The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-10-20

JnaJ tney were dark ana 1lnej JnOugn sne
was not sufficiently struck by them to ques-
ton whether they were gray or brown, but
Mrs. Cripps, after seating herself, examined
him as far as she could above an egg
steamer, and mentally resolved to look
again. While waiting for her second cup
of coffee, the old lady raised her glasses and
began her predetermined survey of the
company. 1t was unsatisfactory until it
returned to her neighbor opposite, and then
the expected nudge was given, accompanied
by a very peculiar and perceptible move
ment of the head. The gentleman seemed,
at the moment, to be examining the table,
cloth, and there was strange quiver of
his eyelids, with an awkward twisting of
the corners of his mouth, which certainly,
to others besides Mrs. Cripps, might have
made him look very much like fool.
Mrs. Cripps was an oddity, and Clara
was the first beauty who had appeared at
the hotel during the season-that is, the
first very pretty young lady of considerable
fortune and fashion, for to be constituted
beauty the aid of one or both of these
adjuncts would be imperatively necessary
to the most beautiful in the world. 'Beauty
when unadorned lis not) adorned the
most" in our day, whatever it may have
been in that of Mr.. James. Thompson.
Their arrival was therefore, particularly
welcome. Mrs. Cripps found several ac-
quaintances amongst the habituants of
longest standing, and the morning was
spent by her and her niece in receiving in
Productions, during which golden opinions
were won from all sorts of people by the
sprightly, accomplished, bright-eyed and
sweet hammered Miss Burney. Among the
candidates for her notice, however, was
not the quiet gentleman Of the breakfast
, table. Mrs Cripps, much to her impa-
tience, did not see him again until dinner,
{ when he was again her vis-G-Uis, looking as
, modest and harmless as she could have de-
sired. She was gratifed to observe that
= he ate sparingly, and of the dishes most
convenient to his hand-a proof that he
! was free from one of her three cardinal
! failngs. She had kept him so closely in
her mind all the morning that she now felt
\ familiar enough with him to call upon his
!, services.
"T'll trouble you, sir, for veal-patty,"
: said she.
, "They are potatoes, ma'am," said the
> stranger, gravely, taking up the knife on
!, the dish before him.
a "Potatoes !--perhaps you are near-sighr.
\ ed, sir"
"Not at ALL" he replied, in the same
subdued tone, as he helped her.
/ "They are veal-patties--you had better
try them, sir--you'll relish them more thar
y potatoes"
It GAN the same to me, ma'am," was the
6 answer.
l. Mrs. Cripps looked at him earnestly, anC
!. her incredulousness was exhaled before the
n serenity Of his countenance. She joggeC
T. Clara with her elbow, and unconsciouslN
d allowed smile of selfgratulation to res
- on her face.
3 "Thats the very man for you, my dearn
r said Mrs. Cripps, scarcely waiting till th'
5, chamber door had closed upon her aud he
ID niece, after they had retired from the din
); ner-table al knew this morning that h,
p was one to be examined into, but didn'
u suppose he could come so very near tn,
l. mark as not to know veal -patties from po
a tatoes. What do you think %
10 "I don't know what to think of that
le aunt, but a man with such a head can hard
f ly be fool"
!, "Pshawl there's nothing in heads
ID child" said the old lady, dogmatioally
p " that's just a romantic notion you got int
you at boarding-school. know it's com
a. mon saying, and always has been
?, Little head, little wit.
m Big head. less yet.'n
y 81 don't mean the size of his head, dea
10 aunt, = demonstrated Clara, laughing.
o. "Then you mean the shape, i suppose
70 which is equally nonsensical. Who coul,
10 have told by the shape Of my HUSBAND
a- Cripp's head that he would want his han
b. boiled in champagne? Or that he would b.
Is so hard-hearted as to roast a goose alive
10 to see if it would swell the liver tell nj
K that In my young days, some people hat
a notion that there was great meaning il
ir the way the hair grew out--that whoeve
sr had it growing down In point on the mid
(" die Of the forehead, and high up at tn
10 sides, was fore-doomed 10 be widow o
ID widower; now, here am !, widow tn
ID third time, and mine grows low down al
IN the way across. Another sign was, tina
1T whoever had it growing in two twirls o.
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