The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-03-25
lily, and laughed out long and mer-

illp nltnSeI1 uDOUt tne nOrSeS Ill tnlS
time. caught the silver toned sound,
and looked up again, frowning deep.
ly, saying to himself, "She is laugh-
ing ut mo at my country ways, no
doubt. Still, she might be more po.
lite than to laugh before my very
face. How impertinent these fine
young ladies' from town are! Thank
heaven, I'm heart.wholog but If ever
| should marry. il shall be some un-
affected country lass, with none Of
your town airs aud graces.
And. so thinking. Mr.. Rodney dis
appeared under the balcony. and was
soon lost in his multifarious duties
Of landlord. Still, he had time occa-
sionallv to think Of Miss Wilbur (:
and, whenever he did so, he got into
II very bad humor, and slapped down
whatever he happened to have in his
hand with some muttcred dcrogatory
remark on that young lady, who
never before hal looked on mortal
man but to charm his eyes aud en-
slave his heart.
/ After this exit. Miss Emily sat on
the balcony, cogitating thus :
He is very handsome! IL would
help to pass the time. He's just as
mu~'' Of n gentleman in his manners
~ many a fashionable g,pnlce. Be-
sides, j can cut him whenever |
choose, just rs that gentleman dill
when somebody claimed acquaintance
with him on the score of having mot
him at Bath. "Ah, true :" replied
the gentleman ''and / should be
very happy to meet you again at
Bath " | can do the same to Mr.
James Rodney, and I'll like to serve
him ont for taking no more notice OF
me than il were not
\ beauty, she meant; for iattercd
little Emily was accustomed To- h,ve
people gaze after her in rthc street,
and start with pleasant surprise
when they first saw her. And 10
have been weeks in the same house
with young gaud h1nlSome man with
out his falling hopelcssly in love with
her, nor even to have tacitly express
ed his acknowledgment of her charms
by a1miring glances. cut her TO the
quick. She worked herself into Il
I passion.
The mans n fool "a bpor "a
country clown, for all hc looks 50
. distinguished do believe he hash t
the sense to know when he "galcs
Oh beauty's brow" He don't know
enough to look upon pretty woman
when he sees her, and | have n great
mind to-
Well, whatever were the result OF
those cogitations, to tell the plain,
unvarnished truth about Miss Will
bur, she resolutely threw herself in
his way, and perslsteutly made her
self agreeable to him. She Thought
him very intelligent 'for II country
landlord" and superbly handsome.
But why was it he seemed to stand
proof against her various fascinations
when SO many of his bcttcrs had sue
cumcd : She was determined that
he should give up his heart, and then
she would have her revenge. Re-
venge for WHAT Why, that he had
not fallen, pierced by the arrows of
the mercilcrs little Cupid who perch,
od himself on pretty Emilys ivory
shoulder, and launched his cruel ar
rows in every direction.
james Rodney was one of those TO
whom the old provorb Of "still waters
running deep" would well apply lie
had fnr greater pcrceptive faculties
and strength of character than Miss
Wilbur dreamed of. She readily
mistook his silence for impenetrable
stupidity, whereas he had fathomel
her transparent little plots to come
across him, and had as resolutely
made up his mind TO apparently re-
sist her Establishments as she hal
that he should feel her power
At the same time, he had fallen in
love with her almost at first sight,
and the struggle was hard to keep to
himself under the fire Of her bright
and laughing eyes, Ho met her with
unappreciative coldness, her playful
bandinage with indifference. her
gayety with silence, and her soft, ap-
poaling glances with unanswering
stolility.
These were tactics little Emily
had never before encountered, and
they wrought her up to fever pitch
Vexed irritated, annoyed, her vanity
wounded, she thought of little else
than how to circumvent him. She
dreamed of his straight nose by night,
and of his haxen hair by day, and
thought with delight Of his delicate
a.'istJc.utic mgsl4rEe; then question
ed herself as to the possibility ol
enduring love in n country hotel,
away from town and her grand
friends, who would, no doubt out
her as she had originally intended to
cut James Rodney. So greatly had
her ideas changed since she first be
g1n to swing round the magic circle
of Irritation, that she fired up at the
though of any one "looking down"
on him. Love is an edged tool, and
not seldom cuts both ways and by |
little Emily's imaginings it will be
seen that she had been playing with
fire and had signed her heart.
The truth is, she was now as in.
fatuated as James Rodney himself,
only our town belle had not the self
restraint of our country landlord,