Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-01-31

& sephlc resolutions!
they were not proof against this new
sEtriM The effort of my last piece O
ahsardity was perfectly electrifying.-
HaH "a dozen members sprang from
their seats, as if they had received s
shock md when the start had subsidized
and tllgg learned from whence came the
disturbance, they looked on me with an.
ger andApwering brows -
A third time was the linen handker
chief raised to the red lips to prevent
an explosiSn OF. laughter.
My patience was at an end-my phi
Ilosophy wasexhausted- could endure
not one atonNmore.
fIIastily snatching my hat, / rushed
from my seat, aud bolted from the
meeting house with all the swiftness
that would have rushed, from a pack
of yelping hyenas.
For five or six succeeding days kept
close to the house, but I had not forgot
ten the blue eyes nor their fair owner
They danced and sparkled before me
during the daytime, and danced and
sparkled in like manner in my dreams
at night.
One morning, it was on the Friday
after l had seen my charmer in meeting
l heard my parents discussing the pretty
face of some pretty creature, that bore
the pretty name of Efie Gray
The name it was SO sweet, and pre-
sented to my vivid imagination face Of
bewitching eyes, a coquettish face, and
petit figure, SO attracted by the name, ]
listened attentively and soon learned
that the young lady was the guest Of
Deacon White and, of course, the YER
liable owner of the blue eyes. !.g-
As this overwhelmed conviction forced
itself upon my mind, I raised cup Of
scalding tea to my lips in my anxiety
to drink down the astonishing discov-
cry had made, quite forgetting the
heat of the beverage. .....
On that fact, however, [ was speedily
made aware by burning my tongue
With suppressed scream of pain, I
dropped the cup, spilling the contents
on my inexpressibles, by no means con-
tributing to my comfort, by so doing.
and started from my chair.
"Good- lack, Joe! What IS the mat,
ter?" exclaimed and questioned my good
mother, evidently alarmed.
''Nothing; that is, [ burned my
mouth" | exclaimed, leaving the room
| soon recovered from the pain, con-
sequent upon swallowing mouthful OF
scalding tea, and thinking of Etie Gray
whom | could not think Of by another
name than the "owner of the blue eyes, ,
which was the name [ had in my own
mind, designated her by, I soon forgot
my mishap.
That day and the next glided on in
pleasant dreams of Effie Gray. Oh
course could not see her till next Sab
bath, and resolved to wait with Job
like patience till the time arrived.
At last came Sunday morning. With
becoming care and scrupulous nicely
performed my toilet and repaired tc
meeting.
That Miss Gray should or might
possibly absent herself from meeting
was an idea that never for one moment
presented itself to my mind If it had
[ should have laughed it off as some
thing too ridiculous, too absurd, toe
supremely preposterous to be entertained
for one moment in the sensible mind OF
sensible Joe Smith.
Not go to meeting? How ridiculous
When I tell the reader that the meeting
heuse was the principal attraction in
our fourishing little village, the debat
ing room, the Irritation department, the
conversation gallery of Thornton; the
place where the girls displayed theil
new bonnets, their new dresses then
new shawls, ETC., ETC., he will no longer
wonder how absurd must have been the
idea of any one abscnting herself OIL
Limself from meeting.
1t was only when the service con
menced, when the first hymn was sung
and the first prayer was over, when the
minister had pronounced a solemn
''ahem!'' preparatory to beginning the
sermon, that 1 admitted the bare posi-
bility of Effie not coming to meeting.
I had scarcely, however, given it q
place in my mind, when a slight hustle
at the door of the meeting house attrac
ted my attention, and turning toward it
I saw Polly White, tall, handsome
gentleman, and Effie Gray, radiant il
loneliness, enter The gentleman pre-
ceded the ladies toward the deacon's
pew, and having opened the door, stooC
aside for them to pass.
Efie went in first, Polly White next
and the handsome gentleman last. HI
would not be seated next Effie, at al
events-I was thankful for that-hop
handsome he looked though, and how
hated him. When having found th'
text for Efie, he presented small
clasped Bible to her. She thanked hin
with slight bow, and oh! what bril-
liant smile. l would have risked m,
) head that precious minute for sucl
another.
[ watched them narrowly while tn
sermon lasted, but saw no more smile
or interchange of glance pass betweel
them, and my mind felt little relieved
Once Ehie's glance wandered rount
the congregation, and, perhaps arrested
by the fixed intentness my look, reste'
upon me.
She raised her eyebrows slightly, an,
gave the slightest perceptible start
smiled mischievously, and then with
| drew her gaze and continued very de
murely to listen to the words of MI
> Kennedy. ....
, Once again, just at the conclusion 0
the sermon, her eyes sought my face
| was looking intently at her, too in
: tently, perhaps, for she must have real
my deep and ardent admiration, as he
f eyes dropped before mine, and ric