Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-09-22
81 Bsaufiful Storp.
Diamond Cut Diamond"
By CARRY STANLEY.

Nov, Phil, do shut up that book,
said Florence Imbrieto her brothe
: "Wbat is the keason that peopl
; read in the cars who never open
book at any other time? You hay
e no consideration in the world for M
!; feelings, and take my banishment t
: this out-ofthe-way place with a
much GOODNESS as if it was the mos
/ delightful thing in the world. AS t,
! going with mamma to visit that state
ly old dowager, it was out of thu
| question; l should have come away
looking like Rip Van Winkle wher
he awoke from his sleep in the noun
tains. Oh, the very thought of hel
chairs makes my back Iache ] guess
they came over in Il he May1ower.
Why in theworld did mamma bundle
me off in the country at this time Of
the year?''
"She wished to restore your roses
after a winters dissipation; and a
summer at a watering place does
notdo much toward that, y was the
reply.
/ "Well, it is too bad. I've made
every preparation'.in the world for
Saratoga OF the sea-shqre, to say
nothing Of my reception mornings at
home Madame LIE Tour has finish
ed me some of the most becoming
morning and dinner dresses you can
imagine, ard as to my bonnets- -oh,
Phil! you hayn't seen that love of
pink bonnet that Devy reserved pur-
posely for me. 1t is perfectly be-
witching There never was such
wonderful emanation, from millin-
er's brain, Of tulle, and lace, and
flowers. Afl a good milliner must
be a poetas we'll as an artist. That's
par parenthesis. Iassure you doz-
en- wanted it, but Devy said it was
my style exactly, and would not
sell it. But what is the use of look
ing like an angel in the country?"
Il suppose that did not prevent
you from bringing all those same
beautiful things with you, though,
Norence?P said her brother, as he
watched with pme amusement, bis
sisters half-ve4 ted, half-comieal x
preston.
ITO be sure ! brought them. They
Will be entirely out of fashion before
] go home; for ! believe | am to be
hurled alive for the summer" And
Florence, as she finished, threw her
self back in her seat with an air Of
forced resignation.
For while the restless tapping of
the little hand was still, and her
vexed features grew into repose, as
she watched the sleepy, elderly gen
tleman, doing over the newspaper,
and the young ladies ungloving their
hands to show their rings,a nd the chill
dren muncbing their apples and gin
gerbread, ,and crying by way Of inter
lude. But presently she started up
again With
q say, Phil, will you put down
that book? In what part of Europe
did Uncle Robert acquire taste for
pork and cabbage? the idea Of any
man in his-senses settling down in
the country is totally incomprehen-
sible. | suppose there will be moth
ing in the shape Of a man one can
flirt with. Uncle Robert won't do,
he's mammals brother, and little
Frank is not much more than a ba-
by, and as to that Basil Cleveland,
he is a great deal worse than nobody;
this having handsome man in the
room and not admiring ones sell, it
is an actual punishment Phil, do
YOU hear me- w naG iunHy tliiilS
it must be to have d husband already
cutand dried for one Basil Cleveland.
what pretty name. Did Anne
seem very melancholy, and very
much in love, when you were in Eu-
rope together? shouldn't thank
anybodv for willing a husband to me,
Iif + was Anne. 1t is something like
being a princess, though, they are
always affianced when they are chill
dren but | think l would just as soon
marry YOU. Phil, as one ] had always
seen SO much of; there's no romance
in it. If Anne is not very much in
love. and the gentleman IS handsome
and agreeable. | may condescend to