East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-11-18
A SLIGHT MISTAKE.

depot, watching the procession Of pas
seDgers just arrived in the Hudson rive
boat, who deiled past me on their wa,
to the cars. The Boston train, by whicl
| had come, waited patiently as steam
and fire might, for their leisure, will
only occasional and faint sn ,rts of re
monstrance for the delay; yet still th'
jos.E-s -->.-l L--.;~i P'.ss ias" s''
cars, and fitted through them in secrci
of seats; their increasing number at las
warned me that | might find it Difficult
to regain my own, and | followed them
i beg your pardon, SIR
/ turned, in obedience to touch OF
my arm, and saw respectable looking
negro man before me, who bore the
traveling.b bag and shawl, and was, evi
dently, the attendant of a sleder anC
stylish girl behind him. DO speak,
he said, bowing respectfully, and CLAN
cling at the portmanteau ] carried, or
which my surname was quite legible
do address sir, Mr.. Leroy?
That is my name-at your service
what can / do for you?
'The young lady, Miss Florence Dun
dard, who was to join you at Albany
at six o'clock, this EVENING" have
charge of her." He turned to the young
lady behind him.
This is Mr.. Lc Roy, Miss
The young lady whose dark blne eyes
had been scanning me, as / could per.
ceive through her blue silk veil, now
lifted it with an exquisitely gloved little
hand, aud extended the other to me,
with charming mixture of frankness
and timidity.
Il am very glad to meet you Mr.. lie
Roy said she. Il thought l should
know you in a moment, Jenny described
you SO accurately. How kind it was
for you to offer to take charge of me.
hope shan't trouble you
In the midst of my bewilderment, at
thus being addressed by the sweetest
voice in the world, managed to see
that l must make a proper reply, and
proceeded to stammer out what thO't
an appropriate speech, when the servant
who had left for moment, returned,
and I abandoned il unfinished.
Did you see my baggage, Edward?'
asked his mistress.
Yes, Miss; it is all on"
Then you had better hurry to reach
the 7 O'Clock boat. Good. bye, and tell
them you saw me safely off,
stood like one in dream, while the
man handed me two checks for the
trunks and inducd me with the light
baggage he had carried; but, was
aroused by the young lady's asking me
if we had not better secure our seats in
the cars, and answered by offering her
my arm. In ten minutes we were seated
side by side, and trundling out of AL.
bany at rate that grew faster and faster
had no time to reflect, with that
lovely face opposite me; but what was
the use Some strange mistake had un.
doubtedly happened, and | had evident
" been taken for another person of the
same name; but how to remedy this
now, without alarming the innocent
young lady in my charge-how to find
the right man, with the right name,
among several hundred people, and how
to transfer her, without an unpleasant
scene and explanation, to the care of
some one whose person was no less
strange to her than mine! While these
thoughts whirled through my head, l
happened to encounter those smiling
eyes fixed upon Inc, and their open un.
suspicious gaze decided mel will not
trouble or distress her. by any knowl-
edge Of her position concluded; but
l will just do my best to fill the place of
Of the individual she took Inc for, aud Goa.
duct her wherever she wished to 20, il
| can only find where it isl' l turned
to her with an affectation of ease which
l was very far from feeling, and said; it
is a long journey
do you think 30? But it is very
pleasant, isn't it? Cousin Jenny enjoyed
it very much.'
'Ah, indeedp
why, why, what a queer mani she
said, with little laugh. Doesn't she
never tell you, as she does me in all her
letters, how happy she is, and that st.
Louis is the sweetest place in the world
to live in? Dear me! that I should have
to tell her own husband first. How We
shall laugh about it when We get there
So it was st. Louis we were going
to, and 1 was her cousins husband. l
never was so thankful for two pieces of
information in my life.
And how does dear Jenny look? and
what is she doipgp and how is my dear
Aunt Beman? do tell INC the news?
Jenny, said !, mastering courage and
words, is the dearest little wife in the
world, you must know, only too fond Of
her scamp Of husband. As TO her
looks, you can't expect mo to say any.
thing, for she always looks lovely to me.
Bravo said the pretty girl, with
malicious smile; but about my dear
Aunty's rheumatismY'
Miss, / mean, of course Mrs. Bcman,
is very WELL
'Wellp' said my fair questioner, re
garding me with surprise, Il thought
she had not been well for number of
yeaisp
Il mean well for her. said I, in some
trepidation: the air of st. Louis (which
have since learned is of misty moisty
order) has done her world Of good