The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-06-23

ii cd. Ine captain spoke first.
II This Is a very charming Piacl
Miss Simekin.'
: "Yes-I am generally called Mis-
e Lisbeth. Mamma and I object muc
q 10 the name Simekiu."
Il '.Indeed,-I am sorry 10 have pain
r ed you
a Not at all. Have you known A
/ len long?''
= 1--WE have been fellow-officers ID
n some years"
a as he engaged ="
e Engaged o.
e YES, engaged to he married. Ho,
e stupid you are !"
: "And you are very candid, my dea
d Miss Lisbeth. No, don't think m
:, friend is engaged"
/, as he good sort of fellow Don
look astOunded, man. You know on
e always wants to know the best an
Il the worst. What is he like >"
:, "Mr. Allen Haughton is to ceI
, tain extent a gentlemen"
y ''But there's no nonsense abou
e him-is there ~
i mot that know Of. But we a
, seldom know our friends rs we know
ourselves"
80, but you're very close, yor
{ know :"
. At this point her mother called t,
i her, and she left the captain with
4 out any word of apology on with
' drawal
2 ''There," continued the Miller
7 wife, "can't you see your own face il
my Lisbeth's ?-I can. Lisbeth, yOI
need not be shy for this gentleman i.
your cousin"
81 am not shy, mamma, and Pm
sure shall get on capitally Will
Cousin Allen-sha'n't /, Cousin Al
len ~
at will not be my fault if you
: DON'T" said Allen with laugh, and
freedom of talk and expression
whicL had been totally wanting in
his friend.
"You're going to stop, Mr.. Allen ~
urged the miller's wife--"yOu don't
go way to-day ?"
eve must return to Canterbrigge
tonight, cousin," said the young
squire, 'tfOr we have only twelve
hours leave-but a visit will be fol
another time"
Here the miller's wife turned away,
leaving Mr.. Allen and Lisbeth talk
ing together; and going up to her
husband she whispered, acct the other
one out of the room. He's in the way
of our young people,
Captain" said the miller, with an
insolent freedom of tone which was
very strong in contrast with that he
had adopted towards the young squire
Captain, have you ever seen a
mill ?''
'NO miller, L have never seen a
MILL"
"Come and take stock of mine then
lit will only cost a cOat-dusting.-
Mother when will dinner he ready?u
SIN half an hour, miller" she said
imperiOusly.
"COme along, captain" said Dannis
and he led the way, the officer follow
ing gravely.
Scarcely had they left house when
the miller said, "How does he go OH ~
"WhO?"
''Hhe young squire !
"He is very WELL"
'Is he rackety 2"
81 scarcely follow your meaning
miller"
"DOes he look much at the pink
| bOnnets ?p
~ really don't knOw,-I think not" :"
'DOes he bet much now ?n
''NO,-nOt much l believe"
"Then where does his money go TOP"
81 have no knowledge where his
money goes to-"
"YOu know he spends heaps o.
money, don't you ?''
mo: never knew that
"As 'stravagant young dog, as ev-
er trotted. But then we was all
young once"
mo, miller, some of us are never
young"
"Faith," laughed the miller, 1--WE
all of us grow old"
''True: but many of us have young
hearts at eighty"
az don't know what you mean, Cap
tain, by yOinag hearts"
$50 much the worse for yOu miller"
The miller looked at the captain as
though he could not quite understand
him, but he had always felt contempt
for a smaller man than himself who
had never proved that he was not
afraid of him, and therefore did not
respect the captain for what was
captain compared with the miller of
TrOmpingtOn, who was so rich that
he held pOst-OJitS upon half the land
in the parish, and whose daughter
would be Lady HaughtOn
Captain" said he, basinS his at
tempts upon the plea which he had
found answer nine times out of ten
throughout his insolent rullling life,
Captain, dOst ever want fifty now
and then ~
ga fifty"
IA fifty pound note" explained the
that this captain WAS the greatest fool
he ever had met.
"Yes," +" replied the officer cOOlly, az
have sometimes wanted 4 fifty. pound
note, and generally got it,"
"Ha, ha :" laughed the miller in
self-triumph; "a joke, dang me, a
good joke. Well, now, Almost wish
you wanted 4 fifty now, for think /
could let you have il, and never say a
word about it,"
'Ha then you want me TO do some
thing?"
The miller smOte his own leg then
his guests, and said, "Why, lad, / |
was thinking thee fool, and thOn |
art not"
"Thank you, miller" said the cap
tain; "but what have to do for it >"
"Get young Mr.. Allen to stop here
tonight. We can get him a medical |
'stificate to set him straight with the |
colonel. And tell him 10 look after
his cousin, for she is fine girl, and |
his own blood, and a richer than you
(fOr One) would think"
"Allen is aclever enough, miller, to |
see for himself"
'But you can help him to see."
81 hardly can tell how"
''Try. L suppose he doesn't let you
into his secrets ,"
"Generally know quite as much
of his secrets as Mr.. Allen does him.
self"
"Then he's told you about the post
OJits, rs the lawyers call 'em ~
eyes"
al know'd you was chatting me-
LOr, what couple they'll make, and
me living up at the court, and the
missus too, so that the county 'ull
have to come down to us, after all,
and them big-wig parsons at Canter-
n good time-and the mill leased out
to one who shall know his place"
Here the miller spruccd himself,
and pulled down his waiscOat.
''There be nothing like English
he said.
Except the father-in-law of a bar
Onet," said Captain John, very gravely.
The miller saw vast joke i'll this
reply, and slapped his guests leg and
his own once more.
Dinner be ready-there goes the
bell ~
"Ha, miller, have you dinner
bell ?''
''Thee see they have it up at the
great house, and so my madame said,
ls she belonged to Apton Court, she
would have a dinner-bell ; neither do
see why it should not be so ~
"YOu young people go together"
said the miller's wife, addressing her
daughter and Allen,-'for l see yOu
one another" Il
Captain Jack ate very little, and
lnce or twice Mr.. Allen burst into
laughter apparently with his friend
for the butt. The miller and his
laughter followed suit, and the the
N, iIlarIc xyifa smiled AS a cousin of