Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-05-13
Ard there she stopped resolutelv.


VIII "a glorious, bracing, New Years
Day it was! There had been just SNOW
enough ID the night IL form white glis-
<ningscoat over everything, and afford an
excellent excuse for the merry sleighs that
darteds hither and thitber with streaming
fnrs add jingling bells All the tashiona.
bic world was astir-the gentlemen busily
consulting their interminaoIe list Of calls,
and the ladies putting the last touches to
their gorgeous toilet
ss There were not many upon that day
who received more adulation than Agatha
Milne, as she stood like q yonrg empress
in her splendid drawing rooms, every
mirror flashing back her loneliness. Her
dress was very simple--pink silk, edged
around the shoulders with snowy ermine,
and long sprays of jasmine dropping from
her hair-yet she knew that she had never
been so beautiful as now, as she listened
with languid smiles to the compliments
showered upon her. It was nothing new.
The gilded chandeliers had been lighted,
and the jewelled fingers of the tiny ALA
baster clock on the mantle pointed to
late hour, when the peal OF the door-bell
announced new incursion of guests, and
MIR. Fitz Anbyn entered, surrounded by a
gay party OF young meE:
ssGoed evening, Miss Milne surely / am
not too late to wish You the happiest OF
all imaginable New Years2 Whom do
you suppose | saw steering in the direc-
ton of your hospitable mansion Just now Z
Here he comes to speak for himself,-the
Ctevaler Stanton
Agatha turned calmly to welcome tie
new conner, and the ksenest eye coula
scarcely discern the deeper shade of color
that glowed on her delicate cheek, as he
| quietly can TO greet her.
"Fill your glasses, gentlemen" exclaim-
ed Fitz Aubyn, holding high above his
head a tiny chaliee.of engraven Bohemian
glass, trimming with crimson wine, "let
rs drink to the health OF our fair hostess,
Miss Agatha Milne"
The impromptu toast was received with
acclamations cf satisfaction, and Fitz Au-
byn glanced around to see if all bad fol,
| lowed his iD)unctions, ere he touched his
lips to the glass.
"Come, Stanton, no lack of chivalry
here: where's your glass 20 1a
q will drink Miss Mines health in
clear water with the greatest pleasure, y
said Station, smiling, but | never touch
wine"
Never touch wine! and pray why
not 2"
g 1t is against my principles" said Stan
ton witt quiet tirmess.
Fitz Aubyn curled his lip in contemptu-
Gus silence, that was several degrees hard
er to bear than spoken obloquy; but then
another y, ung man leaned forward to lrl~
terpose his word.
"Offer the wine to him yourself, Mics
Milne; surely he cannot be so lost to all
sense of gallantry as to refuse 1t from
your fair band!"
Agatha had grown very pale, but with
out speaking, she filled one OF the goblets,
and held 1t towards Stanton.
"Will you take it from me q
Looking at her with calm gravity. he
replied,
~ss Miss Milne, should be a coward in
deed did l allow your persuasions to sway
me from the fixed.principles which are the
guiding star of my life"
He bowed and withdrew. The glass
fell from Agatha's hand and shivered into
a thousand sparkling fragments. She bit
her scarlet lip until the blood started, with
| strange sympathetic thrill OF exultatlon.
Had he wavered for an instant in his de-
termination, she would have despised him.
"a very poor investment those horses
70
about four weeks subsequently as he strobe
into the brilliantly illuminated salons of
the Club House. 6 W alter, a glass OF
brandy and water, quick ]"
whats the matter, Fitz? you look as
black as q thunder. cloud" observed by
stander, who was leaning against mar
bic pillar and picking his teeth in most
epcurian manner.
The matter? Do you remember that
magnificent Agatha Milne, the queen of
all the beauties %
'Of course 1 do she hasn't lost her
wits or her property, | hope?"
No, but Tee lost the latter item pretty
etfectually. Who do you suppose she is
going to marry2''
Il am sure | cannot guess. Do tell
your news at once, and don't keep fellow
in suspense"
"Well she is going to become Mrs Char
ley Stanton; actually going to marry a
man with fossil aunt, and principles that
| won't allow him to drink glass of wine
| Bah the palpable humbug that passes
| current in this world"
u could have prophesied as much before,
my dear boy, If you would have only done
me the hOnor to listen to me-" observed
the other, coolly unfolding the newspaper
so az 10 get at the inside columns, "You
gay and dash,ng young fellows are all
very well so long girl wants to amuse
/ herself; but when it comes to q lite long
question, she is apt to prefer safe man
/ Tor husband
Fitz Aubyn groaned very deeply, but
considered his position too precarious to
| be worth arguing.
Meanwhile little Ruth Ellenwood was
as busy as bee working at her cousins
wedding robe of spotless white satin, ard
asking ten thousand questions, the finale
of which always was:
But, Agatha, you would never tell me
why you didn't like him, and now you are
| just as bad. Tell me, that's darling, why
! you changed your mind"
And Agatha only laughed and crimson
| ed and made the same old provoking an
swer: "Oh-6ecause"
IF The Boston Commonwealth pub
/ fishes a sketch of Gen. Which, now a
prisoner at Richmond He is said to be
the illegitimate son of Prince Frederick
Of Prussia, also q relative and for long