Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-12-02
Willow BrsOk Letters.
BI MES JULIA BACON.
Inscribed 10 Mrs. Bessie n. Hill.
LETTER No. III.

"N'1 80" tN'tN
"NS, when | am reAdy to marry,
your Uncle has promised, volunt".
rilv too, to provide me with y huH
hand so, you see, l shall. have no
trouble about it,. ~
"'ChHrity begins At homo III
tell Uncle jack So" 5
40, but yoa are already dead in
love with that dNar little p"pin.
jay, Cain BrAko-gNod n1tured little
thing he is too-and if you don't
marry him, Won will 10 Surs to
throw yourOeiEaway on SornO other
Miss Nancy, and Uncle Jack will
bAve, no trouble about it,. ....
"GrOcc, you are too sarcastic and
cenSOriouS. You have no rOspost
for Cain, because you cannot Ap.
precjato him. lie and you are 40
diSsimilsr in nature; there is no
conESniAlity between you-aothing
in common"
al should hope not, said Grace
dryly. al never could endure
milk.and-wstcr people. Give me
somebody that has character
plenty Of rim and oil that! Now ]
know, dear, that Cain ia qnitc a
hero in your ewes, although tho on
~ heroic action that he ever did or
ever will perform, was oOaxihg'ou III
that stubborn little mouatAeho. II
proves how perSeverinx he IN, my
lear, in noble actions.
| didn'Llike all this; who would !
SO took Grace back 10 tho parlor,
where | soon saw Cain seated in a
high.bsckcd rocking.chAir, opposite
Ida Winters, and cxSrting himself
msntully to appear at ease, but his
eyos wandered Aboat tho room aad
his thoughts seemed anywhere ex,
cept on Whist he WAS saying.
Ida was the first to observe me
and, reckoning me to hOr, said:
Come and entertain Mr.. Brake.
lie has been looking as fOrlorn and
miserable, for the last ten minutes,
ss''sny disrOnIolots lover. SEQ how
he brightens At your presence"
I bIushcd a l;ttlo and gigglrd q
little, and Cain Brake did tho same.
Ida left uS together rather uncsro.
moniously. | was confused then
80 Was Cain l imagine, for he hard.
" knew what TO do With himself;
he crossed and rocrosSed his legs Il
hundred times ; bcSideS, sliding
down in his chair until | expected
every moment to see him land on
tho ;aoor, but wAs GHvod from wit
Messing Sueh a ridiculous c"taStro-
Phe BY his invariable presence OF
mind, for Just at the last moment,
rs it seemed to me, he would, by y
Euddcn jerk, throw himSOli into his
former position, and then-take
another slide.
We recovered sufficiently from
our temporary embarrassment to
exchange several observations on
that novel subject, tho weather,
whom supper VAS announced and he
offered me- bis arm. At the tab Q,
Freddy Carleton got his boot en-
tangled, in SomC way, in the folds
of my beautiful train, and in on.
d~oavoring to sxtricato it, ripped of
4bSuttwo yards ofthe lower founcc.
lie was painfully mortified. a!
What he termed his objectionable
awkwardness, but interrupted his
profuse apologies by assuring him il
mas Atrifing mattcr-of no sonse.
qucncS whatever, and anxious to
display my smattsridg of French,
| wisely remarked:
: "We are all of US liable, At times,
TO make u little for pass"
"A little phGt.' :" almost screamed
Uncle Jack.
The dear old soul doesn't under.
stand French aud to cnlighten him.
| ApOlt, pronounced, and explained
the phrase with alarming distinct
ness-
"F-a-u-x AS, tOr pass, UncIs
jack, which is French for falss
step. I"
Freddy Carleton bit his lip
Grace Uttered audibly, and Mary
McFAy uttered 3 little shrek and
pretended that she had cut her
finger.
After tea, Grace followed me to
my room, whittier | repaired to
change my dress, and thon aud
there told mo Of my miserable
blunder, and corrected my abOmi.
nabls pronunciation Of the wrotched
foreign phrase, and seemed highly
amused at my obscure idea Of its
meaning and inappropriate applica.
ton. OF course, | was yOxed and
mortified. and wished Madame L.
and her finishing institution buried
beneath the SHOWS Of Siberia
To console me, Grace said
Poor CainI Mary McFay cut
him up terribly this evening. You
see, my dear, ne has made an snor.
NOUS blunder also, aud similar to
yours, too, but unfortunately, he il
still in happy ignorance of tho fact,
or You and he could Sympathizs
with each other. But | will tell
YOU all about it. Mary Was speak.
ing of attending the fancy bali soop
to come off IT. BrookviIle, and re.
marked that she had choGen the
Cos,A;RN Of La File du Regiment.
Gain spoke up and said be knew
what that meant-it meant the fUv
belonging 10 ne regiment, and asked
an surprise if L wAs possible thai
ghN intended to apneay ~ = horsr /
- Liz :