The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1872-10-04

see you harpy," the young man an
swered, wringing the elders hand
And-if I, too, should conclude to mar
ry at no very distant day.
"Why, then,' cried MIR. Avenel
gaily, "we can all live together, just
as We do now, and be the happiest fam.
lily in the world"
And he went into the house whist
ling, as he went, "John Anderson, my
10, john" as blithely as boy of six
teen.
Juliet Hawkhurst was standing by
the little side garden gate that evening,
thoughtfully watching, over her right
shoulder, of course, the slender silver
crescent Of the new moon. Juliet had
certainly blossomed into perfect lit.
tie rose Of a maiden, during the years
she had been an inmate Of Avenel
Place. She was fair-haircd and rosy
with long eyelashes, deep blue eyes
full of purple CLEANS, and complexion
like rose colored satin, and, moreover,
there was in her very movements self
possessed grace and dignity Of mien,
that was inexpressibly charming. Ju-
liet Hawkhurst had been born a lady,
but untoward fate had made a house
keepers daughter of her. As she stood
there, leaning over the iron rail of the
gate, a footstep sounded behind her.
"Juliet."
She turned, with a little rose blush,
and smile which she fain would have
concealed, and Harry Avenel came up
and stood close beside her.
"Little elf, you thought you had
hidden away from me, but you see l
have contrived to find you out even
here! What makes you blush and look
so confused?
"Do I!' And Juliet fixed her gaze
very steadfastly on the green turf at
her feet, where a single dandelion was
closing its downy eye Of gold for the
night.
"Listen! cried Harry, triumphantly,
i've got a piece of news for YOU"
"What is it?'
What should you think Of a stcpfa-
ther, eh, little one!"
Juliet looked up this time in real
and genuine astonishment
ga stepfather, Harry?"
My uncle has conided to me this
evening that he thinks of marrying,
Juliet, and from all that I can gather,
the bride is your mother. So when we
are married, there will be a nice little
family circle of US, eh?"
(---A..1 t's7 u~aaoiouS young man bclted
her slender waist with his arm, and
venturel to draw her little closer tc
him.
"Oh, but Harry, you are all wrong y
cried Juliet, crimsoning and smiling
like June flower. I meant to tell YOU
Of it, but somehow the words would not
come to my lips. Your uncle told me
also, that he had concluded to marry
again, and he asked me to be his wife. u
"The-mischief he did!" cried Har.
ry, starting back as if some one had
struck him a blow. s'You! Why
Juliet, you are young enough to be his
daughter!."
perhaps am," said Juliet meek
ly.
"And what did you tell him? You
accepted him, of course? He is rich
and am poor, and all the girls like
gold,"
Tell me quickly, Juliet" he cried
almost passionately. Don't keep HE
longer in suspense
Il told him." Juliet answered, in
nocently, that I had already promised
to marry YOU"
"My little dove" and Harry Av-
enel's dark face frightened into SUN
shine once again.
"And you were right. for May and
November never yet were happily ma
ted. Ny uncle is an old man, aud yet
l can't blame him, Juliet, when | look
at your sweet face"
The countenance of Mr.. Avenel was
slightly confused when he met his
nephew at the breakfast table the next
morning, but further than that there
was no sign of the discontinue he had
undergone. He gave Juliet an ex'
quisite set of wedding pearls when she
was married, and congratulated Harry
after a cordial fashion. But he never
proposed to Mrs. Hawkhurst, and al
she had never expected anything of the
sort, no harm was done.
And everything goes on at Avene
Place just precisely as it ought. Mr.
Avenel keeps his housekeeper ant
Harry has gained a wife.
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