Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1868-09-10

we are authorized to tell her she come:
in for her thirds"
"And while you sit there talking non
sense, girl here is my dress"
lit is no nonsense, Addie. have al
ways thought Frederick Pardoe was ar
idiot, and now he has come out and ac
knowledgcd it,
"Frederick Pardoe p
"Yes he has pursued me with atten-
tions for three months; escape them
could not"
(Oh. May, did you ever try y
Addie dropped into an easy chair
This. then. was her faithful Frederick
'Dear, DEAR" went on Miss Fontleroy,
in light mocking tones, ''the times that
man has talked to me under the stares OF
congenial spirits and connubial bliss
and the same to you, I suppose, Jane
Liscom ?"
Il am ashamed to repeat what the
dastardly wretch has said to me- re-
piled the high minded Jane, longing in
the depths of her soul to creep some
where out of sight. She could conceal
her modification, but she could not make
light Of it like the high spirited May!
"You don't need my help, girls, in
bidding off the man at auction. I will
withdraw my claim and 60 down stairs. :"
Suddenly there was a sob, then laugh.
Addie had thrown herself on the floor in
fit Of wild Mysteries.
80 he has been making love to all
three of US! What capital joke And
we never mistrusted it Tell me, May,
did he think we believed him %
"Of course, dear; he considers US vio-
leutly enamored. And he returns our
affections in tbree-fold degree, for be is
an appreciative man."
GLOW happy could he be with either,
Were t'other dear charmer awayr'
Two of us must take ourselves out of the
way. He is too much Of a gentleman,
Addle. to make anE choice we must
has withdrawn; it rests between you and
me; which shall be the happy woman p
'Oh, May, it is too absurd of you.-
AS if I cared for that conceited creature p
"Well done. Addie Blythe p thought
May, approvingly, you have a little
pride as we'll as myself"
But she said aloud:
"Of course was jesting Addie. Any
body would know us better than that
I pity the woman who could be duped
by such fool"
''And I, too," responded poor little
Addie, pouring her imaginary pity into
her pocket handkerchief MAY Fontle-
roy, how can ride home with him after
this insult %
1t is too bad, Addie, but somebody
must see him and finish the business, or
we shall have it all to 60 over again"
''But, May, what shall I say? Tell
me how"
"Why, say we tried to dispose of him
at auction, but there wasn't bid. Tell
him to go, forget us'-he may yet see
three more who will fill our places"
II wish you could do it, May; you
could slash him into small pieces. But
shall do the best I can I don't mean
to leave enough letters to spell his name."
The homeward ride was an ordeal for
Addie, though she never told precisely
what was said. She entered the carriage
with the dignity of an Empress. Feel
ing the utmost contempt for. her cheva-
lier, on her own account and in behalf
of the other girls. But when she told
him so with all the ferceness of an angry
dove, he was so humbled, so ashamed,
that she was moved to pity him little.
"Oh, Addie," said he. II shall never
hold up my head again p
1t was certainly hard for him. If one
ordinary rejection is as much as man
can bear, what must it be to have three
at blow. Addie had fully intended to
annihilate him, but she had spent all her
powder at the first shot.
.Oh. Addie, I could bear the con-
tempt of the other girls but yours"
Poor fellow What could she do but
turn comforter The consequence was,
as might have been predicted, that, in
spite of her sternest resolves, she ended
the matter by accepting her third Of an
"appreciative" heart.
"Oh, May and Jane !' said she depre-
catipgly, when the girls shrugged their
shoulders, lit was foreordained. If either
of you had ridden homo with him instead
of me, you would have done as 1 did
you would have pitied him SOP