The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-25

on this particular evening he surpassed
all his former efforts in the art of pleas
ing; and he was SO attentive to Mis-:
Gushington-he was her most devoted
slave all the evening, and he said te
himself that he would be ever after
providing she would only love him.
He led to the piano, and turned the
music for her, and he sang an old love
song, aud he looked a whole volure oI
love songs, and be .feA himself the
very personi6cation of love. And
she sang, and Mr.. Judkins believed
himself In some, enchanted land. He
was entranced, bewitched, intoxicated
with melodious sounds, and sweet
imaginings. rfa ,
To quote the words of his son, "The
old gentleman was fairly bedeviled. u
You would have thought so could
you have seen him shortly afterwards:
Mary was at 'theh piano, and Jane
Louisa and Mr.. Judkins were out ON
the veranda, waltzing by moonlight.
lie hadn't waItzed before in twenty
years, and he never had been a natural
waltzer.i He whirled about as grace
fully as "a clothes-horse might be ex-
pected to, should the kitchen furniture
be suddenly seized, with a mania for
waltzing; and heigrew dizzy and Jaue
Louisa supported him-but that was
rather agreeable, of course. l5..=1 ~
And the whole company went out
to walk in the dewy moonlight, Miss
Gushingtoh leaning on the arm of
Mr.. Judkfns,T her beautiful eyes so
much brighter than the stars, that the
latter retired in confusion the moment
she lifted them to the heavens. 41-rJ
=. tt-Her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream
so bright ,ef-sI g T,...-..ri,j
That birds would sing and +. think it
/ were not night" ~ jea -s5t
as the Bard of Avon says, in dcscrib-
ing the luminous optics of old Mr..
.Capulet's only daughter, and the same
will apply to the eyes of Miss Jane
Louisa Gushington. .@j 1t ~.
Mr.. Judkins had never felt happier
in all his life. All the poetry in him
came to the surface, and he said a
thousand pretty things s-perfect gems,
you know; and when L think of them,
weep to think that they are lost for
Ieser. 4 t
He spoke under the inspiration OF
the rosy god, and she listened, as one
might have gazed in the gorgeous
palace of Aladdin, so ebewildered by
the beauty of everything ne said, that
she could remember !. nothing but, the
grandeur of the whole. Tl,- ~
The courtship of Mr.. Judkins, thus
happily begun, went on smoothly.
Gradually he gave Miss Gushington
to understand the state of his heart.
She was just a, little bit surprised al
first, but that was all. She confessed
to herself that she could have loved
Harry better than Jutlson, but Harry
wouldn't give her a chance to love him.
and so she concluded that she might
as well set her affections on his father
particularly as she could see that thS
latter was terribly in love.
There was no sentimentalism about
Miss Ghshington. She was one O
| that kind of women that would make
almost any man a good and affection
ate wife, but there was no danger O
her ever dying of a broken heart. Sht
was determined to marry, and if sh'
couldn't get just the man that she want
ed, she would take the. next best
: And SO, failing, rs she thought, t
reach the heart of, Harry, she accept
: ed the heart of Mr.. Judkins, ant
promisedsto become his bride. ira
There was only one, person in tn
J world that Mr.. Judkins was afraid of
! and that person was his daughte
/ Nary He didn't dare to tell he
that he, was about to marry Mis-
Gushington. He knew that she woult
laugh thim, and he couldn't bear tt
be ridicuIed, and he knew that he wa
about to doswlat would generally b.
! considered very ridiculous thing
and SO he eScautioned Miss Gushingtor
against telling any one oftheir engage
ment. ''oSA -.-& 2' @'F.".'J
"NVe can't be married here" sait
he. )s'And no one must 'know'that w,
ever thought of marrying. HBut II
tell you how wei can manage it, M,
/ dear. Name the day yourself, and tn,
sooner it comes the better it vii
please me-" and Mr.. Judkins steppet
to- squeeze Jane Louisa's hand, and
believe he kissed her, but I'm not s,
certain of that. GGs ~ las -l'''s' e
r''Thete's train passes through
Bradford fortAo city. .uat fifteen minute
past five, in the morning. Not one o
the family will be1up at that time, ant
we can leave the house and the tow
without disturbing anybody. upoI
arriving in the city we can bemarried
and then we can start on our wedding
tour, to be gone as long as we please
long enough certainly, to give tn,
Bradford people time to get through
talking about us. And by that time
probably, Nary will have become re
signed to the new state of affairs"
Mr.. Judkins wasn't quite sure tha
she would be resigned, but he tried t.
flatter himself that she would Ie
"But," said Janei, Louisa, "wen'
the family be anxious when they fin,
we are both gonei?" J. :=, Pr. III
80, Pll make that all right" repli
ed Mr.. Judkins. .sH''I'll tell Mary tn
night before, that 1 am going away il
the early morning train, and when W
get ready to start, Eli place note OIL
| the table for Mary, explaining all."
| And so that was the way it.was set
tied, and meantime everything wen
on as Usual, and no onesuspected tina
Mr.. Judkins was iniileve with. Mis-
Gushington, and that they had thei
elopement already planned. @ .g''
I said that no one suspected tina
Mr.. Judkins was in love. Perhaps