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

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engage in the ordinary general
conversation with her shrill VOICE
lperpetually ringing above all the
rest. Looking over some engrav.
ings with Mr. Dazelle at the centre
tablo, Ioconld distinctly hear my
( cousin eatechising Mr. Mills in the
other parlor. < y.,.f.
4 "Be you any relation Of The Mills
es ia ScarsaeldlH lH1ilgsib sinyi1IL
\ Mr.. Mills thought not, or 50
interpreted the motion Of his, head.
"Abper was originally born in
these parts. he makes soap now
down to the Great Eddy Maybe
it was hisheipg dark complect that
made me think you might come OF
the same stock" ''ia'l ! 'i' .Ai h'
The theme was too suggestive.
In imagination / heard the biogra-
ply of all the Scarfeld Millses from
the butcher down to the candle
stick maker. In desperation Ipro-
posed dancing, rehecting that as
looker-on my cousin would be fore
ed into silence. .lb.r .t,..
''Do you approve of dancing,
Miss Pidge?" Mr. Mills asked, as
I passed him in going to the piano.
Alack-a-day! What mischievous
spirte interpreted that speech to
| your dull ears as an invitation to
dance! Above the stir Of forming
cotillions, ,Iheard herreply in clarion
tones: s..IE b.qaeaira> lq fis
I'm obleeged to you, sir,I should
be, real pleased to r.
And she seized his arm with an
energy and promptness of action
worthy woman of the Revolution.
For one instant Mr.. Mills looked
mystifed, as if at a loss to know
what she would "be pleased" to do ;
but the next he was politely leading
her to a place in the set. There
was a twinkle of amusement in his
eyes as they met mine; but his
mouth was preternaturallY grave.
Idid not venture another glance at
him, in fact / was completely alb
sorbed by my cousin Druzilla.
Literally she had the floor, and was
the centre of attraction Conscien-
tious even in dancing, she spared
neither exertion nor even time in
taking each separate step rs she
had learned it, and if she made q
mistake in the figure she perseyer-
ipgly went through it again, AS
her movements were entirely indie
pendent of the music, she could
not help occasionally coming rath-
er rudely in contact with others in
spite of her partners efforts to keep
her in her place, and once she mar
rowly escaped overthrowing slight
Kitty Dalton, Ht
'There, I'm afraid I've hurt you,p
cried Druzilla, stopping short to
apologize.
Never mind" said Kitty, gath
ering up her torn dress. @Hl
But my cousin did mind, and
kneeling upon the floor to ascertain
the extent Of the misshap, succeed
ed, Of course. in breaking up the
cotillion. le 7je#QHw{l te eHnl'
g"What a comical genius she is !"
I heard Kitty say to her partner,
Harry Downs. "Her features re-
mind me of punctuation marks
Her eyebrows are shaped like car
'ets, denoting something left out,
perhaps brains; her retrousse nose
is an interrogation point, tipped the
wrong way; and as for those deep
rinkles round the mouth, don't
they ihclose it in a parenthesis
though T'lGiiaf2tisl9 70 a,lnHad
For my part I most fervently
wished Drnzlla's $ wholelperson had
been inclosed in q parenthesis, for
then she could have been "omitted,
as the spelling book says, fwithout
injuring the sense.' Would the
evening never end ? My cheeks
were burning, my head aching, and
my throat was dry and parched.--
Supper was yet to come; what
might not my cousin do /? Mr.. Mills
escorted me to the dining room,
giving Druzilla his other arm. ] in
wardly thanked him for deyoting
himself to her so exclusively; for
| could not trust my voice, and was
glad to be as quiet as the duties of
hostess would permit, He harang-
ued to such purpose that she was
silent for a few moments, with the
exception Of an occasional ejacu-
latiou Of HDo tellp or"How you
talkP ElJg if lps
But farewell to cream cakes ~
May they never grace my table
more! Mymsophisticated cousin,
unconscious Of their soft-hearted
nature, broke one open, dropped
the contents over Mr.. Mills coat
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