The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-01-21
Gbe Qimes, Mem Bloomfield, 1]a.

she fancled the country tam1l1es were pat
ronizing and she would not be patronized.
Cissy was their only child, and they
thought much of her, honestly believing
that there never was such another baby
-child--maiden. OF course the paragon
was never sent to school, and her govern
esses were selected principally with ref
erence to their power of appreciating her
merits
Nevertheless, she was very charming,
and had two lovers; l do not mean mere
admirers, but two men who were ready to
marry her if she would but choose one of
them. But she could not quite make up
her mind which of the brace to select.
"If this gypsy would only show me
which am to take, it would save me
world of trouble, T" she said to herself, with
a smile ; " but, of course, that is all non
sense. Yet if she did, vow that would
be guided by it,"
One aspirant was Pendil Frogmore, a
landed proprietor in the neighborhood-
very poor-for though his rent-roll was
fair one, his debts were enormous-but
very handsome and well set up. Indeed,
he had been in the Blues don't mean in
bad spirits, but man in armor and his
wife would be undoubtedly country.
Charles Wilson was the name of the
other he was young London solicitor,
who had just been taken into good firm,
and was now on visit to his mother, an
Indian colonel's widow, who resided at
Littleun. Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Thorne
were good friends, so all was smooth there.
Mrs. Wilson lDd murmured, indeed, when
she first saw her sons inclination.
"Would she be companion for you,
Charles Would she be able to take an
interest in the same things you did?'
''No, mother; and that is just what l
want. / should hate wife who was as
clever as myself. But how can you fail to
see her merits ? She is such very nice
little partyp p'
"Partie, parte how dreadfully bad your
French accent is grant that she would
not be bad match for you from worldly
point Of view"
Frogmore was the more handsome, Will
son the more pleasant. Really, if fate
would settle the matter for her, it would
save Cissy Thorne world of trouble.
So the pretty bone of contention Thought
as she started with her maid Emma for
Littleun Hurst, at 0 A. NJ, for Mr.. TEorne
breal1fasted early, and his daughter pre-
e;I al nj
Not drum was heard, not pandean
note, as she stepped briskly along f; the
gingerbread husbands were covered up
from the dust the merry -go-arounds were
still, the clown was darning his dress the
donkeys breakfasted frugally on each 9TH
er's names; the fire-eater was trying diet
of bacon, bread, and garlic, for a change.
Business never commenced in the fair be-
fore the afternoon. But Miss Thorne' S
visit was not to the fair; to the right, some
five hundred yards from the common there
was a clump of sparse trees, and sheltered
beneath them stood one of those yellow
huts on wheels which act so vividly upon
the imaginations of village children. This
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esses turned aside toward it.
Emma went first up the steps, and tap
ped with the bright brass knocker; the
door opened immediately and woman of
the mystic race ppeared-young, hand
some as a.Spanard, though her splendid
black hair was rather coarse, if you came
to examine it too closely. Emma drew
back, to let her mistress enter first.
"Walk in, my pretty lady p said the
gypsy. "Don't be afraid l am quite alone
here"
Although the fun of the fair did not
commence till late in the day, it was evi,
sibyl, for all traces of night disorder had
disappeared from the miniature interior,
which was spick and span, neat and clean
obviously prepared for visitors. The small
apartment was still further reduced by a
curtain, which ran on brass rings along g
rod, inclosing portion of the space.
The gypsy examined Cissy's hand, and
began making shots - centres, though
most bull's-eyes, some.
"You are an only child, and your father
and mother would give you gold to eat i
you wanted it; you had bad illness fouI
or five years ago; when child you wer'
in great peril from dog" A lot more tC
the same effect, couched in vague Language
but very correct. Cissy began to be sorr.
i, that she had come. "There's two gen