The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-24


Munro, of the Civil Service, only
| three months from England, with a
complexion as fresh as paint, besides
a small something a year; Miss Battle,
sister of Mrs. Butler, without much
complexion, and no money, but a
Etipstop figure; walks like J 1no, and
sits a horse like - Here Buckley.
broke down for want of smile.
Ah2Amazonp , suggested w atsOn,
with a laugh. 'ala p- l3ee ssd e9s
3 q. \ nngeuerous comparison, if you
please. Then, there Kate Maxwell,
who lives with the Fuller's, q nice
girl; Miss Richardson, the Major
daughter. - s. ",f7"'aao
a4". With n- & a.rety0Hssee nose, pink
cheeks, bright eyes, lively spirits, and
"a good temper, but no regular fea
lures, and altogether wanting in style
what the Persiaa writer's happily
describe as the beauty ofothe young
jaekass," / put in, parenthetically.
s Besides" Buckley went on, re-
gardless of the interruption, . a host
Of. other girls, not forgetting the
charming widow, Mrs. Tollitt, any
one of them likely to win in my opin-
ioR Good gracious, when we consid-
ier that four long months are before
us, It is positively absurd to attempt
to say what may be. Why, in this
country man may almost be engaged,
married, and the father of twins in
that space of time" e.''''"''' t.,5 a.
Well say nothing about the last
matter; but it is certainly ample time
for the first two events to come of,
remarked. n7aa'
But, !" exclaimed Watson, with
look partly inquisitive and partly
amused at Buckley, you have for
COTTON little Garry Wharton; her place
is first, decidedly"
Little Garry Wharton, little Garry
Wharton repeated, to think of
your leaving her out of the list! Why,
she is the prettiest and best girl l
know, and should stand above all. "
Yes, she is a nice girl, Buckley
replied, with an attempt at careless
ness, which he did not carry of very
well, In65 .5gtlg .aeo si..-ots e.. silaf
You have been rather attentive in
thatiquarter, of late, 4 think, l. OBJ
served, after q short pause. = .5 5,s.3i
\" Not attentive In the way that you
imply or that people generally mean
by the word, = said Buckley, flushing
little. Iit'tYo GU know that her brother
and ! were at Rugby together her
brother Harry of whom, she was so
fond; he was killed before Delhi
you must remember r-o-e
Yes poor fellow a fine gallant.
boy he was; and Garry Wharton is
now almost without near relations.
Let us hope that some one may claim
her before long, and prove as good a
husband to her as she deserves %
SO. Both her parents, " Buckley went
on, shave, been dead some years,
and She now lives with her sister,
Mrs Jurton; the small pension
as q coioneps orphan being all she has
to depend upon, fancy 1e..s .,'5
However, he added, jumping up,
NN It, is time TO be off, Take q soda
and brandy and light-up another
cherOot O first, WatsOnsJ aud Cox"
turning to me, " don t expect me home
to dinner tonight, / am engaged to
the Jurtons for croquet at i've, with a
ticket for soup. afterwards. u IA reUO5T,
old fellow Tsai @14J7 5 5 IL. 100,
InWatson gave me humorous look
as Buckley finished, said : Good bye, I
and went out;i and in less than
minute they were both eaptering off
in the direction of Bakers house,
English letters written and sent to
the post, solitary dinner quickly dis
posed of, two hours Of reading, fol-
lowed by pipe, bought the day to
an end. 1t could scarcely have been
more than half an hour after my hav-
ing turned into bed, when l was sud
denly reused up by the sound of
Buckley's familiar voice at the bed
side, Cox, are you asleep?" .e.4si
-" You might have aseertained that,
if anxious to know, without waking
me to ask, I replied, rather sharply,
for this sudden Invasion rather put
me out
Don't be out of temper3 Cox; ]
am sorry to have awoke you; but |
could not go to bed without first
speak, to. you. .<@-s
- His look seen in the dim light of
the small night lamp, was thong htfnl
and anxious, while there was a sub
dued tone in his voice as unusual as
was the serious expression upon his
face. 1of agsi b. ,iy3r jas
,ta Something is the ma tier, - I ex-
claimed, jumping up and then sud
denly sitting down upon the side of
the bed. = What has. happened2 Any
news from the plains? Has the
Nara been taken2"'i' ,5 Every ones
thoughts in those days turned upon
the mutiny and the uHcaUght monster
| who had played so fendish, "a part In
lsit2sS Has the Mana been takeH?Aml