The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-10-08

their chairs tipped back young lsdie
wiz do that when nobCdS's lOOkinK)
;. aud were faunIng themselves, ant
taking life comfortably. RISE, tbs
lrrepressible, came bouncing across
the VeraBda toward Hatty-
, Ion oh :" says Rose, "whzt awfu
gbOppets young ladies will tell ; Nat
what did yuu tell NE when l sskeC
, you who that back eyed man was
that you didn't know? Mr.. Garnet
DOESN'T care for young ladies, bat b.
has made my aeauaintance. He Il
here on business, he says, and has nj
4umeto amuse himself. But he talk
/ 10 Dle, though be WON'T look at
oubg lady Young ladies are al
) spOilt, he says. And be says, Nat
. that he used to know you-Deedn'
) pretend anything Miss Nat Mr.. Gar
nett tells the truth-he says that b.
fell in love with you when he was {
boy, and you laughed at him, and b
viii never fali in love with younI
: iady again, because he's old enough T.
know better now. He likes llttl,
girls, but be thinks young ladies ar
Glgftlly silly. Add { think 30 too
Aud Think MF. Garrett Is Just a
nice as he can be. Nat, what mad,
you say you didn't know HIM? ? and
don't you gisL you could make him
fali IN love with you now ?'
J mo, I dOn't,H saId Natty, eolering
aBsfhy. AfBe other young ladies
Laughed. .-TTgV9 10 fzIEBF 1ttA
4 "lAr. Garnett's rs handsome as Ed.
win Booth" said Mary Walton. 81
wish he'd fall ia love with me-"
"But he won't" upspezks Miss Rose
indignantly. .'Hs doesn't IKE any
women tut little girls"
Tue young ladies laughed again.
Let's league togetner aud break
his heart, said VIXie Gray. ss-
''Do Let's break it with stone
hammer" said VIxIe's sister Alice.
l.. But Natty said nothing. Little
Rose watched the pretty face CAREFUL
j Iy /; but for all she could make of IL, Il
might have been the face of a ginger
bread man. NAtty's mind wasn't Ms
Indifferent as her face, however. She
was making a mighty VOW 70 herself.
I She knew yell enough VINO the hand
SOme young lawyer was, and the Old
| flirting demon stirred within her
NAOSoS' AOHO was Pt4ucu W h1Auh n0
had been at the Bay . full week and
never said boo TO young lady. Her
uncle Was charmed with the brilliant
young lawyer.
II tpld you so, Natty," said he, rub
bing flIs hands. THAT young man'li
&c Governor of the state one of these
days. Pm nearly AS proud of him as
il he was my own son. Now don't
you wish you hadn't snubbed him,
NaIty ?u
''No, 1 DON'T" said Natty, shutting
her lips with a snap, aud looking
vexed. But she said, We'll see !"
They had catching party next day.
Mr.. Garnett went on the invitation of
Uncle James. NatJy was as gay as
bird. She was daDgerously fzscinst-
ing. She sang, laughed, played, and
made witty smali-talk Tor the Whale
company. Any young man bnt Geo.
GarneIt, athrist with his wild ambi-
ton, LlannIng OUT a magnificent fu-
tufe, brOodIng over his yellow law
books, would have succumOed at once
10 tue wiles of this gITl with the CLEAN
of sweet eyes anu tue red lips.
''I see You haven't forgotten how to
flirt, Miss Natalie" he said once to
her gayIy.
81 do not fiirt," answered Natalie,
with dignity. --c1e.al
George Garnett laughed-a low
laugh, pleasant and musical, but
which had a faint sound of q sneer in
il. Natty subsidized and Was perfectly
quiet Tor five minutes.
IL used to know SO little of the pref
ty ways Of young ladies' SAID George
musingly. "a long Tune ago, that
was, when you USED 10 call me Gawky
GarneJt-yOu remember? Pun gawky
yet" he cUntInued. "But now,
when young lady smiles sweetIy on
me, aud charms me with her pretty,
hatterlng ways, 1 know better than u
fancy she means anything by it--any.
thing more than 70 amuse herself"
"Oh % says Natty, blushing
"yUu're Inodestn
- He sat beside he on the way home,
and was perfectly polite and enter
talnlng. NaJJy acknowledged to her
self that she IIttu never seen a man
more delightful or who carried ABOUT
him more perfectly the air of a grand
gentleman. But for all the effect her
bewitching ways had on him, he
might have been u stone. He was the
model Of gay indifference. Natalie
bit her lips with vexstion, when after
they had all reached home, and were
rested, Mr.. Garnett asked little Rose
togo out with him for q row on the
lake.
t'He doesn't care for young ladies,
then-not even the prettlest of them,"
said Natty to herself, looking at her.
self in the glass. 81 wonder where
the man picked up such grand ways
He might be taken for q prince. And
it's clear that he'll never, never care
for me again"
somehow, Natty felt about half like
crying.
II think Mr.. Garnett is splendid, }"
said the girls.
"How can you say so?" exclaimed
Natty, 81 don't think SO at ALL"
But next morning, when Mr.. Gar
nett asked the young ladies to play
ten pins (it was before the days OF
cruquet), Natalie consented with alac-
riIy, and piayed again the roIe Of the
bewItchIng flirt. Garnstt, the magni-
ficently indifferent, appeared amused,
but not in the least Interested in Nat
ty any more than any of the other
yaung ladies, or even the ten pin balls
tney rolled. Nstty felt more than
ever like crying, she hardly knew
way. Il
"Get your hat, little GIRL" said Mr..
Garpett to Ruse, ono morning, 'and
cali the papa, and let Us row across to
Middle Bass-I can't stay many
days longer. Let us make the most
of Che golden hours left.Ht ~
He drew a little book from his
pocket, as Rose skipped away in ce-
light. It was Lucille, thea new.
"Have you read this yet, Miss Nata-
lie ?" he asked.
''No,u says Natty.
"rhen pll leave it to .amuse you.
l don't care for it much; but it's the
sort of book should imagine q young
lady would iike--aH about love and
flirting, you know. I've not finished
II vet. I've read just tnis far ia it-n
He took his pencil and gave sweep
across some lines little below the
middle of page, then handed the
book to Natty, looking at her as he
spoke. A sweet, strange look soften
ed his dark eyes for an instant, IL
seemed TO Natty;. then he was just
the same agin-cOol, polished, indlf-
ferent. "a q # ~
"reII Miss Rose mi be down watt
ing for her aud pspa-dOwn at the
shore" He bowed lightly, and went
out De
Natalie glanced mechanically at the
place where his pencil had swept
across the page In Lucille. He had
marked these lines
'Oh being OF beauty and bliss seen, known
In ths depths OF my soul, and possessed
Z tnere alOnei
( Bfy days know thee not and my lips name
Thy place ID ms poor life Is vacant for
ever ta r. r n- -fa ts
We have met we have parted. No more
Is recorded
In my annals on earth
"I wonder what he means, or If he
means anything at ali," said poor
NaIty, sOberly. But that night again
she was once more the bright, merry
flIrt, the gayest of the gay. Tney had
mop" at the little hotel. Round
and rnund spun tue happy dancers,
aud Natty MAS the brightest, sauciest