The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-08-21
A GRAND FILTRATION.

night, and be presented to Captain
Kate, the new belle.'
THANK you,' responded, 'but NO
more girls of the period for me, i
you please-I had rather be ex
cused.'
'Oh, but you must see Captain
Kate he went on, that's what they
call her, because of the followers
she has she is worth seeing.'
Il know the style,' l said, with 8
majestic wave of the hand. BOLD
eyes-blue, perhaps black, proba,
bly, /; rather TALL; immense chignon
laughs and cracks jokes like a troop,
er, and never says one word of sense
l repeat it my friend, not any fol
me!'
'But just wait began Fred
and interrupted, with another wave
of the hand.
MY friend, l shall leave town this
afternoon for the lake should like
your company, but if you choose to
stay, l go alone. l want nothing of
this Kate or any other woman
"Pon my SOUL cried Fred, widen.
ing his blue eyes. what has come
over you, the king of male firts s?-
Been bitten. eh?'
NO, simply disgusted,' 1 answer
ed lotlily. Il am tired of work and
of women, and am going to leave
both. Will you go?'
Not till next week +; then l will
follow
'All right l replied, and we
parted.
'King of all flirts,' Fred had called
me, and that term needs some expla.
alton, for | should regret having any
of my friends think me a most de-
testable affair, a man butterfly.
was thirty, not bad looking, and
a wellto,do young lawyer, possessed
of a nice little property. had a
due appreciation of women-liked
most of them extremely well, loved
none /; paid them some harmless
compliments, chatted, walked and
drove with them. But as for fiirt
ing-why, l spoke no word Of love /;
gave no fair lady any reason for
thinking | was in love, and still Mrs.
Grundy gave me the appellation Of
'Male Flirt.'
Well, never mind-I didn't.
l went down to the lake shore
that afternoon aud engaged rooms al
a private dwelling.
we have three boarders now,
the pleasant little lady said, 'and ex
pect one more tomorrow afternoon
young relative from the city-and
there are just rooms for one more.
Those engaged and domicile
myself in my new quarters, but not
at all pleased with the prospective
young lady. There were two al
ready but harmless individuals,
mentally observed at the table; one
studious damsel who wore spe sta
cles, and looked at the ceiling the
other an invalid, and the wife of the
male boarder. But this coming
girl'-who was she, aud what did
she want to disturb my coveted
peace and country quiet for? Nc
doubt she would b. dashiDg, slash
ing, pannier, and sash-end style of 9
5irl, who would dare me into making
love to her, and give Inc no peace
until | did. Flirtati0ns might be all
very well, but fellow didn't want
to be dragged into it, when he was
in search of peace and quiet. This
was my mental style of soliloquy
until the coming girl came.
watched her from my window as the
hack set her down.
Small, dressed in gray, veiled.-
That was all / saw, save two moder
ate sized trunks. All. until two
hours later, I saw her at the supper
table, and took a private inventory
Rather below the medium height
and slender figure fair, with a fain,
color in her cheeks; hair dusk,
brown; curling or rather waving
not quite to the shoulder, and tieG
with a blue ribbon from the smooth
brow; eyes quiet brown and clea
as summer lake. That was all,
think, that / noticed. No; tn
mouth was very sweet and pretty
and totally devoid of that society
smirk and naughty curl, which al
SO decidedly repulsive in women.
remember thinking of that, and thel
quite forgetting Miss Whiting unit
the following day. E8&b
"A very quiet, sensible appearing
and rather pretty young woman,
had said to myself, 'and no one like
ly to modest me in any way
| strolled out to little arbor tn
next forenoon, with a book in m
hand, aud found Miss Whiting, wit
book in her hand, seated in sal
arbor.
| Il beg pardon, | hegan, 4 did nc
know the place was occupied.
| Make believe that it isn't sh
said, saud come in. There is ampl
room and am so much intereste
in my book that I shall not even Sc
YOU .s
Feeling decidedly compliments
at the closing sentence, seated m,
self on an opposite bench, and opel
| &c my book. But l did not rrogres
rapidly. Miss Whiting was $50 il
terested in repose, made such a pre-
| ty, good looking picture, sittiu
there, that l could do nothing b,
watch her.
How interested she seemed to |
| in her book, and how oblivious
my presence. Was such none
1 tity then? began to feel very u
comfortable. 1t she would on
glance at me-! but she would nc
Once she picked some crawlir
thing from her dress, and tossed
out at the door, but never glanced
me. *an fa4 bve sh i
Miss Whiting, / said at lengt
pardon me, but ] am tired of ma
ing believe. had rather think Il
arbor occupied
/ Miss Whiting kept on reading al
answered quietly: EsKTk.
Very we'll, you may consider n
hare.s