Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-11-17
Alis1ellanp.
From the American Union.
WHY ONE GIRL LOST HER BEAU.
BY MRS. L. s. GOODWIN.

GIRLS, dears-Ada, Fanny, Lizzie. all
hurry round here, the shady side of this
hay-stack, and let's throw ourselves down
on the greensward, as if we we're so many
orange-tomatoes poured out of basket,
and I'll tell you something-oh, the fun-
NEST but it's confidential. do you mind.
[ don't want Miss Affect to hear of it; if
she wants to make ninny of herself, let
her do it, [ say 1t nsay be q benefit TO
some of as
Well, nowhere, I've taken breath,
now I'll come to the point I'm close up
on it. Noao! You know Harry Rogers
the best beau in town-you needn t
laugh, girls, you know you all think so,
and 1 sag .so-thats all the difference
there is between us-you know he's been
going with Miss Affect some time2
But he's left her for good-it's fact.
'And she feels badly enough about it.
"A good many folks blame him.
Yes, darlings, all that; [ was coming
to it. Harry's quit going with her, and
I'll tell you what it's for She feels bad
ly about it, and I'll tell you what she did
about it. Mamma blamed him with the
rest, but she doesn't ,,oaO +; [ know it by
her looks. She's had great, long talk
with Harry
20, how did he excuse himself2'
Flavor yourself witt patience, and you
shall hear. But I'm going to aohisper the
secret cause don't you see that little
Quaker-colored bird over our heads, pre-
tending to eat grass seeds, while in my
soul I believe he's only eaves-dropping
if he overhoars, he'll go straight aud re-
peat to Miss Affect; that will give her a
chance to reform then may be, more like
ly than not, she'd get Harry back again,
and I'm too selfish to wish her to accom-
plish that We can't afford it, can We,
girls2
Now, Linnie, do out with it, quick p
'Yes-oh, dear, do now
Come, I'm dying to know
Well; here comes the very pith and
marrow of the thing, then. Miss Affect
came into our house one afternoon last
week She inquired for me, kind O. care
lessly-Id told her [ wasn't going to be
at home that afternoon Mother said, and
believed it too, that l was gone to see how
old Mrs. Kellin got along.
| Now the fact was, [ hadn't go7ae but was
just going. meant to have gone right
away after dinner, but l took up book
and forgot myself; and the first I knew
mamma came down from her chamber,
and it was three o'clock. She didn't come
into the dining room where [ was and so
[ thought to slip off and leave her to sup
pose l went earlier, for [ was ashamed
to let her know I'd been so slack because
she tells me 1 m forming habits for life
now, and ought to be prompt and pune
| tual from 11ranC1ple, even where nothing
seems pending, and all that sort Of thing,
she says.
So went softly into the closet to get the
pie and loaf of bread that mother wished
| to send the poor Irish body, and just then
it was, Miss Affect came in. You remem-
ber the little slide between that closet and
the next room-that's where they were.
1t was open a trife-enough to let me
see as well as hear; but the closet being
dark, 1 was safe as long as kept still.
It's naughty to listen, I know but I
mastrassted at once what was the little la
dy's business, and when she sat down an i
took off her hat, [ kaaev. She had come
a-purpose to tell over her troubles to mann
ma-mamma is such a nice friend to ev-
erybody in trouble. So there I stood and
heard the whole story
Did she own she loved Harry2'
Did she say he promised to have her 2
She wasn't such fool, was she p
You ask questions by threes, and I
shall answer them by turns She d5ln't
say in so many words, that she loves Har-
ry, but she might as we'll. She said he
never made her any promise of marriage
formally, but that he was In the constant
practice of inviting her out, attending her
home, and SO forth, aid that for months
he came statedly and spent time with her,
which we all know is the truth.
From such returns she very naturally
inferred that he felt particularly partial
to her; and besides, he frequently dropt
expressions which seemed to prove the
same thing indirectly. But at length be
grew more and more Indifferent, and final
ly told her, III as gentlemanly manner as
possible, that their intimate acquaintance
had progressed as far as was desirable on
his part She never asked any explana-
tion.
Mamma began advising, and all that
but as [ cared less for this than Miss Af-
feet seemed to, listened no longer, and
creening out, was off across the fields
Last evening Harry called; he's in the
habit of calling, for little chat with faith
er and mother, once In a while.
| For a chat with you, Linnie, more
likely. There, we all said that in the
| same breath we're Of the same mind
If your saying thing would make it
trne, [ wouldn't contradict you this time,
I know. But Mr.. Rogers general CONVEX
sation is as much above what I can com
prehend as Jupiter is above tree-toad
| feel that he talks solid sense, though
Well, was up stairs when he came
last night, but | knew him by his voice,
and no sooner was he comfortably in the
sitting-room with mamma than L
Treated your hair to an extra brush,
clapt on a bracelet, and went in too
Wrong altogether. l recollected the
closet and the slide, and moving down the
| back way. made use of them as before