The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-12-22
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Lite in Tic c,euinr; the piano covered
With sheet music, which showed tba, some
one Ind played through her holc repcr;oire
tHu sisters, one hustiiuE about putting mat.
tura in order for rL,ir;nn the other iounginc
Oh 81 ottoman.
"Nhat is the matter, Minuie?"
Aud Minnie nm wcrrd Nothing"
We a1e afraid tina, she IA put qr;;o tel
the truh. Minnie Was &al! and ahscpt:
Matte her ,i.tcr. was bl;gI.t nd checrv, as
though i. vera morn Instead Of midnight,
nearly. Minnie Wa. I'll. yrrtfi,-. tlink,
and certain Young .cati mar, who Y.sa T.,
that vcrg moment in her mind. thought So
too. Men always Ike best the women who
give them the most trouble. This is one %
he uawcr7itic, Of male human ua,uro.
What GiIa all Minnie, then? Cheerful Mat
IL did not know or suspect; and Minnie
herself could not 1gi,e tell. PERHAPS Minnie
was 'atigrel. Yet. /. either, Matte should
have been. For ,hr had Civ. ii her whole
cv4ninc 10 the ltaht and cheerful entertain.
ment Of guest--tA, same aaid certain Young
gentlemen who had lust taken away his bod
ily presence bit ~ s.He sociological
anachron>m sin gc,Gain.d present. possess.
inc Ni;.u;..'s brain. Matte Aa! "ilattcd.
Matte bal yang Matte had r.fcl, Matte
he'd Ian rhri. Ike n 8gn.r. lan;r creature
as She VA. While Minnie lad ,aoncd al the
evening Over e0!ns nuu>aG sieui fancy work
or other. And though tiat same .aid cer
,.ia yonrg ,,un was Mi!uir, inci.iy recog
.i.ci adni,rr. he had gcaycely been nb!e 10
.lra,. a yor1.fror! her. Matte lad ratified
an wilhoat any rrr.ra!inr. and md sen, the
rauile,uau home in good ipmor with h,.nser
and all the world. Minnie Wa yexcd At his
very good humor. How did he dare 10 be
rlcaEed when she Was silent?
Bat wins was sAr silent? WIZ did she
l,ag. to her sister tho whole pleasure Of The
c;cning. il. !. was q pcasure-the whole Lur.
den. II it was A burden? "Dil thar sane
certain Young man like her si.,er better than
lcrsclf%" was the question Minnie WAS hali
aSI;;uo in l.r mind. II h- did. Miss Minnie,
n r,." nn NJ, ~or! w~thin l.. sh1%cd he better
l..,e; thpa r.. rs W. sa;d last now. mon al
WAYS seem 10 pr.tr III. wo,oan OF all others
,rn,is hcut ON ,uuoyiuu ,h,r. Nohrfy can
It'll vLv, La, The G.r, is 60. rcglsns !, ia on
The nm, i,yinriuIr that the p,y!.i like, ia
..@o,,r - d'.y IN ,r;iIiao .fInr law r.,,;,.;,n,
AZ ni..p he r,utI Ia I,ct.,sr served il
Nuke, fora ,,;i., or hag IN IL, nc, b., ,h,
hn.hn, li;tha yrr,. o1g,;pa and Inc tra..
;"r n, r.rilr,nnn, cI Ianils and 6;.a,.
n[,;n,ntots. Which ,,iycs tLe front lh,;r N,.
,or
And 50 the two girls wen, 10 their coaches;
Matte TO .Iccp souully like hapi,v, sen,i.
bic rrl. and to rise with tho light. aigv and
cheerful: Minnie tn dream horri,! dreams,
"a ,au,,cr in Der sleep, and wake laie with
The p0n.s AVID the healarjla. Bat, theu.
Minnie va: "iatcre .tnd. D." is not that the
word, yuon! lndie, ~ and Matte vas not
Ist. Il on Tia, c,ruipg one Md econ Tie
,hrce together. the Two sister, and ,he Young
~ertIemau. he would have t5oveht ,hs, Mai
t. wa, thn chosen, and Minnie. 2 y.xrG, and
d;.arroi1,erj, and nc,}eclo1 Cinderella. with.
rat = 'f,iry roimother.
Matte va, herself, and Minnie was not
Ara WY? Thereby bangs the tnIe, if tale