Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-08-02
TOLEDO TAMA COUNTY IOWA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1867.

appearing as idiotic as if he had been born
downright fool. He always declares he wasn't.
don't know l should like to have asked his
mother.
We all say good bye, for the little beauty
puts on her extinguisher (not whit uglier
for having been in the water) and hiding as
much of her pretty face as possible, makes an
other::set speech about "going home" and pa-
pa" and giving her hand at parting (charm-
ing little girl, but she needn't have given it
to Ted am afraid she has not much discern
ment) takes possession of her sister and de,
camps, looking, the moment we loose her
bright face and pretty natural manners, as
preposterous little figure as one could wish
to see.
"Thats my style p says Ted, with great
satisfaction, after watching her disappear in
the distance. "a jolly looking girl, with a
bright good tempered face, and eyes that look
shyness, yet without effrontery. Too simple
minded for a coquette. too natural for prude.
| remarked dryly, that that's my 'style"
too; but Ted has become suddenly deaf and
Overcourt improves on acquaintance. and
eaah of US has serious thoughts Of visiting it
again next year.
The King of Spains daughters came to Wis
it me
And all for the sake of my little nut tree.
The next day she dawns again upon our
horzon-with papa this time as a horrid
cloud to play propriety-and with the little
sister, who is also very pretty, but somehow
not taking, not SO piquant and original. My
little beauty has been going in fer personal
adornments The curly brown hair is all tied
up with long blue ribbon to match her eyes
and floats upon the brown carmelite; the sal
ad bowl is in shape again, even though the
shape is atrocious, and trimmed with blue
| ribbons like those in her hair.
The little lady is not troubled with shyness
she introduces us to papa. who doesn't pretend
| to look glad to know US, but remarks apropos;
of nothing, unless, indeed, it be the binding
glare Of the sun upon the cliffs, that lie thinks
1T is going 10 ram.
| We tell him we don't-both politely OF
course--but both at the same time, so that it
is quite impossible for him to hear either Of
us, which, his pretty daughter perceiving,
| looks wickedly up at me.
Very foolish of her, if she had only known
it. can never answer for myself what may
| i ~ rr;r ri frla moi my,
at me with innocent blue eyes curicusly spar
| king with q wickedness that belongs not to
the sweet face and laughing, rosy mouth. The
| odds, feel guilty, are sadly in favor of my
| proprieiy like strict old dragoon. Fortu-
nately THAT is, fortunately for our future in
timacy, not fortunately as regards present
gratifcation) Ted chimes in, and by causing
her to drop her eyes, delivers me from sin
or banishes it to an unknown future.
How intimate we all grew in the course Of
tha, long summer morning Long before its
| close .blue eyes had revealed to me many
| unaffected ways. 1t didn't do to treat her TO
| our usual common place talk she saw through
it at once, and quietly showed that she did s.
in few quaint remarks very prettily tuned
She was not in the least clever in the light Of
saying sharp things. She was too thoroughly
| kind hearted to be sarcastic, and her quaint
little speeches we're as natural TO her as-as
Teds clumsy, blundering ways are 10 him. \
l.ttlo h1Oo 0p6 yVa1l oil
in all the provincial small talk of the place.
Among other things, she told US of a ball to
be given at Harwich, to which both she and
her sister had a great wish to go, only they
didn't feel quite sure Of their dress.
"Tou see,r she went on, 1--WE have nothing
here but these brown carmelites, and don't
| think they look WE'LL"
l didn't think so either but wasn't going to
tell her So Ipraised the hideous attire, and
pronounced it, with the addition of few ar
tistic touches Il haven't the least idea what
| mcant), just the thing for dance.
| Ted put in his oar, fully agreeing with me.
Besides, he added, .you mustn't be toe be
witching. Your papa wouldn't like it. Such
pretty daughters arc horrid responsibility,
without your trying to make things worse
seriously, though said blue eyes, 'you
| think We can go as We are !"
We assured her with perfect gravity that
we s.thought so; = and the pretty face bright
ened directly.
"It won't matter much after all, said she
| sat the seaside. And we can put on our hair
cloth bodies, which will take off a little Of the
hcaviness.''
Westood aghast. What are haircloth bodies
1t wouldn't do however, TO show our igno-
rance, so we said, "Yes, that would do nicely,
and the thing was considered settled.
1t was agreed that We should meet them at
the BALL Blue eyes was there before us, and
papa and the little sister also, but they were
as nothing to us. Blue eyes was there in her
thick white haircloth body; great improve
ment on the brown earmelite, still inconsistent
with the gay scene around her.
Fortunately for her, however, she was pret-
ty enough to wear what she liked, or rather in
this case what she had. She knew no one,
and her father was very particular, and
wouldn't let her dance with everybody, or
nearly everybody, who asked her. He got her
a few partners through one Of the naval officers
stationed at Harwich, and whom he knew !; but
beyond this, and us, he laid his sveto.'
Tod and wero m o,,r claimant We In cod