The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-01-18
VOLUME 24-NUMBER "A.
ALOTer's Quarrel.

Horace determined to open the mat
1 ter cheerfully, and ignore thefaet that
there had been any quarrel; AMI %
began briskly: HWell, Miss NettIe W.
are in luck; the snow has Gomez
J II don't like now said Nettis
contradictiOusly: but she smiled a
she said it, and, lifting her great.
beautiful eyes, fixed them on Horace
not unkindly.
"But, don't you see, Miss Nettie,
our sleigh ride is to come off nOw?''
''Sleigh ride, y said Miss Nettie, in a
toneOfinnOcent inquiry, ''What sleigh
ride >"
"Why, Of eOure you know; the
sleigh-ride that we fellows have been
/ planning for three or four weeks past
I We've got the room and the fiddler
engaged"
/ Now, Nettie knew all these things
/ perfectly well. The fact was, that she
and Jane Burgess and Rachel Holly
bad discussed them over and over, to
the minutest details of possibilities,
and they had all settled what they
were to wear. But she was not to let
the enemy know this? OfeOursen not.
''Ohm she said, 81 can't be expected
to know, as nothing has been said to
me-"
''Why, of course - said Horace.
II don't think it is of course" said
Nettie. "HOw should I know any
thing, when nothing has been said to
me-? ?'
"Why, yes; it is all arranged. Jeff.
tlemming is to take Jane Burgess in
his new sleigh. He went to New
Haven last week and bought q new
string Of bells on purpose; and Marx
Hinsdale is going with Rachel Holly:
and may | have the pleasure, Miss
Nettie, of taking you?'i
"Ohl it appears I am HObson's
choice then. Thank you. I don't
know that shall care to 90. It will
be very cold, and think sleigh-rides
are rather bore.n
'Now, Miss Nettie, you really cam {
be so eruel.n
Cruel! I don't know what you call
cruel. All! see what you mean. 1
suppose you have tried all the other
girls and found them engaged"
81 do think that you are the most
provoking person, Miss Nettie, that
ever I did know
Horace VanZandt was a very hand
some fellow; and when he was angry
the blood flushed into his cheeks, and
the fire snapped from his eyes; and
Nettie felt q perilOus sort Ofpleasure in
provoking these natural phenomena.
"COme now, Horace" she said sud-
denly, assuming an air of the most
sisterly concern, "why must we al
ways quarrel; not that care partieu-
larly about 1t, but it really Rrieves me
to see q person that respect give way
to his temper So"
''By Georgel Nettie, it's your fault"
said Horace. sT never do get so an
CRY with anybody else, but you seem
to delight to'make me miserable. Now,
came to invite you on Sunday night,
but you quarreled with me and got It
all out Of my head"
well, Horace, il you have come
just to renew the Sunday nights quar-
rel"
81 haven't. came to make up"
"And give me HObsOn's choice in
the sleigh-ride," said Nettie.
Horace rose up hastily, and flung
out Of the room. Nettie gave one
quick, mischievous glance after him,
seized little packet from her work
basket, ran round by another path to
the gate, and was there before Horace
got there. "YOu silly bOy.D she said.
"IOu never will give me time to give
you this. I had It all ready fOry on
Sunday night.
1t was guard-ehain of Nettie's own
workmanship, which had been prom.
ised to Horace months before.
'I've sat up many q night working
on this" she said reprOachfully.
so, Nettie!D'
"Come now, let's be friends" she
said, laying her hand on his arm.
"Really, Horace, L feel absolutely con-
eerned about your violent temper.
You must overcome it." Horace
looked at her quizZically as she put
the guard-ehain round his neck, and
then followed her, an unresisting cap
tive, into the house again, where it
pleased Nettie to keep him at her feet
reading TennysOn to her till nearly
dinner time. And this was the way
that matters commonly went on be-
tween Horace ard Nettie.