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The Gipsy's Glass.

The Gipsy's Glass. =.
Cissy Thorne was sitting at he,
toilet table, skipping q novel, while hcl
maid Emma brushed her long, thick
silky hair. Some people said it was
false, because there was so much oft
otfcr Christians were certain it must
be dyed, seeing that it had that par
ticular bright, golden tint which is So
due to art but Emma knew better
That exemplary girl took the same
sort of pride in her mistrcsss- hair
that a good groom does in the coats
Of his masters hors"s,I Iiand was never
tired Of carrying-I mean brushing it.
Fortunately, the young lady took an
equal pleasure in her passive part oi
the performance, and so both were
satisfied. When the spoiled bcnuty
did not know what else to do, she
went up to her roo;a, took off her
dress, and had her hair brushed ). it
was ladyliIic substitution smoking
pipe. ".'-..'-. = b :,
| wonder that Darwin has not in.
stanced the pleasure we feel in being
Strolsed the right way, in favor Of his
last theory. l believe that Cissy was
often very near pnrring, cspccia ly i'll
lthundc:y weather, when her hair
cracklcd like an experiment. ,
"Wcll, Emma, did you 90 to the
fair?' asked tue brushec. laying down
her book.
eyes, miss, 7 did"
"And what did you sec ?"
81 saw n horscmansllip, where they
rode standing, and jumped through
hoops wonderful =
"And did you go on one the round
abouts that arc worked by steam
engine, whic!, plays an organ ~
No miss p replied Emma, with an
emphasis.
"Do you know, Emma, should like
to, il no one saw"
"Lor, miss they are crowded with
such low lot, they are"
Glow lots, us you call them, seem
TO have all the fun said CiSsy, with
a halfsigh. "And what else did you
see p"
IL went to a-fortunc-tellcr,"
mo! In tent ?"
"I'hcrc were little tonts about, but
it w:s a little yellow cart I went into ;
not in tho fair exactly, but in thc
clump, before you como to it. She's
wonderful" +:.
"Is she though What did she say ?
Tell me-" cried the excited Cissy, who
was troubled with ycarnings after the
supernatural. -....
!.Shc told nc all sorts Of things
which she could not have known nat
ural q mole on my back how long ]
have been III service"
eyes, yes, but the frturc; did she
say anything about that?' .....
"She'lid more, miss, showed it to
me- ~:
"Now
"In around glass; as true as I'm
standing here | saw him plain"
"Your future husband ?'
CAS- is to be yes, miss"
The two girls had been playmatcs
when very little, and there was much
more familiarity between them than
is customary with mistress and maid
So Emma had TO enter into all the
mysterious details Of tho caba!istic
ceremony. ... ...'
"What fun!'' cried Cissy 81 shoulI
so like to go aUill go! Tho fortune.
tcllcr's caravan is not actually in the
fair, you say; and there will not be
many people about if we start carly"
.:Lor. miss what will your pa and
ma say 2"
81 don't know; I'll do it first and
ask them afterwards, for fear they
might object. We will 60 tomorrow
morning, directly after breakfast.
; mind' ..
Mr.. Thorne was steward i do moi
fmean an official attached to- steam
packet, in charge Of u china shop full
of whito basins. but a manager oil
large estates in the country :; we'll.
to-do man, who had a'small property
of his own, which he. farmed in The
most intelligent and neatcst style, on
the outskirts of tho market-town ot
; Littleun. Mrs. Thorne was plump
good-naturcd; and lazy, yet somewhat
proud and sensitive ; she fancicd tho
county farmers were patronising, anC
she would not bo patr oniscd.
Cissy was their only child, and they
: thought much Of her, honestly be
lieving that there never was sucl
another baby-child-maiden. o.
course the paragon was never sent tt
school, and her governessos were sc
lccted principally with reference Il
thcirpower of approaching her merits
Nevertheless, she was very charm
ing, and had two loycrs-I do no
mean mere admirers, but two mel
s who woro ready 10 marry her, if sh
t would but choose one Of them. Bu
$ she could not quite make up her mini
which of tho bracasio select.