Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-17

Don't go, Jack J" Il crie1; you Will
repent it You do. not know these
people" .n -.- a ..- ..
"Beg pardon, do. 1 have been intro.
duced to them; but l have been making
inquiries"
"Dash your inquiriesp' jerked in.
And my opinion is made up. / have
learned all about it. She has visited this
house for fortnight thus and has never
told mer
This staggered me. Well, Dick Bulli-
man was clever, good fellow. Had Lucy
got tired of her great nature'
"Come onp' again cried Jack.
And pushing me down stairs, he seized
his hat, put mine on. and we went down
stairs quick foot, as they say in the coun-
try across the water.
Down stairs we went on tiptoe. Why
on tiptoe 1 don't know; but we were ex-
cited and histrionic. In We sneaked, also
on tiptoe, into Bulliman's garden, and
were guilty-being great natures, and his
trionic also-of the objectionable mean
ness so often seen on the stage-of
crouching to listen and spy behind a
thick cypress tree which adorned the
garden, and of looking through the
window.
Boxley Down is quiet place; and
whether our ears were sharper than
usual, or the silvery tones of Lucy's re-
sonent voice pierced further than usual,
cannot say; but there we saw Miss Bulli-
man, in hat, standing up and looking
down on Lucy, who with her hat off, was
sitting down; and we heard the latter
say:
"He has sent me a cruel letter, my dear
"a very cruel letter; and l am afraid 1
must not come here again"
Jack gave me cruel drive with his ell
bow, such a cruel drive as do not want
again to have just below my false ribs; and
then he again hissed:
"'Tis my letter. will unmask the hyp-
ocritel Come onl"
l was dragged forward-how hardly
know; but soon found myself opposite
Lucy and Miss BulEman, and heard Jacks
resolute and certainly offensive tones.
"I know all, Miss Spoftorth. have
heard what you have ssid-I have my wit
ness here" He threw back his great hand
in his eagerness, and knocked my hat
down with crash-I had AIKEN it off po
litely to Miss Bulliman, whom l rather
admired-and he said, fixing his large
fitr rec eyes upon pretty Miss Lucy, Il have
done you forever"
Hereupon, Lucy, who was but young
and very much in love, gave great scream
and event off" Miss Bulliman went off
too, but not in dead faint; called Jack
Romilly a coward, and sang out for her
brother Dick. In came Dick and his
mother, too; and without any words. soon
bv vinegar and smelling -salt-Dick's
chemicals were always preferred at Bulli
mans as being so powerful brought her
to. Meanwhile / and Jack Romilly stood
like two guilty and intruding fools; Jack
suffering-as he afterWard confessed-the
torments of a place of which he has, am
sure, no experience, at witnessing the ten
der dexterity of Dick Bulliman and the
fainting of Lucy. When the young lady
was well recovered, Jack and I-for had
to follow that greatnature's lead-"thought
that we had better CO."
"No-don't," cried Katey Bulliman.
"We must settle accounts with you, gen.
tlemen. Dick, stop them"
shy good Katey," said Dick, shutting
the door, l dare say that they won't go.
What's the row?"
"Can you fight, sir ?" said Jack, with a
great amount of bitterness. You are a
man of peace"
"Pm man of science" said Dick, slow
ly; mot necessarilya man of peace. can
fight if 1 want"
"Then, sir, you must fight me. / am
an officer in Her Majesty's service. You
have taken away my only hope-my only
love-"
Here Lucy began to show white feath-
er that is, she cried bit, and looked at
Jack with some admiration; she knew
that it was all his love.
al have done nothing of the sort" said
Dick. "Ilove Miss Lucy as love an angel,
that's all but know that she is bound
to you-and, Mr.. Romilly, an gentle
man"
"And the son of an officer" whimpered
Mrs. Bulliman.
"But If you wish me to fight for Miss
Lucy, I'm willing" said Dick, "only let
me choose my own weapons. Pm going
in heavily for poisons. I've new salt.
Let me give you dose, and I'll take
dose, too; and toss up for an emetic. If
you die, I'll make observations on you, and
immortalize you as the first victim. That's
quite as sensible as the pistol business"
Jack looked very much like fool; so
did |. thought we'd better go again |;
but Lucy had given one of those bright,
truthful, triumphant looks of hers; and
Jack was on his knees, holding her hand,
and calling himself an idiot, and begging
pardon heartily.
Lucy put her soft hand on his forehead,
and looking fondly into his dark eyes, so
resplendent now, said:
" My dear Jack, your large nature will,
some time, comprehend my small but
clear one. You have given me pang /;
but l forgive you"
"But what were you doing here, Lucy?"
said Jack,-he had thanked her, it seems,
in. satisfactory way, with his eyes,
"that did not know? 1t wasn't music,
was it?"
"No," said Katey; "except that Miss
SpoffOrth gives me, now and then, a lesson.
She plays beautifully"
"And it was not science" said Dick
" for in my laboratory, 1 make such an
awful smell and smoke that ! should choke
any woman"
"Then what was it?" again urged Jack
"God bless her." cried that dear Mrs.
Bulliman. "She was aiding me, buying
her own stores, and making bandages and
charpie for the wounded, and preparing
the Boxley Down box for Col. Lloyd
Lindsay and the national society in aid Of
the sick and wounded in this dreadful
war;
"Think, Jack" said Lucy, "think for g
moment Of the hundreds of poor men who
lie in agony; of the wounds, the fever
and the pain and of the thousands of pool
widowsl And shall be soldiers wife
Jackp'
"God bless you, and forgive me, Lucy
But why" cried the jealous-pated swain
"why did you not tell me?'
"Because should not let my right
hand know what my left hand does; anC
you, Jack, are my right handl"
p. SITS all right nowi Jack anC
Lucy are as fond as ever; and Katey-
we'll, Dick is an uncommonly good fellow
and I'm so glad that live "Next door Il
Bulliman's !-Once a Week.
A Church Election in England.