The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-07-17
How : Said Yes.

Ny golfathers and my godmothers i
my baptism called me "Olive," and the,
ought to be ashamed Of themselves 70
il, for never was there child with
more mistaken name A belIigerent stat
was my normal condition. | do not re
member my nurses, but | have grac,
enough to pity them. The mildest Of m,
teachers called me 8 unruly," and yoI
can ask Geoffry what he thought of III,
year ago. Now it is different | hav,
found my master, and / believe | rather
like it. This is how it came about:
Geoilry had asked me three times tt
marry him, and three times / said ''No,
in the most decided manner But tha
never made the least difference to him
lie only laughed, AMI said | would know
better next time.
81 suppose" l said, you mean to ask
me once u quarter.
= Is that often enough"
Too often, great deal, sir"
''Well, then, we will say once in six
months, Miss Olive"
And then he walked smilingIy away,
and began some nonsensica talk with
father about DIR. Darwin and his be-
wildering theories.
This last asking WAS just at the begin
ming Of warm weather, and father, who
thought Gcofry's opinion infallible, asked
him where he would advise us to 90 for
the summer.
/ had made up my mind to so to
Long Branch, and | said so very dis
tinctly; but GeohrY proposed some out
of the way place in the Virginia noun
tains. Then he painted in such glowing
colors that nothing would satisfy father
but personal investigation. 1t was all
GeoHry's doings, and | told him so at the
railway station.
cit is your doing shall remember
you for it..
Thanks, Olive" he replied, "thcre
is nothing | fear 50 much as your forget
fulness."
wanted to speak saucily to him, but
the train moved, and | felt it would be
only waste of material.
And the end of the second day we got
to our destination. 1t was very pretty
place | must acknowledge that Nature
had done all she could for it, but art and
civilization had passed by it. The men
were simply rights. and the women were
well, not too good for the men. The
houses were log cabins through which
daylight peeped and the wind blew as it
listed. But there was, of course, big
hotel-there always is. | have no doubt
if we had gone to Thalequah or Bannock
CITY we should have found hotel and n
proprietor-the institution is ubiqutary.
We procured rooms, and my trunks were,
with some difficulty, got up the hill and
the flight of wooden steps into the hail.
81 suppose" | said, with a resigned
look, 1" there is no use in taking them up
stairs; l can have use for my dresses
here"
"As YOU like, Olive" father replied,
in one of his meek, mild ways" that gray
thing YOU have on looks pretty well, and
does not show the dirt"
After this remark, of course, | had
every trunk, bonnet-boX and satchel
snatched up stairs, and the noise and con-
fusion, and even the occasional bad word
their size and weight called forth, was
quite grateful to me.
'' 1t is not my fault" | exclaimed, if
people will build stairs like corkscrews |
am not to blame.
In this amiable mood We took posses
sion, and | think if Geoffry had known
what | was thinking about as did up
my hair and put on my white evening
dress. he would have lost trihe of his
mplacency-that is, if men ever
do make loss of that kind.
The FIRST thing that pleased me was the
supper. 1t was really good particularly
the berries and cream, which are a spe-
cialty with me-
. But sir, | inquired, care there any
l.
= 1t is to be hoped so, Olive. saw
little church in the valley"
Pshaw, fatheri | did not mean
church Christians meant society Chris
tians."
All! they are different, are they
Well, what do YOU think of Augusta
Pennington for Christian"
Augusta Pennington? Is she here"
| asked, amazed.
No, she is not; her brother lives
within two miles, and he has a daughter
about the same age As Yourself Mrs
Pennington wrote them we should be
be here to-day; they will doubtless call
in the morning.
Well, | did not care if they did. The
dresses in my trunk were sufficient to in
spire any woman with comfortable as
4 SuEauce. HC IlCAb L made q
beautiful toilet, but neither Mr.. nor Mrs.
Lacelles called. just at lamp-lighting
heard little stir and hustle on the stairs.
a ripping laugh, the rustling of silk
robes, and, leaning on her fathers arm.
Miss Lacelles entered. She was beauti
full, tall, pale and lady-like, reminding
you of a fair white lilly. We soon struck
up a friendship girls friendship,
mean.
Some one has said that there is no
friendship between the sexes, and some
one is mistaken; for | think the world
holds no safer friend for woman than
an honorable man. A woman's friend
ship is very likely to be the result of con-
venience, contiguity, or of being, as my
father sneeringly remarked, 1.-THE only
N christians within hail of each other"
Mary showed me all her secrets, and l
returned the compliment, miRdful of
Burns advice to still ''keep something to
myself | wad not tell to ony."