The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-07-21

father. An insolent old carpenter has
crowded himself into the seat with me,
and" isHi
"she was cut short in her remarks by
the moving off of the train. Soon after the
train started, that insolent old carpenter
turned toward her. and said, as complacent-
ly as he would have done if he had not
heard her epithets
Your fathers voice sounded familiar to
me, young lady, and was about to rise
and see if knew him when the cars moved
out Of the depot. Will you give me his
name?"
"No sir will not" she haughtily re-
piled. 81 am not in the habit of holding
conversation with strangers"
"Oh ah please excuse me-" he said,
unable to repress smile. Perhaps we
shall make each others acquaintance
sometime. Then we will converse"
He did not speak to her again until we
reached Richmond. When the conductor
called out the name of the station, she
hastily arose, and, gathering up her pack
ages which were rather more than she
could conveniently manage, said, imper-
atively
"Let me pass out"
Certainly, young lady," he pleasantly
replied. 4 stop here myself. You seem
to be burdened with packages. Allow me
to take some of them out of the car for
you"
She did not reply in words but she
threw back her head and looked intensely
disgusted that he should offer to touch her
things. He evidently tried to suppress
smile as he turned around and crossed over
to the young carpenter. On account of
your Aunt Ruth's lamensss, we sat quietly
in our seats, waiting for the other passen-
gers to go out, before helped her out So
had nothing to do but to observe what
was going on around me. The young
lady's packages troubled her, and she was
obliged to pause a moment to arrange
them. Before she passed out of her seat,
a young lady about her age rushed in to
meet her. After the accustomed saluta-
tions between young ladies, the newcomer
dropped down upon the seat and exclaim-
ed:
"Oh Clara, my breath is nearly gone.
l did not get your letter until fifteen min
utes ago. and hurried every step of the
way here, for fear that 1 should be too late
to meet you. am delighted that you de-
cided to enter the seminary here. Where
in the world did you fall in with our prin-
cipal, and where is he now? Has he gone
to get carriage for you?"
"I am sure l don't know what you mean,
Grace" she replied. Il haven't seen the
principal .t
Haven't seen him p said Miss Grace,
with an amazed look. "Of course, you
have seen him. When first caught a
glimpse of you from the car-door, you and
he were standing together in this seat and
he was speaking to you"
"Oh no, Grace. Your eyes could not
have served you Alright" said the selfish
young lady, who had carried herself dis
agreeably and haughtily, with good deal
not be possible that the man whom you
saw talking to me was Mr. Gaylord. You
surely must be trying to play joke on me.
beg Of you to tell me that it was not
he."
81 cannot, my DEAR for it certainly was
he" replied Miss Grace. "Why, what is
the matter, Clara? Didn't you like him
If you did not, am sure you will when
you become acquainted with him. He is
one of the most refined and agreeable men
in the world, and his wife is just as agree
able as he is. / thought that you were one
of the most fortunate of girls when your
father told me that they had consented to
take you to board. wish that were in
your place"
"You'd wish you were anywhere but in
my place if you knew what
"Miss Grace interrupted her in her SEN
tence by exclaiming
"Why, here is Mr.. Gaylord now"
"Mr. Gaylord" she said, as he was
passing, without looking toward them,
" this young lady, whom you were speaking
to few moments ago. is my friend, Miss
Clara Evans, whom we were expecting to-
day."
"He turned, and, stepping into the seat
in front of them, gave his hand to the
young lady and said
"How do you do, Miss Evans? 1t gives
me pleasure to make your acquaintance
When first saw you, with your books and
packages, felt pretty sure that you was
tha Young LADY, ,vhnnn we nvnacted dnurn