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

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: Pm glad it is cold, !" returned hisfather.
/ IF you can't come in, in time for dinner,
: you don't deserve to get any. No, Made
1eine, he sfian't havs it warmed % for
Madeleine was bookings 9piteous, and COM
mencipg an order to the butler. ,y1,- fii4,.rt
,"It'f not hurt him, Miss Elutters,, said
Prior. I've often gone without a din
ner myself before this; it'll do no harm. .
sYsO, WON'T it ?p1 burst out Splutters, de-
lighted to have some one to pitch into.
: s'How do y0u know? Who are you, I
J should like to know, putting in goatr oar?
: You think yourself very grand, / dare say.
; Nobody else does.'h aild d7u- II ~ vrir'iHH
'Ifs you're going, to, be impertinent,
splu1ttters leave theg grF grFoom, said Mr. FFlpt5
|, b3rHe's so precious cheeky,' Splttters exl
planned, %coming botheringher every day,
and ordering me abouti t1I'Ee had about
enough OF him; him; What does he mean by it?
Madeleine don't want his books nor him
neither. Stevens is worth three of jBin.'B
BE quiet, Tom, this minute'''l flashed
belt. ''s't c''i'77 7Fl1'''1
Toms very naughty boy, isn't he,
pet Z" asked MIR. Flutters of his youngest
little daughter, who had listened to the ed
flying scene with praiseworthy attention,
and had brought her whole intellect to
bear upon it, -,,o -,d ,.b,,,r y,oriyT .-7e.;b
0Yery," returned Conny. II. don't like
Mr.. Prior myself, but Splutters shouldn't
} talk so." :s5s
srAnd Gonny swept herself and her sister
AL this was !dampening:. We, were so
very dull, that Prior, who Is easily bored,
preferred the society of the ladies, and alb
seconded to the sdrawing-room, whittier
certainly should have followed him had not
Mr.. Flutters (who had as much tact as
6nI110 have hesoya nnatn6 frtaf11 the fat
ofsuch a boy Tom been so very anxious
to- ofknow the exact point to which stupidity
could carry me on the subject of "Retorm,"
that, without positive incivility, found it
impossible to leave him. When, however,
itihadi been clearly proved what a fool
was, there seemed, nothing further for
which to remain, and 1 left my future faith
er-in-law to discuss the affairs of the ma
tion with his SON. u =l1eq as5dt Gi ssDi
The evening passed quietly enough en-
liyened by snatehes Of song from Madeleine,
who seemed too restless to go steadily
| through anything, but made the room
sweet with beginnings and ends. Tea was
J placed on the table, and O 1 completely
swamped myself in that liquid, Madeleine.
holding the uncomfortable theory that the
more domestic man was. the more tea he
would necessarily take into his system; so
Prior and Iran q race for reputation, and
Prior won the, cup. .,...- -.,...f.....,r -
, 7'nGoing nv way P" said that hero at
len 9Th, admifingi his hands in lavender
kids, and then generously offering them all
round.
L assured him. 1 was not; so, looking sur
prised, he took his departure. -.a s,--,T
MIR. Stevens" said Madeleine, in low
chair, quiet and grave, like the heroine Of
Conny's story, when she had made up her
mind, it would be very pleasant. to have
beautiful things TOR her very own; 4 have
made mistake"
I Thought the assertion SO very likely to
: be correct, that made no attempt at cons
: tradiction. e,fsf-.f9 sf.-7-e ora. nj dido
.sWhile you have been away" said Mad
eleine, telling a story I had heard before,
!; ''Mr. Prior made love to me, as | told you.
tried at first to prevent him, and, indeed,
went on all the same. He brought me all
the last new novels, and - y ~ 10 Z
SHE gave you a paint-bex, and dog
with a collar, and took you at night to
hear music ?" ~ % n.Hali- aL -e{T7lJ-"
The words were Madeleine's, and she re-
cognized them at once for her own. a!an4-
sYou shall know all i' she said. And
there was silence between us. 'Can you
forgive me?'' she said at length, nesting
up to my arms, and laying her bright head
down on my coat. 'sPm so sorry, Jack
, can't think what made me do so, for
. py, for love you" -. """ u
''Better than you could ever, ever, ever
love him - said.-"Conny told me so. o
Madeleine, darling, this is much the pret-
! tier ending of the twoi' esia.s n- .7,sol
Madeleine seemed to think so also. She
: smiled through her tears and looked up at
me from under her eyeleshes. -t'..E .
D" 81 am sorry. y she said again. .au.ii
] instan tly said was sorry too tthat be-
ing the correct thing to say under the cir
cumstances.) '-' -
-Zs o, nv. eve, what a game it is,n said
| C,ol. fh 10 l., roo
into the, room at break-neck speed.
There's been such jolly row! The
! governors been pitching into Prior about
coming here, and Prior says he's left for
ever ~ Amt it fun? It's an awful sell,
though," said Splutters, suddenly, with a
face that had heightened considerably,
Prior was going to have given me silk
worms.o
WTalkfng Of pets, 81 1 ST i'd 3carelessly, try
ing to attract Splutters intofriendship, but
scrapulouslN addressing Madeleine, = I
am quite overrun with them, you know.
have so many dormice don't know what
to do with them; and as to my guinea
pig-but him, 6fcoarse, 1 must get rid Off
Zi's Give it u.s. saidr Tom, speaking in the
plural, but by no means intending that
Madeleine should share in the gift; and
Splutters and | were friends forever. +. 4,
So happily the weeks went on to the eve
OF my wedding day. 1t was getting dusk
;; and 1 was sitting by the fire in the dea-
old drawing room, holding Madeleine's litr
tie hand in mine, and gazing at the sweet
face that was soon to belong to my wife !;
when to-morrow's little bridesmaid ap-
peared at the door, in white froek, and
with longNwhite mists floating backward
: from her pretty curls. - - ~ 81
"How very nice, COMFY" said, for she
stood quite still to receive compliments /;
''very pretty, indeed, dear"
: 1 rather wish she would go away, for 1
| flas@N
Flutters. ard telling myself that tomorrow
1 should loose that young lady forever, and
, how would that feel!- But Conny had
: caught sight of her sister, down on the
hearth-rug, and sprang to her with little
cry. of pain that made me feel a wicked
brute, and completely upset poor Made
leine.
''Hush, hush, darling" she said; ''don't
. cry so, Conny. I shall soon ;be back, and
Ithen you are coming to stay with me, YOU
, know, and papa and Splutters and ALL"
2 But CoRny had lost all her sense. She
T gave, herself a little shake, and the frock
and the mists were much injured. -. . y.
| .sConny," said, taking her from her sis
ter's arms, white as the veil that now hung
limp around her, wet with tears, no longer
; an emblem of to-morrow's joy, ''listen to
| me-. You shall keep Madeleine. I'll not
} take her from you." -..- ~
30 hush, Jack" said Madeleine. ssPoor
!, little Connyw But Conny herself looked
, up.
"Really ?" she asked, "not storyp" 20 #
1SYou shall keep herw said, ''if you
j say so." .as.y i-li 90
!. After this there was pause, during
which gave vent to some very affecting
sighs.ta- - aa .-at.. d - = ~, 81 OF =
}, what will you do?" asked Conny, at
! length, laying caressing cheek against
mine, and covering me up with her veil.
i ST? o, shall go away, Conny5 the beau
ltiful uOnnU Iadu WON'T oOmp tn mo - if---