The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-04-14

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struck him the more he looked upon her,
as very uunaturaily and dsagreeably tGil
young LADY, attIred IN rather short. i'll
lifting dress, and wearing, upon counte
nance full of broad blown comeiness, red
and white, about the most thorough from
| ear to ear sort of smile that Mr.. Richard
Llvermore ever remembered having seen.
How 'ye do !? said the gigantic virgin,
| accompanying her salutaticn with a rather
vacant>sounding laugh. Hope you re well
ou re Llyermore, Of course? Well, Liver>
more. | don like your looks blt How
do you ike mine?'
1-l-think there must be some mis-
take, murmured LivermOre, in am cement.
I-l-under.tood Miss Tounley was to-
Well, | am Miss Ionn!ey.'
'lmpos.ible
y GU re plimentary, [ m sure! But
perhaps you mean that | disappoint you
agreeably, Nr. Livermore. hope don t.
| dare say you re good enough kind Of
( fellow, but then you re decidedly not the
fellow for me. Saw that the instant clap-
ped eyes on you, Livermorc, if you Il par>
don SO vulgar an expression. | III the sort
OF girl thaI likes plucky sporting men with
lots OF so In them, and general air Of
being up to tie scuff. Now you're not
that sort of clap, Livermore, as | saw al
glanc..
Mo- exclaimed poor Richard Liver
more, who had grown pale by the time,
and with something which was not embar>
rassment-'no, Miss Townley, [ decidedly
am not the type of manhood which you
seem to admire ls-is-your father IN
l-l-mesu, can | see hlm for a few mo-
ments?
Our girl told you he was asleep, didn't
she? was the young lady Indifferent an
swer, searching for something AZ she spoke,
IN the pocket Of her dress Besides, law
ermore, as you We come. to stay several days.
and have brought your portmanteau-thera
Tor that purpose, any time will do, | sup
pose At which to hold c0nta6 with pa.
Mr.. Ii chari Lyermore seemed to be re
gaining his selt-pDssessiou Since can
not see your ia,ler, Nis. Clara Townley,
he said, stltiening visib!y in manner. it i.
better that should Al once take my d.
psrtuge.
And VIII 50, I.iy?
Ly. Could Richard Livermore believe
his own ears w as this vixeni,h, holden
i>h, overErovn female ths Miss C'a:a
TOwn.ey whom lie worshirped in dreams
Is -, .lr,her wife? Uai her father been
mad, to write as lie had written concerning
her? lie wou!t rather dic-;he man who
already telling himsclt-than Lecoms the
husband OF ~o itIdeousIy ogefish creature
/ have no reasOL to give for leaving so
abruptly, he new saii il harp, cold ones
Miss Iowuiey made some odd sound be,
tween a gI.ge and chuctln, 'Iou don I
ike me-; confess you don't She cried, end
taking the uusu~pecting Richard Lvermore
t,t ] 4.
action poiu.ary known as poke in the
ribs
Miss Townlcyr gaspcd the unhappy
tend insulting me :?
'Pshaw rot bit Of H. Only in fun
Have cigar, won yCu?'
Heavens! exclaimed the bewildered
Richard Llvermore, holding up both hands
and stumbling backward In his s.sonsh-
ment, you cant possibly mean that you
smoke?
Certainly | do, war ,he reply, Miss
Torncy biting the end off very nice look
Ing t-aro as she spoke.
Mr.. LlvermOre once again, and as if By
mastery effort, rcgalnsd his self control.
alklng deliberately toward his portman-
tesu, he picked that article, and, having
towea 10 has hostess, was about quitting
the apartment, when Miss Townley ex-
claimed:
1 hope | haven't offended you. Pail
be tfightfully mad when he hears you have
gone In this style He be sure to blame
me, too. | wish you d leave little note
explaining that you 60 of-of your own free
will, as 1t were. You don mind doing this,
do you?'
She looked at him with what was evi
dentIy lnteuded for a winning smile, but
poor Livermore thought ii only a repulsiye
eer. / shall be very willing, Miss Clara
Iownlsy, he said, TO leave note for your
father, thoroughly vindicatipg you in the
matter Of my departure. What is it that
you desire me to wri;e?' taking a card
case and pencil from one Of his pockets
Only that you don't want to marry NE
that you don't think we shall suit each
other, and all that. Please be good enough
rot to say anything about the smoking,
because pa dom know that smoke, and
But Lirermore, without waiting for fur
ther instructions, began rapidly writing on
one Of the cards which he had selected
from his case When he had finished, be
turned toward Clara Towney with these
words
The following is my message to your
father:
Sal desire to have the agreemen,
broken concerning my future marriage with
your daughter. | have held an interview
with her and confess 10 being wholly I'M
willing that such lady shall become my
wife RICHARD LIyrRNoRp
That's precisely 1t boisterously ex
claimed Miss Towniey, when her compan-
ION had handed her the card Old fellow.
suddenly Slspplng Livermore fauiliarlv on
the back-'oid fellow. you have got hand
some streak IN You, for al We don't ike
each other, Better try cigar before you
GO.
But Livermore rushed from the apart
ment As though willing to remain not an
Instant Iosger IN the society OF so out and
cut monstrosl-y of wOmsnhoOd. And
shortly aiterward the hail door closed upon
has retreaung figure
Lyman, you have certainly been making
the most utterly revolving creature of ycGr-
self that It Is possible TO conceive Of |
have been listening in the dining room.
y"ndel, 10 every word YOU said. And the
real Clara Iowuley having just entered the
room ny different door from ths! by which
roor Llvermore had made his exit, survey
cd her disguised lover with laughing eyes.