The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-12-04
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And proud of fifty matters beside,
That wouldn't have borne dissection"
Ending my preface with the remark:
s'Sho belongs to the genus belle, but
is quite different species from Mag
Percy, between whom there is an 'ir-
repressible conflict Just now the
combat is intensely interesting to neu-.
trail powers, for they are each lombard
ing the same stronghold, and it is the
old warfare between Greek and
Greek"
GIN what direction is the disputed
territory? over yonder ?" Bonnie had
asked, again turning toward the mas
culine form in the rocking chair.
Again l nodded an affirmative, and
Bonnie inquired:
"Do tell me if that die-away creature
in the last stages of languishment is
Amy Campbell?"
eyes; and you know her too well
to need any preface" l had answered.
'Let this sentence suffice. She is too
beautiful to be nonentity, and too
lifeless to be dashing BELLE"
"And he ?"
Bonnie turned, for the third time to
the easy-chair where sat Mark Lorraine.
There was less interest in her tone, but
more in her eyes, than when she had
spoken the feminine pronouns; so |
meekly answered:
Gle is a personal pronoun, third per-
son, singular number"
"Shades of Murray and Bullion !!
Now, dew tell !" exclaimed Bonnie
moe kingiy. 'In all my trudging up
the hill of science, l never met such an
interesting pronoun. Grammar has
heretofore been the dnllest kind of
prose; henceforth, it is all poetry.
Singular number! That's nice! Third
person / think l would prefer him
first person speaking or second person
spoken to, and no third person within
a square mile. And so when you have
properly answered few more ques-
tions, / will thank you to introduce
this very common noun to the exceed
ingly proper nouns over younger"
| had told her much about Mark
Lorraine; i; the honor and respect he
commanded; his genial goodness and
marked peculiarities of disposition
and in conclusion added:
''Another year will find him mar
ried man."
And now, | have verified the scrip
tural assertion, "The first shall be last
and the last first;" for / have reached
the first query of this sketch, and the
last query of Bonnie Blair:
"Whom will he marry?"
sMag Percy or Frank Masters, in al
probability" l answered. "Some
times l think it will be Mag, and some
times Frank. But Mark is always do
ing the most unaccountable things
just what nobody ever dreamed of, ant
it's ten chances to one if he don't g
and marry some queer, homely insig
nifcant little widgeon like-like you.
had no intention of concluding N,
sentence in sucn personal manner
but as I sought for comparison, AM
my eyes rested on the queer saucy eye
of Bonnie Blair, could not resist tn
temptation to arouse her spirit and sc
, her eyes flashing. a'a" y
"Hateful thing!"s she exclaimed
"Pm just as l growed, and SO is
; toad and if L was not ten times hand
somer than some of my neighbors,
J would throw myself into mill l-pond
: and / shouldn't at all wonder if 20
proved true prophecies; for Mar
Lorraine looks like sensible man, an
he couldn't prove it better than by giN
ing me chance to reject him."
Bonnie Blair never looked SO well a
, when she was excited, and long rid
! in the bracing air had given war;
glow to her pale cheeks, and my las
: reference had shot flashing light int
her bright eyes, so that the gypsy fac
L introduced to the guests of Holl
If Hedge was much more attractive tha
was generally supposed.
d At the mention of her name, prou
y Magdalene Percy and naughty France
a Masters. gave onenof those quicl
IS searching glances which betoker
alarm; but, quite satisfied that such
q face could never rival theirs, turne
e complacently to their idling.
q Mark Lorraine glanced from b
g. magazine, bowed carelessly, and r
sumed his reading while Amy Cam
Q. bell recognized an old schoolmate. an
" indolently inquired: i.''8 -
"What brings you here, ma cher
N "Oh, I heard Holly Hedge was Il