The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-03-26
CAMPAIGNING ROMANCES.

& It's too aggravating, so it is Dear
me ! wish | never forgot anything"
Ono, no for mercy's sake don't wish
you never forgot anything for then
you'd always have to remember all the
disagreeable things that ever happened
to you in your life. Believe me, its
vastly better as it is. IF we never forgot
anything at all, then we'd have to carry
down TO our graves the vivid recollection
of all the grief, sorrow, or pain we ever
suffered OF all the times we've been
snubbed by people, of all the hateful
things folks have said to us and about
us, and, above all, of every time i'll our
lives when we've made fools of ourselves.
You will find that it's much to be thank
fUl for, If you can forget the occasions
on which you've made fool of yourself,
when you come TO be an old maid, like
yoGr Aunt Laetitia.
Alice Kildare laughed
" Not much like being an old maid, is
it seventeen, and already engaged six
months ?"
''Well, was engaged at sixteen, and
have been engaged three times in my
life, and yet here am, an old maid in
eyeglasses, and likely to die the same,
please God. Think now, what budget
of Misunderstanding recolections I'd have
30 carry about with me the rest of my
life, if L had remembered it all. Don't
wish you never forgot anything, Alice.
On the contrary, thank heaven we do
forget things.
Again Alice Kildare laughed. "Sue
and 1 are going to have our fortunes
told, Aunt Laetie. Go with us, veneer
cradle mother, and see that it's done
right"
g can tell yours without looking into
Il globe of mesmerized water. You'll be
an old maid, mark the prediction. You
have the elements of an old maid in your
soul-one sort of an old maid, that is. "
What are the elements of an old
maid, Aunt Laet?"
"Oh!-of your sort of maid-a high
spirit, bright mind, sharp tongue,
and an uncomfortable love of flirting.
You'll be the sort of an old maid that
takes TO woman's rights and things
not the sort that takes to cats and re-
hgion. Once more, mark the prophesy,
Alice Esmeralda Kildare -
For the third time Alice laughed, her
bright, spunky, ringing laugh, and
then clapped on her Gypsy hat and went
with her friend Sue to see Mae. Min
chauski, the great clairvoyant sibyl,
who could miracuously see the shadow
of coming events ina globe of mesmerized
water-at 50 much head.
1Lice was betrothed to slim, hand
some, long-haired college student, who
wrote poetry and had an Eolan harp in
one window and a rose geranium iii the
other, and meant TO go into the literary
line as soon as he was done college.
lie was very much in love, and Alice
was-oh dreadfully in love, but that
didn't at all prevent this truthful young
lady from flirting with dozen other
young men all mt once, and telling no
end of white lies about her engagement.
She was exceedingly attractive, but not
SO pretty as she was bright, piquant
and spirited. AT this very time, when
she lay awake nights thinking of her
betrothed, and never went to bed with
out tenderly kissing his photograph, at
this very time she was flirting desper-
ately with Tom Creighton, her lovers
cassmate, rich mans son who was at
home on a three months leave of alb
sencc, which had been recommended by
the college faculty. Worst of all, she
had allowed Tom Creighton, in the
presence of third person, to tell her a
slanderous story about her lover, one
which she knew must be false; and there
she sat and listened to it without the
faintcst attempt to fight for her lovers
good name, just for fear Tom Creighton
would think she was engaged if she said
anything. / don't defend her, mind
you; think such conduct was simply
scandalous, and such a young lady
don't deserve even to have anybody fall
IN love with her no, not if she lived to
be Thousand years old
Well, what does the sibyl say 2"
asked Aunt Laetie.
Shes n humbug," said Alice, say
agely. I'm sorry / went. It's real
silly and wrong to encourage such wicked
impOsture, besides"
This time Sue laughed. "The sibvl
didn't say Alice was to be married. and
80 she thinks the sibyl is a humbug."
said Sue. eve went into darkened
room, and in one corner there sat little
ghostly, waxy-looking old woman, with
great hollow black eyes. She had glass
globe of water before her on u little