The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-07-06
Miss Mays Defeat;
The summer Pleasure of u city Belle.

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may among the young ladies of Bea-
yer Hollow when it was announced by
pretty Lucy Hunter, at Mayday par
ty, that her cousin, the namesake of
that bright and sunny month, would
speedily onliven them with her pres
ence, and, in nil probability, remain
as the guest of her uncle at Hunters
Farm till autumn or winter came
round again. There was blank ST.
lence for some moments after the
news had been told; for Miss May
was one of the gayest bellies of the
city of New York, and wore her thou
sand and one conquests rs proudly
and gayly rs an Indian warrior dis
plays the scalps that testify to his
prowess on the battle field
Miss May was a heart-breaker-I
had almost said by professional
the Beaver Hollow young ladies
looked forward to her advent among
them much as timid flock OF doves
might regard the eircling swoop Of n
ferce-eyed hawk upon their devoted
fold.
Why, in the. ssname of 1irtations,
past, present, and to come, could not
Miss May remain in New York; or, if
she must visit the country, why
could she not patronize Saratoga,
Nahant. or any of the other places Of
fashionable resort, and leave Beaver
Hollow and its young men and maid
ems in peace?
SO reasoned the young ladies irately
among themselves, and Lucy Hunter,
whose future husband was safe in Cal
ifornia, entirely out of reach of the
wiles of her fascinating cousin, only
laughed at their trouble, and said that
her father could scarcely be expected
to refuse Miss May an invitation to
his house, for fear that she should dis
turb the peace of the village damsels
by stealing the hearts of their respec-
tive swains.
There was no help for it, very evil
IDENTIFY, and late on Saturday evening
the stage coach which ran from Bea
yer Dam to Beaver Hollow deposited
Miss May in safety at her uncle's
door.
One or two ambitious young far
mers in the vicinity contrived TO be
lettering past the gate as she alighted,
but had nothing more to report to
their comrades in the village then that
she was tall, slender, closely yelled,
and that the foot and ankle, of which
they caught glimpse as she sprang
to the ground, were perfect in their
way.
As the matter of course, every one
was exceedingly punetual in their at
tendance at church on the following
morning, and their piety was duly
rewarded by the Appearance OF the
( city belle, who walked up the aisle be-
/ hind her uncle and aunt and took
/ her seat in tho square, old, family pew
with rs deyout and prudent an air rs
if she had never in her life heard the
"chimes at midnight while whirling
round a gayly-lighted ballroom in II
7 handsome partners arms
AS soon as deoorum permitted, each
pair of eyes travelled curiously to-
wards Mr.. Hunters pew; and truth
compels me to add that. without an
exception, they came back again with
/ glances of most unqualified dismay,
That the notorious heart breaker
that the successful, petted city belle
Why, she was actually plain only
redeemed from positive ugliness 10y a
good-natured expression, laughing
mouth, and q set of dazzelingly white
teeth The young ladies beheld this
and reloiced inwardly. The young
gentlemen stared; and but for the
place in which they were, / verify be-
lieve would have given vent to long,
low whistles of surprise. There was
not much fear for their allegiance to
the fair ones who already claimed them
for their own; and wondering inward
ly at the taste of New York gentle
men, they passed out of church and
joined the smiling group assembled
beyond the porch to welcome the lady
to Beaver Hollow.
Not much danger? One would
surely have thought not, watching the
bevy of fair, fresh faces that contrasted
so favorably in feature, form and col
or, with that of the city lady Yet
somehow, as Miss May gracefully ac-
knowledged the hearty salutations
proffered her, each gentleman received
bewildering glance from the dark,
gray eyes that haunted him sadly dur
ing the remainder of the day to the
manifest detriment of any other orbs,
black, blue. on brown, which might
chance to bear upon him before the
setting of the sun.
However, it is quite as well for all
of us, not only that we have no glass
windows in our breasts, but also that
we do not always speak out exactly
what we may chance to be thinking
from time to time. The young men
whose hearts had been touched for an
instant by those quiet glances, kept
their own counsel, even as Miss May
kept hers; and so no harm was done.
And, really, all things considered,
the young lady behaved remarkably
well, l know not if she might have
been atoning for some private sins OF
omission and commission in the past
or not; but, certainly, she poached
upon no neighbours manner, gave nc