Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-31


bois. She was indeed maiden TO attract |
the gaze aul admiration oil all around her
Tall. graceful aud digui6ed in department; (
positive beauty in her care might have
been dispensed with; but If features OF
classic mould, black eyes beauing but net
piercing. a radiant smile disclosing such
teeth as ave seldom seen. if these cousti-
mtc beauty. then could Adelaide Dubois
fairly lay claim TO thar distinction. l. 1t
a matter TO be surprised at, theu. that
Phil Rayenc surrendered himself on the
,pot? or. seeing how vhole-souled aud
charming fellow phil really was, that
Miss Dubois readily accepted hi homage!
But who would have suspected that Phil
Ravenel surrendered himself ON the spot?
or, srciug how whole. souled aud charming
a fellew Pail really was, that Miss Dubois .
really accepted hts homage? But VINO
would have suspected that Phil was such
Gckle, lailhlcss sort of ,ouih ? why
he seeemed to have forgotten his precious
litlc Hattie altogether; and she, quite
as regardless Of her b'ighttd word to her
good old Phil, had 10 eyes for any one
but Edward Gailiari she couvcrSed
with no one else, aud danced Si;h 10 onc
else the Whole evening, except oucc OF
twice with her uiiluced in a Virginia reel,
Just to save appearances. 1t seemed a
perfect sacrifice Of principle On both sides,
vet the lwo culpr,ts were wonderfully
+, lorglvirg Of each other, aLd their lraousl'
IT, any existed, must have beea of the
ro,c.colored order, rather than grecn-eyed,
, 1t was. in fact, reserved for their poor
, discouccrted, discunsolato papas TO suffer
E the pauss of iurolcrable Jealousy.
why. Tom, " inquired Mr.. Gourdinc
5 Of his old friend, as they were little
. side from observation, "what IN the name
q of our old fort tfathcrs does this all mean!
"It cans tins, Jack Gourdinc. just
+ this aud nothing more the jig is up cant
c YOU see for yourself, man? There, now,
10 DO Just observe, my Pill is taxing out
= that Miss Dabois for another dance ii
don't rive the the contounaed fellow Il
" lecture for his pcrfdous conduct this very
; NIGHT then nay name is not Tom Raven
C el -
Y ,sBut Tom" Observed his sraay. "he /,
o no more Inconsistent than my Hattie is
c she seems at this very moment TO be list
# eninr to what that young Gailard ispour
4 ing into her ear as though it gave her SIT
st perlative happiness. All dear Tom, VT
= eau see Clearly enough, as you say, tina
the die is cast | have 10 mere eXpecta
in ton at this moment that our children VII
$. ever be united in marriage than that you
k and will 90 on pilgrimage to Siberia
ID Toms heart almost sunk within him as
Al with faint grcap, he murmured IAN al
C. happy here poor Jack, but ourselves, and
D. so far as | am conce rhed this Christina
uiuht with its disastrous events will b
marked on my life's caiepdar as thc mos
miserable one ever spent"
at Yes, indeed, replied Mr.. Jack Gou
p. dine; "what interfering demon Of di
in cord could have put it into The head {
nd my worthy old frieud to come on Wis
III with those two hewiching children ju
ie- at this inopportune time | caneot ina
raj ine the fame we were cndoavoriug to ia
ad is now utterly extingushed. Do, Tor
re- aid me in entertaining the company, |,
his can scarce conceal my chagrin and hea
ing incss of heart. A dismal Christmas:
to dismal Christmas truly
,oh As Mr. Jack Gourdine had observe
ere the die was cast, indeed; the long che
vet ished hopes and wishes of the two unha
Sc ry fathers were suddenly wrecked, viii
,ou the tender hopes and aspirations OF t
ed children, under the impulse of a true a
far genuine love. were fully gratifed.
ven Not more than three months elapS
before Phil Ravcne obtained the prom
the Of Miss Adelaie's huad ia marriage, ii
ous even then he vas some time benBd /
ne. ward GaiIard, for the latter gentem;
and fearing a possible diversion in the mi
he. of Hattie in favor Of her former bei
rive popped the question just one month 81
ions cecding the Christmas entertainment, u
art. was at oHce cheerIully accepted.
ling All the young folks were inteDseI y hi
col. py, AMI none more so than Phil and II
han tie, for they discovered just in time Il
and the regard they had entertained for e'
ople other was OF very GiHcfes' ch%rac
co. from that which should exist between b
ina band and wife. When Hattie'a fat
Ia VA reproached her for her fek!enrss, she
man piled that "she shoud never have thou,
ent. of giving up her dear old Phil on any
anc count, only she thought she was un
pro. greater Obligations 10 Mr.. Galllnrd,
v # cause she oud he had fallen in love "
IL a. each other" Philip and Hattie ea
fer. arranged matters; they laughingy thrt
in ened to institute legal proceedings aga
mc, each other for breach OF PROMISE, and
day Phil observed, "Do you know, [
rior tie, that but for the appearance OF
hose true loves we might have been marri
and and in my opinion it would have beef
d in match between our two fathers, get
cite. married by proxy, and we the proxie
men. Hattie laughed heartily at this, ant
iour. piled ''that happily they were now to
ound married as PRINCIPALS, and on their
tha, account for, truly" she continued,
$ of should have made but poor proxies
,oint. Both couples were married in S
usiop time and on the same evening, at
n Mr. mansion of Mr.. Gourdine, for so it
nos. been arranged, and probably no "
ed BY young people were ever married u
These more happy or favorable auspices.
scope NO waiting now 'or 'nfee Vi
Titty. years" doleiully remarked Mr. :