The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1871-06-29
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/ AT Tie Seaside.
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/ &4E q been tFo mgntas
two scorehings grass ay-
.esLzsizl ihg-corn-ripehing months
ssessS July and August-a;
the seaside, where long level oi
white sand and sun -Blisteffag rocks
with piles Of moss ana long spires
of Shiny seaHeed, big. bneoGth
bluff, with a ragged 'front.' here and
there harboring eiump Of scrub
by furze, a lire Of wooden hotels
| piazza'd from the ground noor to
the attic, and little brown, molasses
colorsd cottages, we're tie only OBJ
jects on which our eyes- had rested.
began to i6atsle che vesy s. ht
of the ragged bluff the stupid sea
the rocks and sand, and my clothes
snelt Of seaweed, the hinges ofltny
trunks grew rusty, and eyerything
was watery, salty and seaaeoasty. I
tamhled a baRdbox faI Of cookie
shells and pebbles back into the
water, and threW the bag. Of moss
which had treasured with the idea
Of making blane-mange aad deli-
cate puddings for al the inyaIids
in the neighborhood on nay return
home, Indignantly Outof my. cham
her Windows. 7 a tT ss1 Asa en
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T was, il fact we all were, infthis
deplora.ble state, when one day, IS
we ali satat dinner, the dining room
door was once more opened and
two strangers entered. They we're
both ladies' one with . face like
steel eoTr0ded with vinegar Gnd
swapping turtle sort os eyes; the
other ineiy-formed, elegantly
dressed lady with the most beauti.
fu1 face i had ever seen.
80, Captain Gregory, what love-
ly creature p I whispered to. that
gentleman, whose seat. was next, to
my own, and with whom I had tal
ken great pains to be friendly, bes
cause he was the best-loeking and
most agreeable gentleman at the
seaside.
@Whereg' he asked, ina supreme
" Indifferent tone. a5ss
"Why, opposite. Hush she viii
hear you
But was not prepared for what
followed.
As my captain raised his eyes, his
knife and fork went on dancing q
perfect jig, and his face became all
most as white as the napkin he held
in his hand.
I had COOL sense enough to drop
the subject ahd raftled away at
something else; but it is my hum
bic opinion that be heard about as
much of my CONVERSATION as did
the head waiter at the next hotel,
and I watched them narrowly pfa
He looked in her direction until
she saw him, then she fnrned pale
and futtered. The vinegar-faced
companion was the last to spy hin
out, owing to the fact that she was
hungry and a trife near-sighted,
and I sincerely wished at that NOS
ment that she had not seen him, or
that I was somewhere else. I be
lieFe she turned a siekly copper
color, and it made my teeth chatter
to behold the terrible glanees she
gave him. 3l 1s t0A
But our captain. grew nearly as
fierce as herself, and snapped up his
dinner like a lpngry dog
OF a sudden our company bright
ened, and seeing that Miss Addi-
son, the new -comer,t twore her tidy
white wrappers in the morning, and
her beautiful trimmed and rufied
muslins, grapes, grenadines, silks
and tarletans at dinner and on the.
shore, and charming hats and bon
nets when she went riding or walk
ing, all the rest Of us drew out our
packed away finerys and made our
selves presentable, tF -
+ tfsn upon me te present her to
Captain Gregory, and I must ac-
knowledge that I faltered- 3 little.
bseanseI 5lneIg very vel that they
knew each other better tAan q
thousand introductions would make
them. But there was no need of it,
for she swept low courtesy, gave
her ieKeled hand as to one she had
never seen in all her life, and he
took it and bowed profoundly, and
was esAappy'' to mat her. Them
the Captain bent over me- and hiFt-
ed until was ashamed Of myself,
and she. took the arm Of Ralph Ip-
gers6il. vho 8ss fthe5 5ihdov, sad
walked. away IS though Captain
Gregory was one of the elam-dig-
gers 6n the fass ~ sight Of the aiAi
dows.
Then Csptaia GregOry left ne iR
q pou1 with bis hanaseme face -
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