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MINNIEiS RUSE.
nY LIZA ELxwoap.


'-Heigh hoF sighed Minnie ATlin. wht
plague ihs lovers are Particularly liens
Is not quite certain whether they are dan.
ofed ofohes se.f or ones fortunes Lsish
| knew ----, asd Is she said thii she
giuaeed thoeghtfully after t6e Tetr9tinf
for9 ~ tail, gsutiemaniy locking IouhR
fslloz, 1t that moment passing oui II The
gate in frant Other fathers mansion.
Minnie was noe n beauty, as heroiuta usu.
ally are, but she possessed . sunny .kleefaI
temper, warm heart, sDd well cultivated
mind, whish amply compensated for jlI defl
cieneies Of form aud face, 80 that auabng the
truly discerning sbe found msny AL warm
friends.
As Der father was very wsal,,,. many
sailors knels st shs feet Of hinDle sho 9th
srwise would have sought = lovea@ bride
BSi 10 All she had given kind. btl decided
negative, until she aet With MLEr Roby.
the visitor who had just bid her sIeu. He
uas q young lawyer, Who had rrOsstly come
into The village Of Belmont, snl u6o pos
ssssibg hasdsoms person, faaraasias eco
ysssatloaai powers, aud bland sHt sgreeabls
mAnusFs, very soon Eoa tbs eoHfgsbes sad
good viii Of ths people, and PaF tsuiarly Of
The ladies'
lie Did not 81 arss, however, ioiios Min
nis vita much sttsntion; has = shs course
sf few weeks, be seemed tObs suddssIg
saamoFed, aud econ bseane HFy attentive
Thsugh MinHie was much ktsfed by this
spIareBt devotion of she haa(soas lawyer.
yet she had large share ef bhAs rare, but
impsYtsnt aFtiris. oaasn0a Susa and as
she suspected that This as4iuity did uos
sFiss shelly ffom love Of bsr own pisia
esif, she dstefmiHsd % pfossher lover Hs
bad, this very day, made hst ibs offer Of bic
heart end haBd, and begged hers in Fotura ;
bat Miahis had given him ihis reply, sAlr.
Roby,I an a0t prepared q ausees zoe In.
a,sdistsly-- ! shsllrsqaifs Issst two sssks
20 reaeet upon Il tie usslowswhst dauns-
"a b this eool snsvef 20 IL rather eloquent
end ardent Propcsn II srgsd her 'for .
shorter probation, bnt shsi iv0uid uot FtIsat,
osig tsIiisg blm that Il ,s dssidsa bsfoss
The iIne expired sbs Wof q inform hini
Mibsis sai long 10 her boa that uiEhs De-
sising some nbsns a. asdftsih bis real SEQ.
iimsuts She ihongbt i1ht we're oaly hznd
noms. h6 miebt F.st stufsd that BE- loved
Asr aud thea she e0uk fstsfn that 1--we
sac Fs4aigsa asaay ssb bss, ksl nouo setm
"a plsaslbls end astll5 ,sfsa ths bell
ehimed tsslgs. sbv rel 80. fssolging 10 ihs
mofnisg 70 impsri bsS iteuhis 70 her fitbsr
aud imglsfo BIZ aid, % ~ sas notheriess
Mos5iae dauned, aid Hisnis afass anrs
frsshsd aai psla a ihs brsakfss, ksi
reg. sbs rrosisi hsi eihsF - ths fees &
tts sfsis w WAS kils ~ birdie ihh
norniasf bs ssid ., = gave his scsussons
"a kiss ia teii ysi fiisf hssskissi, pspa,
rselisd Missile Aee5faiagl7, aten a.
zeal uas 6uishet. sis fsised hsf ares sitb
I A kis. and ascampined a hiu - iba parlef
rhsss sha uafsidsd y kia lcf saspieisas
r,sas ss8 kaees Meeiss fathaf ssa no
rasDsissd. 81 Rshy ksi agpiisd . hiu :.
ssssiiss - soas all,isa tfspossis % Me
~ aa3 ss ~ Arb thsaght hia tslss
I tsI goasg aaa. - fsi1 hlm ttsi y Hiaut
esassats4. ks skesld Wssa sbs hs& ssa
slaasd. ~ AFlis ssid,
naat hs tgeatsst ~ teufatef tiwsal'
- sfssaes II ~ e5ais aof ssfiss seae msaas
~ shiok - ~ fita ssat tAis yeaea ~
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