Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-01


gone, walking the parlors and rubbing hi.
hands together in great glee a. Du.en-
bury, IA gone case, that's evident Ruby,
tnv dear, you behaved like an angel"
did |, papa p that young lady rep led.
demurelv glancing at him from under her
jetty la,hes, while the least bit of smile
twifched ,hreateningly ut the dimpled cor
ners of her rosy mouth
Il m glad tr see you haven't got any
schools -.irlish notions in your head, Ruby,
| was not without fear that you intended
to be perverse in this matter It's n SD en-
did match, child, splendid. Dusenbury's
rich as .tew-most thriving firm, really,
in the city-and we're thinking, child, Of
consolidating nur two houses, St Maur,
| Dusenbury & Co-do magnificent bu>i :
ness then-perfectly magnificent. / was
afraid Dusenbury wou d bolt from the en-
terprisc. But he won. now, if this matter
goes on as it has begun. Why, RUBY
| you be the prouiest woman alive when
you are Mrs. Duscnbury"
Il dare say, papa; but what's become
of the old cormorant now2"
"Child, child Won must not allow YOUR
self to speak in that manner of your inten-
dei husband" /"
"Indeed he looks Ike one, papa, and he
ate like one, and his nose is so long ard
crooked that couldn't help thinking, as
he devoured those chestnuts, that his nose
must be trying to see where they all went
to"
Mr. st Maur WIS n the habit of laugh
in- at Ruby somewhat pert remarks, and
he cou not resist q smile now, though he
tried
"Mr. Dusenhury's : son behaved badly"
he said was bad fellow, I'm afraid,
and he's well rid Of him"
II don't be iere he was bad bit, nov
His father just wAn.ed to make witherd
old hunks OF hi i like himself. and because
he couldn't DO it he disowned him, Ruby
exclaimed, with irate emphasis and rosy
pout. IL know one thing: If ever get
the power, Hunt Dusenbury's father shall
DO him Justice =
Mr. St Maur stared in .nee ,hees as
tonishment, from which he did not recov-
er till after Ruby hai given him her good
night kisS, swept like an Indignant little
queen from the room.
What strange eli d she is, really up
IN my w-ri, he muttered then.
D..f-.
nGolent. luxnr;ous little body She was
cry fond of curing herself away anon.
~ilkrn cushions, and dreaming sometimes
wakint visions. She was occupied pre-
ciSeiy thus one morning, Of which am
goin- to tell vou She looked like a fem
inine edition of uril asleep among the
r ,srs, though she wasn't asleep. or if she
was sh, was decd y talkative in her
s'umher
Now, then" she murmured, hrinrin.
her little rosy palm emphati cally down
upon th" cushions. IF cou'd bring that
faStialious Hunt to the point, d fix mat.
tel in n twinklin- What is it To him il
papa has .ot money? 1t isn't papa's mon
ey he wants-its me. AMI why can't he say
so, I'll like t" know. | suppose, now, if
his wa-herwoman's daughter, he'd
6nd way to tell me that he loved me in
very short orier, but
Mr. DuSenbnrv," announced the SER
want ut the door; an |, not seeming to hear
Ruby sat still and pretended to be very
sound aslee indeed
If this were Mr. Dusenbury, he must
ha drank ut the fountain of youth since
yesterday, for this gentleman cou d not
have been more than twenty-five and he
carried him self with the handsome grace
Of an Apollo.
As the door closed behind him he adj
'anced slowly down the parlor, not seeing
the sleeping beauty till he came beside
her, and paused then in rapt admiration
| before so charming picture.
| 1t was an admirably counterfeised
.lumbcr-the jetty lashes untremblingly
| prone upon the velvety cheek, the breath
coming at regular inter 5 through the
/ rosebud mouth 1t wasn't much wondor
/ that Mr. Hunt Dusenburv caught lis
breath and murmured
/ II wish ! dare r
The lips of the fair sleeper moved slight
( ly, and bending to catch the faint utter
ance, be heard something thnt sounded
wonderfully like his own name with q ca
ressingly expressive prefix.
Mr.. Hunt Dusenbury rather doubted
the evidence Of his own ears, but he acted
quite as though he didn't, for. slipping an
arm under the curi-tressed head, he drew
il to his breast, and when Ruby opened
her large, bright eyes in profound aston
ishment, he kissed them shut again, mur-
muring:
"Oh, Ruby, Ruby, my darling. love
your'
She flushed like rose under I'll. ks.
es. but she couldn resist the temptation
TO be tantaiizing, so she said poutingly;