Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-03-05
Mistellamu.
How l Said L" Yes"
BY MRS A E. BARR.


nurses, but have grace enough to pity them.
Tue u.Ildest OF my teachers considered me
unruly," and you can ask Geotfry what he
thought of me a year ago. Now 1t is differ
ent | have found my master, and | believe
Israther like it. TnIs is how it came about !:
Geuffry had ash ed me three times to marry
him, and three times | SAID - No, IN the
most decided manner. But that never made
TIE least differ, nee to him. He only laughed,
and said | would know my own mind better
next time.
i suppose" l said, you mean to ask
me once d quarter.
=. Is that enough ~
Too often. great deal, sir "
Well, then, We will say once in SIX
months Miss Olive.
And then he walked smilingly away, and
began some n0nsensical talk with father
about Dr.. Darwin and his bewlldering
theories.
This las: asking was just at the beginning
of warm weather. and iather. who thought
Geofry's opinion iniallble, asked HIM where
he would advise us To 20 tor the summer.
had made up my mind to 90 to Long
Branch, and | said so, very distinctly; but
Oeoffry proposed some out of the way place
In the Virginia mountains. Then he pant
ed il in such glowing colors that nothing
would satisfy father but personal lnYesti-
cation. 1t was all ieoffry's doing, and |
toll him so at the railway station.
lit Is your doing, SIT" [ said, and |
shall remember you for it. D."
thanks, Olive, he replied; ''there is
nothing fear but forgetfuluess."
wanted TO speak sau3Ily to him, but the
tram moved, and | felt that it would be only
waste OF material.
At the end Of the second day We got to our
destination. 1t was pretty place, L must
acknowledge that Nature had done all she
could for 1t, but art and civilization bad
passed it by. The men were simply
= trIghts ." and the womea were--well, none
too good for the men. The houses were log
cabins, through which daylight peeped and
-he wind blew as it listed, But there was,
9f course, a biz white hotel-there always is.
I have no doubt if we bad gone to Tahlequah
8r Bannock City we should have found a
hotel and a propriet0r-the institution Is
ubIquItary. " c procured rooms, and my
trunks were. with some difficulty, got up the
hill and the flight OF wooden steps into the
hail
II suppose, . ! said, with a resigned look
al father, - there is no use IN taking them
mp stars. | can have no use Tor my dresses
here
As you like, Olive, he replied, in one
of his meek and mld ways; as you like,
dear; that gray thing you have on looks
pretty well, and 1t does not show the dirt. -
After this emtrk OF course had every
trunk, bounet-box and satchel up stairs, and
the noise and confusion and even the occa-
ii nal bad word their SIZE and weight called
forth were quite grateful to me
s. 1t Is not my fault, [ explained Ii
III
am not responsible
In this amiable mood we took possession
and think. II Geoffry had known what |
vas thinking about 1t, as did up my hair
aud put on my " hite evening dress, he would
have 81 IT lie OF his seif-cOmp placency-
thai Is, J men ever d. make a loss OF that
kind The first thing that pleased me was
the supper 1t really was good, particularly
the tcrrles and cream, which was speciality
N.tl me.
But, sir" | inquired, - are there any
Christians here besides ourselves ?
90 Il II to be hoped 50, Owe. | saw
little church in the valley
Pshaw. father did not mean church
Christians | mean society Christians
An, they are differ, Mt are they? Well,
what do YOU think Of Augusta Pennington
tor a ChrIstIan?
Augusta Pennington! Is she here?'
I asked amazed.
No, she is not, but her brother lives
WITHIN two miles, and he has a daughter
a5Uut the same age as yourself Mrs
Pennington wrote them we should be here
tod y; they Will doubtless call IN the morn
ing
v olI did lot care if they did. The
dresses IN mv trunks were sufficient to in
!, ft1rt lp
The next morning ade a beautiful toilet,
but I4cIther Mr.. nor Miss Lacellcs called.
just at lamp lighting | heard little stir
and hustle on the stairs, ripping laugh,
the rustic OF snken robes, aDd, leaning on
her fathers arm Miss Lacelles entered. She
was beautiful; | saw that at glance tall
anG pale and ady-'ikc, reminding you OF a
lair " hlte lily. We s On struck w friend
suIp-a girls friendship, | mean. Some one
has said that there is no friendship between
tie sexes and some one is mistaken, think
for the world holds no safer friend Tor a
woman than an honorable man. A woman S
friendship is very likely to be the result Of
convenience, contiguity, OF OF being as my
,atLer rather sneerlngly remarked, " tie
only Christmas within hail of each other.
Aary showed ne all her secrets, and | re-
turned the compliment, mindful OF Burns
advice To still - keep s0Hethtn9 10 DayseI |
wadna tell to Ony."
Life settled down into an unexciting but
eudurab.e routine. Mary and [ visited each
other, and arranged our next winters cam
raIsu, for | had invited her to pass the cold
weather with me in New York. One day, in
the middle of one of these pleasant chats, a
servant came in and handed me card. The
name on it aroused all the antagonlsm in my
nature 1t was - Geoffry Gardiner"
Now it so happened that the existence of
this gentleman was the one thing had kept
back in my condolences with Mary. So |
had now to explain who and what he was
anted her to come into the parlor with
me- but no, she would 20 home first and
dress but she promised 10 be back to tea.
dIsliked Geoffry, yet l was glad to see
him. My mental faculties were rusting for
want Of attrition. Father would not quarrel
with me, and Mary was my only face card.
| could not throw her away. Besides |
rather liked to see his great handsome figure
IN the room; he was SO full of life that he
seemed to vltaIize even the chairs and stools
they tumbled about and got out Of the way
IN the strangest manner. | old him about
Mary Laceles, and warned him hat be would
loose his heart. lie gravely told me he had
hone 10 IJse.
Imagine SIX feet two inches of manhood
without a heart
We waited tea for Mary, but she did not
come till quite dark, and we had begun tea
She SAID she had been detained by company
but knew better than that. She was dressed
with reference to candle-light effect, and
Would not lose its Influence on her first
appearance. | never saw her look so lovely
1er rose-co.ored dress, with it's broad SHIN
merlnI bands Of white silk, wonderfully en-
HANGED her charms. Geoffry looked delight
td and she gave him the full benefit of both
her upward and downward glances.
Wien tea was over | lett the room few
minutes, and VIII, l. came back found Geoffr y