Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-04-29

We we're accustomed to eating
good dinners on Sunday, as it was
the only day We could all eat that
meal together and take our time at
H. We all enjoyed those Sunday
dinners keenly.
Just before the folks started to
church, Clara and Lizzie we're talk.
ing earnestly together, and Clara
said, Eyes, you ought to do It and
do it at once,D gave no heed to
the words then, but afterward knew
what they referred to.
Father had sort Of half library,
half office, up stairs, and there Bob
and I went; he to take a smoke,
and myselfto read. u
After we had been there a short
time, Lizzie tapped at the door and
walked in. Iasked her If she wo'd
have a cigar, to which she made no
reply; but walked directly toward
Bob, who inYoluntarily got up to
meet her.
I saw that they were about to
make up theirquarrel; but, as Ihad
been present at half a dozen make
ups of theirs, / only thought itnec-
essary to gaze, with sudden inter
est, out Of tile window.
Lizzie commenced "Mr, Carver,
I was rnde; l was provoked at what
you said at the table, and SO forgot
myself I'm sorry.pa3 suat,og
Il wished / had gone out; but
they were between me and the
door, so did not know what to
do hIgue 21l.H9 s.37H 9.- l'l
Bob maintained an awkward ST.
lence for few seconds. / began
to feel interested, ] knew that
that was pretty much ofan apology
for Lib to make to him, and / men,
tally said if be did not accept it as
frankly as it was offered, he was a
- we'll, not what l thought him.
Lizzie must have grown tired Of
bis silence, for she had turned to
go, and / had turned around from
the window, when Bob said "Stop."
she turned toward him, and he
continued
"Lizzie, don't think I am such a
brure as MOTTO accept your apollo
gy. / was only at a loss to find
words to express my regretiat hay
ing provoked you into saying what
you did, 1t was all my fault 'o
4No, it wasn't" curtly returned
Lizzie; and 1 mentally concluded
that they would quarrel over this.
But Bob continued seriously, and
in a most lugubrious tone, said:-
well, maybe itisn't. I guess it is
fate. Its the result, I suppose, Of
my over -sensitiveness to your in
difference, or dislike"
"Bob!" exclaimed Lizzie. of
"It's true,1 he said. II can't
help feeling that you don't like me,
and my uneasiness leads me to- act
SO as TO increase your aversion"
/ wished l had gone, They
seemed tobe settling not only their
last quarrel, but all they had ever
had. m il ~ HI.ie
eYou had no right to say that,
Bob. You know don't-d dislike
you" said Lizzie, actually breaking
down and sobbing. fr
! guess he must have concluded
that he knew it, for he took her in
his capacious arms just as I passed
them on a rapid retreat, terribly
ashamed of not having gone in the
first place. 3 af.'
| do not know what took place
afterI left, but so far as dinner was
concerned, Lib might as well have
gone to church,
Bridget got it all right, however,
and think it was about tho hap
piest one we ever did eat
Happiness is contagious, and
there was enough of it in Lizzie's
eyes alone to have inoculated q
whole regiment with joy.
/ believe Clara saw the state OF
affairs at once, and shared Liz.
zie's joy to the greatest possible
degree. ,m1
! Father and Mother seemed to &C.
cept the "era of good feeling
without explanation, while Bob was
insane, at4
He asked father about the sermon
and on being assured that it was an
excellent one. said he would take q
little Of it.
Father asked him "what r. and
he said ap0tatoes.n o
He helped himself to a spoonful
and fban deliheratelv tobk'a spoon.