The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-15
A1isEellanu,
MASTER sEELEY,s ELOPENENT.

90 raving distractedu cried Heller
Chapman with a seriO-cOmic expression
of despair. THE way those two go OF
is perfectly ridiculous. What will bt
the end of it all? I don't know
We'll, I'll inform you. then - al
lelopement one of these fine days
'Oh, Annie, you are not in earnest?
exclaimed Helen, suddenly becoming
preternaturally grave. How cOulC
Minnie is only child
Very true, the best reason in tho
world, for expecting her to elOpe.-
People don't do that, you know
when they are old enough to know
better. Fifteen is just the age for sucE
nonsense
You don't know how you brighten
me. If she should marry him shed
never be happy as long as She lived
But what can 1 do? He's been here
almost every day during your visit,
hasn't he? And Minnie, romantic lit
tie goose, evidently fancies she's despe-
rateIy- in love with him-that little
tow-headed, weak-eyed specimen OF
! humanity
But it is not 50 very strange, Helen,
after all. You must confess that he
! has a pretty face, and recites poetry
/ beautifully, said Annie, with a sly twin
kIe of the eye.
Yes, he has the face of a baby, and
! I am so sick Ofhis eternal dropping in
! to poetry that / fairly gnash my teeth
every time he does it.
| Then they must be almost worn out
| by this time,' laughed Annie.
But you don't know how anxious
your words have made me. This is no
| laughing matter. The two gOslings
| Such children. They are just romantic
enough to elOpe. Oh what u trust it is
1.-The sole care of a young sister | re-
member how, few days before dear
mothers death she laid her thin white
hand on Minnie's curly head Ethc little
thing was six years old then and said
Take care of her, dear Helen-Watch
over her as l should ] was only
twelve-a mere child myself; but | ac-
cepted the trust and have never forgot
Don't TUoiSSso distressed, lear, said
Annie, or l shall be almost sorry that
I've said what L have
NO, you needn't be sorry; but l shall
keep my eyes open noW-that il all |
can do
why don't you have a serious talk
with Minnie?'
, Have Il serious talk! Why, I've
had a dozen already, but they do more
harm than good. The more ] say, the
more defiantly she stands up for him,
Hand the more tender she is toward him
4the next time they meet. That hui
fnan nature you know. She says
don't understand his high poetic ma
ture?' And Helen looked as if she
scarcely knew whether to laugh or cry.
Z - iAS0u might forbid him the house,
s!Ie ted Annie, after Il pause.
o indeed; / couldn't dO worse.
Dom 501=sge that it would only hasten
thiskcatastrophe? No, discretion is the
better paTt EaIor, I assure you
Well what do you intend to do
E8i%ino-but Watch and wait, IL 7
have been doing. &Will you not help
n1eS7 'eei' g..
'HeIb you what? 7 Wait or watch ~
Now don't laugh. lswas neverm
serious in my life. We must hear every
wOrd-watch every look that passes
between these two. Poor foolish sis-s
terH Then suddenly relapsing fromTi
the plying into the indignant, 4 could !
shake herr
y few days after this conversation, I
Helen mysteriOusly beckOned her
friend into the garden.
Well said Annie, az the door closed (
behind them, what is on the tapis now? (
What has put YOU into such q state OFF
excitement? Your eyes are like stars,
and your checks as red as roses.
no, do | look rs if IL had-anything T
on nv mind o inquired Helen anxious
Iy I've been trying to look as uncon-
rerued as possible. But after all, she .
added. musingIy, lit dOsGn't matter
much. She would hardly notice it in .
her present state of mind
Who? What? Come, out with it /
Don't you see that I am dying of ii
patience F--s-~--rr- [%,N@
Lend me Jour ear !i;-trled HeIeI1T>1thI.
u tragic air. I've something of the.I
gravest Importance u communicates
Then, after q solemn Tpause, She said
very wide, j am going to elOpeu @
Annie's expressiOW Of open-mouthed /
was $50 ludicrous that
Helen involuntariIyl lhurst intoa merry
laugh. -~--NsL -.
What do YOU 4meam by saying such /
an absurd thingN cried Annie, look /
iug little relieved.
Exactly what say,s returned her
friend, assuming her tornlcr eXpression
Of mysterious gravity q el0pe this
night at halt-past nine, precisely I've /
arranged all. Didn't you see" - -
See what? Why ] verify beLGYe I
you ltUtlll GhlGu. -~ =
Not more than the majority of woA
mankind, | assure you. Then you
Iidu' notice that Herbert Seeley hand .
ed note to Minnie yesterday even /
ing <
NO, indeed? Did he? And watch
ed them all the evening. You have the .
eyes of lynx, Helen s
1 owe this discovery quite a. ma =
10 my cars a to my eyes. When littlGI
Seeley took my sisters hand at parting
| noticed that he gave her 4 very sig .
look, and a. her hand fell /.
the folds Of her dress l heard /.
rustic family like paper. SO T.
after Ny6Tna, ii been in bed some time, .
and after having listened .
lt,the door, tOmake sure she was Sleep /
ing sOundly, I stole in and looked about .
for the note. which, by piece Of good /
luck | hardly expected, | found on her .
bureau, and read without any trouble, +
the gas not being out, but only turned [.
down. i seemed q di-hCmOrable thing .
to do; bat better tnan lose my Minnie. /
Dear little thing--slCeping 50 -Oundly,
her rosy lips parted, and her long, gOl /
den riuglcts falling about her white /
shoulder
But the note; the notcv
IT contained only these words, as
Iivtil a. b-tJ Et!4lSIIOeI NASSI ,iIe,
my beauteOus one, tomorrow night, at /
haIf.past 3, in the little summer house. +
\ carriage will be in waiting at short .
distance. Fail not, thou precious an
gel, nor fear to trust thyself to one who .
would die fpU thee. Forever thine,
Herbert
oh, the little imUecile! 80 it i r. / /
predieted and now what are you going
to doW
Exactly what l told you-elope with /
the youth myself
How can you jest 50" : few days /
arO Won told me it was no laughing