Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-05-07
HATTiE nYD

] am Hattie Hyde, al old maid Al
least not . young one, and / intend
TO remain So
! But [ came very near getting mar.
ried last Spring, and L will tell you
how it happened.
[ am thirty-tive, and n"t a 'solutely
Ugly-at lesast, when / look IN the
glass, L see reflected there a god
fresh c, nplexion, sparkling haze
eyes, and an abundance OF brown h ar
/ might have married two CT three
times. only L wasn't really in love.
! But when Clarence Raymond came
| down TO spend the vacation with his
aunt Mrs. Richtord-I must COT fA8s
10 a little womanly fu;ler around the
heart, for he was tall and handsome,
and, in short, Just the hero of 70
nance that / had always dreamed
abont.
Hattie" said Mrs. Rieiford-we
called one apother Hattie and Pamela,
aud b .Irowed each others books, and
! All sorts Of things Hattie, | think
! Clarence rather ftucies you
.Do you ?" said /, feeling the tell
tale blpshes coming into my face, and
| my nea:t began TO thrump beneath tn.
! pretty lace fuckers of Faienc seHnes
! a Ill pink ribbon that / had taken 10
! wearing every day.
/ Il an certain of it, said Mrs. Rich
! ford; 'and how nice it will be to have
you foc cousin
YES"
Tt was very ice to be engaged.
He gave me d lovely cameo ring,
chUicer and more antique than any
! diamond could have been.
L had been his mother'- ring. he
said, ant he repeated the nlost
teiicious poetry, and vowed that ii
expressed the very sentiments OF his
heart
Aud We had w&nderings in the cool,
feri-scepipd woods, and I began to
wonder whether L should be married
il white satin or a dOvC-coioreu u travel.
ling dress, aud pink ribbons Ill my
nat
One evening Just afterClarerce had
retained to his unavoidable engage
nlent il. The CITY, old Uncle Elnathan
came 20 visit me.
Unc.e EIaathan was one Of those
persons of whom we are apt TO ask.
why were tEey ever created ?''
He was Il 4eucr i3le, old gentleman,
with long silver liar, that fe i! over tI3e
collar of his Iottle-grecu coat, and
cloth CATERS that irresistibiy reminded
one OF a black pussy cat, aud he took
snuff and taikes! through ils uo>e.
"Harlict," SAID Uncle Einathaa, lis
this true 90
''is what true, Uncle?"
''A,l this fol-dc,roi about your being
engaged 10 a Mail ten Yeas younger
t;Ia; yourself Harriet. Ia set I
thought ycu had better sense.
IT'S only five years. Uncta." said [,
poutirg, ''and suppose [ h;v- a right
to get engaged wltAout sending % you
Tor Il permit"
"narriet, this is rot a subject to be
fiippant about" said Uncle f,iuathan.
'-Iou may d-pend npon it, that this
young man Is mere fortune hunter
You have property, Harriet, aud he
has found II out"
s'Urcle =" ] cried, starting up, 81
| viii not listen tanely to such asper-
sious upon the character If one who"
Wen, my dear, you needn't get ex
cited, said tie intui- -aebie old gentle
man, Tapping his hai.d upon the I'D OF
his SILVER snutf-box.
You are not Il child, Harriet nor
set sentimental school gir!. Let's
ttik The matter calmly ever.
~ decline to 2i-c-ss it. sir, was
made up and no amount oil meddIing
interference can induce me to alter t. -
But aren t you Just little pert
towards Your old Uncle, Haltie?"
So my Uncle vent away, silver hair,
II onl
I sat down - make memorandum f
t!,+ things I shnnld require fer y
Wedding outfit For [ tad resolve
to make an especial journey 10 Lon
don on that business.
All, the delight of reveiiDg over
counters full Of eli ice, tiimy laccs,
bli!ows Of bridal silk, oceans Of tullo!
it brought the color to my cheeks only
10 thiuk Of /.
And besides, was If not necessary
that Ciarence's wife should have all
t; at c1> tom required?
L didn't care for myself SO much,
but [ ,ras determined not to disgrace
Mareuc".
So one radiant September day,
when the sky was as blue as blue rib
bon. and the very leaves hung notion
less Ill the yellow atmosphere, ike
ships ut anchor on d SEA OF geld,
took The early train from G with
purse full OF money, hnttoned IN an
under pOcks of my polonaise.
| had read all sorts Of hOrrid stories
about i*ichpocket+, aid di.tu t mean to
part with my bank hotea except for
value reciev' d.
felt ID little fluttered at first. aud
scarcely vtutured 10 look arouuJ. ne,
fer il seemed that everybody must
know that I was going to London to
buy M wedding outfit.
LII attempt 10 tell you anything
abou. the adventures OF tiIat day |
know / shall not sIcc.td
Won Ell could perhaps understand
how [ felt IN that fairy land Of those
great rcies OF fa shion that exist only
III L0ndon--giItteIIng halls where, tine
poor sewing gjIi, or the jabor,r's wife
are treated with as mach consider ;tIon
AID respe ct as the IniiIionaire's lady cr
tie young damsel who cat get OH a
glove fUr the diamond fiUg Oh her
fUgrr.
| bonght the wedding dross, white
rep silk ana a vel Of tulle. susne ma. d
from It garland OF orange blossoms,
and ! select. Il (. blue silk, and Il peach
c3lOre d six, and Il nlarOOn silk, aud
dear me-! what is the use Of catlloguIDg
tir5n ali ?
Osaer girls have been brjdes-c.cct
before nae, and they all know just how
it al zyas.
Ar! as for those who havr t. inst 1T
them wait until their turn comes.
And then as the sun be gan to d. cline
on its western way, / feiG excessively
aud unromanticaly hungry.
lis there a nice ladies din ng -vncza
near here ?" / askt d.
Que of tie shopmeu went with mo TO
tie door to point on. = ghtteritt., es-
tab!.ahment, with It's wiuoo"s + oi
hot-house fruits. and mor-o.s OF 2luccS
and delicatety tinted cakes.
Dear me ! London is he place to
feel oue's insignihcance.
do not think that l, Hattie Hyde,
ever f. II so small in til whole cDnraC