Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-17

gage was rolling aiong 10 ocahhelu
In q perfect orthodox manner but
the poor dear soul was in trouble
and needed sympathy-I would not
y desert her for the world. Still !
was not little annoyed. Here was
/ with d party on my hands, aud
: nv mother suddenly called away by
the illness Of a friend. was
wretchedly tired Of my experiments
in pastry, for our cook had taken
occasion to wound herself with the
carving fork and was in mortal fear
Of the lock jaw, though. by-the-
way, that did not prevent her from
talking necessarily, sending me up
stairs and down in search Of mate
rials for podltice and salve. But
tired or not, here was Druzilla re-
quiring attention. She was anxious
to get home to Scarfeld in the af-
ternoon train, and, remembering my
party, perhaps / was not altogeth-
er unselfsh in trying to help her
away.
After dinner accordingly we sal
lied forth, my cousin arrayed in a
green figured silk, which had first
begun its duties as a dress years be-
fore on its wcarer's twenty-flfth
birthday. Over this, and with a Sc
ries of eddies and ripples at the
neck, lay her high eolored shawl,
surmounted with blue bonnet with
an aspiring bow perched upon the
top. Thus attired, with a yarn car
pet bag on one arm and green
umbrella under the other, with anx-
ious face vet determined air Druzil
la entered the depot with me. We
gave considerable annoyance to the
busy officials, but finally obtained
the key to the baggage-room, where
we vigorously overturned boxes
and bundles in search of the pre-
cious trunk, which we afterwards
learned was at that very moment at
the Scarfeld depot waiting Drnzil-
las appearance. In the midst Of
our exertions the train arrived, and
in spite of my frantic efforts to hur-
ny my cousin, itsteamed away again |
before she was ready to give up the
search. 'tHfs
"Well," said Miss Pidge, philo.
sophically, as | watched in agony |
the retreating cars, "there's no great
harm done. I've been a-lotting on
making you a visit, Laurry, and |
might as well do it now"
p"Yes,' said I, family, thinking
of my party and the sensation she
would make among my guests.
And Joseph Mills would be sure to
come. | cared more for his good
opinion, / win confess, than that of
any other man living; and what
would he, a person Of cultivation
and native refinement, think of the
countrifed Druzilla, and Of me for
having such a cousin ? ! knew
nothing of bis antecedents, for he
had come to Camden stranger, but
| felt instinctively that his family
tree bore nothing but gratis, or, at
any rate, no common fruit like this,
One could see by his small hands
and feet and his dignifed bearing
that he probably came from an aris
tccratic race. Probably his cous@
ins to the sixteenth remove weres
the pinks of perfection. 1t was in
vain to reason that he was aman of
sense aud that my social position,
as daughter Of one Of the leading
Icitizens of Camden. was secure
Cousin Druzilla stood before mean
embodied modification, and argu-
ment was useless,
Seems to me you're rather low
spirited" /" said Druzilla, as we walk
Gu llVliie"alu' lS.li 'i 49,,
"Oh no, only thinking Of 9 little
company l am to have Tonight
I'm sorry they are to come tllls eV-
ehlngo sorry on your account couS-
IN DruzIllla, DuI you must oe very tlreo'
Fernaps, ADDED i tlmlsay, you
would Ike TO retlfe early rather
than meet SO many strangers
But no, she was not fatlgued at
all She would be "real glad, she
said, "to have something to take
up her mind, she was 50 anxious
about her trunk Poor distracted
soul! / might have been willing
she should stake u. her mind in
any way that pleased her, had she
not taken up my own also. II she
could only sprain her ankle slight
| ly, lust enough to make her invisi-