The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-11


but first tell me-
What, chid!'
Way you never were married =
Because never liked anybody wen
enough to marry him. Now go and get
ready for school,
She smiled as she spoke, and after a
glance at her face smiled, too, and run
off for my bonnet and satchcl. Coming
down stairs again, put my head in at the
sitting room door.
Aunt Katherine
'Wellr
If you found anybody whom you liked
well enough, now wouldn't you marry
him =
4 don't know suppose so. Why,
what in the world has got into your head,
Adder
laughed, slammed the door and boun-
ded through the hall into the road. Halt
way to the school house met my teacher,
Mr.. Charles Devereux.
Good morning, Miss Addie. Rccta-
tons all rcad?'
'Yes, sir, answered, and he passed on
ahead. | sauntered on slowly, thinking
Of my aunt Katherine. thought it would
be such nice plan for her to be married.
The next thought was, who could she
marry?
There were only half dozen unmar-
ried mddle-aged men in the village-aunt
Katherine was twenty seven; SO of course
she wouldn't marry very young man.
| rapidly enumerated the half dozen cligi.
bic ones and their suitability for my plan.
Lawyer Hyde, thirty, rich, aristocratic,
and Stingy he won't do. Mr. Leighton,
thirty-fve, handsome, good, well Oft, but
a widower; and I've heard aunt Katherine
say she did not like widowers. Mr.. Pier
son, twenty eight, handsome, wealthy, but
too .ftst she would not like him. DR..
Jarvis, thirty.Six, small, grabbed, misery,
aud unbearable generally. Mr.. Howe, too
hrmcly to be thought of; and Captain
Haynes, with his yellow, buShy whiskers
and nine thousand dollars worth of mort.
gagged .Operty, which he is always talk
ing about, worse yet. Rathera sorry ar
ray i'll all
Just then the school bell rung, and |
went in to my books and Mr.. Charles De-
vereux-agcd twenty-eight, handsome, in
telligent, well educated and unmarried
The class in intellectual philosophy was
called first, and though | had carefully
committed my lesson to memory the eve
ming before. my late thoughts had quite
driven all remembrance of it from my
head and my recitation was imperfect
Mr.. Devcreux looked supposedly at me.
but said nothing. In French grammar
my performance was still worse.
Miss Addie,' said Mr.. Drvereux, as |
passed by him on my way to my seat, do
you have any trouble with those French
verbs in learning your lcsSon?'
Yes, sir, little replied.
You want little reviewing, think.
II | have time | will call in at your house
this evening and help you little while
you are studying
Mr.. Devereux knew that always stud
led evenings, and had several times called
in and spent an hour in assisting me with
a particular difficult task designed for the
next days recitation. So was not sur
priSed to hear him make this offer, though
a little ashamed of the cause of it as NV
failure had resulted from my wilful mat.
| tOhtiOI anu NulClGSSHCSS. tIlluheu
however, with flushed face and went to
my seat But it was not entirely shame
that flushed my face.
AS expected, Mr.. Devereux came in
the evening to explain my French lesson.
But he did not find me alone. Aunt Kath-
crime sat by the table sewing, and looked
even handsomer than in. the morning.
My heart gave flutter Of impatient anti
cipation every time Mr. Devercux looked
at her, and after the lessons were through
| did my best to make her talk to please
him.
My aunt always talked well, but she
quite excelled herself in cOnvcrSing that
night. | saw that Mr.. Devereux was in
terestcd, and was delighted with the
good success of my secret plan.
In the course OF the evening John Au-
brey, my lover, came in. Of course
claimed John as my lover, for though he
was nice young man Of twenty seven,
and la mere child Of girl, hardly six
teen, he had beaued me to parties and
concerts all one winter, and told Inc do.
zen times that was the sweetest, prett-
est, most loveable girl in all Hartford. SO
that when John came in, went and sat
down by him in cosy corner, and left
aunt Katherine to entertain Mr.. Devereux
"a plan which thought at first seemed
to suit all around.
But after little while saw John cast
ing uneasy glances towards the place
where Mr.. Devereux-looking superbly
handsome and animated-sat talking with
my aunt.
'You needn't be jealous of him, john
| said. He's only my teacher
John started and leaned back in his
seat without a word.
Neither of the gentlemen staid very
late, John going away directly after Mr..
Devercux, and went to my room elated
with my prosperity, or rather the pros
perity of my plans.
did not need assistance in my studies
before Mr.. Devcrrux came again, aud af.
ter short time it came to be n regular
thing for him to spend an evening once or
twice week with us. With rs, | say,
because | could see thaT, though he al.
mred my aunt Katherine very much, he
had too good taste to ntonolize her com.
patty entirely, to the exclusion of mine.
| always enjoyed these evenings very
much. 1t seemed to me that Mr.. Deve-
reux grew remarkably agreeable very fast.
Sometimes John would come in, hut John
seemed to have grown strange and moody
Of late.
| thought it was because Mr.. Dcvereux
was at our house so much, and endeavor-
ed to please him by extra attention when
he did spend an evening with US, but it
didn't seem to be Of much use. resent
ed his silence and inattention to me, one
night, and after that he didn't come near
US for nearly month. But we seemed to
get along just as we'll without him-at
least did, though aunt Katherine asked
me n number of times about the cause of
his absence.
tHe is Suikv- | SnnnoSn DON'T fret