Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-07-16

and what little have seen Of him,
don't like.
81 think it most unfair, papa said
his daughter, with considerable increase
of color, "that Mr.. Gordon should be
blamed BECAUSE Mi. Behthail chooses to
act unreasonable.
II do not blaine him, Emma, I blame
you, and 1 tell you that do not choose
your name to be coupled with his. See
that you obey me-" said Mr.. Leimont
in sterner accents than his Daughter had
ever heard from him before, and which
she felt as grievance grievance I'd
be laid at the door of Mr.. John Bent
hall.
| Emmas brother was furious when he
heard the news, and laying it all at the
door of Mr.. Gordon, he set about dis
covering his antecedents. But the
summer had passed away, and the dull
dark days Of November had set in be-.
fore the re searches were crowned with
success.
And Emma, t am sorry TO-: Say, had
not in the meantime, obeye6 her father
but had, to the dismay of the whole
family, encouraged the attention of the
charming Adolphus more even than be-
fore.
Miss Emma and her cousin were in
the very crisis of their preparations for
ball that was to take place that even
ing, when James put his head in at the
door and told his sister that the barber
he had engaged to "do" her hair, found
1T impossible to come to her, but his
services would be very. much at her
command if she would GONE to him at
certain hour, and Emmy, after a GER
tain amount of grumbling, consented on
condition that her brother went with
her. .,..
"Dont leave me James," cried En-
ma, catching at the sleeve of her broth
ers coat as he was about to turn away
at the door of the BARRIERS shop, which
was situated in the heart of the city,
and in street that she had never be-
fore visited.
"Certain,y, my dear EMMA, but not
just at tlis moment, business my dear,
business, said James, who seemed just
at this moment in datget Of apoplexy,,
to judge by his distended cheeks, and
the pdfplish hue of. his countenance
"Just YOU go in there, you see that
glass well, 81 in and arrange your
hair, and by the tiiite yotl have dohe,
will be with you," and without Civ
ing his sister time to expostulate, he
vanished.
So Emma had nothing to do but 60
in as she was hidden.
There was no one there when she
entered, and she had let down her lux
urious yellow hair, and was admiring
it in the glass, when she became aware
of a young man standing very erect be-
hind high backed chair, with clean
white towel in his hands.
| She turned and looked at him, and
her blood almost stood still in her
veins.
Gracious heavens! could it be posi-
bic, or was it but hideous dream, she
asked herself.
She took step forward, and in that
| momert Mi. Adolphus Gordon (for it
was no other than that irresistible gen.
tlemat,l recognized the lady. The
towel slid from his nervous hands upon
the floor, bis under jaw dropped, and a
comb that adorned his head -altogeth
er for ornament-was quickly plucked
from, his ambrosial locks.
AS for Emma, she behaved extreme
ly we'll under the circumstances.
She neither tainted OF screamed,
when she discovered that the would
be enslaver of her heart stood before
her in the person Of her hair-dressei,
but assuming the look o. an litter
stranger to him, she calmly seated her.
self in the chair behind which he stood,
and babe him make all the haste posi-
BILE, as she had no time to spare.
Never before did Adolphus work
with such energy and to so little pur-
pose, for he felt that he was discovered,
and that he had as little chance of dane
ing OF speaking to the fair Emma that
evening, as he had of speaking to the
Queen Of England, and his hands SO
trembled with suppressed of mortitica
ton that he made no progress what
ever.
| While the young lady was beginning
to think her position unbeatable, James
came in.
"What, Edma!" he cried in SEEM
ing surprise, "not ready yet9''
"Yes," said his sister, springing out
from under Adolphus'' hands, and
selling her hat, "quite ready, and l
will get into the carriage while you
settle with Mr.. Gordon"
In few moments James came out,
and found his sister croiched In COR