Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-03-11

r the tall, stately trees, like the pillars in som,
4 old hallowed minister, shed their peculiar
7 fragrance on every passing breeze tina
swept through their shade. Ellery and hi,
D lady were far ahead. Shirley felt surprised
!, at himself, at this very first interview, al
!, feeling such tender sentiment springins
. from his heart for the fair young creature
4 leaning SO confidently on his arm in the
depths Of the forest.
"How glad | am" soliloquised he, ''that
the widow did not fasten herself on me, in
: stead of her enchanting sister for, joking
aside, they are always so exacting. and by
; no means dependent There is certainly
an exquisite charm in the timid reserve OF
this fair .Juliette. Methinks | shall begin
to play the Romeo in very truth for i
wish, even now, that Il might be a glove
upon that hand, so that | could kiss her
cheek"
And Juliette, to judge from the bright
smiles dmpling her soft cheeks, and the it,
terested look which she turned upon his
face ever and anon, was equally well pleased
with her escort What delightful listen
er he found her He felt so pleased with
her-with hinself-with the whole world,
when they arrived at their destination, that
Shirley was ready TO declare ii a perfect
Paradise, and felt himself tempted to utter
some such nonsensIcal speech TO her, so en-
tirely bewitched was he by the charm of
her manner. In fact, woman-hater as his
friends styled him, there was not more
susceptible being on earth than this same
retiring young man so he played the game
into their own hands, meruetiie. They
found Mrs. Empton, ION hospital thoughts
intent" busy in setting out to the best ad-
vantage their dinner; whilst near them lay
| the little cherub Annie, fast asleep. Shir-
| ley the more readily answered the question
Did you ever see such little beauty ?"
from its supposed mother, as he imagined
he detected a striking resemblance to Ju-
liette, who was kneeling TO kiss the soft
| lips Of the sleeping babe; and his look and
tone would have satisfied the fond heart of
any mother, as he replied "she is an angel p
and also stopped to kiss her lips.
| Ellery and Jeannie seemed determined
to enjoy each others society for that day at
least and thus Juliette and Shirley were
thrown upon their own resources. They
however appeared well content, for he told
fields" whilst she was almost ready to ex-
claim with the gentle DeSdemona, "that she
loved him for the dangers he had passed.
! What delightful day it was to all, and
especially to Shirley The dinner, though
| plain, appeared to him delicious; and what
laughs the absence of many conveniences
caused How beautiful did ,Julette seem
in his eyes. as she held the little Annie in
her lap, feeding her from her plate, though
begged by her sister not to tease herself
with the child, but to give her TO the nurse.
Shirley could not refrain sharing with the
dear child some of the dainty little pate to
which his neighbor had helped him.
"There, there That will do, Mr.. Shir-
ley. | beg you will no. give her any more.
Carry her away, Lucy, or these good peo-
pie will kill her with kindness" Thus was
she borne off, Notwithstanding her entreaties
to stay with 'mamma." Shirley had anoth-
er fault 10 set down against the widow
her thoughtless unconcern towards her beau
tiful child, as she sat smiling, chatting, firt-
ing so carelessly with Ellery, whilst Juliette
went away occasionally to see if the little |
one was properly attended to.
turn, and the drive back was as delightful |
as the morning ramble, as they watched the
early stars peeping forth, and he listened TO
tones that TO him seemed sweet as the rip
pling music of the summer riIls. He had
in truth, began to see everything couieur de
roSe-and how true the words of the poet
when peaking of the first step into Loves
labyrinth
"IAttle we reck Of coming years
We fancy them just a choose
For whatever rf-s after light may be,
1t co ors its first from the rosen
Then the evening was as happy for him as /
the whole day had been for the ladies in /
sisted that their escort should enter and /
spend it with them. When the tea was
handed round, Shirley had the supreme
felicity of putting sugar and cream into JUL
iette's cup, and better still, of sitting near
her for several hours. Then, too, when tea
was over. she was his antagonist at chess
and he looked with delight on her taper fin
gers, looking still whittier by contrast with
the red pieces she moved so daintily and
skilfully over the board. Her delightful I;
voice was still lingering on his car as he
closed his eyes in sleep, for no other train
of thought had broken the enehantment.
His friend and himself did not talk much |
as they wended their way home that night /
but Shirley was not quite so morose as to I
decline his friends invitation, given at part t
ing, 3" What say you to calling on the ladies
to see if they have recovered S
from their fatigue" T,
The next day they did indeed call, and
paid them an uncomfortable visit-ii one {
can trust Miss Henderson's account, who |
lived opposite, and who actually lost the S
whole morning, peeping through the blinds
to see when they would leave. And the {
next day, and again the next, Shirley had
an ever ready excuse for calling. To-day |
il was, /" | must take those drawings prom
ised :" at other times. I" have ieee of (
music which | must take" or new book I
I'LL at last, grown l'oldrr, he made no ex- |
pxense at ALI but visited there uuife en- fr- +,