The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-12-21
VOLUME 20.

faStOuIAfiment Wnen on the Goot III large iet
tiers. | read these words, Mr. Edward Red
stock, M. ID.
"A rival cried I, clapping my hands
.bonghtlees girl that was; another fsu(
lof Montague aud Capulet. Maria coul,
Iuot ttomeo aud Juliet be found to term
rate it
Don't laugh, cried Maria, graveIy pa
"a is quite ill with vexatiou imagine in
Isinall town like this two doctors 1t al
I.le fault of that advertisement Som.
ischeming young man has seen IT, and hud,
ling no hope Of practice elsewhere, has CONT
Ibere. suppose that he's as poor az q rat.
AT this instant the sound Of horses foot
isteps was heard aud ttien three vaux Of
lfurnitureAppeared III sight. They were com
lug our way We looked snxiously To see
before which house they stopped. | must
confess that what Maria said interested me
IN the young dooter, aud l really hoped thia
war all for him Maria said nothing, but
with frown on her brow she waited the
lprogress Of events. AS | expected, the vans
lstopped before the young doctors house, and
in few minutes the men begun to unload
My friend turned pale as she saw that the
vehicles were full of elegant furniture
The wretch has got young wife, too,
she exclaimed, as a piano and harp came
to view, and then she added, this will never
lido; they must be put down at once; they
are strangers in the neighborhood, we are
we'll known. Sit down at the desk my dear
girl, and help me to make out list of
all the persons we can invite to ball and
an evening party. ! look upon them as i'm
pertinent interlopers, and they must be
crushed
aughingly acquiesced, and, aided by
! her, soon wrote out list Of invitations to
be given.
Now" said Miss Walker, after few mo
'uents hesitation, two persons more must
be invited
And who are they?'
Mr. and Mrs. Radstock,' replied Maria
triumphsntly. while could scarcely speak
| from astonishment.
The rest OF my narrative collected from
the lips of my friend, little more than a
year later.
The ball took place to the admiration of
Ill C 1t was splendid affair, Sc
iect band came from London, in which two
foreigners, with drealfully euphonic
names played upon two unknown instru
ments, and deaf.ned nearly every person in
the rooul, and would have driven every
| body away had they not been removed TO
the drawingroom balcony; then there Was "a
noble Italian, reduced TO tenor singer,
| vino astonished the company; equally by
the extraordinary number Of strange songs
that he sung, and the number of ices and
jellies that he ate; then ihere We're one or
two literary men, who wrote anonymously,
but might have been celebrated only they
scorned to put their names forward among
the common herd already know to the pub
tic; there "as young poet, too. who
thought Alfred lennyson Intimately SUPERB
or to Shakespeare, and by the air with which
he read . poem, seemed to lnslbuate that lie
was greater than either; and there Was
funny gentleman, who could initiate Henry
.:usseIl john Perry, blackstone, who gave
j negro recitation, which might have been
Ghiuese poetry tor ali the company under
stood OF IT, In fact it was the greatest at
far of the kind winch G had seen for
many a loug day Mr.. au1 Mrs. Ratlstock
came and were received with cold polite
mesa by both father and daughter. he
young man was good looking, with an in
reiigent eye, pleasant address, and none Of
ongs to those who have Just thrown eff ti.e
medical student to become the doctor
Miss kadstock. his sister, who kept mouse
for him, until he found wife, as a cliarn-
ing girl of about twenty She smiled at
the manner Of both air aud Miss Walker,
but said nothing, Young Radstock's only
revenge for the lady Ut the house GOODNESS
and stateli;iess Of tone was asking her to
dance at the first opportunity, which Ger
tainly was vexatious. for his toue was 30
pleasing, his manner SO courteous. that Ma
ria could not but feel pleased when sne
wanted to be irate, distant and naughty.
They danced together several times and
to the establishment of many friends of the
young lady, of myself in particular they
went down to supper the best friends in the
world, laughing and looking like old &C.
quaintances
Next day, however. she resumed her orig
inal coldness of manner when her brother
and sister called to pay their respects She
was simply polite, and no more, and after
two or three words they retired, Emily
Radstock becoming as still and quiet as her
new acquaintance. From that day Maria
became very miserable. She was not ava
riclous, aud did not fear her father losing
his practice from pecuniary motives, but il
was pride that Influenced her Her father
had for some years monopolized the parish,
and his predecessor had for forty years be-
fore him;and now to behold a young uufledg
ed physician setting up exactly opposite.
and threatening to divide i'll time the bust
ness of the town, was dreadful. The physi-
clan of the town sounded better too, than
one of the doctors, and altogether it was
most unpleasant affair.
Maria place was now alwsps at the bow
window She bad no amusement but t.
watch the opposite house, to see if patients
came, or if Edward kadstock made any at
tempt to call about aud Introduce himself
But for some time she had the satisfaction
Of renarkiug that not a soul called at the
house, save the butcher. tue baker and 9th
er contributors to the interior comforts of
uau, and Maria began to feel the nope thai
Edward Radstock would totally fail in bis
endeavors to Introduce himself She re
marked, however, that the young man took
it quietly; he sat by his sisters side willis
abe played the piano, or with book aud ci
gar at the open window, or took Emily "a
drive i'll his gig; always when he remarked
Siaria at the open window, bowling with
provoking courtesy. nothing dauntei by
her coldness OF ma, ner, or her pretence of
not noticing Ills poiteness
One day Mr.. Walker was out he had
been called to distance to see pstieat,
Who was very seriously i'll, When Malta sal
al the bow window toohing up street Sud
denly she saw boy running down on their
side Of the way; she knew him 10y lis bright
buttons, light jacket and gold lace. it WIS
the page Of the Perkinses, a family with q
host of little children, who from constant
colds, iudigestlons, and fits of illness csustc
by to great liking for the pleasures Of the
table, which fond mother had not tss
3 heart to restrain, were continually on Mr.
Walkers book,
! The boy rang violently at the BELL ans
: Maria opened the door aud listened
> la Mr.. Walker at homeS said the bow
scarcely able to speak for want of breath