Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1872-05-08

lpuGfs hairs seeined q pleased with my
personelle, and I overheard him whisper
to Bob Styles as he vent out:
"Nicc looking girl that Miss Lee"
"Yes," answered Bob with mischiev-
ous glance at him, she is nice girl,
though a little go ahead sometimes.
Keep little lookout on her. will you
then lowering his voice said-'not bad
match for you, old fellow she is rich.'
Is she ! said Bimby, his. interest
deepening.
On my honor replied Bob. Forty
thousand dollars in her own right.
Day. Day l'--and he was gone.
Maggie Lee artful creature as she was,
had told her father that the party was to
assemble at another hotel, and thither he
had taken her. Having business in D.
he left hee shere, merely saying that he
would send the carriage after her at seven
o'clock. She, like . dutiful daughter,
kissed him and baasIhim good bye. and
before he had ct {. hundred rods got
into Bob Style'sligA wagon, which had
driven mp to the back door as Mr.. Lee
drove from the front, and the old story Of
head d-strong love and prejudiced age was
enacted over again.
As for US Of the picnic excursion, we
had delightful asil down to the grove.
but somehow, could not not enjoy it as
l ought to have done. When ] walked
on hoard the boat. felt awkward, as if
Everybody was looking at me. I found
Mr.. Bimby, as had suspected, young
and rising lawyer, mighty in Blackstone
in his own opinion. He insisted on pay
ing my fare (the boat was a regular
packet aud purchasing enough oranges,
pears and candies. to set up a street
stand. Four or five times was on the
point of swearing at his impudent offici-
BUSINESS, but bit my tongue just in time
to prevent my exposure Bnt il was not
with him found my role the hmdess to
play.
No; the young ladies were the diff
cult ones to deceive. For instance there
was one among them, beautiful girl of
seventeen, just returned from boarding
school, who had not seen Maggie Lee for
three years OF course she was delight
ed to see me, when she found that | was
Maggie Lee; which by the way did not
occur until we had started She threw
herself into my arms. pulled my veil
aside, and kissed me half dozen times,
in manner that made my finger ends
tingle for an hour 1t was all very uice,
but if had been a propria persona l
would have liked it better. As it was l
felt as though l was obtaining goods un
der false pretenses, and lawyer Bimby
might issue warrant for my arrest on
the ground at any moment
A whole lot of crinoline then sur
rounded me, on the upper deck of the
boat,to the utter disgust of Mr.. Nimby
and all the other gentlemen. l kept
very qniet only speaking in monosylla-
bles, in falsetto voice.
But the others-Lord bless you how
they gabbled. Under strict promise of
secrecy. the boarding school maiden who
had kissed me so affectionately, revealed
all her love affairs and also became un-
pleasantly confidential about other matters
innocent enough in themselves but not
customarily talked of between ladies and
gentlemen.
l was terribly embarrassed, but it
would not do to give up then. As soon
as my trick should become known, Bob
Styles trick would come out, and news
of that kind travels fast in the country,
he and his ladylove would be tele graph
ed, and followed before they could reach
Philadelphia, where Styles lived auc
where the knot was to be tied.
The river breeze was very fresh where
we sat, and noticed that several of the
ladies we're glaucing uneasily at me. l
couldn't divine the reason. until Jennie,
my little friend from the boarding school
laid her face dangerously close to mine,
and said: MY dear Maggie, your dress
is blowing up terribly high-your ankles
will be the town talk with ali the gentle
menu
Now 1 was conscious of having small
foot for man, and had donned pair Of
open worked stockings which came up
nearly to my waist, with pair of gaitere
borrowed from a servent girl. in all which
together my running gear looked quite
feminine and respectable-but the idea
of the girl telling me Of the gentlemen
talking about my ankles, who would
have been frightened to death if had
told her the same thing yesterday. was
too much for me, l burst into a sort of
strangled laugh. which l could only
check, by swallowing half of my filagree
lace edged handkerchief. The young
ladies all looked at me with apparent as
tonishment with such voice, and l
wanted to laugh the more. Fortunately
Mr.. Bimby came to my rescue at the mo-
ment and edged himself in amoung the
crinoline.
MAY sit here 7" he asked, pointing
| to low stool near me.
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