The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-11-19

blushing and smiling as they looked a
her, a sudden unaccountable pain smot
Philip Nanderventer's heart
Mignonne was a child no longer: h
had lost his little friend forever.
''Do you not like me as well 90 she saic
putting out her pretty hand half-timidlv
Jack is disgusted with me, but am toe
old tor short frocks any more, the dress
maker said.n
plague take the dressmakern = inter
polated Jack
II am quite nineteen, you know thi
rather defantly, land so-and so-here
am"
GLOW beautiful she is,' thought Philip
as he took her hand for a moment, and
then, with sudden anger. what foo
| have been what a fearful and wonder
ful simpleton -
All that evening he watched the lovely
face under the pretty hat, like one in a
dream. Not one word that was spoken
by the actors did he hear or understand
he even answered Mignonne at random
and grew almost irritable when she laugh
ed at his pre-occupation, although he beg
ged her pardon most humbly minute
after.
"Sf"," she said suddenly, at the close
OF the first act, ''there is your cousin, Mr.
Nanderventer, she is bowing to you
True, there was Frederica. languidly
waving her tan, and smiling down upon
him graciously-looking at his compan-
ion meanwhile, through her eve glasses,
with a certain sharp, curious admiration.
GLOW very beautiful she is!'' said
Mignonne, turning to him as he bowed
constrainedly to his cousin ''She looks
such q grand lady that | should be afraid
OF her" and then. catching sight of his
disturbed face, crimson flush mantled
her very temples, and the quick tears
came to her eyes 80 Mr.. Nanderventer, 3
she cried with a piteous quiver of her
pretty lips. 81 am so sorry | wish
hadn't come-We can 90 home now, can't
We?"
He turned toward her sharply, not I'M
Outstanding the sudden change, but a
look at her distressed face told him how
cruelty She had misunderstood him '.She
thinks | am sorry that brought her, now
that Frederica is here he thought, saw
agely. and then he answered her under
his breath: ~ on do not know how unjust
you are to me, Mignonne, ,inyour thoughts >
"Ah, Nanderyenter, how are you ? Your
aunt sent me to summon YOU and youl
friend to seats in her box-by the way,
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shade grimmer than usual. but Fre1erica
was gracious In the extreme. The little
shyness and timiditv in Mignonne's man
ner al first was simply charming. and
Frederica. looking at her through her in
evitable eyeglasses, with her eyebrows
raised trihc, was evidently fayorablv i'm
pressed,
.yvbv did Won fell ma snch . u,ratobad
story >; she wbisnered to her conscianrn-
srrcken ,vusi,. ..In nov-or forgive voe,
for trying to deceive me. sir" and then.
aloud. Il concluded, al the last minute,
not to 90. YOU see, and sent note to y0u
but you weren't in. Do YOU like the play,
Miss Chandran p and SO the curtain rose
On the second act.
All through that evening. Philip Van
le1venter sat communing with himself.
How the world had changed to MIN in the
last few hours-how bitterly hard if vould
be to 90 on with the old ljfe tomorrow
T1e Old life with all the brightness taken
away from it-for he was engaged to his
2eusin-and in the clear light which had
come to HIM ~ last. he saw that he low
% Miguonne-l'ttle Mlgnonne- and her
alone.
".NercE' it was Frederica's voice. and
Frederica's eve glasses were directed to-
ward him, chow dull vou are, Philip,
CAPTAIN Merton is crucitying himself to
entertain us. and YOU are not assisting him
in the least Has ANYTHING pope wTono
Slf?' mere was 4 Keen, DuJ not 1lQKlQdlE
ock in the blue ewes behind the glasses. a
ook which deepened as he aroused him
self to answer, with a lest. and then she
turned away
y shall call upon you again, very soon,
Miss Chandran, she said, very graciously,
IS they rose to 60. You We're not in
when came beIore-and you must come
AMI see me-you and Philp, and then
Philip, busy with his aunt's draperies,
W&s astonished to see his stately cousin
bend and kiss Mlgnonne warmly, Some
way he admired her more at that moment
than he had ever done before IN his life,
and then gave HIM her hand, not languld-
" as usual, out with cordial pressure OF
1t was decidedly odd-the more so that
sle turned. at the last moment, and said,
h her old imperious way. Come and
lee me tomorrow, at fve-I think YOU
viii have something to tell me. Good
lightm and she was gone.
What a delightful walk that was with
.Iipnonne. She was so happy. 50 entire
Y plea8ed with her whole evening, SO full
# authorizations of ..what Jack would saw
when he knew about it it was simply
charming to hear her talk. when suddenly.
Is they drew near her door. she paused a