Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-17
VOL. XI.

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they come up stairs, you're just to
late for the first dance, Helen,
The name quite makes me start.
By Jove, if it should be Miss Lin
ton !" is my muttered thought.
I half hope it may be, and half hop
it may not be, and I haven't time to de
eide which is the stronger before Mis-
Linton herself comes laughing up tn
stairs. -
At the very first glimpse of her in
stinctively draw back into the shade
and she and her mamma pass by with
out noticing ME!
It seems very ridiculous to meet til
same young lady twice in one evening
first as, waiter, and then as a guest
but there-it is done; it is fuit oc
con1pG, and Miss Linton and I are one
more under the same roof. I wonde
If she will recognize ME, and I watcl
her with interest as she goes round th
room. Sooner or later we must NEE
face to face, and the awkward momen
comes sooner than, / expect.
When Miss Linton 1eSches the doc
where Roche is standing with his part
ner, she stops there and talks to then
when they are not dancing.
els there any lemonade, Edward q
she asked, presently; 81 want some
if there is. y
"That's bad sign, Nelly, after din
ing out" he answers in a laugh
"There is some down stairs. L would
get you a glass, but you see it is il
MY turn. IF you don't mind, you vii
find sohfebody outside, I think
Roche leads off with the third figure
Miss Linton comes out again upon the
landing, and I move from the shadow
of the wall into the light: x
Che gives a quick start with hel
head and opens her eyes in surprise as
she sees me- There is just little
Tightening of her lips, faint blush
rises to her cheeks, and then she asks
me quietly to fetch her glass of lem
onade:.
Roche said it was down stairs; and /
wci.ld find it in the dining room. I am
rather glad Of the excuse to get away
and have my laugh out, for the whole
thing is more and more absurd, since
10 a second mis-
MISS LlnIOn mas mduO
take, and thinks am waiter. It is a
very natural error, of course; and 10
keep :up,tRe, deception / put the glass
on tray and so gravely up stairs, y
She is quite composed now, and
thanks me unconcernedly as I hand her
the lemonade, Then we stand side by
side-I holding the tray in both hands
comes out to us.
" Have you got your lemonade? p
he asks. "That's right. Now you
want a partner for the next dance.
Who shall it be2 I am engaged till
after supper, unfortunately: Oh,
here! Let me Introduce you. Miss
Linton, MIR. .--."t
Instead of waiting to hear my name,
the young lady puts down the glass
quickly and looks indignant.
"Don't be absurd, Edward" she
says, as she walks off
"Some mistake, old fellow" whis-
pers Roche to me, and catches her up
Just inside the room.
They re so close | can hear what
they say.
'S.What is the matter, Nelly2'' lie
asks.
Glow could you be SO ridiculous as
to introduce me to him 2" she replied.
"Why shouldn't II"
"Why should you? He is waiter
I know that. He was waiting at Mr.
Instead of looking contrite, Roche
goes off into roar of laughter
"It was very stupid Of you," she
says, half GROSSLY. at forced me to
be rude to him
What nOnsense, Nelly [ shouldn t
play you such trick as that, Of course.
That is Herbert; he is in the same Of
fee as I am.
''You are not joking, Edward, are
you?" she asks him quite seriously.
"No; upon my word L am not"
go, I am so sorry then, she says
"But there was some
body just like him at the Domvilles. -
What shall I do?''
"Come and be introduced, that's all.
I'll put it right" And they come to-
gether on to the landing.
MY cousin made q mistake, Her
bert" he says, while she stands by him
deeply. Then he adds, laugh
ing, "She mistook you for "a"
81 made mistake" she breaks IL
very quickly, coming step nearer, "
beg your pardon"
To save her from any further embar-
rassment, [ asked her at once for the
next dance; and it is Immediately
granted.
by the by, Miss Linton l say,
when the dance is over, and we are
on the landing again, "you
have never told me what you took me
for. An ogre?'
"No.n
"What then2n
Her laughing eyes looked up with
their old merry sparkle into my face.
They seem at the time to question me
whether [ shall be annoyed if she speaks
the truth. She pauses for moment,
and then says, GA waiter,n and presses
her lips tightly together.
"Thank you"
''But it was quite excusable," she
begins hurriedly.
"Thank you again, remarked, in
terrupting her
"You won't isten," she says plain
lively; " [ want to explain"
=" THAT I look so much like waiter, u
I add, breaking in again, "that it was
quite excusable taking me for one."
go, no; I don't mean that, OF
course" she says, forced to laugh.
81 But where was dining there was a
waiter like you-so exactly like you -
she emphasizes the word exactly y
and glances quickly up at me as she
does So "and [ mistook him for a
gentleman, and thought he was one OF
the guests
$50 you make up for it by taking
me for waiter" l answer. "Well,
think the waiter had the best of it. -
But it was excusable, was it not ~
she asks; "you two being so much
alike
" You mistaking the waiter for a gen
tleman2 If he was like me, certainly. -
"No," with a little stamp of her
foot; "my mistaking you for a waiter. u
$ | can't grant that, " I answer.
"Very WELL" says she, with laugh.
Then she adds mischievously over hel
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