Connecticut western news., 1877-06-22
Patience Pitcher.

"I don't believe it,'' said Irene Dc Marrenne, as she settled herself back in the arms of her Shaker chair.
 Don't believe what?' asked Hugt Nelson, standing in the doorway, anG looking out at the party gathered be. heath the shadow of the vines which had covered one end of the piazza.
 ''Come out here, Hugh,''' said Miss De Marrenne; ."here's chair foryou.' J He4Walked lazily down the piazza.
 ''I have cigar to smoke. I'll take stroll outside till it is finished, and then be ready for your orders.''
 "Oh, nop' cried chorus of voices ''Do not leave us; we have no objec- tions to the cigar 6 .-a 7Hi
 Miss de Marrenne has; she would never pardon me if smoked in he1 presence" -.. tsF.
 "What nonsense, Hugh Sit down at the end of the piazza, and smoke to your hearts content.'' srg Gq~sr.,.. !. 'HThanks, my ladyr' And Hugh idly blew her kiss from the tips i~of his white fingers. sf.= ..s -s- ssaou3 f 'sNow," he said, after lighting his cigar, and tilting his chair back till he brought his feet on the rail of the pi- azza balustrade, ."now I. am ready to hear what you don t believe.''
 ''I believe that one may be pretty, and graceful, and all that, even though ones name be Bridget ,'' said little Grace Arlington, impetuously, "and Irene says, she does not believe it.''T
 ''WeH, F mot" said Miss De Mar renne,s eoldly, s'I believe that our sur roundings, birth and parents, have everything to do with our names, and consequently the names signify great deal. Mehitable, Amaziah, Ezekiel, Nancy, and score of others. Can you fancy them to be fine ?',t agsga ol
 'sNames of persons ?'' 'queried Hugh. ''Why, persons, of course. Then Allies, and Kitties, and Hatties, and and all the ies are lackadaisicaI want ing some one to love, and some one to love them; while Ruth, Rachel, Maud, Ethel, and many others, are seH-pos- sessed and noble. :" --- = ----.- r ''Not wanting or giving love p again Hugh queried, softly.
 "Well, not exactly that, but women who would not die if they were not loved." -# - ; &z A.
 'SWho would not make great sacrifi- ces to win the man they loved?" again said Hugh. ..a , ''Yes, about that answered Miss De Marrenne. .-.r -e l.a.
 ''And yet," said Hugh, Zone of the first of the name of Ruth said, 'Thy people shall be my people, and thy Goo my God, where thou diest will I die and there will be buried; the Lord dc so to me and more also if aught but death part thee and me.'' .,.- -.r 70 P:
 Hugh's voice had taken on a tender. ness very foreign to his usual testing tones as he repeated the words.
 '..Oh, that's another thing,' saiG Miss De Marrenne impatiently; ther added, sarcastica1ly, s'I did not know that you could quote faom the Bible SC glibly.''
 'sThat 1 learned ill my youth."
 ooh, I suppose that your you tn wa! so far in the past that you remembered nothing of it.''
 Miss De Marrenne was certainly in bad humOr, as her guests knew, anC knowing, felt uneasy and unpleasant Of course, there was something to b, said in Miss De Marrenne's favor. I is provoking to have ones acknowl edged lover contradict and argue witt one, and people were only too glaC generally, to agree with the heiress Miss De Marrenne. She was not ac customed to have her word disputed and so she trod on her betrothed' tender point, his age. Very few mel are willing to acknowledge how man! summers and winters have added t, their knowledge-and years, and Hugl Nelson was not an exception; so h. drew the ends of his moustache througl the corners of his mouth with an un easy tremor in his shapely hand, befor he made an answer.
 Really? Well, I should have for gotten it, probably, if I had not hear it while I was rusticating last summer and that reminds me of point agains your argument. I met the pretties grill ever knew, graceful, intelliger and 1ady-like, and her name wa Patience Pitcher.,'
 The name caused a little laughter and Frank Wendell seized that momer to say something witty, and turned tn conversation into another channel.
 Long after the other guests had rt tired, Hugh Nelson sat in his corne smoking and thinking. Last summe he had met Patience Pitcher, pretty graceful Patience, with her soft, lo1 ing ways and tender words. He father was the village blacksmith, an this is how he met her. He was hay ing his horse shod, and she had calle in on an errand to her father. Tn shoeing of the horse was done an Hugh offered in payment a five dolls bill. -. Da#
 ''I can't change it, said the blacl smith; '.here, Patty, you just run ovt to the tavern and get this bill changed