St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-10

"hd' al nne IHlnS IL WOIllu he 10 nave
to take her about always picture
exhibitions, You know, where youl
friends wcre-t" dinner PARTIES, drums,
and all that; and then. when YOU were
tired. t" take II run down to this quiet
little spot and have Il good time all by
yourselves, She is Il little taller than
| am, to he sure
Il Thought Nou were going to tell me
IL story.
"Ah, yes. Wen. no sooner had we
stated to walk home than found that
that milk faced wl>p of straw had been
making the girl wrrtchcd 10y talking of
troubles and mistortuncs of unhappy
people with each other. Now, Nou
know, that amt my line; and | didn't
see the fun of it; and says to myself.
Just lets see what this girl is really
unhappy about You know not one OF
You would tell me"
'Snrely it was not our business even
if we had known ~
We'll, said |. dear Miss Newton,
hear y"u have been rather unhappy.
She sighed at this. Then went on tn
tell her that it was very impertiment oi
me to ask about her private affairs. hut
she must excuse the interest which |,
III common with every body else. felt
in her; and would she tell me some
thing of the young gentleman who Was
lost!"
"Well," said the attentive listener.
III cheek has any houNancl about it.
there's n" fear of your drowning"
oh. my dear fellow" remarked the
c"mpl;Icemt gentleman in gray. with Il
quiet grin on his face. Il know how tu
treat one of Nour very sentimental girls.
She told me at once. He WAS her c"u-
sin. said his being drowned must
have been Il great shock to her; and
She SAID that WAS 50: and Yet she didn't
seem To make much OF il. SO | said
that people sometimes exaggerated the
concern one ought to have in Your re-
latI"n>: and that there were cousins
and cousins. She said that WAS true.
almost Ill Il cheerful voice and admitted
that she did not know much about the
Young man. Il suppose. said |, that
N"ur relatives looked forward To Noul
marry my HIM iiS Il sort of family affair
YOU know what | mean , She said
that wa- 50. too: and then added Poor
li"ung man" Now, I'll tell You honest =
~ had come 10y time not to helicNc in
the depth of her misery about the clc
CANT Young gentleman who was sup
posed to play Paul in hen Virginia: and
| vcnturrd To hint ~ much. She WAS
not offended. In fact she grew quite
lively; and wa> rather inclined to poke,
fun III my curiosity. " hichShc said WAS the
thing that Americans We're blamed toI.
And what was he like said l.wantin.
I" see what she really felt about that
her" "t Il sentimental past. Would yotr
believe it would You hrlirye il. >ir
she never even SAW him, Moreover. it
wasn't in comm. Ia see her that he MAS
drowned. Why. bless you. laughed :
then she wa> huIt. and said that the
droWnin" of any body WIS not II thing
to he ridiculed to which .I>>cnted
with such rlgcrmc>> that We Immediate
ly hcCamr very good friends again. 81
lent >orrows, Why. >ir. will under
take I" have her skipping about like u
lamb i'll Il couple al days. Regrets. and
buried affections and sympathy YOU
wont See much more of That sort oi
stuff, A. inr that two Yards length ui
attrnuatrd dumping. will duck him
in the li>rI if he rrie> to stuff hcr head
tull of such trl>h-l will | will. in
deed. Let that Young man hcWare.''
With this the uuculcnt fellow tossed
the end of his cIgar into the tiIt- place.
just rs if he had been hra> iuy his rival
into the Thames: and then hr went oil
determined to have Il good sleep to prr-
pare HIM fnr the great events III the
morIoW.