The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-18


Only u slight headache we had ;
lobster salad at dinner to-day and ! con
fess to fondness for lobster salads, ant
with this the young lady again inclined
her pretty head over the daintily chi
cologne
is it possible? Why, that is favor.
ite dish with rue = tendorly CALCULATED hei
companion.
An electric fash seemed TO pass be.
tween those two pairs Of meeting eyes
and to sink deep into those throbbing
hearts, The young lady blushed vividly
and dropped her conscious lids, the gen
tleman still gazed, and sighed profoundly
It was with apparent effort that ordin.
arv conversation was resumed, but the
lady succeeded in dashing into a sparkling
vein, and eliciting happy responses from
Mr.. Milton Dodds. Yet the crisis wa;
merely delayed.
You were at the Walters party last
evening"?
Yes dismally drawled the gentleman
but it was dreadlully dull | had to es.
cort that Miss Croxton, you know, as she
is visiting at my aunt's, and she is a 6as
blen anyhow, and "A positive fright, and
uses musk besides | never could endure
musk y
Oh, | perfectly detest it, cried the
young lady: Il never could imagine how
the Empress Josephine could entertain
such a passion for the particular perfume.
This proved the proverbial last straw
Miranda, dearest ? solemnly said Mr..
Dodds, we were made for each other
DO not attempt to deny it; the perfect
similarity Of all our tastes establishes the
fact beyond a doubt We should no lon.
ger be separated, we who are congenial
hearts =
Miss Mariuda essaycd little depreca.
tory glance, certainly. and if she enter.
tained any very decided objection to this
summary statemen. Of facts it was at
least unperceivable.
Very soon after, Mr. hoad- 'el. .',..
self encouraged to such degree that in
the true. accepted lover style, he exclain-
ed ecstatical!y, My own, forever" etc.
The next morning, the young lady pur.
ticipant il the above transaction. lost no
time in communicating her happy news
to Il distant bosom friend Only think
my dear, We have only been acquainted
six weeks. but in that time we have dis
covered that our tastes are so precisely
similar that we cannot fail OF being happy
together You know watering. place
affords SO many opportunities for the
study Of character, and then Milton
followed me here to this delightful vii.
lage all the friends on both sides are
perfectly satisfied and we are to be mar.
ried soon after our return to the city
OF course you will be first bridesmaid.
The wsdding was grand affair indeed
The ceremony, in a fashionable uptown
church, as imposing as elegant dress aud
crowd could make it; the paternal
mansion was d blaze Of accumulated spen-
doris ; the bridal presents glittered in be.
wildering profusion and through all, the
bride rcigned supreme, the one object ol
interest centre of all admlring and envious
eyes, queen Of the evening. What won
der that many a young girl went home
from it all, dazed with the visions Of float.
ing lace and flowers and trailing silk
thrilled with the sight Of the bridegroom
devotion and the supremacy Of the bride
and concluded she would take Noodles
otter all And she took Noodles but tc
discover, with immense surprise, that /
brilliant wedding failed to be the grand
finale Of common existence, hey yopd which
loomed vague mistiness of ETHEREAL de
light, but was in reality only the contin
uation Of life, and Il very prosaic one a
that.
But with Mr.. and Mrs, Milton Dodds
Of course, the case was different. Tive
people who had studied each others char
acter for six weeks ought to know some
thing of each other, The honeymoon
passed in undeniabe harmony. As Mrs
Dodds expressed it, in a pretty note t.
her first bridesmaid, Two hearts at least
in this cold world, beat in unison,
When the wedding tour was over anC
they had settled down in fashionabl
boardiDg.house quarters, it was still
charming. To be sure, Mr.. 0odds man
iiested an unexpected prediction 70
for housekeeping at the last moment
while Mrs. Dodds had never harbored tn
idea for an instant but the trivial question
was soon disposed OF by the lady's asser
tion that she desired no cares to preven
the devotion Of her whole time to he
husband. Such selfabnegation as thi
certainly could not disturb the charmin
state of affairs.
The first week after their return hay
ing nearly passed by, beautiful Sabbai
morning dawned, and Mrs. Dodds expend
ed no little care in arraying her gracefr
form in an elaborate suit which the Frenc
mantua maker had pronounced faultle.
in design and perfect in detail consciou
Of its entire becomingness. Mrs. Dodls i
last stood before her husband, radiant an
eApectant, while that gentleman sat vii
tilted chair aud elevated feet, absorbe
IN the morning newspaper.
Why, Milton. are you not ready IL
church p she exclaimed glancing at h
slippers in dismay.
Church | really hadn't thought
going to church this morning, Did yc
want to co.
Want 10 20 That lovely suit mac