The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-06-07

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And the captain laughed heartily, as he
commenced writing a letter to his pretty
cousin, Agnes Maxwell, in which he gave
her some instructions that must have been
very amusing judging from the manner in
which she laughed, as she peru sed Il EN-.
Lawyer Grant was in a very desperate
frame of mind. He had been to a picnic
and two sociabIes while Miss Apnt $
Maxwell had been the bright, particular
STAR and had not ye. been introduced,
Captain Duttpn acted very mTstcriously,
and Miss Maxwell seemed to avoid him
when he sought an introduction from
others. But at last he had maneuvred
to place himself in her vicinity, and was
ntroduc' d by the Eos'es Of the evening.
Her taclturnity surprised him, as he had
always heard OF her possessing gay,wiEl
spirits, she scarcely ans wered when he
talked to her-sometimes bowing her
head in reply, as Hit were oomuch trou-
bic to speak.
will you not sing. Miss Maxwell?'
he asked, as song was solicited.
',OL? no, thir,;' she answered. II
have a thesere celd. l caught it at the
picnic. took kthomc Of Mitheth Winth-
lowth thoothing thyrup. bu. it ha'h
done no good. tho l cannot thing to,
night"
If the report Of cannon ball had
reached Alexander Grants err, he could
not have started more suddenly than when
the lovely girl, in whom he had bee, me
deeply interested, answered with such a
yolley Of words He could understand
now, why the captain had wished to de-
fer the introduction as long as possible
and had instructed Miss Maxwell 10 a
void him knowing, as he did, how of
fensive lisp was to his sensitive ear
But he must be polite; and so Of course
he was, he foun.. Miss Maxwell SO frank
and artless. SO pleasing in her manners
and brim full of fun, that if it had moi
been for that terrible lisp, poor Lawyer
Grant acknowledged to himself he should
love the little lady. just as he did every
thing else, 10 desperate fashion. Ifshe
did lisp. she was very fascinating. ard
received SO much attention, that Alex
ander, dis ppointed though he was, could
not endure seeing the object of his
thoughts aud dreams dancing and flirting
with the village gallants; so he quite ap
propriated her 10 himself And then, hel
frankness almost disarmed his prejudices
Just TO think Of her looking into his hand
some face with those beautiful eyes, and
saying in her artless way:
You pertheive Mithtcr Grant, that
llithp thomewat Thome folkth are very
e'mhative to anything Of the thort.-
1t it'll very hard to be dithliked for what
one cannot kelp; bu! if it lth very un,
pleasant to you, will thit thlill like a
mute. and you can talk TO me-
4 Lawyer Grant did not hear half the
lisp. for his heart was viii those beau;i
ful black eyes boxing up into his. SO
trustingly and conhdingiy, Sill he was
forced to acknowledge, he never knew a
person to keepup such an incessant lisp
ing as Agnes Maxwell. She never spoke
of persons as being good, kind, or agree
able, but said they were "thmart, ,thweet,
thad. thilly, thimple, thawthy. thickly
thinful. theriouth, thedate, thenthible,
thinguiar, tho.'rowful, tbuperior, or :hen>
timental," as the case might be. And
it did seem to him, he never knew any
person discuss SO many suhj cts in which
that hateful s occurred. ''Fhimpa,hy
thimpliihity, thubIimify, thide -thaddleth,
thea -breetheth, theven thentheth, thi!k
thatin, hummer, and Thaturn," were
always on her tongue. It was sad de-
feet: and it may have been a conscious
ness of this that caused the lawyer to
heave SO deep sigh, which was echoed
By Miss Agnes unintentional Of course
| 1--WE sympasize in sighs,at all events, ;
he said absently. trying to forget how
hateful lisp had always been to him.
ooh, no, thir! | don't think we dc
thimPaihithe in thithe, for you are head
and shoulderth taller than L." she ans
) wered, laughing Il mean to call yor
Alexthander the Great You are &
friend to look up to-" she added. play
fully, looking up with another gla net
that made the lawyers heart thump a
gainst his immaculate vest.
"Say that again, Miss Agnes" was hi
> earnest entreaty. "Say again that | an
friend TO look up to, for their is no i.
it. consequently 20 lisp, and the prettiss
sentence | have heard you speak"
r 9Th lithp, then. tho dithagreable 4
Won 90 asked Agnes sorrowfu fully "Tbe