Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-05-15
Sliding Into Matrimony.
By EDEN I. EEXEORD.


/ he stood By the roaring hickory fire,
warming himself after his walk in the
crisp, cool air Of that winter morning.
- W ho IS that young lady pray?"
" Oh, answered Sarah, with a
strong emphasis on the exclamations,
she Is one OF the best and most lovely,
girls l ever knew I knew her at
school, and thought YOU might have
seen her. She is coming out here to
stay a whole month and | am so de-
lighted; | know YOU viii like her =
Indeed, you can't help it !" added Miss
Ward, decidedly.
! Humph !" calculated Grant Ora
ham, quite incredulous "Jf she Is
ike all the other girls | ever knew. |
think | shall not take any extra pains
TO fall IN love with her. 1t won't do
to fall IN love with girls, nowadays.
They arc made for something better.
such as wearing peek Of hair on the
back Of their heads. and calling it a
waterfall. That seems to absorb a
good deal of their attention lust at
tins time In a week it viii be some
\ thing or other about a bonnet"
. Did YOU mean that for me?" re-
torted spirited Miss Ward. 4 do
( wear a waterfall, l know but don't
think it takes more Of my time than
! mv@dear cousins growing mustaches.
That reminds me: are YOU getting
gray? / found bottle OF hair.dve.
. warranted TO produce a color of some
sort, on your dressing table this MORN
ing. " hat use have YOU got for it :?
You don't color your whiskers, do
you?'
Cousin Grant gave a little sniff of
I indignant contempt for the subject Of
Miss Wards conversation.
II I oung America has one weakness
I greater than auv other, it is whiskcrs.
! Laugh at young man who sports an
incIpIent mustache, and YOU are sure
TO wound his very sensitive feelings.
/ j know all about the matter, YOU see !;
/ tor was once a young man myself.
! 1 trel a sllfcere sympathy for all Young
men who are engaged in the engross-
ing and very perplexing business of
tcultlvatIng one of those ornamental
appcndages WHICH every manly lip
should wear. Perseverance, and a
/ faithful application of the razor will
( work wonders.
Two days after, the stage set down
a Young lady at the door of Mr..
Wards hospitable mansion. Grant
/ Graham stood at the parlor window,
and took a leisurely survey of her out
ward appearance as she alighted from
/ the sleigh and gave orders for her
/ trunk to be set of by the gate
" Fashionable hat" commenced he
" really becoming to her, though and
/ that is more than can be said Of
most women, with those pieces of
/ extravaganza on their heads. 4
waterfall, Of course; a woman would
not be woman, nova days, without
one Of those delightfu,' ornamental
Iapendages,' 7 he added, as She threw up
her vail and showed a clear, handsome
profile, fresh as the air of that winter
morning.
Just then the front door changed to
with bang; and Sarah rushed out to
greet her friend in the true schoolgirl
way Of doing it, Her arms went
around her neck, and several kisses
were exchanged in rapid succession.
/ Grant turned up his nose in a fgurative
+ way, wondering what there was about
! kissing SO very attractive.
After several moments spent in
what was to Grant very dull, senseless
doings, they thought of this material
world and its comforts, and made
an imPetuous entry, " altogether
unbecomIng the dignity of young la
dies. Grant was resolved to observe
/ propriety.
What a dull forenoon that was
I Usually Cousin Sarah spent the fore
noon downstairs; but now she was
invisible.
/ Might as well be in Guinea, OBJ
served Grant to some invisible COM
panion, as he gave the proSaic book Of
I poems a toss into the corner. . l
should think dinner would be ready
some time or other
At last the dinner-bcll rang. One
Of the first at the table was Grant.
/ Where are the young ladies? 2 he
inquired, efiecting TO be much enEr0ss-
( ed IN making an alteration IN his
watch-guard.
" They have been upstairs all the
4 forenoon. answered Aunt " ard
/ . They VIII be down to dinner
" Amt going to wait for EN- all day,
I hope. said cruf Uncle Ward.
/ never saw how foolish young folks can
. be. If they set themselves about it
I I'll warrant they havn't once thought
Of dinner. In week Grant viii be
J ia love with that impudent young wo-
man that came TINS morning; and
he'll BE as bad as the others. And
the beef Is getting cold as Greenland =
\ gay burst Of laughter. and the
(. two young ladies came in. Miss Leith
was really pretty-a clear complexion
with rosy cheeks and dark eyes, and
soft, brown hair. brushed away from
her white forehead. Grant concluded,
mentally, that she wore the most be-
coming waterfall he had ever seen.
Cousin Sarah introduced her visitor
il her usual informal way Grant
made 0ne Of his most Impressive bows,
which failed to make any impression
on Miss Leith She settled into her