Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-29

J ty feetl Did he, gssing into those pro.
| phetIc eyes. behold q sIsIon OF perpetual
Spring. made musical BY the song birds
OF Love, aud fancy himself transported
10 this charmed Adm. wandering for.
/ ever. aud forever upou its enchanted
grouadsi blessed haIlucI stionl tha,
can enjoy In woman'a eyes foretasts
| OF Heaven.
Perhaps Miss Grey saw nothing Of
this kind IN tho eyes Of Mr. vane; per.
haps her sense Of the ludlcrous prevailed
over sentiment; ct any rate she threw
back her beautiful head, convulsed with
laughter even 20 the little foot that quiv-
cred In Vane's hand. Her merry laugh
was the mockIne iairv, whose dIsen.
chantlng wand, dissolved the spell In
which Mr.. Vane wss bound. and he felt
himself on f<rra arfss, and not Ia fairy.
land. And there was Miss Gfeys foot.
still incumbered with the overshoe, and
Me-. Vans again addressed himself 10 the
task OF taking Il or But his eiforts
had now become embamed. asd awk.
ward and consequently less effective. II
was evident. the young gentleman had
received no utiiitarian Suggestions la
IaIry.land.
At last Miss Grey kindly offered to
instruct Mr. Vsne. II may seem rIngu-
lar that she did not offer before. II may
be, as she said. that. she swss afraid to
suggest II. you gentlemen profess tc
know everything" sSee!" and slipping
a slender finger under the heel. the shoe
sprung OF ss II by magic. "oh thaf's the
wsyin exclaimed vane. snow, | can
take the other OF. which he accordingly
did. All this took much less time TO
perform. than Il has taken TO relate Il.
so when Mary announced tea abe found
her brother seated beside Miss Grey,
c.rversing about The weather &C., In
a most natural and interesting mannrr.
M. Vane, more u home In this role,
calamity offered Miss Grey his arm to
the supper room. ~ 10
"Whst magnificent pair" thought
Mary as she held the door open for their
entrance. f.f ica fi ,7g aHi
The young lady and gentleman sat
vis-a-ris. and Ne they had, as yet. only
seen each other BY The dancing Gre, they
i'm proved this Hrst oppostuniiA offered
bv the brilliant iamplight, TO steal sly
looks over their mn fns and tea. Somc
times their eIances came into collision,
and then Mas Grey saw that Me- vsnes
eyes were very blue. and Mr.. Vsns saw
that Miss Grey's were very dark but the
exact color he could not determine.
Mary from b. hind the tea urn thought,
"how handsome Madalein has grown,
psry much improved In Ieed!''
.sMr. vane 10 perfectly m msgnificient !"
concluded Mas Grey, ss she innocently
slipped her tea, and carried on a ra.flinq
FIRE Of small talk with Mary aboul old
school iriends. sHe looks like a a,d,
no, I never saw Z god, like 4 Prince, |
mean. but never saw prince either
well like whatI Imagine god or q
prince to be. He Is not one bit lIks
May. who is only pretty. wonder
what he thinks Of mel flook horrid In
this travelling dress. and my hair Ia dish-
sblle too. He Is young,--insophistics-
ted, | presume, will fall in love with me
perhaps. II shall not be my fault n
he "dont." Now don't "pish" and
"pshaw!" dear reader, and decry Miss
Grey for designing coquette.--she 10
no such thing. She admired Mr.. vane,
more than any young gentleman she had
yet seen, and without undue Partially
for our hero, we will say, that he was
just tie person to inspire woman Of
good taste, and good sense with admira-
tion: For united to bis personal beauty,
elegant manners, and literary attain.
ments, there was something 90 noble
and manly in bis bearing. that even the
most eined and cultivated taste would
scarcely fail 70 recognize In him lts ideal
Of hero. Miss Grey's heroes were all
formed on the noble model OF Sir Wal
ter Scott's. Mr.. vane approached nearer
that chivaIric standard than any other
man she had ever seen. and SO, shading
his blond locks under q highland bonnet,
aid wrapping his handsome figure in a
highlank plaid, she placed him in the
van OF her Scottish heroes and his pi-
broca led all the rest.
Mr.. vsne's devot ion on this occasion,
Of his favorite cakes did no: delay the
prucess OF thought. "a 'Di Vernon
style Of beauty" he began, taking .
mental inventory Of Miss Grey's charms,
ivory complexion, ebony finglets. ma
king a strong and beautiful contrast
How splendidly, those black arched