Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-08-03

harry stared ~ his uncle. Mr..
Avenel felt disposed to Give MIN
hearty shake for his stupidity
"Oh" cried the young man. with
a sudden dawning of lucidity over
the darkness of bis brain. ssYo,
don't mean-matrimony, unele?0
"Yes, dof' quoth Mr.. Avenel.
stOutly. Would you object, Harry?''
Il, nnclegp
"Because YOU are the only person
interested besides myself-and her"
my greatest interest, unclos
is to see you happy" the young
man answered, wringing the elders
hand. 'And-if i, too, should con-
clude to marry at no very distant
day"
@Why, then" cried Mr.. Avenel
gaily, 1--WE can all live together, just
as we do now, aud be the happiest
family in the wOrldw
And he went into the house,
whistling, as he went ''JOhn Ander-
son, Ny 10, John" as blithely as n
boy of sixteen.
Juliet Hawkhurst was standing
by the little side garden gate that
evening, thOughtfully watcalng over
her right shoulder, of course, the
slender silver crescent Of the new
moon. Juliet had certainly bios
sOmed into a perfect little rose of
maiden, during the years she had
been an inmate of Avencl place.
She was fair haired and rosy, with
long eyelashes, deep blue ewes full
Of shadOwy purple CLEANS, and a
complexion like rOse-colored satin;
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every movement q self-pOssessed
grace and dignity Of mein, that was
ineXpressibly charming. Juliet
Hawkhurst had been born for a lady,
but uutoward fate had made
housekeeper's daughter Of her.
As she stood there, leaning over
the rail Of the gate, a foOtstep
sounded behind herr
S'Juliet?"
She turned with little rose blush
and a smile the 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
have contriVed TO find you out,
even herel What makes YOU blush.
and get so ccnfuscds'
''DO II" And Juliet fixed her gaze
very steadfastly on the green turf at
her feet, where a single yellow dan
delion was closing its eye of dOwny
gold for the night.
"Listeni1 cried Harry triumph
anuy. "Pve got a piece.of news for
you"
'tWhat is it?"
"What should you think Of a step
father, ell, little Oneg''
Juliet looked up, this time, in real
and genuine astonishment.
"a stepfather, Harryl''
''My uncle has cOniided 10 me this
evening that he thinks of marrying.
Juliet, and from all can gather,
the bride is none other than your
mother. SO, when we are married,
there viii be nice little family cir
Gle Of Us, ehy"
And the audacious young man
belted her slender waist with his
arm, aud Ventured TO draw her lit
tie closer To him.
"Oh, but Harry, you are all
wrong,p cried Juliet, crimsoDing
and smiling like a June flower. e.
meant to tell you Of il, but some
how the words would not come 70
my lips. Your uncle told me also
that he had concluded to marry
again, and-he asked me TO be his
wife"
"The-mischief he didv' cried
Harry, starting back as il some one
had struck him a blow. "YOu
Why, Juliet, you are yonng enough
to be his daughterw
perhaps Gm," said Juliet,
meekly.
"And what did YOU tell himg You
accepted him, Of cOurses lie is rich
and am poor, and all the girls like
gold"
.'TIarryi"
Tell me quickly, Juliet" he
cried, almost passionatel "Dou't
keep me longer in suspense"
II told him." Juliet answered in-
nOcently, "that / had already prom
ised 10 marry you"
"My little dOve?', and Harry Ave
nel's dark face frightened into sun
shine once again. 'And you were
right, for May and November never
yet were happily mated. My uncle
is an old fool; and yet / can't blame
him, Juliet, when | look az your
sweet face
The cOunteDance OF Mr.. Ayenel
was slightly confused when he met
his nephew az the breakfast table
the next morning, but, further than
that, there were no signs Of the dis
comfture he had undergone. He
gave Juliet an exquisite set Of we'd
ding pearls when she was married,
and congratulated Harry aftera very
cordial fashion. But he never pro-
posed TO Mrs. Hawkhurst, and -
she had never expected anything OF
the sort no harm was done.
And everything goes on at Avenel
place precisely as IL ought to do
Mr.. Avenel keeps his housekceper,
and Harry has gained a wife.