The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-18
A Little Late.

A Little Late.
We We're tWi;.s-my brother and l-bll
for all that he was ten minutes Older tha
myself. OF course. we We're the IMAGE q
each other, and being strongly imprcsSe,
with the fact We naturally grew up to AL
mre each other intensely never. how
ever, quite torgave him for giving me th,
%o-bv in my entrance into life, until h'
squared matters hy ouirunning me in an
o.her race
First, il is necessary To tell Won thu
through a Whm Of my mothers we we,
chrlSltned by the reSpertatiye names \
Charles and CharleWood; my father:
name was Manners; my mother, having
been I'm heircSS of the name of Compton
had conferred it, with herself. on my
grateful father. such being the case. the
double patronynic of Compton Manner>
descended to the twin offspring OF the il
luStrious couple aforementioned.
pass over the school-days at Harrow.
year 1T Christ church. and finally, as we
would have it so, our first separation, my
brother Charley getting his commission in
the guards, while conlended myself with
one in the rifle brigade; and / had not
been in that regiment Il month before
| became fully convinced that the guards
| We're nowhere as compared with il, and
not for gold untold would have eNchang-
ed my dark green for the gaudicr trap
! pings Of the household troops
When wa, about two and twenty. it
| chanced that my brothers. battalion OF
guards and my battalion OF the rifle bri-
| gade We're ordered to Montreal 1t hap
| pened to be about the time that a certain
| political outbreak was feared and soon
after our arrival at Montreal was sent on
detachment to the town of AgneSyille
Canada West. For the first week llirted
generally; The second week began to
reduce the circle OF my acquaintance; the
third found me in state oi wavcr between
two beauties: and by the end Of the first
month | was, f@nratiyely speaking, on
my knees before Miss Marguerite Duval
who, had now quite made mp my mind
was one of the most innocent and simple
minded Of her sex. She Was tail and LIGHT
with 4 graceful, piquant head crowned
extraordinary and mysterious way, all
loops and twists, and coils and sunshine
Mott was moi dyed. and il was not
bought See tainted in my arms once,
and though it came tumblinm down IN
glorious and golden confusion it did not
tumble of. As Ior the eyes ii is simply
impossible to describe them They were
everything hy turns ami nothing long
Yes thcy were always beautiml-mpltino
burning, laughing, loving, scorning. They
We're large. they We're brown, with very
large, dllatin@ irides, and they We're
guarded by double file oi la4hps. long,
SOFT and almost black.
When tho rite briS,tur had been quar-
tered there two months, it was agitated
among us that Il bail 10 our hospitable en-
ltltainrrs would not be only right and
proper hat politic--in fact, the only thing
/ wanting TO restore completely and imme
diately that loyal state OF feeling thai once
existed in Agnesville After the question
of funds had been discussed, and we had
all declared our readiness to place our
euormous fortunes n the di2poSa! Of the
mess committee, the next question, was
moOted Us to ''Whcn'' and "Whert?'
Nv hem Next week was the answer
| from one of the Younger and more pnthu
siastc OF the Prince Consort'% Own.
'Where? In Aylmel'S hall"
The bail was finally fixed for that day
fortnight ri Aylmer's hail, Il tolerably
good set Of public reception rooms in the
heart of the little town.
! The day before that fixed iol our ball
| and when my arduOus duties were over, |
! drove out to Villa Duval to pay my re
| spects TO Ia belle Marguerite. II was
lovely weather in early spring, and when
| reached my destination found the jeaI-
ollSies closed, the awnings spread over
| the balconies, and some Of the inhabltants
of the villa assembled under the shelter
| ING colonade, while the more venturesone
were returning to croquet with all the Zest
that long interval devoted to sleiohing
was likely to inspire them with.
was received with considerable entml-
| 5iasm. and Il tluttering of color on Mag
gcS fair cheeks rs she lett her game and
came forward, mallpt in hand, to greet
me WAS not Il little ANNOYED, however,
when discovered in u young man who
was her partner III croJuet, one Of my
brother officers
therefore rather surlily refused Mar
gurite'@ request that | would JOIN then
party on the lawn, and throwing myselt
laZily Oh Il rug that was spread under the
colonade devoted myself TO Il younger SIS
ter of my enchantreSs, who, for her age
scarcely sixteen. had very fair idea o
flirting Miss Eunice was kept as a rul,
in the background, and how heartily She
enlOved on this occasion being first inSteat
Of second, | could see by the dimple,
round the mouth and the qllver Of the
dark eye-lash.
Nv back was turned to the croqlle
party. but could see the whole scene re
tlected panorama-like in the plate-glass o
the window in front Of me, and in spite o
my access Of temper L was not Il little
amused at the evident pique which Mag
gle cndeavored 10 hide by apparent ab
Sorbtion in her game, and | was rs usua
irresistablv fascinated by her grace, an'
the perfect foot She displayed in the rali'
movements entailed by the yagares o
croauet Meanwhile Eunice did III bell
ingenue to perfection.
''And YOU will, you promise me, won
YOU. Mr.. Manners ?" she said, ending wit
these words Il torrent Of vivacious non
sense about her first ball and her fears tina
| should be too grand to dance 'With sue
a stupid little thing as me, YOU know
les. YOU poor little Cinderella vii
do ANYTHING in the world you like to pleas
you.7 | replied returning her soft glance
|
Maggie was approaching and was proba
} bly, within ear-shot
) Emice looked little astonlshed and,
fancy, received IN admoniShing look trol
her sister, for she got up and went INTO tn
house, saying something about orierin
tea, and then Maggie and | were left to
: certain extent alone. As the house was
= square surrounded by piazza, the ste
= or two | had taken in rising had carrie
} me round one corner of it, a newly-leate
and thickly growing Virginia creepf
screening us from the rest of the part,
There was a silence for moment, an
, then she said, Come and see the mon
key"
4 Perhaps the reason for our undue pau
4 tality for the monkey was that he lived
p Il house, suitable as to size, at the end OF
: long avenue, which house by a iortulnat
5 coincidence, and lucky contrivance {
:, art and nature, was not visible from an
: window of the villa After Il momel
t spent in laying in stock of nuts for Doll