The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-02-17

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differed from the widows / had known.
She didn't move around in her black
robes with cambric to her eyes for
three hundred and sixty-five days, hop
ping out on the sixty-sixth with beaming
eyes and pink bonnet. No, / knew
better than that.
am sorry to say it, but think
| quite forgot all about Julia in those
days, and after | had again met Kitty,
and had passed one or two evenings in
her society, / know did. In fact, I did
not know that there was any body else
in the world. was fearfully in earnest
Kitty was everything that was per-
feet; she sang, and danced, and played,
and talked, and read, and in short did
everything that was interesting; and I
learned after while that the "sods had
been neatly fittedn two years before.
She told me that, and it was the only
allusien she ever made to the gone
before" sharer of her joys-griefs Pm
sure she never had.
This was about the time my trouble
commenced. Things had got to just this
pitch upon that stormy, cold evening of
which / spoke at the commencement of
this story. / didn't like Julia any more,
and it was astonishing how insignificant
her money looked to me. ! was certain
that Julia loved me, and I did not know
how | was going to get out of the en-
tanglement; but l couldn't marry her
with my heart a burning, seething fur
mace of affection for Kitty Blanchard.
She hadn't any money. / knew that.
but loved her so that I would have
been willing to sacrifice a dozen such
fortunes as Julia's for the simple assur.
ance that was dear to her.
But was bargained for-as good as
sold, everybody thought, and could not
ascertain the state of Kitty's feelings,
until something should turn up to help
me out of nv difficulty, Two or three
times the thought had entered nv brain
that would see Julia and make a clean
breast of it; assure her that had been
mistaken in nv feelings-that, in short
I loved another. That was The orthodox
way of doing things. and it was the one
that at first occurred to me. Then when
| considered upon it / was afraid. Julia
was a bright, high-spirited girl, and be-
longed to an influential family, and, if
she chose to make things unpleasant, 1
knew she would do it. So / felt that !
must resort to stratagem-get Julia in
love with some other fellow.
And now have got quite back to that
frosty, cold night that formed the open
ing of this confession. I am now ready
to tell where went.
"Why, you went TO see your widow,
of course" exclaims prophetic reader.
No, didn't; l went to see very
intimate male friend, rejoicing in the
euphonious name of Ellsworth Perciyal.
He was a great lady's man. He loved
the whole sex, and they, the ladies, took
to him naturally.
1 found him and told nv story, and
asked him what should do. He didn't
know the little widow, he said, but he
could readily imagine, after my descrip-
ton, that she was the "one altogether
lovely"
Julia Leeds he did know, and he would
call there few times, get up a little
Irritation, or words to that effect; could
get jealous, pick quarrel, break the en-
gagement marry the widow, and let
Julia find somebody else. 1t was all as
easy as rolling off a slippery log. So it
was arranged.
Ellsworth Perciyal began calling upon
Julia, and 1 upon the widow. and keep
| ing away from Julia, I think / was
more happy for the next few weeks than
mortal has a right to expect. / called
on my adored Kitty as often as 1 could
frame an excuse to go there, and as often
| as dared without an excuse. She was
gentle, pleasant, every thing. She liked
my society, knew, but she had most
wonderful faculty of making a man feel
that he had no rights or privileges in
life. couldn't account for that. Con-
sequently / was very much surprised one
evening to find her sitting very close to
lone-whiskered individual. who was
tenderly holding one of those identical
little hands that had heen rav;no ahonf
for months.
She rose very gracefully as / entered.
and-well, l never did know lust how
she did it, but / fund out by something
she said that was an acquaintance. and
that D'Arlemont. or some such French
name, was her affianced wife. or some
thing of that kind Il didn't know or
care Wnal-l was Only CONSCIOUS OF the
fact that wasn't anything, or anywhere.
1 believe congratulated the widow,
and said 81 hoped l didn't intrude, .
talked few moments about the weather.
made my best bow, and got out.
must have walked ten miles before
reached home, and / don't think I had
taken three successive steps in all that
distance without "confounding" the
widows and wishing the whole race to
the dogs. But when 1 came to my
reason little-it was near morning when
/ did made up my mind that | would
show her, as though she needed any
showing.
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