The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-20
That night John Weare was misera-

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Thenext day was a lucky one for
i John. He came across bibbs. Bfbbs
was Mrs. Evans eldest boy. No one
knew what his real name was, or why be
was called Bibbs; but he was never
called anything else.
| ,."Bi bbs," !" said John Weare, "come ant
have some fru I" and he carried him Q d
| in triumph to the cottage and stutfed
! him With, gooseberries till he eouldnat
move, and with black currants till his
mouth was as black as a crow. Then he
carried him inside and stood him on the
table and sat down before him.
| show old are you, RibhsP' hf
/ He thought it better to, begin the con-
versation with q question.
"Five and a hah. Is that your sword
up thereH .... q .a
Eyes; WhSS gave you those bronze
Now he knew Jennie HAD given them
to him, but he SO wanted to hear her
name. ....... ...e.
"Auntie. She's going away soon," he
added. q "Let me look at your sword
nowY -
"Where is she going top he asked, in
consterna alton. ..a.
"Dsvonshire. Do let me try on your
sword"
"Why is she goingp he asked, with a
sick feeling in his heart. 20.
''She's i'll, think; and she's always
crying now. One day she was crying
over her silver thing you gave her, and
kissing it like anything"
The ''silver thing" was little heart,
about the size of shilling, which he had
bought at Charlton Fair last October,
and timidly requested her to accept.
John Weare jumped up and showed
Bibbs his sword, and carried him on his
back all over the place, and entreated
him to have more black currants in his
delight. But Bibbs declined.
"Aunt Jennie's going to bring me some
from Ethan Tonight" he said.
So Jennie was going to Ethan, was
shell John Weare took Bibbs home, and
on his way presented him with white
woolly lamb that moved on wheels and
squeaked, and monkey that went UP o
stick on being gently pushed.
"Crying over her silver thingW said
Johu Weare, "Pll 20 and hang about the
Ethan road till see her and beg her
pardon"
And he went, and Jennie met him,
and pouted and declared she hadn't
once thought of him, and then broke
down and cried. And John begged her
pardon, and declared that he had been
a heartless brute; and then Jennie con-
tradicted him and said it was all her
fault, and told him how Mrs. Dunlop,
the ColonePs wife, had one day walked
in and told her, in tue kindest possible
manner, that she was spelling her sis
ter's business, for the ladies who had
been interested in her welfare kept
away because of Jennie's flirting pro-
pensities, which filled up the shop with
idle officers, who were always in the
way; and how she had been so ashamed
and wretched, and so cut up at the de-
sertion of John Weare, that she had de-
termined to go back TO Devonshlre.
"But you won't, now?' he said, as
they leaned over the style leading to the
Ethan fields. "You'H get ready at
once, and Wen be married as soon as
possible, before the truit in the garden
is spOilty' .,.H ..t
1t took long time to talk her into it
about three-quarters of an hour
but then she was very happy at heart,
and chartered like young magpie, aud
told John how she had snubbed. Captain
MCGEE, and had thrown all his flowers
out of the window.
"And it really was all through that
dear Biobs that you waylaid me TO-
nigntp she asked.
"Certainly."
"Why, but for him might never have
seen you againP'
"Perhaps not"
"PIl give Bibbs regular hug when l
get home," she thought. And she did /;
and the day before she was married she
bought him rOcking-horse, which he
dehghts in to this day.-[Casselps Mag
aZine.