The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-08-29
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| There was always mystery hanging
| about a certain way that Morgan had, and
| in which he was always Joined honestly
! by his Wiie-iny own May Stephens that
| had been-a way that troubled my curl
| osity much until one eventful evening
when L was satisfied by hearing the Tea
| son why. . -e ha a5s
It was simply this: that every time a
word was spoken that led to the period
when Charley Nlorea n first met my cousin
May, they would both laugh very hearth
ly, but would always refuse TO tell at
what they laughed This was certainly
very provoking, and | had little hesita
ton IN telling them SO, not once but many
times. at which they always ended by
kissing each other ami locking very alice
tomato. 47es iEa
determined to have a solution of the
matter, il for no other reason than that
it worried HE. | am but a woman, and
have pleaded 10 the possession OF curl
oSlty, fgset sforth one evening, when we
three, Morgan, May aud myself. Were
drawn up before he fire and early settled
for a talk. tIhereswas no time ilE. ping
ing matters was my first thought. and
with the thought | dashed boldly out
with
MIR. Morgan, II usually called him
Charley, but / was DESTROYS of showing
that | was really in earnest. MIR. Nor
gan, why do you always laugh and look
at May when the subject Of your meeting
with her is spoken OFF,
This, l was sure, was simple question,
and Yet instead Of answering it in a sim
pie way. they went back, both Of them,
on the old plan, and laughed as if the
words Ihad- just spoken were the best
Joke in the world. Escould eonethnlg.
Of course. but lock grave and Soiellsu,
which in few moments brought them
both looking III the same way. and then
May spoke to me seriously aud said:
''Cousin Jane, You take our laughing
more earnestly than / thought you would.
It is only d memory between Charley and
me hat brings up that laugsi TO Us i5sis
a droil lenlen,dmtnee, but. PERHAPS, in
telling 1t thefe would Sc notling toanl,sse
any one.
| The explanation brought back my good
humor in an instant, and with a smile [
! said
Nov. May. this is really unkind of
YOU; for SO long have you excited my
curiosity, that even il the story Were not
worth telling you should tell it
''Weli, Cousin Jane shall have the sto-
| ~. May, | sill tell it to her
No, Charles, that is really to bad
You shall not do it, sir IF Cousin Jane
IS TO have the story viii tell her myself, ="
and then ter a pause, she said, when
we are alone.
/ ON shall do no such thing, MADAM,
May, wa Charley Imaginable reSpon e.;
/ y3u shall do no such things This timoss
shall have my own way and G5hkiil Jane
stall not have her curiosity excited any
more without being satisfied.
saw there was no discussion on that
1 point, but now in some way Charley was
/! 20 come of victor. So | merely said that |
/ would be back IN few minutes, stepped
| out of the room and walked about the
/ garden until | felt sufe0the point was
/ settled, when 1 went back and found
! Charley and May as happy as birds, and
I laughing the Old laugh as usual. As /
/ entered Charley drew up the rocking
chair, and after seeing me safely deposit
ed in its depths, said:
Now, Cousin Jane, IeShall tell you
the story how | first net my wife
/ 1t was just five years ago his summer
that was granted exemption for a month
/ al my desk, and went down with my old
chun, Horace Hyatt to his father in
! Old Monmouth, the garden of that un-
! Justly abused State, New Jersey. | should
nave never forgotten that visit, even
though | had no It's influence on the fu-
ture Of my life. | should remember it
! for the real true hospitality, the solid old
/ time comfort Of the farm and the quiet
/ way in which, ii few days after my ar
/ rival | was put into possession OF it. and
made tofeel that it all belonged to me to
do. Just what L pleased with it. There
was plenty of fish, and we fished plenty
| OF woodcock. and we shot. All this shall
be spoken with rovIso. | say we, by
which be it understood [ do not mean
Horace twin sisters, Carrie and Nettie,
as having participated IN these sports.
Iheysrode, to be sure, and charmngly
theysdidit they fslFed, and lam obliged to
confess they We're uiuch uckler than their
guest But they did not shoot. though
[ shall not exult over their lack OF the
mpii>hment- they were charming
enough without, [ am sure shall ex
cite no Jealousy by declaring that with
one exception. which | shat! not mention
here, Carrie and Nettie Hyatt were the
most charming gins l have ever seen, and
was just hesitating as to which Of them
| should fall desperately in love with,
whel my calculations were disturbed by
I'm accident-tor SO | suppose | must call
| Though really seeming ike special
| Providence What this was, [ shall tell
In the best way | know how.
For some days after my arrival at the
farm, my curiosity had sbeea5nuch excit-
ed by the occasional panegyrie> lavi>hed
B. the ladies upon one school mate OF
their own. May Stephens 10y name, who
was, according 10 their highly coiored ac-
count the most perfect thing in the share
of woman then living. | tried TO per
suade nyself that nothing, In that line
could surpass Carrie and Nettie, but still
the reputation of this May Stephens. and
do what | would the figure was still with
! re. At last l was worked into an agony
of Curiosity, aud trembling with some
great purpose that would bring before me
| the object of my thoughts and of the Two
sisters conversation. In what this Womb
have ended il is impossible Tor he AT this
time to say, had not learned one morn
ing as | entered the breakfast room the
startling words from Nettie So And so
she is coming at last I'm SO glad. .
Whatever it was that the train OF my
thoughts was upon the point at that mo-