The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1865-04-13

who had been 50 stqdioasly cold aud re- |
served toward HIM.
"She don't like me-" said he, "and ] |
for the life of me cant tell why. Well, |
as [ said before, women are uuacGounta.
BILE conceIns ~
"Amy," said Miss Brownleigh to her
pretty young cousin, 81 wish you would
just run over to Mrs. Mayfelds with
this note. The children are at school
and | have no one to send
Cob, no." said Amy, while a fresh
tingle sutfused her delicate cheek. IL
don't want to encounter that superfne
collegian."
Nonsense, nc isn't there he's stay
ing with Harry franklin"
"Oh, then, I will take the note," said
Amy, raising and looking around for her
ooqucttish little gipsey hat
"You are strangers girl, Amy" said
her cousin. "What can be the reason
that you dislike Richard Mayfeld ? lie
is 50 handsome and so very talented"
Il don't fancy these merely ornamen-
tal people" said Amy, demurcly, "My
husband must be of some use in the
world"
Glow do you know put that Mr..
Mayfeld is ?'
"Can't be possible" said Amy, archly
shaking her curls. His hands are too
small for anything but llmon- colered
kid gloves. I'll wager new bonnet,
Alice, that he never done anything more
laborious in his life than to carry box
of cigars"
| Miss Brownleigh laughed, and Amy
passed out of the vine-wrcathed porch,
wondering within herself whether Mr..
Richard Mayfeld had been much v2xed
BECAUSE she had refused to dance with
him the evening previous.
Mr.. John Mayfeld's house was at no
great distance, and as Amy was quitoin.
innate with that lady, and understood
the domestic saturnalia that was at pre-
sent transpiring within her domain, she
did not think it necessary to knock but
opened the door and walked in without
any ceremony.
There stood Dick, the apex ola pyra-
midal scaffolding Of board, his fine broad
cloth raiment obscured by lime splash.
ed sheet which was girdled around his
waist by ponderous knot of rope and
his, black curls oyershadowed bya coarse
old straw hat, working away rs if for
dear life. His back was toward the
door, and supposing the step to be that
of his sisterin- law, he said gaily, without
turning his head,
"What . is the carpet ready 50 soon,
/ Bell ? I'm just though here, and I'll
come and tack It down in one minute y
Not receiving any answer, he immedi'
ately turned round.
"Miss Brownleigh ~
! lie never looked so handsome in his
life and that was the first thonght that
rushed through Amy's mind, in the
midst of all her embarrassment for Dick
had the advantage Of the young lady in
this respect-she was embarrassed, and
he was not.
lie sprang, laughingly, 10 the fool
and threw off his 9hogtly drapery.
"You ppat think I have curious
taste IN costume" said ne, archly, "but
the truth is Isabel has been disappointed
in her hired help, and my brother i,
away from home SO | am helping hel
clean house"
81 did not know-l thought you hat
notasto'-,stammered no Amy, unconscious
I. ly speaking out her thoughts,
"You supposed that | was nothing
more than an ornamental piece Of fur
niture Ask Isabel about that" said
Dick, half piqued, half smiling. "But
can be of use to you now?"
81 had a note from my cousin, Tor Mrs
Mayfeld,' said Amy, still speaking
scarcely above her breath.
"She has gone down to her father
orchard, said Dick. "Itis omedistanc(
and not a very straight path. Ifyou viii
wait until ! remove little of this lime
l shall be happy to escort you down tt
the place"
Half at hour ago Amy would hav'
laughingly informed him that it wa
quite unnecessary for her to trouble him
now she stood and waited.
1t was a long walk, under the over
spreading shadows of the noble appl
trees, bending with the weight of Grim
sou aud rustic fruit, aud through th'
meadows ankle deep in purple and bloom
aud nodding plumes Of golden red, yet
for all that, Amy was quite surprised
| when Mrs Mayfeld came in sight, car
rying a little basket of rose checked
t peaches from a favorite tree beyond
| We believe it is one Of womans spec
| ial aud incontroyertible privileges t.
change her mind therefore nobody wa
much astonished when three month";
) subsequently there was a rumor Of thu
engagement of Mr.. May6el6 and Mis-
Brownleigh. Still, however, Dick al
| ways declared that it was an insolubl'
, mystery to him that when seleradeg anc