Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-09-13

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else rs well as | liked her; and that if
she was determined to declare me in
love with somebody it must be with
herself. | cannot be certain that these
were the words of speech, but they
were certainly the intention. Judge,
then, of my horror and confusion when
beheld Miss Cilly first blush, then
draw forth her cket-handkerchief
and then, in voice broken with emo
ton, reply:
That she had long thought I cared
for her little; but that the shock of
so full an announcement of my feel
ings was very trying; that she recip-
rocated my affection. and that she was
ready to do for me all that she had
stated before, of which she now gave
an enlarged and improved edition.
That my own heart must tell me what
hers felt at that moment, and must
pardon all inaccuracies in expression !;
whereupon she subsidized into her pock-
ct handkerchief.
| believe l did the correct thing:
believe l kissed her hand; / have
heard her say that | appeared enrap-
tured. 1t may be, l cannot say any
thing about it. l can remember moth
ing between the conclusion of her
speech and my finding myself leaning
against fence a quarter of a mile off.
Then the whole horrid truth burst
upon me. With no intention of doing
so, with no idea of renouncing single
blessedness and peace, l had become
an engaged man, another persons
property-and that other person a
young woman.
l went to bed and dreamed that l
had successfully emigrated to the
Sandwich Islands. There | had just
woOed and won dusky bride, when
her features changed into Miss Cilly
Busse, who, grasping me by the hair,
and bearing parchment inscribed
"breach of promise" hurried me
again into wakefulness and misery.
When one has been particularly
happy the night before, the probable
ity is that the next morning will bring
with it vague sense of misery; but
there is the consolation, that if you go
to bed particularly wretched, you are
pretty certain to wake in tolerably
good spirits the morning after. When
l opened my eyes and looked my sor-
rows full IN the face, l did not feel 50
thoroughly dismayed as before, and
was further encouraged by receiving a
summons to leave Lilyville at once, on
important business. | would be out
of the way at any rate, and who could
tell what might turn up? AT any
rate, | ought to go and bid goodbye
to Cilly Busse.
Miss Cilly opened the door for me
herself.
She looked very fresh and blooming,
and, though her nose did turn up, her
eyes were pretty, and l stopped at
them and did not examine further.
Her lips were round and soft-so were
Der cheeks, So strongly was l i'm
pressed with her beauty that l invol-
unfairly kissed Miss Cilly Busse, and
after had done SO found that l liked
it. Miss Cilly did not struggle very
hard, so | did it again. Miss Cilly said
that was enough; so we went in and
sat side by side on the parlor sofa. |
had not been with her five minutes,
and had not told half my future inten-
tions, when discovered that my arm
was around Miss Cilly's waist, and her
head on my shoulder. Consequently,
l began to feel very bitterly at the ne
cessity of parting, and to express my
self SO enthusiastically that Miss Cilly
was absolutely moved to tears. Yet,
oh! the tickleness of youth. No sooner
had l got out of the house, where |
had just been swearing eternal con-
stancy, then | fervently hoped never
to enter it again. Once out of sight
of Miss Cilly, my feelings toward her
began to cool; and, by the time that ]
was seated in the stage which was to
bear me away, ! was as impatient Of
the chain that bound me to her as |
had ever been before.
| sat in the stage unmindful of my
fellow-passengers, and weighed down
by gloomy reflections on my destiny.
After a time became nervously aware
of the fact that my opposite neighbor
was looking at me. Being naturally
aroused by this to return the same. a
sudden elevation of my eyes brought
them in contact with the glance of two
soft, dark orbs, cleaning timidly from
the recess of a travelling hat. From
that instant / felt that l was gone
that / was madly in love-that naught
on earth should separate me from the
proprietress Of those heavenly eyes. l
cast Miss Cilly Busse from my recol-
lection. | was soon in easy CONVERSE
ton with Rose Mayland-such she in
formed me was her name. found
out that we were both going to the
same town, where she was to remain
some time, and that | might call and
see her if | liked. | did not find the
slightest difficulty in visiting Miss
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