Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-11-05
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to herself until all her false curls
quivered, as She folded the letter
: neatly and put it back into its
thurriedly directed envelope.
81 never had an offer of mar
riage before" she thought, viewing
her autumnal countenance in the
pier glass and adjusting the little
puffs of ribbons in her cap border,
aand it does make one feel kind of
queer? It's something to tell of,
any way. Bethuar Jones needn't
[go to saying that / am an old
maid, because l have never had an
offer. I just wonder what Ariel
would say-I guess l won't tell
her; she would only laugh at mel"
| Miss Experience drew herself
up as if her spinal column was
bar of. iron, that afternoon, when
Bridget announced: h9t'9
1 "Mr. Grover, menu
'Show him in, Biddy--I am
fquite at leisure to receive him."
And our hero, entirely innocent
Of the pending storm that awaited
him, walked into Miss Experiences
awful presence, with a bundle of
title deeds in his hand, tied with
the official looking red tape of his
profession.
GOOD afternoon, Miss Experi-
ence!" '1a3 hi' e-
saint you ashamed of yourself,
Harry Grover?" CALCULATED .he
spinster, in deep stern voice.
Get along with your self, maxim
love to an old woman more than
twice as old as you be, just because
she'd got little money? What
do you take me for, hey? Don't
stand starin' there! Walk out of
the room quick, or I'll throw the
big dictionary at your head! No,
no, no! Now you have got your
answer plain enough!I wouldn't
marry you if there wasn't another
man in the whole town."
Harry Grover was a little ap-
|palled at this charge of horse and |
foot, bat stood hisground manfully, |
not even qpailing at the big die
'tionary! no
'sBut Miss Browne, will you
hear me moment ? I don't want
you to marry me What has put
this strange fancy into your head?"
y "You don't want to marry me
Then what in the mischief does
this letter mean, Id like to now ?"
"May ! look at p 4
Harry took the letterand glanced
at it. The contents threw new
light on the unaccountable state
of affairs. Ts'@ #
''Good Cupid! what an unmiti-
gated, inexcusable, Incompatible
donkey / have been J : What
could l have been thinking about?"
2 s'Hey?" demanded the puzzled
spinster. 4i4io ~ - -s2lISHa
excuse me, ma'am, but there
has been a mistake-a-f0
And without stopping to com
plete his fraginentary sentence, he
rushed out of the room to little
bay-window parlor, where Ariel
usually sat. iR9I - = . 'HhIy +
"Well, Inever" exclaimed Miss
Experience as the door banged un-
tremendously in her face. 1sD
? sAriel! Miss Browne!" Pa T.
But Arieiturned haughtily away
from the pleading eyes of her low
er. - s'is.i''.li'po l.
.iossYour letter is quite sufficient,
'ir; l need no further exponent !
if your meaning" 2 'i5lfa'J G
"Arlel-darllng-there has been 7
IN absurd mistake |; this is the c
etter that was intended for you. .
The other was written to your 9
lunt on business and, by some t
inaccountable blundcr, got into I
he wrong envelopei Ihave been a n
ool-a blockhead, but 1 love you, /
learest, with all my heart! 9 Ariel a
'ou will not send me away! mri b
dNo-Ariel did not send him a. 4
way, for the shy smiles and rosy 3
loom were beginning to come back
o her face as she read the real
etter. IT, albW .5T99 scgI II
"But, Harry" she saidwith a r,
oguish dimp1e at the corners of p
Ierlmouth, "yon must confessthat e
Aunt Experiences note had rather t.
n unpleasant style yzfsg $40 n
81 was a careless reprobate," el
aid Harry frankly; 9but you see ci
udge Cornell was watching me" a