The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-01-31
MY ATTEMPT At MATCH
MAKING.
ny arorrr r. lyNAN
III GEORGE GILMAN,


! had silently watched my aunt for an
lhour-my aunt Katherine, who sat ST.
lently hy the window with her sewing
/ Through tn lipht mcshcs Of the lace cur
tains the bright sunshine came in and tell
Iupon her soft dark dress, smooth hair aud
pretty white work, while the fresh brceEc,
iluating in through the open window,
blew into bloom cCrnation pink upon
lhcr checks. Aud sitting there ia the
breeze aud sunshine ! saw thut my aunt
Katharine was very handsome, AT first
| thuuQhtit strange that had never no.
ticcd that fact before; but il was not
strange, for children think nothing about
their parents or guardians looks, except
that they be pleasant or unpleasant, and
| was little more than a child. Ever
since could remember, aunt katharine,
with her dark dress, smooth hair, and gem
tie ways, had taken care Of me; and when
I grew into tall girl of fifteen, old
enough to go TO kissing parties and have
young beuux, she watched over me still.
She was my mother, my companion, my
friend. | never realized my orphanugc,
or want Of other kin, but had been the
same careless, lighthcaricd, merry girl
ever since could remember, that | was
on the June morning that | watched her
at work in the sunlight. She looked up
at last.
"Addic, isn't it most school.timow she
said,
"Ycs, ouutie, am going in minute;
but first tell mt"
"What, childl'
"Why YOU never were married"
Bee use never liked anybody well
enough to marry him. Now 20 and get
rcady for school.
She smiled as she spoke, and after Q
glance at her fac, smiled, too, and ran
cll'up stairs to got my bonnet and sdtchcl.
Coming down siuiIs again, put my
head in at the sitting room door.
"Auut kCthurincF
"Wrli"
81. you fopud anybody whom yru liked
we'll cncngh, wouldn't YOU marry himW
81 don't know suppose So. why,
what in the world has got into your head,
IAddict"
laughed, slammed the door, and boun.
ded through the hall into the road. Half.
way to the sch,ol house | met my teach
or, Dir. Charles d Yercux.
Good morning, Miss Addic. Rccita'
tiors all rcudyl'
ayes, sir" answered, and he pussc,
on ahead.
! saun,cvcd on slowly, thinking Of ny
qnnt Kutharinc. thought il wculd be
nice plan for her to get married. TIL,
lnext thought was, who could she marry
There were only half dozen unmur
ried middlc-aged men in the village
Aunt Katharine was twcnty-sevcn, and 0
course she wouldn't marry n very younl
man. | rapidly enumerated the half doz
en- eligible ones, and their suitability io
my plan.
"Lpwycr Hide, thirty, rich, uristocrati'
and stingy. Mr.. Leighton, thirty-livc
handsome, good, well of, but widower
and Eye heard Katharine say she did no
like widowors. Mr.. Pier on, twenty
eight, handsome, wealthy, but too fast
she would not like him. Dr. Jarvis. thir
ty-six, small, grabbed, miserable and uu
bcarabe generally. Mr.. Howe. toe home
tly To be thought of. and Captain Haynes
&ith his yello s, bushy whiskors, aud min,
thousand dollars worth of MORTGAGE
property, verse yet. Rather sorry ar
ray"
Just then the school bell rang, and
went in to my books and Mr.. Charlt
Deycreaux---agcd twcnty-cight hand
some, intelligent, wcll-educntcd aud nm
married. The class in intellectual phi
losophy was called first, end though ha
carefully committed my lesson to memo
ry the evening before, my late thought
had quite driven all romembrnnccs of
from my head, and my recitation was i'm
perfect. Mr.. Deyereapx looked sprpris
sdlY at me, bat said nothing. In Frencl
grammar my performance was still worse
"Mss Addict" said Mr.. DcyercHux, q
Ipasscd by him on my way to my seat
edo you have any trouble with thos
French verbs in learning your lessonsl"
ayes, sir, little, ! replied.
"You want u little reviewing, think
I'll have time, will call in at youT hops
this evening, and help you & little wbil
o you are studying"
ur. DevercauX knew that | nlway
studied in tire evening, and had severa
times called in and spent an hour in as
sisting me with a particularly difficult
task dosgrod for the next days recitu
ton. So | was not surprised to hear hin
make this offer, though a little ASHAMED
of the cause Of it, as my failure hud re
suited from my willul inuttention ant
carelessness. | thanked him, however
with flushed face, and went to my seat
But it was not entirely shame that flush
ed my face,
A expected, Mr.. DsgcreGuX cFme il
the evening 10 explain my French lesson
But he did not find me alone. Aunt Kath
srinc sat by The table sewing. and looked
even hundsomCr than in the morning. My
heart gove ilutter Of impatient anticipa
tion every time Mr.. peyereeux looked al
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 cxcclled herself in conversation
that night. ] saw that Mr.. Dcyereaua
was interested, and ] was delighted Will
the success Of my plan.
In the course Of the evening John Ap-
brey, my lover, came in. OF course
claimed John as my lover, for though he
was nice young man Of twen,y-scven
and | mere child of girl, hardly six
teen, he had heaued me TO parties and
Ifoncerts all one winter, and told me a
dozen times that was the sweetest, pret-
ticst, aud most lovealle girl in all Hart
ford So that when John came in, | went
and sat down by him in cosy corner.
and left Aunt katharine 10 entertain Mr..
Devereaux-a plan which 1 thought at
first seemed to work all around.
But after little time | saw John cast
ing uneasy glances toward the place
whero Mr.. Devereaux, looking superbly
handsome, sat talking with nv nnnt.