Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
Miscellaneous.
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Bells Match Making.

NV l'fAf : ttfA- NFptr MISS klNinNflt.
1t Is a long time since we have met.
Why can't You pack your trunk. and maze
up your mind 10 >peul the summer with
me in this green aud quiet corner of the
earth! Nou shall diet upon locust, aud
Wild honey. if such De- your pleasure; you
shall pa, in an APPEARANCE at parish pie
nlc-. or IL in the arbor aud cmbroider
while somebody reads Tennysnn aloud
in short. vou shall ID n, you please. II
you Will please tp come to your rural
friend. BELL.
Miss Haymon regarded il A. wise and
fir-,eciug policy that she had forborne to
mention the name Of the Rev. Clarence
Ga,coIgue-a poor but promising Young
clergyman recently settled over the par
!sh OF Haphazard. whose welfare She had
chiefly In view in issuin. this invitation 70
dear Flora who Wa nothing less than
an heiies> and beauty. Miss Raymond
herself being neither. naturally sc; great
er value upon these things than they de-
served. AMI dcyouill believed that Fora
would carry all before her al her own
sweet VIII. She remembered. when they
had been at MaIIme Buhl's iiui.hins
school tpgether-h"iore adyersitv had Wis
tied the Raymoud's roof-,hat Flora had
bcen the cynusurc of all the neighboring
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that she had been deluged with valentines.
surieied with byUJcHs, and embalmed in
sonnet and song in the poets corner OF the
local daily. But apparently these things
bad not ayai!ed. Mss Flora had already
-urv!ved several seasons. and was vet Miss
Fora, and uutrAmmelei. Whether she
had hirtcd too hard, her heart had re-
mAlIed untouched. or She had never in
-plred her lovers with anything stronger
than passing fancy, nobody but Flora
knew. Miss kaymOud's family consisted
merely OF herself and 4 widowed aunt /;
aud a. her income was small. she usually
nlled the rOomy old homestead with sum
mer boaTdcrs. But since the new rector
OF the parish had taken up his abode under
her roof-tree. and Aunt Mily wa. ln some
what falling health. she had decided not to
add to her cares, but TO her pleasures. in
begging Flora to spend the season at Haph-
aZard. And Flora was nothing loath. She
stepped from the numbering Old stage late
on one summer afternoon. In the jauntie-t
Of travelling toilets with the most killing
of hats perched upon her shapeIy head
very bewtching picture of girl Of the Pc
rod. the soft ilufy curls upon her white
forehead. the dark eyes shining with mis- =
chief the wild rose blushing upon cheek
@"h- 'Aiis4s anu Afd'lt ~lllAif ATpuL tue
bile lips. Bell felt suddenly old ana faded
and dowdy beside her, and upbraided her
self smartly for the sensation. She went
up 10 her guests room with her, threw
open the blinds, pointed out The views and
helped her unpack.
Il do hope you won't find it stupid here.
Flora, she said; THAT time will not hang
heavy upon your hands. Society here Is
rather chaotic. 10 be sure, but
Il suppose there isn't such an article as
a gentleman within ten miles, yawned
Flora.
We'll. they are not as plenty as | could
wish for your sake, confess. We are al
ways living in hopes that the master OF
Pine Hill will return and endanger our mo-
notony-you can see the towers of the
mansion from this window, there. behind
that belt of pines; but be prefers the gay
world. And then there's our rector; he is
very good company.
''Oh. spare US. had theology enough
thank you. at Madame Buhls II there's
any thing detest, it's a-Say. Bell. who is
that splendid apparation coming in at the
gate?H
''Thatt" laughed Beli-"that is the afore-
said rector
rs he coming to give you ghostly coun.
NN'' OS SNNtihS A VI utdIl.
depend ont
Hes coming home to tea. He boards
here"
There is a divinity" quoted Flora.
thought. TO be sure. it was no less than the
master Of Pine Hill coming to his estates
just ia the nick of time. How long has
his Reverence been here. may l ask:'
'Only three months"
We'll, | wonder you haven't fallen in
love"
81? Where would be the good?'
"Who ever stops to think of that?'
"At least one must have little encour-
agement to begin with
And hasn't he given you a particle?
You just hand him over to my tender
mercies.'
"You shan't flirt with him. Flo he's too
good and innocent; he would think you in
earnest"
'Sha'n't is in the imperative mood, l
believe. Are you the guardian Of his young
affections?''
And then they descended to the tea
table, and Flora and Clarence Gascoigne
shook hands and chstted familiarly-no-
body could resist chatting familiarly with
Flora after the first half Dinute-about his
cousins. the Gascoignes OF Newport, and
dozen people, of whom Miss Raymond bad
never heard. and Of whom never TO have
heard seemed suddenly to prove her per-
son of the least consequence. After tea
the trio stroled in the garden, Flora lead
Ing the CONVERSATION, and waking the
echoes with her quick laughter; and they
sat while on the rustic bench beside the
syrings bushes, and Flora sang snatches
from the operas and spiritual hymns; and
Bell marked that when she dropped out of
her, and presently she stole away to look
after her housekeeping, congratulating
herself that every thing promised well for
her scheme. Flora was perhaps trifie
giddy and girlish for a clergyman's wife,
but she would outlive all that; and what