in there, suppose yon
know. % yes, says but he caut! !!
i looked very closely at him. and
saw he didn't mis,,ust that ! was
Brown, ard could hardly keep from
laughing right our. lie cant come
in says j. there's fellow by the
name Of White that's gong 10 cIl him
ont, hear Yes says he, 'Whi'c
stands pretty good chance guess
! know White. do You though? :?
says !, Cant von Introduce me solnc
time? Ia return, I'll do you ,hc "a
vor to Introduce you to Brown, with
whom | am Intimately acquainted. -
Browns a pretty good sort Of a fellow
although he may be unfortunate in
love affairs. He's n good naturcd fel-
low and presume if he were in my
place now, and You were White him.
self, he'd sooner Joke with you than
quarrel with you CHATS Just the
way with white, says he. die would
not quarrel with you if you were
Brown
ut,lkcd ia tho Ccllov in ,h;s ,vo, for
some time ana kent NV countcnancc
50 well that hcl be sllrDrised, rcck
on, when he learns that | am Brown
Wasn',tnrich joke, Lydia !?
Ah, very, replied the girl, laughing
But what noise is rhotp
There are foots,cns---'
80. il is f,hcrr exclaimed T.vdio
not lille frustrated .Ouick-opicli
-vou mus, Inc oonc:
Rr,wn d;d M, w,;, r,r oor.,onr
hu, Il, ,lgcd n,o the E;,chon ~ Ln,
haste. lie would hoy" hos,cnrd from
,Lo housc in on instant hu, hc hoard
, voice Which souudod 50 s,rongclv
that he had a crlIo,itv to know if il
wa, indeed Mr.. Little lhat had iusI
come.
lie ecrcn, softly back 10 the door bv
which he had made his rxi,. dtorped
IN his knees. mad onnlinI his ear ,o
the kcy-ho,e,
At ll;o, moment he heard n noise
HAT souudcd 50 much like a hearty
kiss tina, i, made his bear, comcnpin into
his mouth as large asa pumpkin. lie
looked O. fine C,,Ihl,ssuess oud
icklcncss Of woman! !-rhcrc was
LYDIA, hlnshing aud smiling, in the
arms of his rival his new acquaintance
Browns first impulse was to break
the door aud eat up his rival,
Ln, he soon thought better OF it. and
determined to give hinIa few minutes
repricve before he demolished him en-
IircIy.
riherc, stop cried Lydia, you
shan'l kiss me again to night
'Why no, ? asked White.
Because you did not come and see
me at the time appointed. lis all of
twenty minutes later. That's ALL
'Ion don't Imagine what Il good cX-
,usc Eve got said White, laughing.
'What is IT.
Il mat ., ,l,n 81 . I ,i....l 49,