The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-07-25
flowers finer than any Phip had seiee-


+. elegant note Of which / am capable
- inviting him TO the wedding"
"a very good idea" said 3Ir LaZel
! and the note was accordingly sent. Il
: received no answer, but among the
: first o. the few guests to arrive was
i Mr.. Gannett.
1t was 4 very pleasant wedding.
Honor looked beautiful, as she always
did, and Carter ecstatic, as he had
! every reason to do, for Honor was
''One of a thousand" Mrs. Vaughn
forgot her family for time, and the
Vaughn girls their affectations.
Mr.. Gannett wiped his eyes at the
: conclusion of the ceremony, and kiss
5 ed the bride with paternaI air.
Il suppose it won't be long before
you go the way of all the earth, tOo,v
he grOwled, As lie encountered Phip,
who had been unYOntedly subdued
all the evening.
THANK you, I am not quite so
foolish as to barter my liberty for the
love of any man living" she said,
shaking her head saucily. "Oh, Mr..
Gannett, 1 want you to notice how
much your flowers add to the appear
ance Of the rooms. am so glad that
L had the impudenee to ask for Them"
GAS didn't take your head off as
you evidently expected.U
''Did you see that" said Phip, col
Oring furiously.
ibid you suppose your airs of bra
vadO deceived me, little one?u laying
a kindly hand on her shoulder. "I
thinkI shall exact some payment,
however, for the flOwers,D
! tEkNhnt cho11 II 70 cb "a o-1-oI
ing her bright face toward him. at
seems ridiculous to speak of my being
able to do you service, still if L
can"
81 am growing old and lazy. You
shall come over occasionally and read
aloud 70 me. In exchange place the
books in my library at your disposal.
| You will be able to find something to
interest you 1 think. Is it q bar
gain?"
'Indeed it is, and a bargain in
which have all the advantage, as
you very well know" Phip said CRATE
fully. #l'.... -.
So it sOOn became an understood
thing that Phip was to spend an hour
each day in reading to her new-found
friend.
'iHow odd It seems now that I
should ever have thought you grufF
and ugly" she said one day after an
unusually merry discussion.
mot at all, ] was so. was getting
sour and into a bad way, and you
came just in time to get me out OF It.
am expecting a nephew Of mine
here very soon TO take some of my
business Ofmy hands. / getting too
old to have the care of it. He will
live here with me. 1 think you will
like him, he's a nice, sensible fellow,
and as much opposed to matrimOmy
as you are"
"Oh, dearw pouted Phip, "there's
an end to all our good times"
"Why? 1 dare say you will become
the best of friends"
.'I don't like young men; they are
always imagining either that you are
in love with them, or that they arei
in love with you. In the former case
they are silly +; in The latter tiresome,"
saying which she took her departure.
If Phip had turned her face she
would have seen a merry face looking
through the windoW at her, but she
did not turn.
She found her father and mother
earnestly discussing some matter
which. seemed to interest them deep
ly.
"The only objection that can see
is Phip," her father was saying as she
entered the sitting room.
t'What is that that 1 am an Objec-
ton tO?"
"Why, you see, the Blaisdells have
moved away from the city, and there
is a chance of our being able to get
their house If we wish. Carter went
in to see your father about it this
morning. He and Honor are very
anxious that we should come, and of
course it would be very pleasant. We
should be right the next house to
them, you know, whereas now we are |
half days journey off. 1t would be
quite as convenient to your fathers
business, too. The only objection is
that it would be likely to interfere
with your reading to Mr.. Gannett."
"Well, imagine that I have paid
for the flowers by this time" Phip
said indifferently. i
"Why, I thought you enjoyed it so
much, and looked forward to it every
day." cried Mrs. LaZell in amaze
ment.
"WeII. so I did, but it's all spoiled
now, Mr.. Gannett has hOrrid neph-
ew, who is coming to live with him,
and Pm sure l won't go over when
he's there. As for continually watch |
ing to see when the coast is clear, do
not like that sort of thing well enough !
to keep it up for any length of time,
so there might as well be an end of it'll
first as last"
The result of the conference was
that Mr.. Lazell hired the house that |
very day. and tLey Immediately be-
gan to make preparations for moving. |
The next afternoon Phip entered |
Mr.. Gannett's library with a pile of
books on her arm.
"I have brought back the books 1
borrowed, and am very much obliged. |
/ have come for my farewell reading |
and it will have to be a short one, too, |
as we are very busy at home to-day"
farewell reading! What do you
mean ?" calculated Mr.. Gannett, push |
ing his spectacles up on his forehead, /
and looking at her in amazement.
"We are going to move to MOntrOse |
square at the other end of the city, and |
that will necessarily interfere with |
our readings. Perhap your nephew /
will take my place, however; he VIII /
undoubtedly fill it much better than /
I have DONE" Phip said demurely.
"Bah ~ grOwled Mr.. Gannett, push
ing down his spectacles again, and |
looking keenly at her. "Well read |
this leader in tO-day's paper"
One evening, a week later, Mr.. Gam
nett called, accompanied by his neph-
ew; she received the latter quite gra-
ciously. That he enjoyed the call was |
evident from the fact that he repeated |
it again and again, without his uncle. |
One balmy spring day Phip said, en-
tering the library, with her old saucy |
air: "Well, sir, what shall it be to- |
day, politics, science or art 2"
81 think it is love story today" |
he said, drawing her down into his |
lap, and looking significantly at Ter
glitteTing ring on her fore finger. |
Then giving her a fatherly kiss, he
said, "Well, little girl, how soon are |
you coming home? l am selfish and |
lonely, you see; / want some one to |
brighten the house and to read to me /
occasionally. LancelOt is no good, !
for when he is not at his business he's |
at MOntrOse square. There comes the |
rascal now; how did he know you
we're here, 1 should like to know i? |
Received q message over Loves tele-
graph wire, suppose"
So your see, like many another wo-
man, Phip had done just what she
said she would never do-fallen in love
and with no greater exercise of COM
mon sense than is usual. However,
she had nothing to say to Carter's
teasing, for she was perfectly well
aware that it was all the result Of her
own audacity.