St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-08-18
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i had made; and which had happened rath
er oddly 1T WAS between six Of us. ~ Net
Darwel, Wood, Lucas and, one Of HI,
cousins, Andrews. and myself. .j And h,
who shook hands first with certain youpt
lady was TO win the stakes. Ned calle,
my attentionto to her rs we were walking il
the Row Gardens, listening to the band. :
& "By Jove!'h; he aaid, ,fsnipping my arm
''there'sIasj jolly girl.'' I4sai aJ5 ie said.
:, She hadlvery dark hair and. eyes, which
was rendered TIE more attractive byl.a be-
witchmg little Efmauve. hat, with whit,
veiltied: back ina bow. She was .rathe,
tall and slight, butsverys graceful; audylie1
little feet!ass fheypeepe out every now an1
then from under her muslin odfess--fory tn.
grass vas rather damp. and the dress hat
10 beI5heldapp77sseemed. perfection. Il Sh,
was accompanied by All DID, lsoidierly-look
ing gentleman ii and a young fellow, 20
about twenty7t xos or twenty 7three years
ages was walking, by. her other side. nj o.
p 'Whois is she; ;?'nsE Iasked.la; 1;a aye!, US
|1 I'sL,don't know. answered Ned. ..m "some
new Importation, If: :Hqllo!is; Aere's, Lucas
he is sure to know Isay,rL Llcas, my boy
who is that ,darksgirl withSthe hat? ~ 20:
!. ''Oh, hangltheo girl with lhe rum: shapeS
hat! 8 She's Le.itia Turner. ! Everybody
knows her ugly phiz:''', .ss,.;5uln iaa3 iu ,
q .'No.; the. one with the .mauye, hat ane
white veil, There! man alive, can'ts yor
see There, J. just turning round! at tht
end nd Of the: WALL, ,bo you, see her now q :,
Don't know her at all ), said. the other,
i, DO you, John n heiasked, turning to his
cousin. .,.,h r,.,
:: :Nessssr saw her before said the cousin
'Bua she's. awfully ,sysll.'4g e,s:ss, j: ,3,3y
20 &, 4 Then Wood and Andrews ,atrorled up.t7
= They asked US the very Question we eswere
going. to ask them j, 50 we discovered: that
the yonngg lady was a perfect: stranger torus
all. .lo Wheleuponl Lucas undertook to rout
her out, as he called it. aaa tell VS. u
4; 4 say, Lucas, said N'eea, who was rather
jealous of the: azceuaancy: Lucas had gain,
cd over rs in the hqaorsEof !6nding, out and
becoming acquainted with different ,youi4g 6
ladies, Ill bet you anytbingsyo|utf y|tf ike that
I'll shake hands with her before you, will.
There, Lucas, my by, there'ssa . fair bet for
you, @Ta4y IA ly:.J .zys, lei3z.t ne r.
And then. the rest came forward, each
willing to make the same offer.
=. So Tho hoi: woe naof!o --a'ttisit was about
It that Vas thinking wien Gan-- spoke 70 u
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q Very strange scenes, nvhe sal id again,
nodding at me- over. lis oars. T suppose
the expression ha9d been well digsstea and
proved wholesome, SO he repeated it,
They say = London cabman could tell a
good deal he continued, still nolding.
But bless you sir, what can they. see Or
hear :? There they sit hogging their poor
horses: sshile tile people are behind them,
shut up in a rattling rackcty thing. They
can't hear sir. How can they? Now we,
you see MIR, Fred, when we come forward
like this, we could almost Hiss the people,
much more hear what they say TO prove
his assertion, !, old Dan suite his action to
his words: and bent over his oars, leaning
forward as far as he could. Having finish
ed his: long speech, he nodded again mys}e=
riously as if to say, .There I have enlight-
ened you quite eenopg6! for one day: and
then:pulled on again. 20; ,.:4ic .,1,&. = IL
As he seemed Inclined: to bes silent and
did not speak, my, thoughts gradually re-
verted to our bet. Lucas had told us that
the young lady was Miss Lcith, that the
old gentleman was Major Leith, and that
they and Mr.. Henry Leith were living at 6,
Marine Gardens. So much information he
had gathered from the. .Clitgate Chronicle ;
but that was not an introduction, and i
see no chance Of getting one lle sald. TO- me
carefully. All his numerous cousins had
proved perfectly useless on this occasion.
Among us Ned had heen the most lucky.
Miss Leith had. bowed. and thanked him
when he. picked up book which she
dropped upon the parade. I came second.
In passing once I was honored with asec--
ond look. The rest were nowhere;. ard
just q week had elapsed since we made the
bet.d Up to the present time Miss Leith
had been inyincible, though we had all
done our utnost 10 obtain an introduction.
Not. that any of us cared for the stakes; !;
they were triaing enough; but there was
spirit Of emulation at work within us for
the honor Of the first shake of the hand; Of
the young lady. The more difficult it be-.
came the more eager we all were 10 win it.
We had found out that nobody in the town
knew her, so we were thrown upon our own
resources: "''' ..,@ @@.':.'1@' 21>.:'' .. -
She went down to the, beach every morn
ing when it was fine and walked upon the
Parade in the afternoon but was always
accompanied by. either her father or the
young fellow announced in the Chronicle
as Mr.. Henry Leith. Whether Mr..
Henry 1eith was her brother or her cousin,
and in the latter case her lover, we could
not find out. But we put him, down for .
brother. i7Ea = e.3=> z.s.ls.t ~ Et,s~r I
We had told ban. about our bet and lie