Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-11-01
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cit i. too bad for you to laugh, Tom. l
never, neper will marry that man!
81 wouldn't if wer" You, cont"leo ioln.
"But, Cousin Mary, wait ana see Inc in;.l. re-
fore YOU decide He may b. quite decent
Mo- said Mary. shaking her head and biz
ing her cherry lips firmly; 81 hate him before
hand~
what n spitrfnl little PUSSY you are;'' said
her companion, laughing.
mo, indeed, Tom, I'm not,' and no hi,,;
eyes became misty. ~ love mana a" and Rnfb
you, Tom, but harr ,,r, TN'i b.. Ind l
~, a"t wv .cmise. Tom, that you'll stand
n'. Az a, and not allow him Ia tea" ne INTO
" ms or rides, or e-a-t"'es ei any hH"'
VII your
Would hel II she had asked him ~ nrr,ipr-
tate himself out of the pear tree upon the Stone
sters brIow, with those blue eyes fixed on his,
he'd have don. il! Any man Of taste would.
81 promise ~ he said; and they shook h.nUs
On IT,
What a cosy place for a chat tha: gnarlad
old Tree was! And hen they had talked OVER
ey'rything they could think OF, il was the most
natural thing IN the world that Tom shonld
network of tiny hnUghs. and read poetry TO
his pretty cousin In the deep musIca voice that
maidens love 10 listen to. And Mary sat there.
watching the letty curlS blowing 10 ana iro on
his broad white brow, and tho long. black
lashcs almost touching his olive check. And
she thought how very, very handsome Cousin
Ion WAS, ana HOW mGCH ne Idft GHdnHSu IN
the ten years that had elapsed since she had
seen him last and she wondered whether Tom
was engaged to any pretty gill-somehow she
hoped not. Now, why couldn't Tom have
been rich like that Prof. La Place, instead OF L
poor young medical student, and"
And W hen the large black eyes We're sudden
" lifted to hers, Mary felt "a though he had
read every thought OF her mind, and blushed
scarlet.
"Come, Tom,' she chattered. to hide her
confusion: "we'ye been up here long enough.
Help me down, and IN show you the old sun
dial that we used to heap up with buttercups
when we were Children"
What a tiny, insignificant. little Mary she
telt leaning on the arm OF that. tail cousin.
And how nice it was 10 have the stately head
bent down so courteously TO catch her soft ac-
eents-for somehow Mary had forgotten her
sauciness, and grown wonderously shy.
rumble OF wheels-it was the returning
carriage, and Mary chung to Toms arm.
"The awful professor she whispered.
Now, Cousin Tom, be sure You stand by me
through everything
ITO my lite's endr' was the whispered an
swer and Mary felt herself crimsoning, much
"a she strOye TO repress the tri!-taie blood.
But there was no one in the barouche save
Mr.. Thorne and Ruth, Is it drew up on the
grand sweep, beside the two cousins.
Where is the Professor r. questioned Miss
Mary.
HE was not at the depot" said Ruth;
But Mr.. Thorne had sprang from the car
riage, and clasped both the strangers hands
in his.
ola Place! is it possible Why, we have
just been looking for you at Mill Stationr'
81 am sorry TO have yenienced you,
SIR was the reply; ''but came by the way Of
Wharton, and walked over this morning.
Never mind, now, so you are safely here -
exclaimed the old gentleman Ruth, my
dear-Mary-let me INTRODUCES you to your
cousin, Prof. La Placer
Mary had dropped his arm and stsod dis
mayed
,you told mo you xrera Conc;n Tor, ",
$50 am Cousin Tom! that is my name and
relationship. Now, Mary" and the black eyes
sparkled brimful of deprecating archness,
"don't be angry because don't take snuff, nor
wear spectaclesi ! beg the other Cousin Toms
pardon, whoever he is; but am very glad he
isn't here Mary be just, and don't hate
Cousin Tom, because his other name happens
to be La Placer
He need not have been so apprehensiye, for,
in their twilight walk beside the sur. deal that
very evening, she confessed that she did not
find Prof. La Place such q terrible ogre. after
all; quite the contrary, in fact. And he sue
ceeded In convincing her that he liked his i'm.
pulsive little cousin Mary all the better for
those pear tree condolences.
But, no doubt, 1t was very perplexng
thing TO have tsco Cousin Toms; and so, about
six months subsequently, Miss Mary contriy.
ed TO obviate that in con vrnience by allowing
one of them TO assume a nearer relation ship,
and IN spite of all her asseverations to the con.
trary, she is Mrs. Prof. La Place.
For ITS solemn fact in this world, that,
whenever q glri says she 'Rercr, neUer'' will do
thing, she is pretty sure to 20 and do il the
nrst chance she gets, and Mary is no exception
TO the general rule.-Neto Fork Ledger