National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-05-17

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when they wish you in the Red Sea.
"Oh, how provoking you are, Mr.
Greaterex But perhaps you will tell me
if this widow Small needs assstance--it
she would like to go into the Old Ladies'
Home which our society is about to es-
tablish.p
How benevolent minded you are, Miss
Maria ~ Bert lauged. ~ almost wish
myself an old lady to be provided for by
your charity; but don't believe that
| Ms. Small would take kindly toit." And
then the talk wandered into other chan
nels Yesterday their Irritation had been
ia danger of falling into more tender
strain; to-day the widow small preserved
the equilibrium. But Miss Upton had no
mind to give up ground once gained. she
faneied that he wished to withdraw from
the half-conclusons of the day before
that he desired to balance the past ac-
count, which made up pretty sum total
of sugared speeches and halt. f.uttered dec
larations, by crediting them all to friend
ship. There was an air of indifference
about him which she greatly mistrusted
but she would not allow him to slip
through her fingers so easily. Publicity
of private affairs was the bugbear OF the
Greaterex soul. had she not received
enough fragrant notes and letters from
Bert to answer her purpose Not that
she would descend to the vulgur necessity
of a breach Of promise, but where was the
harm of making him understand that he
was compromised
Il have been reading Madame Sevgne's
correspondence" said she "and it strikes
me that You resemble each other in pos.
sessng the secret of fine letter writing,
when most people run into twaddle."
IL don't know how to bear myself IN
der such burden Of praise. feel that
it is undeseryed
"In order to convince you of its truth,
perhaps | had better allow You to repe-
ruse few specimens that have from one
Mr.. Berthold GreatereX. See. here they
are - unlocking cabinet aud showing
goodly parcel tied with ribbon.
Ibid write you all those ~ said Bert,
Gghast. "Let me see them
What are they 7" asked Caroline,
withdrawing her attention from the style.
for an instant. "Oh, loye-ettersln
"Love-letters ?" repeated Maria. 81
don r-know. Were they, Mr.. GreaterexH
aside.
Il don't remember" said Bert. Let
me read them, and I'll decide
Il don't dare trust you. People have
way Of burning up their old letters if
they can lay hands upon them Now
perhaps I'm silly and sentimental, but
mine are worth something to me, By the
way, Mr.. Greaterex, did you ever go into
court when there was 4 breach of promise
case onl Jerome took us in once, when
they were reading the love letters, and it
was SO funny? Every body was convulsed.
They were very nice letters too"
Bert turned a little pale. He vaguely
remembered that at different periods he
had believed himself seriously smitten"
with Mara's charms, and had, no doubt,
written in q strain becoming lover, but
how ardently or how explicitly he could
not recall He knew that there had been
a eachofpromise case away back in the
Of one of his ancestors; and
the case had gone against him, yet he had
never fully recovered the tone of his SEN
which had received such shock. .
Give them to me, said Bert reaching
his hand for them.
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