The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-01-05

before been alone with her, rs he now
found himself. Having settled al this
to his own satisfaction, hs took courage
and bold step: ~ a"n .. ..s .... a.
Miss Lucy" (rather shakily) "are
you comfortabie7"
"Oh, perfectly" ,-"a.
| mot coIJ?' ...
| mo, indeed" ..... s.s
Now what he wanted WAS, that shc
shoulc say she was cold, and he comsid-
! cred himself little ill-used because she
did not. but he would not bc bereft of
his idea; 80 gathering the retns In ONE
hand, he cautiously discnbarrassed the
other, and, sweeping his arm acound the
back Of the sleigh, caused that va..rant
member to encircle the big bundle Of
buffalo 4bandayss which confinsd the
gentle forsa brsids hi,n. Not word OF
remonstrance, bat silence dauEsrou.ly
omlnous, II he had known It, Incohe-
reRtly mumbling = repetition Of the In.
quiry concerning comfort, ETC., he per-
Mitted the arm to venture upon faint
lsuggestion Of . squeeze. This time the
little face, now sadly flushed. came
round square upon him, aud disconcer-
i led him horribly. But with desperate
lmpudence be remarked quite carelcssIy
\nd looking earnestly at a point In the
pad at the diytance ofhalf.a mile ahead
4"piease shut your eyes a minute.~
| Down went the lids,
i! g..
The calm was over. First came tor.
rent OF reproaches, very limited as to
Duration, but Of crushing weight; then
an Intrusive little tear, which had bet.
ter lave stayed away; then a dead 81.
lence. Mr.. Henry Langford was sore
ly afflicted. IF she did not want the to
kiss her." thought he, ''then why did
she shut her eyes?" As he could make
nothing Of it, he endeavored to effect q
quiet pacification, but all encouraging
response was withheld. Hardly word
WAS vouchsa!ed him, and the few he
got were by no means of character to
fill him with rapture. In the midst of
his anxious argument, there came cry
from, the side Of the road.
Harry pulled up, aud saw melan.
choly looking woman, not well clad or
strongly framed, standing, with a..child
in her arms, by the sleigh. She asked
how far it was to Linville.
How far to Linville, Miss Brandon?"
inquired Harry, in blissful ignorance.
"Four miles''-(rather pettishly).
The woman of melancholy mien fur.
thermore desired to know the direction.
Was it straight on?
"Tsitstraight on, Misc Brandon?"
"Yes"-(stiff and SHORTY.
The lugubrious female murmured
thank and the sleigh moved of. In
about minute Mr.. Langford clutched
the reins savagely, and uttered an excla-
nation which would have satisfied any
listener of his innocence Of theological
tendencies.
Miss Lucy emitted high d, head reg.
lister, staccato.
II think / am a BRUTE" quietly re-.
marked Mr.. Henry Langford.
Miss Brandon now assumed an air of
resignation, IS II expecting an apologet-
ic explanation of his recent rudeness
She was disappointed, and when the
sleigh began to turn about, became per-
picked.
"The woman Is going to Linville,
wherever that is," continued Harry
"Of course she is. She must not walk
four miles through the snow this wealth
er. And loaded down with a big baby,
tool"
Miss Brandon gave out symptoms OF
uneasiness. "You are not going all the
way to Linville. "said she.
Certainly am, Miss Brandon;" and
he drew up beside tho pedestrian of dolo-
rous aspect.
II 'io not see As there IL room," said
Miss Brandon, ungraciously; and the
| poor woman shrank back at the words.
Harry's eyes flashed in q very uncivil
manner, am afraid, as he said rather
roughly, "We will make room, /" spring
ling out at the moment, and hurriedly
lifting the lachrymose traveller and her
child into his place. Then, without a
word lie quartered bimself upon a Sec
ton of the sleigh's floor, and drove
ahead.
In little while Miss Brandon said,
softly-"I think there is room up here
Mr.. Ls0gEord.
II am very well down here" he an
swered; and then, in low voice, lean.
ing over toward her-"I could not have
thought, Miss Brandon, that you would
transfer any part of the resentment you
felt toward me to this uno6ending and
unfortunate person." ss@s
Lucy began to cry, but this now phe.
nomenon escaped his notice. The wo-
man of woeful countenance, who heard
nothing but saw every thing, sat on
thorns.
Now here was most unhappy misun.
derstanding, for Lucy really deserved
better Of this good natured, but too hasty
young knighterrant. The fact was,
that just at the moment when the pedes.
trian episode began to interfere, she
had discovered that she was uot irrecon-
cilably offended, after all, aud was long
ing for an opportunity to give fraction
Of a hint to that effect. Having, after
much wavering, heroically resolved to
do this unfeminine thing, she was nat
urally disturbed by the interruption.
So the cause o. her pique was not at oil
untiatteriDg to her cavalier.
Presently she bent forward and said
timidly, but with inexpreAsible sweet
ness
Wont sou forgive me, Mr.. Lang
ford?"
Harry looked quickly up, and saw
one tear rlisten ming on the end NJ her