The Placer herald., 1857-05-09

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something very stylish. That's the reason
she did not suit you Tom?"
'She did, in all but one thing"
"You were very long finding that out, then"
"lt was something | saw, that let me into
the secret"
"Well out with it, or I'll duck you the
very next time we 90 bathing.
"You shall have the story. You may call
me foolish to take notice of such things but
I'm little peculiar sometimes. waited on
Miss Goodman to party. had ordered a
magnificent boquet and talked to my wash
erwoman an extra half hour about the get
ting up Of my linen. had my moustaehe
trimmed and got another pair of patent
feathers. really looked we'll that night
Though believe there is no connection save
the ALTERATION between sensibiity and scrub
bing brushes, even the house maid gazed at
me with sort of pathetic admiration, as l
came down stairs. ! saw Flora more en-
! chanting, and glanced around Mr.. Good
mans richly furnished drawing rooms think
| ing it would be quite comfortable to walk in
| and hang up my hat there. / handed Miss
Flora into the carriage as tenderly as possible
She kept me waiting long time in the
dressing room, thing abominate, but
was enough of a lover then to be as patient
as Job. l tucked the young lady under my
| arm, and we descended to the parlor. Joe,
| don't you wish the old fashion would come
back when the gentleman handed the lady
| at arms length, by the tips of her extended
fingers. There was an opportunity for some
| display of ones bringing up-a slow finished
.onrtoc, o En;eboJ bou,D
"Well enough for you fellows that are so
proud of your fingers" said l. "but some of
us are glad to get through the ceremony
any way without displaying our awkward
| shoulders, and in-the-way arms, and if ! might
hint it, some ladies would not make it a very
graceful operation"
ooh. if it were the fashion it would be
taught as a science; part of ones course at
dancing school"
"You are not yet to learn, Tom that there
are some limbs male and female, that can
never be made to work easy-the dancing
master cannot impart grace where nature
has not properly prepared the material.'
"Wel at any rate, we made our entrce in
style that night. Flora's smile and bend were
fautless and | can make pretty good bow.
Il
self and others, hit the adylike thing to
nicely. Her courtesies were shown so grace
fully and so generally as to exhibit no mark
ed preference, and yet there was an air,
slight manner, visible only to myself, in her
way of receiving my attentions, that was
tlatterng in the extreme Supper came.
Te,rapns and champagne make one feel very
complasant; but | was not quite so much
exalted as not to notice everything Flora
did. She was standing near an old gentle
man, quite an aged man, over seventy should
think, with a kind benevolent face. He
seemed attracted by her beauty, and was
talking to her with a pleased expression of
interest that made one love as well as rever-
ence the silver hairs upon his temples. But
she seemed uneasy. She did not attend to
what he was saying. He was no dandified
youth who might ask her to ride, or take
her to Milard's, or send her a boquet, and
so he was not worth wasting her time on.
Suddenly she interrupted him in the mid
die of sentence with 81 beg your pardon,
sir" and turning her back upon him, COM
menced conversation with fellow who walks
Broadway with his gloves half off to show
his diamond rings. As she took his arm to
promenade, she caught the old gentleman's
look, surprised, hurt and aggravated. But
no expression of regret came over her coun-
tenance. Her head was carried as easily as
before and her glances as bright. 1t was
enough for me- never forgot Flora Good
mans rudeness to that old man. To say the
least, there is nothing more ungraceful in
young lady than a lack Of respect or at
tention to old age, and it shows great
want of something, a radical defect some
where. The jig was up for that night; and
that, my dear fellow, is why did not marry
Flora Goodman"