Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-05-04

swercd Lucy, very simply.
a few more questions were asked
to which Lucy replied IN a perfec
lady-llke manner, thinking all th
time that she was conversing with
very solt-pated coxcomb, but bein
too good naiured to LET him see no,
great fool she thought him. A
length the exquisite remarked
Everything's very green up Their
in Yarmouth, ain'tit ?
This wItticlsm was followed b.
such a giggle, that Lucy casting he
ewes quickly round on the group be
fore her, and seeing the look of cage
expectation on almost every face
understood at once that the silly foJ
at her side was intending to max,
n bat Of her, for the amusement o
tho by-sianders; Frightening no a
once, she BEGAN 10 take an interes
IN The conversation and replied;
oh yes, we have green thing
there, but have seen greener one
already since came to the city,
No ! dew tell = said the unsuspi
spicious dandy, initiating Lucy's tone
of voice how's wheat now =
Wen, whears poor said Lucy
apparently with much interest.
La ! is it now, what a pity
what's the matter Of it =
Why, they say il all runs to
beard this year, and when that is the
case there i, little or no head, and il
there is it hasn't anything IN it,
A few laughed heartily now, who
had not laughed before, aud Herbert
Ferguson laying down his book, FIX
ed his eyes on the Vermont cousin,
as if he expected some real amuse-
meat.
The young fop fdgeied, and turn
ed red, and tapped his lule boot
with his cane, aud laughed a silly
laugh, as If he did not know Just
what 10 make of the girl, and then
SAID,
Now ! suppose you ncan To
grace tho theatre and the opera with
your presence. don't you 2
No, said Lucy, think not
La ! now why not but perhaps
your ma doesn't approve of your GO
ing 10 such place
My parents did say they thought
| had better not have my mind dis
tracicd by such wicked places, es-
pccially while was at school
Well it is bad for the mind |
found II so, and my pa had 10 prohi-
bit my gong to such places at all.
Here came a perfect Shrek of de-
light from Ftz-Ifenry's admirers.
All = answered Lucy, | should
have thought that Won were perfect
~ safe from any danger of that kind;
dill YOU eyer attend u mvuuSr,,. p
No, my pa WON'T let me go there
either he keeps me very close
Excessive delight on the part OF
Mr.. Fliz Hcnry's friends.
Oh, now said Lucy, in n pat
ronizIng tone, shouldn't think that
would hurt you. We had a very fine
one through our place this fall, and
was perfectly delighted with IT,
No, dew tell now what did
you see 2 asked the dandy.
Why | saw baboon dressed up
like a mam, a regular top you know,
and really said she, screwing up
her eyes, and looking at Mr.. Mered-
ith Fuz-ienry from head to foot,
really, the likeness was so perfect
that should hardly have been able
to tell which was which ; il was
really perfect, dress, cane, eye-glnss
aud all; but never imagined that
one of the first exhibitions should
see on my arrival ia New York city
would be that of man endeavor-
ing to see how much he could look
and act like u baboon.'
The room now fairly rang with
shouts aud screams of laughter. As
soon as he could be heard, Herbert
Ferguson, who had enjoyed the
whole thing nightly, called out,
Now Fiiz Henry, you had better
beat retreat as soon as possible, for
you are only getting deeper trouble.
And the discontinued young coxcomb
who had just begun TO perceive that
he was caught in his own trap, NUT
tered something about another en-
sneaked off, all that could
be seen Of his face being Of the
deepest crimson. From then the
Vermont cousin was quite safe from
his attacks (; indeed he seemed SO
thoroughly uneasy in her presence,
that if she even came on the same
side of the room, which she some
llucs did on purpose TO tease him,
he always found excuse for changing
his seat.
why, Lucy! you were rather
hard on that poor young man to-
night, said Mr.. Acton To his niece,
after The company had retired and
II must have come the harder, be-
cause he is accustomed to nothing
bu, adulation from our wise young
ladies'
Well, uncle, all ! can say is he
brought ii upon himself; il is very
unpleasant in me to hurt the feelings
Of any one, and | was perfectly civil
TO that young man, though il was
something of piece OF self denial
10 talk to such poor creature, I'LL
found that it was his aim to hold me
up to redicule as an unsophistIcated