The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-04-30

fool, to swallow such a pack of senti-
mental fattery as this /? Lovely eyes
dimples IF he'd have said spectncles
and wrinkls he'd have been considera-
bly, nearer right, No yon don't, my fine
fellow no :. you -, don't! ExpeEince
Browne hast lived ffty-five years in the
world to fall into such trap as this at
last. He'll call this afternoon to re-
ceive the answer that is to decide the
whole current of his future life, will he ?
Well, let him call. I'll be ready for him?
and [ Warrant me he won't be in hurry
to call again
And Miss Experience chuckled to her
self until all the false curls quivered, as
she folded the letter neatly, and put it
back into its hurriedly- directed envel-
ope.
Il never had an offer of marriage be-
fore, she thought, viewing her autumnal
countenance in the pier glass, andadj usting
the little puffs of ribbon in her cap bor-
der, and 1t docs make one feel kind of
queer It's something to tell of anyway
Bethuar Jones needn't 60 to saying Rou
that was an ole maid, because / had
never had an offer just wonder what
Ariel would say guess I won t tell her;
she wonld only laugh at me -
Miss Experience drew herself up as
grlmly as If her spinal column were bar
of iron, that afternoon, when Bridget an
nounced:
MIR. Grover, mem
''Show him in, Biddy-I am quite at
leisure to receive him..
And our hero entirely innocent of the
impending storm that awaited him, walk
ed into Miss. Experience, s lawful pres
ence. with bundle of title deeds in his
hand, tied with the official looking red
tape Of his profession.
Good afternoon Miss Experience -
Amt you ashamed ofyourself, Harry
Grover ?'' calculated the spinster, In a
deep stern voice Get along with your
self, maxim loye to an old woman more'n
twice as old as you be, just because she's |
got little money What do you take |
me for, hey? Don't stand starin' there! |
Walk out of this room, quick, or III |
throw the1big dictionary at your head |
No, NO, no! NuU have you got your |
answer plain enough? | wouldn't marry |
you if there wasn't another man In the |
whole town
Harry Grover was little; appalled, at !
this charge of horse and foot, :, but he |
stood his ground manfully, not even
quailing at the big dictionary!
but Miss Browne yon listen to |
me moment [ don want you to marry
ry me What has put this strange fancy |
III your head p
\ on don t, want to marry me? Then |
what the mischief does this letter mean,
[ like to know"
"May [ look at it %
Harry took the letter, and glanced at it |
it contents threw a new light upon the |
state of affairs.
Good cupid what a blockhead-
what an unmitigated, inexcusable, incom-
parable donkey | have been! What |
could | have been thinking about ?''
Hey?' demanded the puzzled spin
ster
Excuse me, ma'am, but there has
And without stopping to complete his
sentence, he rushed out of
the room to the little bay-windowed par
Tor, where, Ariek usually. sat
well, ! never y exclaimed Miss Elk
perience, as the door banged unceremoni-
ously in her face.
ariel Miss Browne -
But Ariel turned naughty from the |
Cy % VI HCi iONcI
''Your letter is quite sufficient; sir; / !
need no further exponent Of your mean
ing.
darling-there has been an alb
surd mistake; this is the letter that was
intended for you. The other was written |
to your aunt on business, and by some
unaccountable blunder, gotinto the wrong
envelope! | have been fool-a block
head, but / love you, dearest, with all
my heart Ariel, you Will not send me
away -
No-Ariel did not send him away, for
the shy smiles and the rosy bloom were
beginning to come back to her face rs she
read the real letter. 4,
:. But Harry. She said, with roguish
dimple at the corner of her mouth you
must confess that Aunt Experience 5
note had rather an unpleast style.
Il was a careless reprobate, said Har-
ry, frankly, but you see Judge CoraeH
was watching me, and"
Aad that was the end Of all misunder
standings between. Harry Grover and
Ariel Broune, thenceforth forevermore.
Miss Experience was rather disappoin-
ted in two things. She would like to
have sold the school house 'corner lot,
and she would like to have said that once,
in the course of her fifty years of life
she had an offer OF marriage
However, said Miss Experience,
"Arlel is very happy, and may be things
are best as they are p
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