Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-06-23

tins time, but you did ut believe It. Here
Mr.. Meirs consulted his watch, and said ::
But must be in Wall street by ten; so l
shall be obliged to trust you to your own
government till dinner!'
With this Mr.. Meirs departed, leaving
our hero indescribabiy confused. No soon
er was he gone, than Bella bust into
ringing laugh, and exclaimed-'How
funny = ..
Merriment is said to be contagious
John Peters laughed a response to Bella,
and he had a most beautiful way Of doing
it, which Bella, in spite of the novelty of
their situation, readily acknowledged with
blush.
There has been great mistake made
said John, bowing sorrowfuly, as though
he would "a tale unfold
4 see,' said Bella, you are trying to COW
er up your red hair with wig. hate
red hair, and the change makes you look
so funny, it does indeed
1T is all mistake, persisted John
reddening; 4 never wore . wig in my
| life.'
'rhen you must have colored it, for it
was red ten years ago, and / used to laugh
at you when was angry, and advise you
to keep one eye open when YOU slept, lest
it set the bed-curtains fire..
What an awkward situation y cried
John desperately, 1T is true, | am John
Peters, but not the John Peters you take
! me for. and as for having red hair, | new
er bad that honor. ! assurs you
1t was now Bella tarn to look sur
/ prlsed.
Ana who are YOU then,' cried Bella,
! yon are rot j ohm Peters OF Baltimore ?
| 'On the contrary, | am John Peters Of
Connectic&t, graduate from the mercan>
tile coI!ega and at present, in search of a
situation. am not your cousin, and new
er sa" you, to my knowledge, before 10.
aay. inoush must confess you are the
pFetiiest alri ever did see, and begin
10 envy the genuine John Peters. your
/ COUSIN tor can't help liking you great
deai Already.
Oh doE Indeed, how tnnny! Then
you are rot my cousin from Baltimore,
and what 10 better still, my father thinks
Yoa are. dstest cousin for my husband.
and above all, red haired husband. But
now did 1t happen that papa should make
'"en an Qua mistake Tell me all about
~.
We'll the fact ls. the whole thing was
h's'4Ne from oeglSnins to end, and was at,
tTioutable to an advertisement in the NOR
n'h2 paper our father wanted book
"eeP'r anu advertised ] saw the adFer-
''Se'neh'' anu app'lea directly tor the sit
uauon. before stating my business in
frodoeed myself as Peters, whereupoa
/ your tather, forgetting there might be
another John Peters in the world, bundled
| me lhto an omnibus, and hurried me here
before l could offer any explanation
HOW odd exclaimed Bella. and
,-ou are not my cousin, then, after ALL but
| rather like you, and am not little
I pleased with the adventure, because we
| can both laugh together over fathers mis-
take, and the absent John Peters red
hair
But | must explain the matter immedi
ateIy, though confess ! dislike the idea
Of giving you up TO the absent John
Peters answered our hero, with the same
winning smile; especially as you have
natural antipathy to cousins with red
hair
| i don't see the use Of explaining
Suppose we both keep quiet ana let it 90
FOR granted you are Cousin John-what
harm 2
And then supposing that he, thinking
me Cousin John, should insist on your
being married before the genuine John
Peters comes p
| Dl it would be delightful. do so hate
to marry my cousin besides ! like you a
thousand times better. There isn't the
least romance in marrying ones cousin,
esrt cially such cousin as John Peters Of
Baltimore
Here Bella laid her pretty white hand
on Johns arm aud said .But You don't
care ior me; OF course you wouldn't like
/ 10 De married 10 please me. don blame
/ | In ma