The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-11-04
BibbS--A Love Story.

There was no doubt about It; John
Weare was prefectly Wretched that
night. He hkd quarreled with Jen-
ME Bell, and he wasn't going to make
it up. The fact was she gave herself
too many airs, and he didn't mean to
stand iI any longer. He didn't care
II she was pretty that was no reason
why she should let half q dozen fell
lows at a time hang about the shop OF
stroll IN one at p time and, leaning on
their elbows, chatter and snlirk and
smile over the counter, cadets and
officers too, wild young fellows, who
only die so for their own idle amuse-
ment, and would DO more dream Of
marrying her than they wonld of in
viting her to g ball that was coming
OF next month. To be sure, he was
only common cavalry soldier, but
then he had been 10 tine service 9
good many years now, hsd an excel
liant character and 8 good trade at his
back, and moreover, his father had
died not long since, and there was
the cottage all ready for Jennie to
walk into, and they might settle
down at once il she'd only be sensible.
Jennie acted as shopwoman for her
sister, Mrs. Evans. A very poor lit
tie shop it was. very small and badly
stocked, for Mrs. Evans bad only
managed to get few pounds worth
of things with what had been SUBJ
scribed for her in the garrison after
the fever had carried of her husband.
The speculation answered pretty
well at first, for many of the officers
wives, knowing what an industrious
woman Mrs. Evans was, made 8
point of buying their tapes, and cot
ton, and sticks of sealing-wax of her.
Then Jennie's pretty face was seen
behind the counter, and the shop was
filled from morning to night with of
ficers and frisky young cadets, and
the original customers took flight
though Mrs. Evans did not know it,
for she, believing the business was
safe in the keeping Of Jennie, worked
hard st the dressmaking (she had
three children to support, and the
shop alone would not do 1t.
The officers were lot profitable GUS
toners, for they only went to fiirt
with Jennie under the excuse of buy
ing penny paper, 9r perhaps asking
for q timetable. Jenny made the
most trim aud pretty and Obliging ol
shopvOmen. and the place itself was
q pattern of neatnesS but the OFF,
GERS wives did not care to go and buy
their thread where they were evident.
ly iuterrupting O filtration, and SC
the business continued to fall of, and
Mrs. Evans began to get quite unhap-
py about it. Jenny-pretty, kind
hearted, thoughtless Jenny-had nc
idea thst she had anything to do with
il OF she would have sent every one
of her admirers of, st q pace thai
would have astonished them. She
had been only too delighted, after be-
brother-in-law died, to come from
DevOnshire and lived with her sistel
at Woolwich-not only because sh,
was fond of her sister, but also be
cause she had wished many times tC
see John Weare again. She had
made his acquaintance when he
brother and he-for they had been In
the same regimeut-weres stationed o.
Plymouth, and she had paid them {
flying visit with her father. John
had told her then that he was tired o
the service and wanted to settle
ADu EuC Alul1 IuOuklG tud
he could do no better than ask her X
settle with him. He had been verI
attentive when she came to Wool
wich, and gradually established him
self on the footing of q lover till hl
found the shop always filled with thu
officers and cadets. At first he wa
shy of appearing before his superiors
then he got jealous and st last angry
for he felt and knew that they mean
her no good, and besides 1t was doing
4 real injury to the business Of the shop
At last he spoke his mind and told
the coquettish Jennie what HI
thought, aud was snubbed for hi
pains.
"If you think I don't know how t,
take care of myself, Mr.. Weare, yol
are mistaken, and don't want an,
one to tell me what's right or wrong
lIknow for myselfn Us t
"Well, Miss Jennie, didn't meal
to give offense. only told you wha
1 thought"
"Then you might have kept you
thoughts to yourself" /" she said, wit
a little toss OF ser pretty head-'un
less they had been nice ones," sh
added. He heard the aside, an
picked up his courage.
"It's awfully hard, too, when on
that cares for you really can't &c
near yOu," he pleaded. Just the
Jennie caught sight of Captain McGe
: q tall and handsome man, with Ion
Whiskers and q red nose, coming i
: the direction OF the shop, with q bi
bunch of flowers in his hand. Sh
had heard John WeRre's last words
but was secretly OF opinion that Ssh
ought to have come up to the scratcl
before" so she thought q little jsal
ousy might do him good.
'tOh here comes Captain McGee,
she said in delighted tone.
swell, he's just the biggest black
leg in the service Jennie, and il yo
I take my advice you'll send him oi
sharp"
AT believe you are jealous, NJ
Weare, and telling stories about th
Captain /; he is always very polite (
> me-" and she smOOthed her prett
hair and arranged the trifies on I'll
Z counter. VI HF E E.
"Oh, he's polite enough, no doubt.
"And he's bringing me some fiOv
Z ers."
"Now, look here, Jennie, are yo
going to take them ?"
Y "Of course / am"
aWeH, then, good-by.n
s Good BY" she laughed. or eouri
y she knew be wouldn't go.
; "Jennie. he'll be In directly, and
shall be of, but you must choose b
tween him and me. If you are goir
to keep on talking to him l snail ne
er come in the place again. SO WIKI
q Is it TO be 2n
. "Tbe CAptaln.n
= "But / am not joking, Pll never s
q you again."
"No more am ! joking, so goOd-by
"Good-by''-and he went.