Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-20
,.And.Mithlher usual alimpulsiveness,

! |,.u.And, aMithrher usualimpulsWeness,
she did run away, down to the foot
of the garden, deternlined9t to 'sthink
about it," but before very long Mr..
Hoist appeared, for his afternoon
visit, and, when supper tima came,
Annie announced to the assembled
family that she had "made up her
mind" Mr.. Hoist did not come in
to tea, and the wilful lassie had her
own battle to fight.
Going to the piano, after the meal
was over, she grati6ed all of Aunt
Jessica tastes for old-fashioned music,
and made herself so generally useful
and amiable, that Richard took heart
When his mother had nodded her,
self to sleep over the everlasting
knitting, he approached his cousin
and felt it necessary to bend over hel
in a gravely dignifed manner that
only aggravated Miss Annies TEN
per.
You horrrd old thing she crleo
angrily. l wish you'd go away and
marry some old maid who would lead
YOU dance!''
Anything else?' asked Richard
quietly. :,
"I mean to deafen you with Tam aI
O. Shanter, that's all q = -
When the clatter was over, ne
caught her hands.
"You said you had smade upyour
mind'-to what p
"Why to- 60, Of course" " tossing
To go yachting for three days
with man you have known inst six
weeks-alone ?
You are very severe. I mean to
90 yachting for three! days with
several gentlemen friendsof Mr. olstI
| his married sister, and the man ex-
pect to marry" ~
"Married sister !'' sneered Richard
al don't believe he ever. had one,
Those men always have convenient
'S'i'isS,lH a. wish Ihad, > interrupted Annie, mi
fercely; but think I am blessed
with the cruelest, most Worrying,
tormenting relations l ever heard
of" 5t, - 3 :.
keep your temper, Miss Miss Morris, \
said Dick, at white heat. Are you
in earnest? You mean to go p
Observation-Disclosures !" very
= Then I viii go off, and try to
forget that I ever believed in you at
all. Have you heart, Annie Nor
! III {Fss, q Big g6a e1p one Upstairs. ali
! Would you like 70 see it?"
Dick Bowen gave'her one look, and
turned on his heel, slamming the door
after him so noisily that Mrs. Bowen
awoke with q start, and scolded An
ME for playing that ahateful,, noisy
trash" > / :
Annie walked up to bed in q
grand style, but she was i'll at ease.
Dicks utter ignoring of the married
sister clouded her" blue sky !" 1t
lvas rather singular that dear Frank
had never brought them ltogether,
never mentioned her before. Then
she looked rather complacently at the
rosebud mouth he had called SO be-
witching" a few hours ago, and ended
by thinking it didn't much matter
what Dick thought.
There are none so blind IS those
who a0iU not see
The. next day, Dick was nowhere
to be seen. He left a line to explain
his absence on the score OF business;
but Annie was too much engrossed
with her own affairs to care about
his movements. Mr. Holstl;;d called
soon after breakfast, and obtained
her promise to be one of the yachting
party from the beach next day; and,
after some hesitating questions about
the gentlemen and Mrs. Niblo, Annie
slowly convinced herself that her
aunt and cousin were cold giogles, "
| and Mr.. Hoist the tends&est and
wisest of men. -.
The day for the excursion lawned
clear and. bright. and Mrs. Bowen,
having urged, begged, and entreated
in vain, was forced to y;u!.!, The
house was Armies, and SO were
horses, carriage everything. What
could she do? Only advise; and
and advice, since the world was
made, has it not been Gauseous swal-
lowing? Quinine is no Circumstance
to good advice; in the :z4atter Of
taking, mean"
Arrived at the beach, sitting up il
her grand carriage at Mr.. Holst's
side, Annie felt her Importance. She
was received with Aattering attention
by three wliskerod dandics, and a
bewitching little brunette in be-
coming costume ). and, befo.r she had
time to reflect, Mr.. Hoist took the
liberty OF ordering off the carriage,
and taking possession of his .faacee
A merry party stepped on hoard the
natty little yacht, with l.er colOrs
dying and sails spread for the breeze.
Annie was charmed with the novelty.
Mr.. Hoist was tender watchfulness
itself, Mrs. Niblo the most enchanting
woman she had ever seen, aid the
whiskered friends of her lord dis
creetly monosyllable. The only un-
congenial element were zoo big, ugly
looking men wandering about the
beat, and third who sat in the stern.
Who ia he ?" whispered Annie to
Mrs. Niblo, nodding toward the lat
ter. AZ don't like his loolss."
Only the 'coxswain, dear We
cou1dn t manage the boat ourselves,
YOU know. Don't mind llim.
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