South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-05-28

Oeher girls nave been brides-elect be-
fore me, and they all know just how it
all was.
And as for those who haven't, lust let
them wait until their turn comes.
And then rs the sun began to decline
on its western way, felt excessively
and automatically hungry.
/ us there nice ladies' dining.room
near hear?" / asked.
One OF the shopmen went with me to
the door to point out glittering estab.
lishment, with its windows full of hot
house fruits, and morsels of PAGES and
delicately tinted cakes.
! Dear me T. London is this the place TO
feel ones insignificance.
| do not think that I. Hattie HYDE
ever felt so small in the whole course of
my life as 1 did walking over the floor
oil NJ. Rechambiers Partisan restaurant
with waiter running on before to point
out marble table sparkling with cut
glass and silver, and another following
on behind carrying my travelling bag and
parasol; while an elegant Frenchman.
curled and perfumed, stood in the mid.
die of the floor bowling as if he were un.
der eternal obligations to me for so much
as coming in his establishment.
sat down, feeling much as if L were
an impostor, venturing meeklv to look
around little after the waiter had sim
mered away.
Then, for the first time, l noticed n
superbly dressed young lady, one or two
tables beyond, iii lovely hat, with a
long. lilac willow plume, and hair like
q shower of gold.
ooh, how pretty she is" thought /.
How proud her lover must be of
her."
leaned the least bit in the world for.
ward, to see the young.
Good heaven
1t was Clarence!
And sat staring, completely conceal
ed from his view by the golden hair and
the lilac willow plume, could hevr his
light. peculiar laugh.
You wouldn't have me yourself,
Kate" said he; you have only your.
self to blame for it,
That's no reason you should throw
yourself away" pouted the lady.
Shes n desperate old maid" said
Clarence, AS old rs the hills and twice
as antiquated. But she's got the mon.
ey. A man in my position has got to
look out for your money, you know
Kate, would you like to see her pho.
tograph ~
And then the two heads were close
together for an instant, and the Young
lady's ripping laugh mingled with Cha.
rence's mellower tones.
The idea of carrying such thing
next to your heart !" said she.
at does seem rather outrageous. don't
it?'' said he. 'But when we are mar.
rled, all that sort of thing will be over.
III see that she finds her level
Yes, when! thought l, now thorough
ly disenchanted.
And got up and hurried out Of the
restaurant, nearly stumbling on tray.
dish of oysters, and cup of coffee.
live changed my mind" said I,
iiinging sovereign toward him. NE.
yer mind those oysters"
took the next train to B, and
wrote a scathing not to Clarence the
same evening.
DO you want to know what was in it?
OF course like all women's letters. the
best part of it was in the postscript.
''Our engagement is at an end ii. II.
.S.-The next time you examine ladies
photographs in crowded restaurant, it might
be well to examine your neighbors."
Clarence had some sense after all
lie never came near me with useless
apologies.
] gave the wedding dress to little Do
rothy Miller, who was to be married in
October, and could not afford n trous.
seau.
/ suppose l shall wear out the blue
and the peach color and the maroon in
time.
Oh, forgot to say that Mrs. Rich.
ford was very. angry. 1t seemed that
Clarence had promised to pay her hun.
dred pounds that he had borrowed of
her. when he got hold Of my money.
And | am thankful from the bottom
Of my heart that | still remain Hattie
Hyde.