Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-10-18
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u don't know-I suppose so. Why
what in the world has got into your head
I Adder"
1 laughed, slammed the door and bound.
ed through the hall into the road. Halt
way to the school house met my teacher
MIR. Charles Devereux.
"Good morning, Miss Addie. Recita-
tons all ready2" ~.r -r
eyes, sir" l answered, and he passed
On ahead. sauntered on slowly, think
ing of my aunt Katharine / thought il
would be nice plan for her to be mar.
ried. The next thought was, who would
she marryss eta4
There were only half dozen unmarried
middle-aged men in the village. Aunt
Katharine was twenty-seven, and of course
she would't marry a very young man. l
rapidly enumerated the half dozen eligible
ones and their suitability for my plan.
Lawyer Hyde, thirty, rich, aristocratic and
stingy. Mr.. Leighton, thirty five, hand
some, good, well-of but widower; and
I've heard aunt Katharine say she did not
like widowers. Mr.. Pierson, twenty eight,
handsome, wealthy, but too fast; she
would not like Linn. DIR. Jarvis, thirty-six,
small, grabbed, miserable, and unbearable
generally. Mr.. Howe, too homely to be
thought Of; and Captain Haynes, with his
yellow, bushy whiskers, and nine thousand
dollars worth of mortgaged property, which
he is always talking about, worse yet.
Rather sorry array. -..f.
Just then the school-bell rang, and l
went in to my books and Mr.. Charles Dew
ereux-aged twenty handsome, intel
ligent, well educated and unmarried. The
class in intellectual philosophy was called
fist, and thought I had carefully commit.
ted my lesson to memory the evening be-
fore, my late thoughts had quite driven all
remembrance of it from my head, and my
recitation was imperfect. Mr.. Deyereux
looked surprisedly at me, but said nothing.
In French grammar my performance was
still worse ss
9. Miss Addie," said Mr.. Devereux, as l
passed by him on my way to my seat, do
you have any trouble with those French
verbs in learning your lesson?"/~T s1eilob
"Yes, q little" I replied. ,lAas .. e.
A"You want a little reviewing, / think.
If I have time, I will call in at your house
this evening and help you little while
you are studying"
Mr.. Devereux knew that always studied
in the evening, and had several times called
in and spent an hour in assisting me with
particularly difficult task designed for
the next days recitation. So 1 was not
surprised to hear him make this offer,
though little ashamed of the cause of it,
as my failure had resulted from my willful
iuattention and carelessness. ri thanked
him, however, with a flushed face, and
went to my seat But it was not entirely
shame that flushed my face. gai..5
AS expected, Mr.. Devereux came in the
evening to explain my French lesson. But
he did not find me alone. Aunt Katharine
sat by the table sewing, and looked even
handsomer than in the morning. My
heart gave a futter of impatient anticipa.
ton every time Mr.. Devereux looked at
her, and after the lessons were through /
did my best to make her talk to please him
My aunt always talked well, but she quite
excelled herself in conversation that night
I saw that Mr.. Devereux was interested,
and was delighted with the success of my
secret plan.
In the course Of the evening, John Au.
brey, my lover, came in. Of course /
claimed John as my lover, for though he
was a nice young man of twenty seven,
and ], a mere child of a girl, hardly six
teen, he had beauxed me to parties and
concerts all one winter, and told me a
dozen times that was the sweetest, pref
tiest, most lovely girl in all Hartford. SO
that when John came in, went and sat
down by him in a cosy corner, and left
"a plan which / thought at first seemed
to suit all around. ~ s
But after little time I saw John casting
uneasy glances toward the place where
Mr. Devereux, looking superbly handsome,
aat TALKING with NV amt
you needn't be jealous Of him, John, u
said She only my teacher"
John started and leaned back in his seat
without saying a word 600 sidf7o.
Neither of the gentlemen stayed very
late, John going away directly after Mr..
Devereux, and / went to my room elated
with my prosperity, or rather the pros
perity of my plans. la aaS' las ~. h..
did not need assistance in my studies
before Mr.. Devereux came again, and after
short time it came to be regular thing
| for him to spend an evening once or twice
| q week with us. With us, say, because
could see that, though he admired my aunt
Katharine very much, he had too good
taste to monopoliZe her company entirely
to the exclusion of nine. enjoyed those
evenings very much. 1t seemed to me
that Mr.. Devereux grew remarkably agree.
able very fast. Sometimes John would
come in, but John seemed to have grown
[strange and moody of late. . I thought il
was because Mr.. Deyereux was at our
house so much, and endeavored to please
him by extra attention when he did spend
an evening with US, but it didn't seem to
! be of much use. I resented his silence
and inattention to me one night, and after
that he didn't come to US for nearly a
month But we seemed to get along just
as we'll without him-at least did, though
aunt Katharine asked me a number oil
times about the cause of his absence a {
"He is sulky, suppose. Don't fret
about me, aunt Katherine 1t don'ttrouble
me at al" said. .es2.tn.
"A few evening after, John made his ap.
pearance, and entered the parlor where
Mr.. Devereux and sat playing chess
while my aunt was writing letter at side
liable. Thought it would be rather awk,
ward for him at first, but he came forward
keasily, and after speaking to Mr.. Devereux
and myself, crossed the room and seated
himself by my aunt. Pleased with this
arrangement, devoted myself to my
game, and did not look around for some
half an hour afterward, when my atten.
ton was attracted by the sound of John
4 Aubrey voice, which though low, was re.
markably earnest and emphatic turned
my head and gazed in wonder. My aunt's
cheeks were flushed crimson, and Johns
face, as seen by me for an instant, was pale
and agitated. turned to Mr.. Devereuz
in astonishment, but he only smiled slight
", made move, and then waited for me
| to do the same But could not play from
/ excitement caused by the scene had oh