The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-03-23

.ea' VVSosiohel'y noatcd UP my retreat.
| longed to be witness ot the frolic |
knew they were enjoying but could not
summon resolution enough TO venture
from my concealmeni; aud so | wound
the sheets round my head to shut out the
gay penls of laughter, and tried 10 think
myself highly satisfied with my achieve.
ment--l was comfortable and safe, SO
far as knew; but the hours were long
ones, and ! prayed Time to jog on his
team little faster, If convenient.
by aud by, the merriment grew louder,
there was patterug of eager feet on the
garret stairs, considerable loud whisper.
ing In the passage, and an infinite
amount of giggling. Good Heavensl
What are they going 10 dol olutchcd
- bed clothes with frantic hands, and
ulew tnem, ground my head, TO the utter
Inegleet OF inc rest Uf my body, probably
believing like tho ostrich, thai SO long as
| saw nobody, nobody would see me.
Directly the door was thrown open, and
evidently there was consultation upon
the threshold.
"Go in, FlOry!" said The gay voice OF
Merucb the pride aud tease OF the village.
ii say go in! What on earth aro you
Iofrnid ON Roy Sundoriocd ,yon,, o.,
Won n ho k.s,i,,
"Bu,wba,wiIl bc ,hinl,. ,,,d Florcnco
lUuv soI1L .,IIa 10 go h,shCL, ca
ness, Kate, how can II"
"NonseGse. You must pay the forfeit,
or the lhimble remains in my possessioul
won: be cooked over this tim-" re-.
turned Kate decisively.
oona- IL ae 81, 81, ,osi', ,oe h s V,s" ',t, w."
So n"SS ga ~, W. Ss'SU 80. rnh I'll
my ~! ,Vton' ,,a'e,, 9'.u VIZ, WV
ma,oh c. an cs",is.o [ Uu ~ ~ " y
" ,'m",,'a.,r ~, u - LII J Them
SniI n1" "'..uu "'., ""I S,rnnce w U,y kissed
mn NV =" w,Sou,a, w. a," Such n Thrill; as went
IT, s' na a',s hcsr,, sevontlv wished she
wnu,T ransn, ,he o,erntinn, but instead
Of Jo;na sn she scssprrcd from the room
SnlIowed h, ner bois,erous companions.
Completely overcome, 1 crept under the
bed, where remained until nightlall sent
our merry visitors to their respective
homes,
Well, the year passed on, brought my
eighteenth birthday. l had lost nothing
OF my besetting difficulty. My mother
was thoroughly mortified by my conduct
and did not hesitate to lecture the soundly
on my folly; and my Aunt Alice emphnt'
icully declared was the most consumatc
fool she had ever seen. knew Il was
true, but--so perverso is man'-i dId not
feel all obliged to her for uttering II,
One doy II raincd little, IN lacti OFT
en- does so, Florence Hay was returning
from the VILLAGE just as the shower came
up aud partly out oil regard Tor my moth
er,with whom she was u great ioVorite
partly from the lear OF running ner new
spring bonnet, size stepped INTO ou
house.
My mother was delighted TO- SOC her
and made her quite at nome ilreetly' IL
was, no new thing for the little maiden te
visit my mother; but on such occasions
had akHays hitherto taken h'ght To the
field or the hay NOV. Now, therefore u
was raining hard, aud was holding sir
for my motherto wind, 80 retreat wa'
'"a1dJdg'f "a oAqu's,se ,v,,u'e v,v'y sv
ment lest the fair visitor should address
some question to me and obllae me 10
speak, yet enjoyed being where could
look into her bewitching lace immensely
She had snch blue eyes, and such cherry
| lips! And those lips had kissed mel
biushed red hot to think of Il; aud my
good mother anxiously commented on nv
high color, saving she was afraid wns
gJinc TO have The eryslpelas. Ervsinelns
indeedI
It ruined all the afternoon. Florence
STAYED I, ten. and by the time Tho menl
was over I Ind broken two plntes
knocked down saucer. unset the cream
pitcher, and nearly cut tho end of NV
thumb off with my knife. Also, tho rain
had moi ceased. md II was dark.
Florence declared that she cou,d mi,
stop another moment Her friends would
he alarmed about her. shc mus, 20 ~,
once NV mo,her urgcd ber 40 rs,n,in
Mi NIGHT mi She could no, ,Sint Of -.
and. while was arranoing her warns m, NV
mo,ber beckoned mo in,o tho on,ry "'
"Roy." she said. decisivelv. aFlorcoce
should not no home plone'I
~ can't l,elp itin said 7 dogoodlv al
puess notbipg will dcvour her m he,
;ournev -
aMy sonp ale cxcIo;mod ,,;,h ;,
veritv' az cannot nermi, 90, % - s1aoL ai 'E n,
that Way of one whom I m hiohlv raanacf
II is up9entlemaplv. yonp S,3er
sent, the servant is busy. and Floreneo
has a full half mile to walk. You will
attend her home!"
MY limbs ,rembled under me. Iwou,d
have darted from the back boor, and len
my mother's ravorite to'shift for herself;
but my uustere relative had kept a firm
hold of my arm, aud without further par,
ley, drew mo back to the parlor.
"If you must co. she said to Florence
~ W i'll not urge you. Roy sha II wall
home with yor."
Florence opened wide her blue eyes in
evident astOnishment; and, as for me, the
whole creation was in whirli The
room went round and round like a top.--I
was obliged to grasp the back of4a chair
TO keep from falling-I was penetrated