Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-12-29


'What fory"
Elsic lifted her brows. hooked at the ealpet,
anu tried to assume an arch expression OF coun.
tenapCe
"Ot course I cau't bs expected to know certain
ly,' sho said "but mnmml aud | both had our
suspicious. 10 short. / dont really know how to
explain, but I've reason To suppose shc has gone
away to hc married"
'''lO be married.
"Some faithful cavalier belerc. who knew
her IN the days before her poor dear father died
lts al very romantic, and were sorry to lose
herr
what Is his name I" blnntly askod Mr. Wal
| bridge
Elsie hc,liaiod her lesson had not c1nhraCed
this point hut she knew she must say something
and lispmgly answered:
"a horrid, odions name--Mr. John smith"
At this moment Mrs Jenniisr came ir. all
smiles
| IL ann So busy since my niece lett US, she said.
| bmndly IL mss her terribly hut OF course II
was my duty TO oppose no obetaclrs sulcr Mr..
| Darcy Ind been 80 tnthtul"
| ''MT. Darcy2"
''N,s the yoGn- gentleman in question"
Elsie tamed the eDLar OF carmIue. but she had
| not presence ct mind to extrcate herself from the
gull OF Misrepresentation into which she hld tai
| len. and Mr. Walbri,lga ,lniatly laid all the 20
"Oh, mamma'" ;" cried Fsi,, wtta the.r visitor
was gone chow oauhi yen sat hls ulmG VAS Oar
cy. when had in-t told Nj. W,lhrdsr it WAS
| John Smith -
| Mr.. Jemuer lo,,kr.I hank Dat hope, that
| "springs eternal az thr human breast, came 10
her rehcf, most futtduat,Ir.
! "Ot, don't hchryr h- no prrd II, sad she.
"p1rcy ~ a heitrr unIne tLan Slnith--weil Il slick
| 10 Darcy Tor the future, my lovr"'
Aud Cl8r ne WalIhrilsc who hsd some
how allowed himself to become strau ry in
tere-led in Mss Martins blooming Iic,. and
lovely, pleading eve-, went ~Irtightto NJ. Jr,.-
nifers law office.
lie, At Last cnu aptak The uuth,' he
thought Nhnh is e,,te Ih,u QUE can ven
lure to a--err ui M'.. lrnut:,r aid the tain
E1ise'
'WnlLrn..e came f., nv Office ,hs after
noen," slid Me-t4, b.nuth, st dinner, ~ Ia
plunged his cIryinl -;nik into the Juicy depth:
OF a sirloin OF beef. lie asked me wh,r,
lOiVe Martin had gone. DO you know, Wife
| believe lac really Is Interested in the liti,
thing won!d be a hr,t-rIle thing + her
for
What did you tell him brel,hle-7ly IA
terupl,d Mra. Jenniier, pau7irg inhtI occ1pa
ton of preparing he dressing f5r a Plate rt iot.
sttr.
"Why said beJeoneio 10 learn dre. =. .n.ah IN,
at Mrs farkman's 10 he sure What honld
| tell him?
'Oh, Moses groaned NIrs Jcnn,ter.
ooh, papa!' shrieked Elise
Honest Moses stared heIpit..sy from oae /,
the other.
"What do Won both mesr"' kr d.manGel
What have done
But he eonld sc! no satisfactory inETmalioI
from either one oLthe ladios.
Olive Martin was bnsy over thr pullinea q
a blue satin skni, when MIR PaIkG.an nm
into the room
"A gentleman 10 ste Miss Martin,
said she, pIimiy. As general thing. 1t
; NJ inst my rsir t. allow nv Young ladies {
receive COMPANY pertaining to she other ,cN
bat
Put Oliv- c~c,fri from the room, before III
p lectutc a, but hall over to -er ElsreuVe W Al
bridge in the shop without.
"WrlI. Olive. he said gajly aS In TOOK bot
, her hand. in hi. "yeu see have found y0
OAl.'
"Nhat. fouud me out" Size repeated
! bIushing very much, and looking rai0ntl
: pretty.
"1cl me honestly, Olive" he pursued, II
/ lis John Smith or Alr. Darcy"
4 II don't know what you meant"
. And he explained to her the story that ha
, been related TO him Ivy Mrs Jennifer and Mis-
i Elise
III is false = cried Olive. with sparkln
! eyes and rcddencd checks. How dare
v they invent such foundatiOnlesS tales ahor
me? l left Uncle Iennifer's because m
Il aunt limited to me that my maintenance ha
become burden and that ought to Suppo
II myself could not eat the bitter bread of d,
pendence, Mr.. Walbridge. Aud | do n'
" know what motive they could possible hay
II had for giving such false reason for my d.
paTture."
IL can guess I" said Clarence Walbridg
i skrewdly. But we will leave that qaestio
fur future discussion. Olive. There is anoth,
81 one which is of much more present impoltan'
It to met"
l. What is it," asked OliYe.
+ "Whelher or not you Will nov become N
&c wife ."
"Mr. NalbTidge." ......
n ''My one darling little Oiivsi But you nee
not speak. know from your eyes that It
5 'yes!"'
: And So ended probably the first courtsh
n that was eyer happily consummated IN Mi
E PaTkman's shOw-TOOmS.
d Mr.. Jennifer was the only member OF Il
family who was really pleased at his lit
I niece good luck, matrlmOnially speaking
IS Elise and her mamma had somehow fallen in
their own tap-nor was 1t u pleasant sens
$ ton,
But Cupid protects his own.
ID ApnOinI nls ut ~ Caleb Cn>hLng as Mini
sr ter 40 Spain.
WASHINGTON, December IS. the announc