The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-03-22

that he took refuge In suhS. went plrutl-
fully On my slirt front, and murmurel ,
L vanish 90 love you, aud vanish
ven o. love me-
Who could resist? Ipcttcl and kiss
cd hlm uii ho WAS cousolrd, and resumed
his sovereignty, with the iutauulc COM
maui:
"kish NY dolly, too.
Dhcycd. hut closed the interview uh-
rupyly. ami wr.to the best apology
could frame 10 Miss Maytou.
The next day Was Sunday. In the
moviug those boys invaded my hcd a.
" iwul.c aud "vide hu,sic backeu, %
and sadly learned how 10 Was tina, my
bro,A,r-m-,aw had grown so HAT che>tei
In the afternoon We tried the stories
0yaiu. and IuiUe told, with the most
spirited gestures. how
Dave, lot Ee sluE ga bang hrguteu
Hhgt-s ewes. an Knocked him down
dead, an' Dave took Baah's sword an
sworled BhaA7s head on. an made it all
buggy. am R.iair ruunei away"
Then To,ihe runuei away. " and got
himself stang 10y a hornet. and rushed
I'm, sobb,ug:
"Waut to he wockcL Want sLiug
'Tojdle, boy. one day.
And l had 70 rock him and sing. line
10y lane, after Badge, some absurd little
dagscrel about q basket, beginning:
"Whyry is my lt,,y ,a-,A gomez"
SAID Io1dle, hoy, one day.
When he WIS soothe,i. those children
bsguiel me ont - a treachCruuS muddy
brookade, in search OF jacks-.n-the-pul-
pit; Todde tumhled in, and So did
Badge. ana in pulling them ont | WAS
most horribly srattrred, Hurrying
home, . carriage overlook rs with ladies
in it. Could II be OF course II WAS
Mss Mayt'n herself,
You seem % have been having a real
good time together. said she, as the
carriage passed. Remember. YOU are
all going TO call on me tomorrow after
noon.
Aud 50 we did. Todiie bearing an ex-
piAtory bouquet. The children raced of
o. watch a grasscu,tcr, and | sat down
"a "a delightful chat with Miss Nayton.
Men were scarce among the summer
boarlCrs 40 Hlllcrrst, and somehow the
piazza gradually filed with the ladies Of
Ike house. Suddenly shrek arose
from tie lawn Tojdie had pincheJ his
fingers IN the httle wheels uf the cutter
grass, ami rushed up % me, sobbng
Sing, TolNe, boy, one day.
Ny blood seemed 70 freeze. but when
Bulge explained that "he always wants
that song when he's hurt, all the ladies
urged me. and | wratltuI.y picked Tod
die mp and hummel the detesttd AIR.
Bat the Et:le tyrlut WAS not satisfied.
and succyssTv,ly required uy g. s.t ia
wockiu chair q "slug the words.
and 20 sing louder. till at last, before
that audience and her. | was obliged 90
sing thst dreadful dog-erel. line Tor line.
rs Badge repeated IL. My teeth were
set, my brow grew rlammv At last
| heard some one whisper:
See how he loves HIM Poor man
he's IN perfect agony over the little fell
low"
But the agony WAS a prelude TO a most
unexpected rapture, An aVprehensiyrly
accepted invitation 20 dinner, where Tod
die tilted his soup over Miss Mayt5n's
dress. led 60 a twilight s.ts-u-t,ts. which
BUlFa interrupted by informing the lady:
Uncle Harry speg,s you, Miss May
ton"
The little rascal had. that very morning,
demanded 90 know whether | didn't
" love Miss Maytuu. and accepted with
suspicion my assurance that l respect
ed her very highly Now, before |
could stop HIM. he continued:
" Only what he calls 'spect, l calls
love"
There was an awkward panse-some-
thing must he done.
Miss Naytun. sad I, Bulge Is q
marplot bat truthful Interpreter r.
When / loves anybody" observed
Bulge. Il kisses them.
Miss Mavtou gave q start. She did
not speak ; size was not angry. Could
1t b- tEa.-? / acted ON Bulge's sug-
gesti1u, once, twice. She raised her
hea and | saw that Alice Mavton had
surrendered az discretion. Then Buige
and Tuddie came in for a share of the
kisses two or three ladies appeared,
and I calmly sa.l
Come. boys Then I'll call with the
carriage al three tomorrow, Mss May
ton. Good evening.
| shall not tell YOU what I thought or
did durnE that interval, except that |
bought my angelic ucphcws everything
they wan'el, begianiuy with candy and
ending with a goat and goat carriage
Nor shall ! sly word about my ride
with Miss Maytun. except that il was
suddenly interrupted 10y n runaway goat
and two hoD-hooiag boys; and that night
Bulge prayed:
Dear Lord, bless inst lots that lovely.
lovely laiy that cumf1rted me after the
goat was bad 20 me-
The next day sas wet ami those chill
drgu lei me "a terrible lfe, Their only
reol comfort was Jonah, or rather
the whay-al,' picture Of which Tod
die teuderiy caresscd. muruuring:
d" Dee old whny-al, / loves YOU. /
tiuks 'twus veal mean in Dionah TO get
froed mp when You hadn't noflin' else TO
eat. poor old whay-al -
And Toddie amused himself for some
time with a big box for n whale and a
dead mouse for a Jonah. till a mishap oc-
CURED which he mouufully announced
by saying
Djonah bwoke he tay-al 3"
The next morning. I got n letter from
Helen, inclosing one to her from Alice
Mavton, from which ! learned that /
might attribute the sudden success Of my
suit 10 Miss Maytou's " seeing that a man
who could be so loyable with thought
less and unreasonable children must be
perfectly adorable 10 the woman he
loved.
] have not time 10 tell You how Bulge
revealed TO stately Mrs MaytoI the re-
lations subsisting between her little
girl - and his Uncle Harry" or how
that awful Toddie disclosed our secret to
the ladies' Of Miss Mayton's acquaint-
ance by solemnly declaiming some
Lines to Alice he had heard me re-
hearsing III the garden; or how the same
TOddie swallowed whole bottoo full "
OF paregoric, and WIS hurried to the
apothecary's with such wholesome re-
suits that he reported 10 his brother:
q Budgie, down to the village / was
whay-al. didn't froe mp Dionah but /
froed up a whole floor full Of uvver
fngs."
Tom and Helen came home in due
time, and at lunch that day toasts were
drunk to Her" and TO "the makers Of
the match-Budge and Toddie T. And
Alice insists that when a certain cere-
mony takes place they shall ofliciate as
groomsmen, nor have | the slightest
doubt that she will carry her point
Illustrated Weekly.
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