The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-08-15
The American Girl.
The Diary of s. DIinnIe'' at Saratoga
Springs.

from Lake George, to-day. Looked
like fright; know I did, when I got
out of the omnibus. Wonder if the
Vaughns are here. Phew! had to walk
through fifty men smoking on the bal
cony. Eight dresses, eight days. Know
Virginia is dying to see them; such
lace! Saw Bob Munson. Had same
clubhouse smell as Fred. Walking
wine-celIar. She kissed me in the hall
twice. Pumped her about Dick. Didn't
show in the parlor, tonight. Make a
sensation at breakfast. Who is this
Dick? Looks like poke.
Tuesday-Bob Munson's card before
breakfast; the bore Drank four glasses.
Spooned with Bob on park seat; afraid
it won't agree with me. I do believe he
loves me. Said so. Squeezed my hand
! twice. The idiot I'm too happy to
live. Chops and Goldfish, Quaker style,
for breakfast. Virginia called with
Dick. Such a dress, gored and puffed
and futed, and the dear knows what !
Just saw an old flame, Albert, dear
Albert. Bowed gracefully. Mamma
frowned. o dear Asked him to call.
Squeezed my hand little. What did
he mean? Virginia's mother very sick.
Water was too much for me.
Wednesday-Such an event has hap
pened. Dick called. Glad Virginia
left him with me. Such a lovely waltz
with Bob. Why don't he cut his nails?
Horrible I bite mine. After waltz,
spooned with Dick. Dick says Tn too
sweet to live. Perfectly atrocious.
Dick and think alike. He likes the
moon, and I'm another. He's spooney,
and so, well, 1 make him believe I am.
If that mean, jealous Fanny Mason
goes peering around again when Dick is
holding my hand, I'll scalp her. No,
I'm to be her bridesmaid
Thursday-W Walked to the graveyard
with Dick. Such a nice, sensible talk
as we had. First, we talked about the
soul; how destiny often binds two souls
together by an invisible chain. Pshaw,
what an old Muggins Bob Munson is
Then, We considered the mission of
man and woman upon earth how they
ought to comfort each other in sickness
and in health. IF I looked like that
fright who wore the blue dress I'd wear
corsets. And then, Dick quite startled
me by asking me if [ ever cared for any
one. Wore blue grenadine cut on the
bias, tonight. Told him, yes, for papa
and mamma. Always did look lovely
in grenadine. Dick is a darling. "I
mean, Minnie, could you love me?"
The fraud Cut the Mason's fiat.
Friday-O dear Rode to the lake
BObsaid, I'm going to have a lemon
ade; what Will you have" Just as if
1 could say champagne after that. Al
bert, dear Albert. Wore white muslin.
Dick spoOned again. 1" You look sweet
enough to kiss" Mustache touched
my face. Said he Ionged for a chance
to talk with me alone Knew the pre-
cious time had come, and Dick was just
a-going to say it, when ma came up with
that dreadful old widower, Thompson.
o dear Water disagrees with me
again. Must stop it.
" Come, Minnie, you go with Mr..
Thompson. I want to- introduce your
young friend, Dick, to the Masons." I.
look like fright. Don't pay to buy
six bUttoned gloves to spoon in.
Dick firted with Fanny Mason, the |
soarecrow! Wore Elizabeth ruffie four
inches high. Did it to spite Fanny
Mason. Where is Virginia?
Saturday Dick proposed. Swell |
clothes did the business. 1 do not love |
lavender gloves. Virginia is cut out,
sure. Sang Crock Me to Sleep"
Fanny Mason said I had cold. The /
meddling old wudgoekl Lavender is
my color. Engaged to Dick. Gracious. |
I'm half afraid love that fellow He |
does kiss too sweet for anything. Must |
stop drinking the water. Saw the edu-
Gated pig. He's a boor. Mother caught |
Dick kissing me. Told father Stormed. |
Let out that we were engaged. "Then
you'll go home tomorrow" o dear,
my fun IS all over. Must stop at the
Point and take in the cadets once more. !
They can't firt. Such goslings Dick
goes with us, and Virginia-she's Tilted
Ha! hall
CONFIDENCE IN FRIENDsHIP.-Onei is .
not ones "genuine sell" one does not /
disclose all ones self to those with /
whom one has no intimate sympathy [
One is, therefore, several successive and I
apparently different characters accord I
ing to the graduation of the faculties and /
the qualities of those one associates /
with. I am like one of those boxes 1 Z
have seen enclosing several boxes of /
similar form, though Iessening size.
The person with whom have less con
geniality sees only the outermost, an
other person has something more inter
esting in his character: he sees the next
box; another sees still an inner one, but
the friend of my heart, with whom 1
have full sympathy, sees disclosed the
innermOst of all.-.IOhgl Foster.
LORD AvoEHoBE was subject to fits
of absence Of mind, which rendered
him frequently insensibIe to the conver-
sation that was going on. At profess
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