The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1869-06-12

thing, she was naturally disturbed by the
interruption. 80 the Cause OF her pique
was NOT at all unflattering to her cavalier.
Presently she bent forward, and said
timidly, but with inexpressible sweet
ness -
"Won't you forgive me, Mr. Lang
ford ?"
Harry looked quickly up, and saw one
tear glstening on the end Of her nose, and
another threatening to freeze upon her
cheek. He pushed back something that
came uninvited into his throat and sang
out Justify =" Come now, it 10 cold here,
and l must have a share of the buffa
loes ln-Aand he clambered in, without
much disturbing the solemn'Visaged pas
senger.
Lucy got up a small laugh.
Before they reached Linville 1t was six
O'Clock, and growing dark. A few snow
flakes, scarcely noticed, rested upon the
horses back. Five minutes more, and
they mad deposited their passenger at her
destination. She aung ntit profusion of
thanks, favored by tear The reconciled
twain started homeward, each little
doubtful as to the exact condition of the
others temper. PreliminaFiiy, they con-
versed upon very remote topics agreed
that as Liuville was eight miles from
| Winston, they had now about eight miles
| to overcome and that as 1t was already
| late it would probably be later before
theyreaohed home. The increasing snow
furnished new subject, and this very soon
| acquired positive interest, as it steadily
gained strength. In little while gusts Of
wind came surging along, keen and icy,
and impudently whirling the light snow
in the faces of the homeward-bound,
With any other companion, Mr.. Harry.
Langford would have said disagreeable
| th ngs. Miss Brandon acknowledged to
herself that if she were now under the
guidance of any of her proGessed deVo-
tees there might be words as bitter as the
wind.
When they were four miles from Win.
stOn they came to q sudden turn in the
road. The new snow had drifted here
and the way was difficult to pass. AT a
touch of the whip, the horse plunged for
ward and trace snapped
This was serious Laugford sprang out,
and discovered that the difficulty might be
temporarily arranged by splicing. For
this he needed twine. Together they
sesrced the sleigh but found no consola-
tion there. Ten cherries minutes passed.
Harry tried dozen expedients, all unsuc.
cessful. What should be doneH There
was no house near. 1t was becoming
very dark.
At last he proposed, not without hesits-
tion, to draw the sleigh to the side of the
road, to wrap his fair charge in impene'
tTable folds, and start off on loot in search
Of tWine.
At this point all trouble vanished in an
instant. In a faint voice, Miss Lucy un.
expectedly Chirped forth from her pile Of
Buffalo robes" Will this do?" and in.
stantly hid herself from human view.
She had let something fall upon the
snow that lay like halfcoiled blue snake
In answer to her frightened question, she
was informed that it did. Harry, laughing
himself to pieces internally, but superb.
Cially solemn and calm, repaired damages
resumed his place, and drove cautiously
onward. After a while, he said-"ThinB
now, Miss Lucy, of woman walking to
Linville in this tempest"
Lucy looked appealingly into his face
and gave signals of great distress.
You arc cold" he said aad, as she was
was silent, he took it for granted that she
was
AS they passed through the long ave
nue. to Mr.. Brandon's house, an electrical
experiment took place, without the same
explosive result as before.
The next evening there was a sewing
J circle in Winston. A sewing-circle is {
, popular needle-and-thTead assemblage, al
which tlannels and,reputatiOns are pitiless
J ly punctured; at which undeT-garmentl
for infants and scandsl-cloaks for adult;
! are manufactured, and all made to tlt
: The duties of the occasion having beer
/ worried through early in the evening, tn,
masculine element was suffered to minglt
a socially, and the sport began. Mr.. Henry
} LangfOrd was admitted with the rest o
! the hitherto excluded. He looked mischie
g vously at the centre of attraction. Tn
. centre Of attraction smiled at him, AM
f folded its front upper teeth over its lowe
t lip.
y Did you ever notice what depth AM
= variety of meaning is conveyed by tina
t very curious oont0rtioE of the female face
. It signifies amazement, amusement griel
4 anger, retlection'-almOst any thing accord
a ing to the will of the exhibitor.
. This time it meant remonstrance and eI
g hortation.
A divinity student was talking yer
Y loudly about the Atlantic cable, and del
y canting on the ingenuity of man.
}, Mr.. Langford asserted that the ingenui
s ty of man bore no comparison to the il
genuity Of woman and proposed to sui
" stantiste his position by slight narEt
tion and simple apparatus he had in hi
pocket.
: From the centre of attraction theH
IS came again high d, head register, th
time staccatissimo. Miss Brandon brok
recklessly from her circle, spilling a
sorts of workbox treasures as she ran
q spools, needles, pins, bodlzins, scissor
1t hooks were scattered around in inextricI
Is bic confusion.
n "Hsrry, give it to me-" she pleade,
1f very softly" please do, dear Harry"
The dear was of at least ten second
s. duration. Long before the prominei
adjective was exhausted, Harry LangfoI
Q. was lost man.
"There it is" he said, "and what sha
Of | have in returnfn (All this very softly
ic Everything "-(more softly still, b
le with smile that was worth dozen or
h tions.)
In the course of a week, the youth
9. Winston heard something that took aw,
)f its appetite. Il considered that its con
II denee had been abused. II regarded N
10 Henry Langford as an intruder who hi
exceeded the privileges Of hospitality.
OF A little while after ell this, in the couT
10 of retrospective conversation, nj
Brandon made the following mysterio
ID remark, with all the extravsgant emph
II sis peculiar to young ladies
4. Nothing Of the sort, Harry. It "
Id horribly old-fashioned, and it was I
or merest accident in the worldp
II seems there are ever 80 many morl
III in this story, notwithstanding it Is
er short, and SO true-for it Is true, eve
81 word, excepting only the names of pl
tt- sons and places There is a moral
ID youthful society, a moral Of feminine q
ne parel, and some more, all Of which it
ne very pleasant to reflect upon, since no
Of them were intended. But / shall I
~ take the trouble to point them out.
II, --s-s-e-a---z~----
A Character.
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