The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1875-11-04
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got in my way somehow before TINS
trust a vomaD," he thought.
The idea of not being cared for was
rot cheerful. That night he .strolled
carIessly by the shop, but on the OPP
posite side Of the way. Nothing was
to be seen of Jennie. He walked on
in a brown study, then crossed over,
and went deliberately by the shop,
with only one eye. however, turned
in its direction, but not = sign OF Jen-
ME. He went back to the barracks
in a detected state Of mind.
ats an awful pity-sueh a nice
girl and there's the cottage all ready
for !ier to step into and me ready to
retire from the service and a good
trade at my back it's too bad, al
along OF tlIat Captain MeGee, too
And the fruit in the garden (nf the
c1ttage) all ripe and no one to pick
| ff,n
The very next morning John Weare
walked deliberately ilto the shop And
asked for penny newspaper, and had
the felicity Of being served by Mrs
Evans.
"Quite stranger, Mr.. Weare," she
said but that was the only remark
she msde, and for the life Of him he
could not screw up his courage to ask
for her sister.
That night John Wesre was miser-
able.
'tShe can't care q rush for me-" he
thought, and marched all over the
town, and nearly to Greenwich and
back, in bis excitement.
The next day was lucky one fol
John. He came across Bibbs. Bibbs
Vas Mrs. Evans oldest boy. No ore
knew what his real narne-was, or why
he was called Bibps but be was new
er called anything else.
and have some fruit ~ and he carried
him of in triumph tn the cottage and
stuffed him with Rooseberries TIL he
eouldn't move, and with Dlack cuT-
rants till his month was as black as 8
crow. Then he carried him inside
and stood him on the table and sat
down before him.
"HOW old are you, BiObs 20
He thought it better to begin the
conversation with a question.
''Five and q half. Is that your
sword up there 2"
''Yes. Who gave you those bronze
shoes, Bibbs 90
Now he knew Jennie had given
them to him, but he so wanted to hear
her name.
"Auntie. She's going sway soon,' u
be added. "L,et me look at your
sword now.r
"Where's she going to ?" he asked
In aonsfarnafiOn
"Devonshire. Do let me try on
your sword.
HWhy is she going ?' be asked.
with g sick feeling at his heart.
"She's i'll, / think and she's always
crying now /; one day she was crying
over her silver thing you gave her,
and kissing it like anythlng.n
The ''silver thing" was 8 little heart
of about the size of a shilling, which
he had bought at Charlton fair last
October and timidly requested her to
accept.
John Ware jumped up and showed
Bibbs his sword, and carried him on
his back all over the place, and en-
treated him to have more black cur
rants in his delight. But .Bibbs de-
clined.
ssAunt Jennie's going to bring me
some from Ethan tonight" he said.
SO Jennie was going to Eltham
was she Z? John Weare took Bibhs
home, and on his way presented him
with a white woolly lamb that moved
on wheels and squesked, and a mon
KEY that went up q stick in being
gently pushed.
"Crying over her silver thing" said
John Weare, "I'll go and hang about
the Ethan road till see her and beg
her pardon"
And he went, and Jennie met him,
and pouted, and declared she hadn't
once thought Of him, and then broke
down and cried. And John begged
her rardon, and declared that he mad
been heartless brute; and then Jen-
nie contradieted him, and said it was
all her fault, and told him bow Mrs.
Dunlap, the Cclonel's wife, had one
day walked in and told her, IN the
kindest possible manner, that she was
spelling her sisters business, for the
ladies who had-be interested in her
welfare kept away because of Jennie's
flirting prOpensitIes, which filled up
the shop with idle officers, who were
always 10 the way and how she had
been so ashamed aud wretehed, and
so cut up at the desertion of John
Weare, that she had determined to go
back to Devonshire.
"But you won't now ?" he said, as
they leaned over the stile leading to
the Ethan fields. you'll get ready
at once, and wen be married as soon
as possible, before the fruit in the
garden is spoilt ?''
1t took q long time to talk her into
it labout three-quarters of an hour)r
but then she was very happy at heart,
and ehatteFed like 3 young magpie,
and told John how she had snuboed
Captain McGee, and had thrown all
his flowers out of the window.
sand it really was all through that
dear Bibbs that you waylaid me TO.
night 2ii she asked.
"Certsinly.n
"Why. but for him 1 might never
have seen you again ?n .E r-r.
"Perhaps not"
''IIl give Bibbs q regular hug when
I get bOme," she thought, And she
did; aud the day before she was mar
ried she bought him a rOcking-horsei
which he delights in to this day
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