Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-09-15

o the daughter of wealthy citizen9of Rhil
d / adelpnia. a Dir. Hunt had met Miss Morri
i in Washington the previous winter, and
II lfke great many befhre HIM had falel
l j fded the state of his affections EtoS Mrs
~ Barlow, who loyed nothing better -tha,
4 forwarding the matrimonial schemes D
her friends; and Tehd1y promised him al
! the aid IN hfr power. Suchs indeed, wa
. her confidence in her own abilities thai
III a1tnight have been with some girls
but Miss Morris iWss mot quite am easy
n person TO manage. Accustomed to be ad.
j fnired and NW60ed,, the situation 1hadl nc
) novelty for her. She could be as coolly
critical of suitor as If the handsome
head she carried ron her shoulders had
been many years older than it was. She
doubt willing enough tofali in lqveshould
the. proper, object present himself; but
Mr.. Hunt Mas not that object. She liked
the idanI well enough, enjoyed his fine
singing, smiled secretly at his awkward
ness, andNmiablya helped him out of the
ting int9s>but BAT was all. Mrs. Bar
low, ,mslees9 o1lnaN- the two constantly
together5 =fAnzf importsnS of all, in
her HmfttonlT ltliE6d that they
should befednstsnty ing together!
As thefe10d lady hear, Ahy after day
Mr.. II INK mag gnifce1 thss mingling
Sar %rh ffia6d a S tsli olseRs sURsTA10 tSa. q
| girl mus be more o. lesg thkn human to
resist a aEoitA like 7hatt ~
But MBdntwas Less saneuinA The
poor 1a3 3Aelt, &foG9h al the charming
and sfaciAuB ki1d1ees Of Miss HorrisIs
manner, the suplile infusion Of certainl
silent but irrestible pr1 tbitory torce, the
weapon of defense wHeh 8 woman Of the
EH ~ Ghafed agaiasF tht9 sileQt barrier or
shoWed any disposi ton q sovs1Stspi1 She
pieilessly turned him over to- the, tender
mereiesof Miss LeuFa HatheWsy, who was
alsolone Of Mrs. BarloW's guests, and who
more than suspected of cheSishing a
decided penchant for the. musicsl Hercules.
at first he was IN despair at this treat
ment ); but, alas for the Instability of hr-
man emotions, he soon began to find o!
kind of solace IN tlfea eompanionship Of
the lively Laura. Miss Halfway was
pretty; her faceswas animated, and she
laughed great deal She chartered inS
cessahtlE and one could not pick ten
q week. She was as Ignorant Of music as
I am of Chinese literature, and, much as
she admired Mr.. Hunt, shecouh not keep
still while he sang. When he asked her
If she enjoyed one Of BeethoVen,s sonatas,
played supefbly by Mrs. Barlow, she an
swered, 9 Oh yes; think it is 80 nice.
Did you ever hear Casey's band, play
When Johnny comes marching home =
1tis splendid" ~ "a - s9.ss.. - D
And yet she was SO. amiable, and she ad
mired himself so much, that Mr.. Hunt
could not help. being charmed. In factj
thespeer fellows ideas were in some con-
fusion He. knew he was in love with |
somebodyThe knew he had lost the heart
he was IN the habit of calling his own !; |
bnt- which Of thesG two charming ierea-
lures had it in her possession wasnot at l
an sure. And that sly Ada laughed in her I
sleeve to see her despairing swain reviv- |
ing from thechilii Of her GOODNESS. in the |
warm beams. ofla new sun. s.s fs..,r
= MrseBarlowlwass alarmed. Can Hunt |
he cam pique Ada JIM this way2 OF course +
he does not admire LaugaT dear warm
hearted little thing, to be sure but, than,
she hasn't q thimblefu1 of brains, and
can't sing note. dare say he 'thinkh Il
to make himself more desirable by hold
ing a1opf q httle Gonceited, like every
other man. But he will lose Ada If he, is I
not CAREFUL 7 must warn him. !sssisi
She did 30 at the2frss opportunity. The
poor man was terribly embarrassed. SMy-
dear friend" he said, "I hope you do not
think me capable OF flirting with one lady 4
in order to make an impression upongI
smother. Ny attentions to- Miss Hatha-
way HaVc D6cH inc Eesu1e "a secinSAss CAr|'T
have constantly arisen which
made them voidablen Is;a;. -
"Of course could not suspect you.off
my. thing $50 dishonorahle,n replied the
Iady,sfibbine without blush. aBut
feared, dear Laura might mistake -FourJ
Teelin9s toward lher. - 7Rgld ,asil SII
q at trust NOT. sBt1t. sindeed. I fear Miss
Morris win. never care for sme.G She is
quite cold ana indifferent. %, 59',.1i
WThat YOU will never know unless Evv4odu n
ask her. sShe is not the Qirl to Let You see
! preference for youuntil you do. And
[ think it right to tell you that your time
Is short; she leaves us tomorrow.
Mr. HUNTS countenance fell. The
thought of losing Ada was misery. He
-ose and walked The Hoor. dAnd do YOU
,eallV think I have a chance p, he. asked,
III !
'srT have al vraavIsi told Won that mink
he chances are h yolir favor A nv<Nav. {
ami heart never won fair lady. IF YOU I
,are to 'try vc51r fate. / will see that Won
ave tf,is dhnortnritv.n ;. -
She was as good as her word. That ,
.veiiiie MT. HINT fouud himaelf Through
ler adroit nanaoement. seated with Ada |
n deep bay4windoW, quite apartsfrom