Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-27


T''0h, I don't fknow,n said Madeleine; NJ
thinkI am very often bored one way and
another; Its dlees,Ii5s so much matter by
whom, you know --.,-,, -. -
r WHEREBY twill be seen not only that
| Madeleine's views were liberal.in the ex-
treme, but that she understood to nieety
the art of ,eyading delicate questions, and
driving her lovers to desperation, rs al.5 .ti
Jack Stevens was the most easy-going
fellow In existence, but it was possible co
drive him too far. Miss Flutters was re-
lying too much on his sweetness of tenn
per. He had reached his limit. The lion
within his British breast was beginning to
require attention. az i'
/ put a direct question to her and waited
| Madeleine II said, show often has Mr..
Prior been here during my absence2''1 y.i
81 haven,tan idea. said Madeleine, Slip
ping at once into feminine resources aud
accusing her memory. ,sConny, may .re-
colleek perhaps; but it doesn't matter,
=Another feminine resource. Madeleine
abandoned her pedestal, of indifference
when she saw 1 was really angry, and de-
scended to coaxing. 70 ci'FaM
noi''What can it matterp1 YOU'RE not going
TO pretend you're jealous Of Mr. Prior,
y ack?el. -T81ifP .1.ss IaT TiH I'll Egssi tnon
ssaThe .Jackn did it. b ITwas her devoted
wonder at my own suspicious. 7oc
EsfH Well now, fosaid Madeleine;q the
pinafore had been duly admireGi,s and small
piecesaof my heart had been sown on to it
in the Greek pattern with braid, and we
hadzboth approved of the effect: ifs l. will
be candid with you you shall never say
don't tell you everything. Mr.. Prior has
been here good deals, dSTo,Y Cd ,,s f,,..aft ftsa
! j. Madeleine's eandoE always gave me pail
pitations of the heart; / never knew what
y a. coming next However, / gulped
down the first edition, with the conviction
That it would Disagree with me- when I
came to digest it, happily smiling. ,.g,oo,,e
"Yo ou won't make me Jealous no,c, Mad
eleine,'"', said, kissing her; and the pima
cfumsyis Said Madeleine, q ponting.
You WON'T let me work.. Poor Con Pun
ashamed of you, jack cYoa don't behave
half as we'll as Mr.. Prior; he never does
such things.nE 5f 3rs .sf5 Isf. . soG ai 'ss3
tsr That is to say, reduced to English, MFR.
Prior was7not in the habit of kissing Miss
Fiutters. darri i'f-7 sosssIac-e hs11 ~ =. = a1se
oal should never ahave imagined he was,
myself; but Madeleine was so terribly sug-
gestiye that / began tofeel uneasy, and the
lion within me gave roar. ~s sH 5V
&c s"fMladeleine, if I imagined such thing
possible, i should at once resign all claim
oyer you. without even waiting to speak to
Mr.; Flutters on the subject, or wish good
by to your sister" t,' -. &C 2Il -
1S@Tfiat's Just what say,n said Madeleine,
quietly; $50 you needn't flare up so, or I
shall not be able to be as candid as L wish.
Mr.. Prior has not only been here good
many times already, but he is coming to
dinner''Ahere Madeleine coughed little
-'to-night. It's very unfortunate for me,
as we'll as for you,l for of course don't
want him here the very first night of your
return but he asked himselt,' and papa
conld mt very well refuse him them could
he? though frowned at him to makeghim
say5IssNo' till ! thought my forehead would
never come straight again; and Conny was
speechless from surprise" ,-t,.,,,
SIT is unfortunate," I said, in as gruff a
voice as I could manage with the little
jeweled hands pressing me closely, and, the
blue eyes glancing-I suppose by accident
at the engagement ring: 3 VTvaJg
I S9sYes, is'ntiit?" said Madeleine, eagerly,
and then added, trying to take me by
storm, and trusting too much to the soften-
ing circumstances: EtsThat's not the worst,
either. Mr.. Prior makes love to me, and
can't tell what to do to make him leave
off. 9V .5dt l5lF -t Jss-- .s7o al5t1 -1oiss ..iU
ro.He a0iEt do it, no matter what do. He
will to night. You'll see."io vsovi. OBS .-i
To beEteld after few weeks absence,
that the girl to whom was engaged was
being made love to by the man l most dis
liked in the whole world and that he
lcouzd do itlrrsNTF FfAET-a
s'Now, you're not angry with me?" said
Madeleine, passing over Mr.. Prior's Of
fence. and taking care of number one in
lady-like way ;.sbecause it'ssnot been my
"No, Pm not angry With you, Made
leine,SI said. " but of course there must be
a stop put to it. Leave him to me. He'll
not make love to you Tonight, Ifancy."
! This was said with sneer so very eff
fective, that Madeleine was beginning to
look ightened, when the door opened
very little way, and Connyi locked in: s5sa
"Papa's not GOMEZ she said, ' but the
nursery tea is. Come, Madeleine. Per-
haps, Mr.. Stevens will come to, "she added,
politely. suddenly seeing me in the light
of an obstacle to the nursery tea, which it
was necessary to remove before she could
obtain her sister. HtTea will do him good.
It's, so refreshing, nurse says."ifsaI ilDl H55a
81 should like nothing better, Conny
dear, and can carry you up stairs on my
back, If you like.o
Connyis eyes sparkled at tnis proposal.
and her cheeks grew bright.
HssfThat would be. nice" she said, and pre-
pared to mount; then stopped suddenly
short. '':Your back" she said, still hurt
!, assured her it would not, and carried
her up, when the queen of the; nursery
dismonnted, placed her horse (myselfl in
low chair by the fire. and her sister in
another, and proceeded to distribute bread
and butter, and tea in mugs, IN. .4---.,ot
You can't have the prettiest mug of all,
Pm sorry to say" Conny informed me,
when she had satisfied herself L could
want nothing more, s'because Ibroke it
last week. I'm not generally clumsy, you
Know, but / did do that, and it had roses
on it and green leaves.n 5.-.. fir..t
expressed my conviction that it must
have been very attractive, protesting my
self at the same time full of admiration of
the mug j was using, and Conny's sense of
hospitality was satisfied. IN
"Goufd you tell me story ?n she in
quired, sliding down from her high chair,
when all the bread and butter was eaten
up, and her sister had refused to cut her
any more; "or don't1you feel well enough?"
IssI'H telliyon what. Conn. said her sis
ter, decisiyely, you'll get no story till you
are dressed for dessert. Go and have your
hair brushed, your hands washed, and
your frock changed, . and then you may
come and sit with Mr.. Stevens while I
dress for dinners" 80 d1LG
SooConny ran of, and qIuwas left with
Madeleine, wi the#afm glow of the nur-
sery fire throwing red lights on her brown
hair, and Frightening her sweet face into
new beauty. At such a moment, who could
have believed she was a coquette, before
whose, witehery young and old fell alike,
fondly believing the while they had s'made
an impres ession? ~ Long sat thus, drinking
in long draughts of happiness, building
castles OF colossal height, all to be inhabited
by one enchantress whose wickedness took
the form etebeauty, whereby she entangled
the hearts of men, wooing them to love her
by her gentleHess, driving them to madness
by the laugh in her eyes. But this beauti-
full witch had said that she loved me, had
promised to come and live in my fine castles,
and fnhabit my fine towers and from hence
forth the sole responsibility of controlling
her rested with me and my restraining
hand. And was no ways afraid. Love is