The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-03-20

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full understanding than to be sly
about it in the old way. Thinking
} lyou harmless, Miss Whiting / could
e have gone all summer and never
e dreamed of flirting; knowing you to
e be Captain Kate 1 shall suspect you
of malicious intentions every move
r you make. Therefore let us agree
to filtration, and all will be we'll
4 agree she said, arehly, and
! here is my hand upon it,
She gave me her hand-I remem-
Der thinking how soft and shapely
| it was-and / raised it to my lips.
would your heart come with is?'
l said and she laughed merrily.
Bravo! a good beginning! 1 see
you are no amateurr she cried, and
SO We launched on the sea Of flirta-
tion.
I told Fred our arrangement the
following day. / thought he looked
pleased.
'All right old fellow, he said shak-
| ing my hand heartily. I am glad
to know you are not my rival, for |
am in earnest. I want to marry |
i. Miss Whiting if ] can, and / didn't |
like to think l was fighting against |
you. You are quite sure you are
not in earnest|
Quite sure, I answered. go on
my dear boy, with my blessing; but
don't marry her before l leave, and
so spoil our firtation.'
"Oh, not 1 shouldn't think under
year. My business won't permit,
and l suppose she will be wiling to
watt and Fred looked as grave and |
thoughtful as if it were settled.
mo doubt she viii wait any length
of time you suggest, said so dryly,
that Fred looked up quizzically. See
ing me perfectly serious, he contin-
ued:
And, Ben, couldn't you-seeing
you have no intention there your
self-couldn't you speak a good
word for my prospects? Speak about
that uncle Of mine that went to India
twenty years ago and has never been
heard of since. You needn't put
that in, though; just say he went
there, and l am the only heir
L assured Fred that would do so.
Just as well as not, said. will Il
bring your perfections all to light,
and say nothing of your faillings.'
Fred thanked me warmly, and we j
parted.
Captain Kate was in the garden
when | returned. She was dressed
in blue thin guaze stuff, and friIl L
of lace at her throat and wrists. She
looked exceedingly pretty, and l told
her so.
'Goodp she cried, bringing her
shapely hands together. I dressed
.purposely to make you pay compli-
ments; have 1 succeeded. Am 1
really, truly prettyT +
Really and truly 1 echoed.
And my eyes are not bold, and i.
do not seem like a trooper?'
Your eyes are the sweetest in the
world, and you seem like an angel
She breathed a long breath.
How nicel Now, where have youI
been?'
so see Fred-the finest fellow
alive Got a rich uncle in India
somewhere and is his heir
Does that constitute his fineness?
she said a little scorn fully.
according to woman's idea, yes.
But that is not all. He's a splendid.
fellow-good, intelligent, steady
Rather a pleasant fellow she ac-
knowledged. And he waltzes like
an angel
Are angels proficient in that ae-
complishment? laughed.
We'll, I Isuppose so, she retorted,
You called me an angel, and l
waltz beautifully
/ should never have recognized
Miss Whiting for the girl l had
known before. She dropped her
quiet, calm, ehildlike SELF and as
sumed the gay, dazzling mask of
Captain Kate.
She dressed becomingly and ele-
gantly, yet with no show, or glare
of colors, else it would not have been
becoming. She studied my taste,
in all things, and fairly dazzled me
with her wit and beauty. Yet I /
think / missed Miss Whiting sorely |
for a few days after her departure
and Kate's advent. We walked, we
sat, we droye, we talked together.
Fred occupied all the spare moments, +
and, few as they were, he seemed
very hopeful about all things, s,though /
he never succeeded in any thing. He
had paid his undivided attention to
three young ladies, st different times,
and been certain Of fsnccess, and each
time failed. He was not cast down,
however, but was now confidently |
looking froward TO his union with
Captain Kate.
"You have helped ME a great deal,
Ben,' he would say, and l thank
you heartily for your kind words,
When / am settled, consider my
home yours i
Certainly Iwoul5 respond 4 will, /
Fred
So three weeks slipped by, and in
two more 1 should depart. Our fir
tation continued unabated. Kate
was bewildered, and 1 sometimes
trembled for my own safety. Once,
when standing very near to her, my
lips somehow came in contact with
hers, and 1 never felt quite safe since
that day kissing proyoketh love-
/ said, and | will avoid that here
after
Sol did, and we sailed, and rode,
and 1irted deliciously through the
remaining two week, and one morn
ing [ arose with the uncomfortable
feeling upon me that it had al come
to an end, and was to leave on the
forenoon train. I also arose with
another knowledge-that was very /
much in love with CaptainKate;yes /
decidedly, irrevocably in love.
had an odd feeling, too, that it was
Just what Captain Kate intended, and
I determined to keep my secret lock-
ell in my breast. So compliment
ed her, in the old mocking way,
through the morning, and was con
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