The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1861-03-27

At last he proposed. not WiihOu. hesita-
tion, to draw the sleigh to the side Of the
road. wrap his fair charge in impsnetrabls
folds, and to start Of on foot In search OF
twine. r at
At this point ell trouble vanished in an
instant. In faint voice Miss Lucy unex.
pectedly chirped forth from her pile of robes
-sWill this dO!" aud instantly bid herself
from human view. ~'EF - a
She had let fall something upon the snow
that lay like half-coiled blue snake. In
answer to her frightened question ahe was
informedthat it did. Harry laughing him
seff-to pieces internally, but superfcislly
solemn and calm, repaired damages. resum
ed bis place, and drove cautiously onwsad
After while he said-"Thipk, now, Miss
Lucy, Of woman wsikias , Linvills ID
this tempest"
Lucy looked sppealinsl7 Into bis face, and
gave signals Of great distress.
"You are cold.g be said; and as she wus
silent, be took il for granted that she wac
As they passed through the long avenue
to Mr.. BraDdon's house an electrical exper.
iluent took place, without the same explo.
siVe result as before.
The next evening there was sewing cir.
Gle in Winston. A sewing circle is Q pop.
ular needle. .und.thread assembIage at which
aannels and regulations are pitiessly pune.
tured; and under garments for infants and
scandal clocks for adults are manufactured
and all made to fit. The duties of the occa
sion having been worried through early In
the evening, the masculine element was
suffered to mingle socisily, and the sport
began. Mr. Henry Langford was admitted
with the rest of the hitherto excluded. He
looked mischieVously at the centre of at.
traction. The centre OF attraction smiled
at him, and folded its front upper teeth over
it's lower lip.
Did you ever notice what depth and va
riety Of meaning is conveyed by that very
curious contortion Of the female face? 1t
signifies nmazement, amusement, grief, an.
ger, reflection almost any thing, accord,
ing to the will of the exhibitor.
This time it meant remonstrance and ex.
hortation.
A divinity student was talking very loud
Iy about the Atlantic cable, and descanting
upon the ingenuity Of man.
Mr.. Langford asserted that the ingenuity
OF man bore no comparison to the ingenuity
OF woman; and proposed to substantiate bis
position bya slight narration and q simple
apparatus he had in his pocket. ...r...
From the centre Of attraction there came
again high D. head register, this time STAG.
catissimo. Miss Brandon broke recklessly
from her circle, spilling all sorts of work.
box treasures as she ran. Spools, needles,
pins, bodkins, scissors, books were scatter-
ed around in inextricable confusion.
"Harry, give it me-" she pleaded very
sof,Iy-"please do, dear Harry"
The ''dear" was Of at least ten seconds du.
ration. Long before the prominent vowel
was exhausted, Harry Lungford was a lost
man. .. ......
"There it is," he SAID. sand what shall
have in return :" (All this very softly.)
"Everything"-(more softly still, bu. will
a smile that was better than dozen ora
tions.) ...........
In the course of week, the youth o
Winston heard something that took away
its appetite. 1t considered that it's conf
dence had been abused. 1t regarded Mr..
Henry Langford as an Intruder who had cx.
ceeded the privileges extended by hosp;tali.
ty.
A little while after gil this in the cours
of retrospective conversation, Miss Bran
don made the following mysterious remark
with all the ext.Gvagsnt emphasis peculio
10 young ladies
"Nothing Of the s;rt, Hurry. TWAS hor
ribIy old fashioned, and it was the meres
accident in the world -
1t seems there are ever SO many moral
in this story, notwithstanding it is so short
and so lrue--for 1t is true, every word, ex
cep,iog only the names of persons and pla
ces. There 10 q moral of youthful society
moral OF humanity,a moral of feminin
: apparel, and some more, all Of which il j
very pleasant to reflect upon, since none o
them were intended. But l shall not TAX
the trouble to point them out.