Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1862-02-11
NV ATTEMPT AT MATCH
MAKING.
BY GEORGE C. LYMAN.

| had silently watched my aunt for an
hOur-my aunt katharine, who sat silently
BY the window with her sewing. Through
the light meshes of the lace curtains the
bright sunshine came in and fell upon her
soft dark dress, smooth hair, and pretty
white work, while the fresh breeze fJat-
ing in through the ouen window. EI4w into
III ON a carnaii pink upon her cheeks
And sitting there in the breeze and SUM
shire saw that my aunt Katharine was
very hands me. At first | thought it was
strange | had never noticed that fact be
fore but ii vas not strange, for chl1reE
think nothing about their parents Or
guardians looks, except that they be Ileas-
ant or urI a-ant, and | was little more
than II child. Ever since could remem-
her, aunt katharine, with Der dark dress,
smooth ialr and gentle ways. had taken
care of me; and when | grew into a tail
girl of fifteen, old enough 20 90 10 kissing
parties aud have young beau, she watch
ed over me still. She was ny mother. nv
companion, my friend. | never realized
my orphanage or want of other kin, but
Mad been the same careless, light hearted,
merry girl ever since | could remember
that was on the June morning watched
her at work in the sunlight. She Looked
up at last
"Addie, isn't it most school time ?" she
inquired.
Yes auntie, l am going in minute !;
but first tell ne"
what, child"
'Why you never were married"
because | never liked anybody we'll
enough to marry him. Now 60 aad get
ready for school"
She smiled as she spoke, and after a
glance at her face | smiled too, and ran off
up stairs to get my bonnet and satchel.-
Coming down stairs again, l put my head
in at the sitting room door.
"Aunt Katharine"
"Well?"
"If you found anybody whom you liked
well enough, would you marry him ?"
al don't know-I suppose so. Why,
what in the world has got into your head,
Adder"
laughed, slammed the door. bounded
thr ugh the hall into the road Half way
to the school house met my teacher. Mr..
Charles Devereux.
GOOD morning, Miss Addie. Recita
tons all ready ?"
"Yes, SIR" answered, and he passed on
ahead, sauntered on slowly, thinking of
my aunt Katharine. | thought it would be
a nice plan for her TO be married. The
next thought was who could she marry?
There was only half dozen unmarried
middle aged men in the village. Aunt
| Katherine was twenty -seveD, and of course
she wouldn't marry very young man.
rapidly enumerated the half dozen eligible
ones and their suitability for my plan
"Lawer Hyde thirty, rich, aristocratic and
stingy. Mr.. Leighton, thirty FIVE, band
some, good, well of, but a widower; and l
have heard aunt Katharine say she did not
like widOwers. Mr.. PiersOD, twenty eight
handsome. wealthy. but too fast; she would
not like him. Mr.. JARVIS, thirty six, small
Grabbed, miserable, and uubeaTable gen.
orally. Mr.. Howe, too homely to be tho't
of; and Captain Haynes, with yellow,
bushy whiskers, and nine thousand dollars
worth of mortgaged property, which he is
always talking about, worse yet. Rather
a sorry array"
just then the school bell rung, and !
went into nv books and Mr.. Charles Dew
ersux--sged twenty, handsome, intelligent,
well-educated, and unmarried. The class
in intellectual philosophy was called first,
and though had carefully committed my
lessons to memory the evening before,
my late thoughts had quite driven all re-
membrance of it from my head, and my
Rotations was imperfect. Mr., Devereux
looked supposedly at me, but said nothing.
In French grammar my performance was
still worse.
"Miss Addie," said Mr.. Devereux. as
passed by him on my way to my seat, do
you have any trouble with those French
verbs in learning your lessons 2"
"Yes, sir, little" replied.
"You want little reviewing. think.
If have time, will call in at your house
this evening, and help you little, while
are studying"
Mr.. Devereux knew that always stud>
led in the evening, and had several times
called in and spent an hour ip assisting me