Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-12
[From All The Year Round.]
PATTY'S TEA-PARIlES.
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NY darling Pet and the excellent squire,
who was growing quite stout portly fell
low, came early. a.
"How nice of you," whispered to her
show nice Of you, Pet, to come so beauti-
fully dressed"
II think he will not know if wewear silk
or sackcloth-but have thought in my
head-to.be clever this evening, and made
my old thing read, oh, such book, with
name so long. One person shall not only
be able to talk learned to him."
Was not she a darling to enter at once
into my feelings. But oil goodness gra-
cious, when she arrived-that person
really she was the little Dresden shepherd
ess over again, and poor Miss Ross looked
like an overgrown school girl beside her,
in white muslin. ........ ..---.. .
However, excepting that one thing, never
was there such successful tea-party.
Everybody was delighted with the fresh
ness, the prettiness of my tea-table. flat
ter myself--but dear me, what is the use of
my flattering myself, when Erasmus is sit
fting by, and staring at that person just as If
she were one of 'Jupiter's moons, or his
mothers Dresden shepherdess.
.I am afraid of opening my lips before
YOU, DOCTOR" (such dreadfully pretty lips),
| muttered this false thing, who only came to
| talk to him. .,...,. ....,
"Why?" said he, quite anxious. "Now
why?" ... ...4 .0... s. ID
| "Because you are so clever, and know so
many languages; and though study good
deal, and never permit myself to read the
least bit of trash-yet feel-I know am
but babe in learning" And she looked
up, odiously pretty.
| tThat we all are, my dear madam. The
more one dips into the well of knowledge,
the deeper one finds it," ..E rE0
"But still, how it fascinates one to pene-
trate into the mysteries of nature. All that
Won were telling us this morning of the or
| igin of races, of the different types of hui
man kind, charmed me. Ishall take up en-
tomology as one of my favorite studies"
"Entomologyl" echoed Erasmus. a.il
| uYes-I was so much interested in what
Won told Miss Ross of the Tudor origin
| aHum, hum" said Erasmus.
Pet and exchanged Fluctuations by the
| '"That is a very silly woman whispered
| the SQUIRE to me; ''she ought to content
herself with looking pretty"
But Sarah Jane, who was there OF course
at the tea-party, loved her at once. She
looked her over, and appraised her ana her
dress. and each calculation showing its
costliness and value, of course Sarah Jane
loved on in proportion. She had never
seen any reason why people should be par
t;cular In naming their ologies, so she was
ss ignorant as Mrs. Arundel as to why
Trasmus hummed. Mrs. Bellenden and
Sarah Jane were now on pretty good terms
AZ Robert said, "She had now settled down
to her paces all right," which was no doubt
satisfactory way of talking about her, as
far as Robert was concerned.
- For nv part, was glad to perceive that
sba was beginning to see what it was to bt
q wife. she took some time to do SO, which
was the more astonishing when remem'
ber how dreadfully she was In love will
Mr.. Bellenden before they were married
However, / cannot waste all our precious
moments upon her. must bring our tea
drinking to an END. "FAe "c.h.i .a