Middletown transcript., 1872-03-30

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NJ: Willard. ! moan that sosss good
ahaIl result from this ridiculous PERFORM
anss. sud hope thst : little charity ssay
restore ny pesce Of nsind II d. msasuse. =
Why. Miss Sissy" ssid The esntle.
msn. " you inustn't iaks this matter %
sariouslJ 10 heart. you have done I ersss
thing, y0u havs wsktd my bruther up,
aud for one. fssl very grateful. Ne
would never have come bore 10 night bu,
Tor that Kiss. You didn't expect that be
would pay ,5ou back % generously. did
Nov. Mr. Willard" shs replied. III
you say another word to mo about this A.
fair, l will mover forgive you"
Seeing that che wss really in carnest be
commenced IN animated conversation 1.
boat something clsc.
His brother tried hard to get ! chance
70 spcnk to Suc during tho evening, but
seeing at last she studiously avoided giy-
ing him any such opportunity. ha conclud-
cd that ho had incurred her dislike, and
10 turned his attention to another Young
girl. who was evidently very muoh pleased
to receive him.
Our heroine went home feeling very low
spirited. she could not tell why. although
she had rcigncd all tho evening N the
belle par crcclience. still that .oonscious-
meas afforded her no happiness whatever.
:" ! don't see what hc found 50 attrac.
tive in Sarah Eliio,,,' she said to herself.
:" | wish had let him speak 70 me. lie
was drcadfully impudcn,. srd yet IL he
hadn't kissed me back. should have
thought him perfect sheep"
The next morning. At ihc breakfast ia
bio. her father suddenly turned toward her
saying:
Sue, what Is all this. l hear. about
your kissing Mr.. Willard. Is Il ttrue 7"
What did you hear. papa 2" asked the
poor girl. in faint voice.
"Oh, Il is true. then? You do not
deny il. Perhaps l had better send you
back to school again. but l should sup.
pose that girl nearly twenty years old
might conduct herself with little more
propricty. wish TO know all about il =
Striving hard to keep back her tears,
Sue told her story. her father trying TO
look very storm. bu, tinnlly be burst into
laugh. and saying -. Sue. never do
anything Of the kind again" be left the
Rom.
Then her mother commenced, und gave
her long aud severe lecture, and poor
Sue frl, very unhappy. but all these things
together only mnde her think the more
about Arthur Willard--in fact. that gen.
,leman occupied her mind pretty muci, MI
the tinr. mad Tim, day as she sat Mt the
window she raw him pass by. talking in
most animated manner to Sarah Elliott.
Somehow the sun did not seem to shine
brightly after that. and IN the evening
when friend came TO escort her TO a par.
" she pleaded severe headache. and cx-
cuscd herself from going
Arthur went pnrposely to see her. and
was sadly Disappointed when the evening
passed away, and she did no, appear.
. | believe she avoius me. he thought.
!" Well. It was happy dream. but soon
past. will not trouble her any more. |
will go back To my Office. and not drive
her fro,h tlG scenes where she shines 80
brightly And sal and discouraged. he
went home that night. determined TO keep
his resolution. hard us i, might be-.
Thus several weeks passed and they did
not meet. although each had watched, and
longed to see the other She went te scye-
raj parties hoping that he would be pres
cnt. but she was always disappointed. One
evening. Sam Willard said 10 her:
Miss Susie. l wish ron would kis. nv
brother rgain. he has retired into his shell
aguin. and. rgg afraiJ. never will come
out any more, unless you r.peat that ten
dor d little ceremony Of which was a de-
lighted spectator"
= You had better get Miss Elliott to do
it, answered Sue. quickly.
- oh. no. he said. Il do not think
it'll produce tho same efIrct. But, Sue.
| hope Arthur did mt offend you"
:" l wish you would not rny anything
more about IT," Sue replied. looking very
much as II she we're going to cry. Sam
saw her. much to his dismay. snd began
10 tall funny story Tint soon chased the
tears from her lovely eyes.
After several weeks. and even mon.hs
had dragged By. Sue thought one day ,ha,
che would 10 to . ncishboring town TO
procure so,ne things Of which she was iu
want.
just ~ abe vas fairly cnsconced In the
car, who should enter Il but Arthur vii.
lard. bis syca meeting hers almost instant.
j.
From some nnaccountablo impulse she
turned her bead quickly awsy. and he,
looking offended and hurt. seated himself,
sosns distance from her.
She fsls uncomfortable enough during
her short ride, and ~hep tho car stopped.