The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-01-22
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| Nice looking girl, that Miss Lee.
Yes. answered Bob, with a mischisy
Gus glance at me. she is nice girl -ouly
/ a httle go.ahead sometimes. Keepa look
out on her. will youl'-then lowering his
yoice--'not a bad match 70. you. old fel-
/ low, she is rich,
is ohel said Mr. Bimby, his interest
deepening.
'oo my honor replied Bob. Forty
thousand dollars in her own right Hey
dayl and he WIS rome.
Maggie Lee, artlul creature rs she was.
had lold her father that the sailing party
was to assemble at another hotel, and
thither he had taken her Having bust.
ness IN D., be left her there, merely
saying tha h. would send the carriage
,fer her at 2 O'Clock She, like dudtul
laughter, kissed him, bade him good
rye and before he had gone a hundred
Yards, took seat in Bob Styles ligh,
wagon, which had driven up to the back
.uor as old Lees carriage drove away
rom th' front aud the old story Of head
uOng love aud age was enacted again.
AS for us, Of the pic mic excursion,
we had delightful sail down to the
grove; but somehow | could not enjoy
e. as as much ought to have done.
When | walked on board the boat, |
irlt awkward ~ il every body was look.
rg st me. found Mr. Bimby, as had
supposed, young and rising lawyer.
mighty ia Blackstone, and his yn opin-
ion. He insisted on paying for my ticket.
and puschasing enough oranges, p ars
aud candies, to sci up street stand
-Four or FIVE times | was on the point OF
swearing aL his impulent ofiici0usness.
bn BIT my tongue Just IN lime to prevent
my exposure, BuJ IT, was not with him
l found my role the hardest to play.
No the ynuug hdies were the i firull
ones to deceive. For instance, there was
one among them, a beautiful girl OF sew.
enteeu, Just returned from boarding
school, who had not seen Maggie lee Tor
three years. OF course. sne was delight
ed to see me, when she found that wa,
Maggie, which by the way, di not oc-
cur uutilafer we had stared. She threw
herself into my arms, pulled my veil
aside and kissed me half dozen times.
in manner that made my finger end,
Gngle lor an hour. 1t WAS al very nice
hut it had been in propria persona
| would have liked il better. A. II was,
lplt as ii were Obtaining goods under
lnlSe pretences. and that lawyer Blmby
might issue warrant for my arrest on
hu ground AT any moment.
A whole knot ol CriuOlne then sur
rounded me, on the upper deck of the
boat, to The utter seciusiou and conse
quent disgust OF Mr.. Blmby, and the
other gentlemen. | kept very quiet, only
speaking mouosyllables, ina falselto voice;
but the others--Lord bless you'll gabbled!
Under a strlc, promise of secrecy, the
little boardn school maiden who kissed
me so aH'ec,i c,ioua,ey, revealed all her love
affairs aud also became unpleasantly con
ii iel tial about other mauers-innocont
enough in themselves but not cuslonarl-
ly talked Of between ladies and g.ntle-
men.
WAS terribly embarrassed. but il
would not do to give il up then. A, soon
AS my trick beoims known, Bob Styles,
would also come out; and as news OF
this kind travels SO fast in the country
ne ani his lady love would be telegraphed
for and followed before Jhey could reach
Phila lelphia where the STYLES family
lived, aud where the knot was e. b. tied.
Tue river breeze WAS fresh where We
sat aud | noticed that several of the ladies'
We're gianchg z uneasIly at me. l couldn't
divine the reason, unul Jennie. my little
friend from boarding school, laid aer face
dangerously close TO mine, and whispered:
'My dear Maggie, yoar dress is blowing
up terrible mgh--your ankles will be
town talk with the geutlemenl'
Nor was | conscious OF having very
small foot Tor man, and had dOnned a
pair Of open work stockings which came
up nearly 10 nv waist. with pair OF
CATERS rsowed from the servant girl.
m all Of which toggery my running
gear looked quite feminine and resprcta-
Bile; but the idea Of tne grntl-men talking
about my ankles aud being cautioned thus
by young girl, who would have been
frightened % death it had told her he
same thing yesterday, WAS TOO much for
me. burst in sort of smO,hprrd
laugh, which l could check by swallow
ing half oi my 6lagree lace edged hand
kerohirf The young ladies all lonked at
me in apparent astnn'shmenl az such
voice. aud | wanted to laugh all the more.
For unalely Mr Blmby came to my res
At the momentand edged himself in among
the cunoline
May sit hrre?' he asked. pointing toI
a low stool near ne.
'Cerainly, | simpered, in my high
fslsetto,
'Ah thank you sal 3 mby--with
lack alai>ioaI>air which nausealed me aa
canning from one man 10 ano her--you
are as kind a, you are htseina ingp
/. You huter mel
Il? No iulesd! praise Of you cannot
be IA ery, Miss Lee
'Oh, sir, yoAa really a naughty man.
| said in the most feminine tons could
command.
He cast languisning look a. me,
through the black laea vell, and fairly
began 10 fear Tor his feelings.
We snon arrived Al th, grove. and found
our baud Zen aged beforehand) awaiting
us. OF course daucing WAS the first