St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-10-29

ed, and neither acknowledged nor dis
owned his acquaintance. He blushed
stammered out how ashamed he was
how he deserved to be punished, how
little she knew how unhappy he was, ant
concluded 10y begging her not to let al
the world know the disgrace of man
who was already mortified enough by tn,
loss OF her acquaintance. She asked al
explanation: he told her of the actor
that had been commenced in her name
she gently shrugged her shoulders, and
SAID, ''llow stupid they are ~ Embold,
ened by this, he begged TO know whether
OF not a life of distant unpretending de,
votiom would, after a lapse of years,
erase the memory of his madness-his
crime
She did not know,
She must now bid him adeu, as she
had some preparations to make for a ball
liz the Crescent, where everybody was
TO be They parted, and Dolignan de-
termined to be at the ball, where every
body was to he. lie was there, and after
some time he obtained an introduction
TO Miss IIaythorn, and he danced with
her. li,r manner was gracious. With
the wonderful tact of her sex, she seemed
10 have commenced the acquaintance
that evening. That night, for the first
time, Dullgnan was in love. | will
spare the reader all q lovers arts, by
which he succeeded in dining where she
dincd, in dancing where she danced, in
ovcrtaking her by accident when she
rode. His devotion followed her even to
church, where the Dragon was reward
ed by learning there Is a world where
they neither polk nor smoke-the two
capital denominations of this one.
lie made acquaintance with her uncle.
who liked him, and he saw with Joy
that her eye loved to dwell on him when
she thought ne did not observe her
II WAS three months after the Box
Tunnel that Capt. Dolignan called one
day upon Capt. llrythorn, K. n, whom
he had met twice i'll his life, and shght-
ly p~opitiatcd by violently listening to a
cutting out expedition he called. and in
the usual way asked permission to pay
hi addresses il hi> daughter. The
worthy captain strdightway began doing
the JUartcr-dcch, when suddenly he was
-H:nnJnyd from the apartment bv a mys-
tcri.D- Ec-~a-r. On hiS return, he an
nouurrd with Il total change of voice,
tn" III was all right and his visitor
m.-ut run alongside a. soon ;,S be chose"
NJ reader ha. OWNED the truth this
n1atira! commander, terrible by the foe,
va IN complete and happy subjusntion
to h.- dauLillrr. our heroine
y nc wa- IahInI leave, Dolisnan saw
Ii divinity -. INTO th. drawing ROOM
He followed her. observed Il sweet con-
~.iuu-nv-> which encouraged linn that
consciousness irrpcncd into contu-ion-
-he tried 10 laugh, and cried instead, and
then she smiled again when he kissed
tier hand NJ tE> door Ii was "Gcorge"
and Marian" instead of captain
,ii- and mis- the other 4 reasonable
time after tins itor my tale Is mcrcitul
and -hip- iormaliie~ and tortuIing delays)
these two were very happy they were
culov their hoHcymooun ali bv them
-,IveS. Marian Dnlignan was dressed
Just ;,- hyinrc-dnck like and delicious
al b?i1n,, except her cintIe, but George
al ur-II. her tha- time instead cf opposite;
and she drank ham in Gently from under
her lyrG eyela-hrs.
"MaIIan, sud George. married peo-
PI, should tell each other all Will
you ever forgive me ii own to you
uy-"
'lr-. yee ~
Nv eli. then. you remember the Box
Tmurl." CIhi~ WAS the first allu-lon he
had vcuiurcd 10 it, Il am ashamed TO
>sy | had = to go with White
would hiss o!.e at You two ladies' - and
t'oor@e, pathetic internally, chuckled
within.
II know that. George; | overheard
YOU was the dcmIre reply.
oh YOU overheard me impossible -
And did v5u not hear me whisper
10 my companion made a bet with
her
You made bet, how singular !,
What WAS it !''
''Oniy a pair of gloves, George"
"lcs, | know, bat what about It -
That ii You did, YOU should be my
husband, dearest"
"Oh. but stay; then YOU could not
have been 50 very angry with me, love.
Why, dearest, then who brought tina:
action against me p
Mr-. Dolignan looked down.
Il was afraid you were forgetting me
George, you Will never forgive me. -
''Hwoct angel why here is the Box
Tunnel :"
Now reader-iiel no, no such thing
\ lou can't expect TO be iudulged in thi:
way every time we come to dark place
BESIDES, it is not the thing. Consider
TWO sensible married people, No sucl
phenomenon, l assure you, took place
No scream issued in hopeless rivalry O
the engine-this time
sad n male advocate Of woman
rigu;s "Whcn ] am in crowded car
and "a lady come, in, thIik it is the du
ty oi -orna other man to get up and Civ,
her hi, seat look around the car t.
sc if any man in the crowd looks li'l'
making a move in that direction, anc
whea see them all keep their seats,
hide my face behind my newspaper, an'
blush for my sex"
- Singing is a great "inStItution."
oils the wheels Of care, supplies the plac
OF sunshine. y man who sings has
: good heart under his shirt-iront. Sue