The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-07-30
49,. .na ~. voice IN the back drawing room

1
How .wee. tbs to, wander. at dayllgbt's decline
On th' ia'r' i'a Tr uo Ia. as~ia.s, 20. &c.
An pronounced IL delightful, and hnmmed
ira "a. tra-la-la, witched by the MELODY,
| lori after the voice had finished.
young lady came out of the back drawing
room; thought then that she was ike semi :
ramis or Cleopatra so far as knew any ,n,ns
about those distinguished women. l na'
si,.ce had reason to believe that sne Wa "
| smaller scale. She was smiling sWeeuy ,asr
very bright beaminr eyes; prefuse dark mar y.
ut mn with scarlet geraniumsi ana ~art
muslin dress She approached US. my sarions
w.ns .atsai daran cement and Inconvenience 10
| s,a,s and 10 me Somehow, colo $500
| seemed 10 be freezing mp my tot rat daIicions
| SN.aia nrstend To the love OF ,hat uehe'ous
ss,nr, Was 10 not audactty approaching az,
! most TO profanity to lose 81 go q. my,
| Ought not TO adore her rom an aoiecI uis-
| IA nee and be content ana srateiai mat even
| fso. was permitted 10 me!
s.pn here are Freddy's young friends. Are
| yoa Master Dawkinsi l beg your pardon.
DIV, what's ii to be Mind you look after yo ur
friends. A quadrillel Very we'll"
And she was turning away
And she could not read my love in my face !!
could feel 1t there, and very warm it made
my features.
Miss Parker" stammered, "may hope
the eonor of your hand-this quadrilie ~
20, thankyou; I'm going to play let me give
A young creature in blue, with long faxen
plaits tied with ribbons, hanging down her
back. twas she pretty Who knows Who
cares didn't look at her-a child of ten y
was palmed off upon me; and Parker's sister
fioated off 10 the piano, leaning on the arm of
tall man with a rnoustache, that seemed
trained TO climb up his face like vine up a
wall.
Bells the one after, she was going to dance
with Mr. George Bells; the one after that, she
was to play the Cracoyiac q uadrilles-duetts
with Miss Amy Bells. Bah! What was there
worth living for / went TO the landing in
a rage. L began to think l should like TO fight
some one.
II say, old fellow"-it was Dawkins who
| spoke he always had disgusting appetite,
that boy--"there'll be such Jolly supper at
| eleven! I've been down stairs in TO the parlor.
| Bless you, there's trife and lobster-saiad, and
oyster patties and custards and almonds and
| raisins, and tipsy cake and cold fowl! My
| don't wish il was time l say, come and
| have some more negus. Isn't Captain Bells i
| jolly fellow -
| "Now, you boys, what are you doing here !
| Up TO some mischief, warrant; poachlng on
| the supper-preserves, are you I've caught
| you, Tom DawkinS. I'll tell Dir. Swabey all
| about it. SO you're in Virgil, areyou! Army
| riyuntqRe caHo-that sert OF thing, Ell 20 And
| the man with the moustaches ratified on, laugh
| ing and talking together in way he consid-
| cred very pleasant and clever, daresay. Then
| he went TO join Miss Parker at the piano, and
|
| rifles.
That's Captain Bellis,n explained little
| Parker, much flushed from long dancing with
| small beauty, yard and quarter high,
| clothed In pink muslin. HES engaged to ID ~
| Hes what p | asked fiercely.
! ''Going to marry my sister on the seven
| tenth of this month. He's such nice fellow
| SO Jolly lie wants to make up party, and
| take US all to Covert Garden. That's his sister
| Amy, playing the piano with mine. say, you
come to the theatre, too. Do-you can, il you
| like. He'll take you"
| l declined the invitation. l think l mated
| that man with the moustaches more than
| have ever hated any since.
| She came out leaningon his arm.
| mind and make good supper; there's good
| boys" She had very kind voice, and smile
| that fitted it admirably
They'll take care of that" says the captain,
laughing hugely-vnlgarly, thought.
| FREDDY, they're in your charge she said
| "You must look after them.'
| She regarded me, then, a mere boy with a
| large appetite She deemed me incapable of
| love; she shut her eyes TO the sentiment that
| was consuming me she looked down on-de-
| spised me! girl of eighteen is very adj
| vaneed person; and boy of thirteen--
| Dear me, " hat chit!
| At the supper table she was seated between
| Freddy and the Captain. There was great fun
| among them and much laughing. L sat next
| TO DaWkins, who was enjoying himself amaZ-
| ingy. "Iye tasted nearly everything now.
| Give us some of that stuff in the dish by you
| | don't know what it is. BY George, amt l
| getting ugh about the waisit
| A bunch of rich dark Tinglets bobbed over
| my shoulder and dark luminous eyes were
| gazing into mine there was bright laughing
| light dancing in them. 81 hope you get
| ting on comfortably, and enjoying your supper
lam rery S0rJy there Is no putting the table -
| She went away laughing, and / could
| that the man Bells was crimson in the face
| irom the sam cause. Obtuse Dawkins, busy
| with jam pull and blanc mango, did not per-
ceiye the ailusion. l did, and the ba bed shaft
IA IL pi n 10 W0nni nd
tary were alike spurned then. All was over,
and there was TO be no more happiness for me
in the world For this, had sold my pud-
dings and starved half year.
Ofcourse Captain Bells married Parker's
sister, and for a fortnight was cynic and a
nissan thrope, and q cruel nuisance to my
friends aud relations, who cordially wished the
holidays at an end, and me back at DR.. Swa-
bey's. L went to the theatre, not with BELLS
| saw Mr.. Macready in the cheerful drama OF
the Stranger, and sympathiZed sincerely with
the sufferings eff that dismal gentleman; also
the pantomime of Fair ROSdmoad, laughing
grizzly from the back of the boxes when that
trail lady took the poisoned bowl from the
ayenging hands of Queen Eleanor.
have recovered quite now in fact, l re-
covered very shortly afterwards. / can talk
calmly and deliberately over the matter.
have even loved another since. The complaint
l find TO be chronic, and recurring, bat seldom
dangerous. L have pulled through it on more
than one occasion, and am altogether, perhaps
not much the worse for my su1lerings l am
not singular in that respect; q few besides me
have been knocked over, and got UP, and
brushed their coats. and smiled pleasantly as
though they had never been down. Blenkln-
sop Primus no more married the eldest Miss
Dawkins than Blenkinsop Secundus married
the youngest Miss Bradshaw, or than l mar
ried Parker's sister, or than any boy at LeXi-
con House married his schoolfellow's sister.
never heard that the parties concerned were
much Inconvenience by the change OF plan
The tree does not invariably grow as the tWig
is inclined, and the trunk occasionally pooh
pools the early proceedings of its sprouts.