Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-01-05
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A ST. LOUIS CoURTsHIP.-Con knelt
at her feet, crying. "Maud, Maud, will
you never trust me, never give your hap
piness to my keeping? Alas! do not reject
my suit, but grant my motion for a new
trial"
"Con, replied the girl, tenderly, yet
firmly, as she glanced timidly round the
corner of the ear with which she was neav-
oUsly tanning herself, and e%ndeavormg to
conceal her burning bushes, "Con, I-but
we are discovered. My twin brothers, of
gigantic stature, who thirst for your blood
have entered the room unseen, and, even
now, are behind you"
The brave young man cast an anxious
glance over his shoulder. then replied, as a
pleasant smile broke over his countenance,
and was lost in the labyrinthine recesses OF
his ears, "Be not alarmed, my own Maudie;
that which has frightened you was but the
sight of my heels, which, as I am kneeling
down, are SO high above my head. That
is all, dearest. See" and furling his ears
behind his head to allow her an unimpeded
view, he convinced her Of the truth of his
statement.
"True, Con, true" she answered, sand
I was but a foolish girl TO fancy that it was
otherwise. But, dearest,'' she said, 'swly
do you not come nearer? Why are you so
distant, so cold? You do not love me.
Your passion is crooked"
"Nay, Maud, nay" he said in gentle
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and, being there, must remain afar off,"
The sad earnestness of his tone melted
the heart of the giddy girl.
"Con,' . she cried, II fear that I have
found an Indictment against you unsup-
ported by sufficient evidence. So soon as
my fathers term is out, and he can re-
turn from Jefferson City to grace our brie
dals. I will be y~our'n."
"Maud, my own owner, ownest, " he ex-
claimed, in rapture. "can [ believe my
ears? These cruel prosecutions will soon
be over, and we shall get to running grape
vine whiskey again, and then 1 will lay the
treasures of Golconda at your ample feet,
subject to the usual divide with the gau>
gers, and other officials of the Internal Re.
venue Department."
Like torrents from q mountains source.
they rushed into each others arms, and
hiding beneath their sheltering ears from
eyes p~rofane, exchanged kisses that sound
ed like the extrlcating of a mules hoof
from a mud-puddle.- Chicago Tribune.
Miss Stokes considered work very unla-
dy like and kitchen labor "perfectly shock
ing" But when an Industrious and SEN
sible young man began to drop in occasion
ally and spent an evening, she very wisely
RETAINED from expressing these conv.c
lions after hearing him on several occa-
sions severely denounce the %frivolity and
Incidence so fashionable at present with
many young ladies.
Entertaining a high regard for the young
man, she determined to surprised him by
some great feat of her industry and pre-
~servance, and last evening, as they were
seated together on the parlor sofa, after
the conversation had begun to flag, she
artfully allo wed a sigh to escape herr
AAre you unwell - he tenderly inquir-
ed.
No, [ am quite well's
"But you sighed, . he persisted.
Yes: but [ suppose it was because 1 felt
So tired.
''Have you been busy ?"
HOh. yes, indeed, was the reply.-f'Why
would you believe it [ cut out a towel
and made it all myself to-day"
There has been a GOODNESS between the
parties ever since, the reason Of which he
has never been fully able to explain but
she angrily remarked the next morning,
that some men were foolish enough to m
agine that a woman ought to be able to do
more work than a fifty horse power steam
engine.
The other day one of the clerks in a
Aearney street store found the porter
crammed among the boxes down the eel,
Lar, with pen, ink and paper on a box be-
fore him.
"Writing a letter, eh?" queried the
clerk.
eyes; writing to the old man in Buff
falo."
He handed up the half written letter for
inspection, and presently the clerk re-
marked:
Il see you spell jug 'gug;;' that isn't
right"
t'Of course not" replied the porter,
ssbut you see I amwriting to the old
man, and he always spells that way.
If I put a j. to it he would think I was
putting On style over him and forgetting
that I was his son. He's good hearted,
and 1 don't want to hurt his feelings"
The letter went off with ''g' at each end
of "gug."
A aaals who was being examined for a
school teacher, in Maine, after stumbling
through some arithmetical problem, was
asked where Boston is. He answered: 81
know all about it, probably just as well as
you dos have heard of the place several
times, but can't somehow or other, seem
to locate it." With a view of helping him
out, the committeeman said: sit is the
capital OF come State, is it ,not?t" eyes,
l believe it is" "What State ?' .!AMslll,
L know, probably as well as you do, what
state Boston is the capita, of. but YOU see
4 haven't got the flow Of language to .ex-;
press it,"
Is there no remedy Must an honest and
religious oyster continue to be the dune Of
designing church committees, who drag