Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-04
DAILY GAZETTE.
MTSELLE.
DT CAROLINE JosEPns.

Miguonstto grew in the little garden where c
Miselc sat at work and she had plucked sone {
OF 1t aud fastened IL in her smooth, black hair
Somehow, having ouee been placed thete, 1t |
seemed to have been planted and grown for no
other purpose. Its very fragrance was, IL were
q part of her modest virgin bloom and beauty
At least so Will Harrington thought, as lac stood
looking at her.
"Miguouctte," he said, tendery STOPPING to-
her then, still more softly, Mignonette.''
lis would not have spoken so to one who would
quite have understood him. But she who had no
lore not 10 be gathered at the humble school OF
Shsepdale, had never, heard that miSnonette
means little darling It was no new thing for
viii to SPEAK sofdy when he spoke to her, either.
SO she looked up, not surprised or startled. Per-
haps her ear had caught his footstep, and she |
said, Yes, Mr.. Harrington, | love migHottc- |
Grandma always slys it is foolish of me TO put 1t |
In my hair But cannot help Ii, I've had the |
habit always; that and roses pine for, somehow,
in their season. Do yOu think it foolish -
NO. said win. Foolish, indeed the prettlest
custom In the world. Girls should always wear
flowers ia their hair.
'Pm glad some one else Il silly besides me- said
Allselle, with laugh.
She was not perfectly sure of her grammlr-no
one was at Sheepdale; but she was not Vulgar,
and then viii was inclined to forget everything
but that she was pretty. He was himself It ilsh-
ioHabe gentleman. Uutll the summer he had
never flnried that his heart could be won by any
girl who had not style and family and thorough
acquaintance wi h all the requirements of good
sJcIety. Bat here, in this long summer time OF
rest and quiet, he had fallen in love with plain
country girl, humble even amidst simple pe0plei !
her position; for she was poor, and the grlndchId
OF two old p Cpl, who could le We her nothing
This was the eud of his resolve to escape for once
from the rOntinc of the taShlonable watering
places, aud ruraliz at farm house.
To think of 1t seriously gave him much the same
feeling that a bathcr experiences on his first
plunge into cold water. just at that moment,
however, he did not endeavOr to think; he acted
% Nh ft.ar Twin 1 /. .Vafrx Nn No
garden save themselves aud a great golden bee,
hoverlng and humming above the flowers
And Mtselles face was 80 beautiful, and her
hair SO velvet black, and her eyes like velvet also
only set with diarOnds and the fragrance of the
mignOnetLe, and the country mrs, that filled the
the air. chirrup of insect, aud song of Bird and
family tinklinS sheep BELL all sancihed the scene
Impediments which seemed serious when ponder
ing over Ia the solitude of his own room, were
myths to him in that hour. They were not wortl
athought.
And so Win Harrington drew Miselie toward
him, and looked down into her eyes, and said
'Msee, be my mignonette, and let me wear yol
III my heart for ever
What nc meant dawned on her, aud She bushe
aad trsmbled. Then lie spoke more plainly.
I llovs you, MiseIle Will You he m
wife p
And she said--'Yes'
Afterwards they sat just ,or long Will,
His arm about her waist, her work dropped ia he
lap under her small, we'll shaped, bat rather SUI
burnt hands. SO still that the golden bee lighte
upon the mignOnette in Miselles hair for a mC
ment, and slipped, and flew away, homeward th
time, for the was setting.
And then voice broke the charm harsh oil
voice, with mas twang.
'Misolle,' 1t said, come In to tea and Mr. lll
Fin'tun, p'raps you'd better come IN too
Butthe gentlcman addressed declined, and too
his way homeward. Walking through the coul
try lanes, he thought. The thoughts were M
pleasant,
But shall take Misele away ,he mutterC,
These people will BE- nothing to rs. The
have not been to Kind too Mi5elle, KNOWN
will travel year or two in France and Ital
perhaps-and she will acquire the necessal
manners
And already lie wished that there was n
something to be thought of.
Happily, he did not think when with Misel
and the weeks went 10y pleasantly; and VIII
they parted, he put an engagement ring ups
her finger and promised to come for her ut t
end of autumn.
They were to correspond, of course, and til
was pleasing thing to Miselle. He left h
with moist eyes, and carried a little bunch
mignOnette next TO his heart.
The holidays were ended, and people we
all back in town again. as the phrase gOe
and Will Harrington found everything OF yo
There was an old Irritation, too, which COT
not well be ended while the lady was so W
ing that it should turn into something mo-
between Miss Beaumont, the heiress, and hi
self And at first, VIII did not mention
selle to his friends, because there was til
enough; and at last, because 1t was an aW
ward business being put off so long. A
MIselle wrote too many letters, and put th'
into course envelopes and was not very ca
full Of her grammar. And she spoke far
much of those old grandparents who w
Wills abominatiOn. Aud amidst balls q
suppeTs, and dinner parties, Miss Beaumt
re-asSerted her supremacy; until reproacl
for neglected answers came from MiSelle q
Vexed her lover.
Still he smOothed this oyer. and would p
haps, have gone down to sheepdale TO Ike
his trOth, had not Miselle written him, in
fullness of her reconciliation, loving lett
in which she spoke of the trials of her gra
parents and of her JOY in looking forward
tho time when she should have home
which TO welcome them, Those old peOI
hard coarse, and ignorant, whom she abb
red sO-whOm she Intended to cut completi
when he married Mlselle.
WIN never answered that letter. He bu
it, with savage oath, and that night prOpo
to Miss Beaumont.
Ina month they were married, and tn
was a wedding at st. Georges aud dlamO
and lace, and presents of gold and silver, /
q tour 10 end all with, and the two We're [
Before this honeymoon was over, viii {
covered that he never loved his wife, and
he adored Mlselle.
A woman might carry-a secret to her 81
with her. A mau could not hide It W.
The bride, who had been a belle, and was
TO bear insult calmly ,diseOy I'd In the Drle
space of time. She had intended to be a
and tender wife, but she now took reveng
kind TO make her husband jealous was
task Of her wretched life. She tirted as
had never done in her girllsh days.
there Is no danger OF going too far with
.wh4a aAnuOf ha angling fOP n husband a