Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-05-24

camp song, and played an accOmpan.
iment in a style that was a little beyond
the powers of either girl as yet.
In fact, Clara and Julia felt kind o.
vexed" when they retired for the night
/ They called the men iusufferable, and
both professed great fatigue and de-
sire for sleep rather than gOssiping-
I. and both lay awake until the first faint
| light of morning began to tinge the
far east sky with pearly gray.
/ Of course these two pretty ones
looked pale at breakfast-time and /
would add, if dared, that they seem
ed Just the least bit in the world cross.
That was bad enough; but to find the
| Colonel and his friend the Major down
before them, and bright and blooming,
was worse. So the latter and the old
folks had most of the talk to them
selves. Your farm, Mr.. Powers p
Should like to see it immensely, very
much interested in all that sort Of
thing. Horses? oh certainly we
always ride a good deal-old campaign
| ers' habit, my dear sir. We shall be
delighted. My friend the Major shall
show you few of his flying leaps, if
there Is an opportunity" Thus the
Colonel who added, "But, my dear
. ]
time this morning? Your excellent
father insists upon exercise, Of course
and five are favored with your com
pany-"
We follow our own inoliuations
| generally, Colonel, believe" said
Julia, with a sauey look. Clara said
nothing, but glanced down, and be-
came much interested In a crumb upon
the table-cloth
Colonel, my daughters are very
! tolerable hoTseWOmen, and often dis
| tanee their old father. Of course they
will come with US.
! Oh, Clara why did you look away
and say you should prefer not to ride
| to-day? Oh, Julial why didn't you say
| Just one pleasant word? You both knew
/ that the acquaintance Of the Colonel
and his friend the Major with you was
! too short to admit of their pressing you
| to reverse your uBgraciOus decision.
! Most of all, how came you both, just as
| the Colonel and the Major and your ex-
| cellent papa we're mounted at the gate,
/ to come cantering out Ofthe stable-yard
| having put on your habits more quickly
| than ever before. However, you said
| you meant surprise, and shall not be
teased if know it. Away, away, along
the lane, where you have to bend be-
meath the arching trees; a merry canter
! across the meadow, where the old COW
looks up with a sort of content wonder
as we fly along; across the stubble,
where the crows fly up in a crowd and
make the distant trees heavy as with
black fruit past the old mill
through the village Of one gray
church, three stores, and half dozen
cottages, and a dozen flaXen- haired
children now across the old bridge
built in Colonial days; away, away,
along the road that winds round the
hills foot. Slowly, Julia, why dear,
let US walk our horses a little you are
IN good spirits, girl, but must be mer-
ciful. Major, d 'ye see that old ruin
among the trees ? A hundred men lie
buried there-just wait till we get
! home, and I'll show you the pair of
colOrs my grandfather took from the
heart of a British regiment that was IN
yondeT feld-ay, they lie there whose
good swords are rust, whose bodies are
| dust but whose souls are with the
| sain is, we trust" Now then, off we go
again-a gallOp this time a turn round
the little wood, and then, hurrah a
race for home
Where was Julia's hauteur now ?
Blowing away with her curls, I sup
| pose ; at all events, if ever two girls
| had more glowing cheeks, or merrier
| laugh, or kinder smiles, [ should like
to see them. They rode gallantly too,
leaving papa often far behind, good
rider though he was. Whether the
! Colonel pressed Clara's hand when he
| helped her to alight do not know, but
the roses in her face blushed a deeper
blush than all the kisses of the saucy
| wind had called up, and it was with a
/ silent embarrassment that she went up
stairs. As for Julia, she is invisible
already; but the Major is standing
looking in the direction she has gone,
with quiet smile upon his face. At
dinner there was something odd In the
manner Of the four At tea the same.
and so all the evening. But evenings
do not last forever, and the good night
must be spoken am sorry to say
/ that Clara altogether forget to violate
young ladies' confidence by mentioning
| that when the two were alone they be-
came silent and distraught-each
wrapped In a maze of thought. At
| last Clara declared with a flushed face
that she wished the Colonel had never
come into the house.
But why" said Julia, docs he call
/ him only my friend the Maior?"
Him-whO p
why the Major, of course"
"Oh, him / don't know it is of
little consequence both will be gone
soon.
''Of o0urs9-but I was thinking
but goodnight, sister dear"
j J
Shooting this time. Yet another day.
and fishing was the sport. And again
no word of good by" Then a wet
| delightful-my girls play billiards as
| says papa. "A very healthy exercise
| for wet weather" says mamma. OF
| course the military men are in raptures
they have played a little too but
what a prosaic affair when their OppO-
nents have only been Jack this and
| Tom that, and how glorious to see two
/ handsome girls bending their graceful
! forms over the field Of green, and
| pocketing heartquakes as fast as they
pocketed the rolling worries And so
from day to day pleasure after pleasure
/ lights up a happy time until at last
! the wonder is how long these pleasant
men intend to stay. Mamma says she
does not know, papa declares he can
not part with them for ever so long.
What do you say, young people !;
don you think we could endure them
little while longer? I think them
very gentlemanly, agreeable fellows,
don't you ?"
What nonsese, papa p
Just so. What nonsense for both
to run out of the room, and what dread
full nonsense for papa and mamma to
| look at each other and smile, and then
for papa to get up and kiss the old
| lady without any just cause or pretext.
immense kind was it for those two
soldier felloEs to be walking with
those young woman that very evening
when, of course, the August climate
/ was SO difficult to stand, esDeciallv bv