Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-01-09
LITTLE by LITTLE.

Cities of coral i,rlfer tie sen atsHl siiHFseiDsI
Little by little arc buildetL-AsA ileso--re-L o.
The new yss:s.some and the oil, yeas go.i 60
Litilsby di5tlosoid tas ks ssesio,Je. t,pes 81
Spare the sernwGs.sf th9lfaitlfut)w9n. al .isfi;
So is heaven in our hearts begun. fs.. ..I,,
WIFI N6fi aad hceBinG, Wfhf fnrsfter. an and
play, -.sgfs nsE7cs
Little by- little. the Longest day 1-IfsT
And the 1Ongest4i lie 4rSi,-Ssing' away 4
Passing without retuin-wti!e So.
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awLA ss,tfds One day. dfea1aFs edfGaf.1 a.
y ing eiHre ,Iwlic tuy irgndi Hurry Cotil'
way, came iin,, Ieoking expressiblyJ wOo.i
begope,:a .,eJ. -.as{,.z.,51U Is N 90 u
" ;1'%has Li2zy jiited YOU y'S . ~ !.
." You've hit it, he. replied mo6dily..
$50 dny,: henaI asked herto be my partner
ON QUE sic ighrridc,, she curtiy, tpld me tina 4
she wgs engaged with Ned llammersley."
" Rather strange," | sa,d :. Surely she
don't mean to prefer that conccitcd fool to
youIy s-f ia lg.nsTH /. .ri.F. ava -HGa'Ua.+
-. Lwist Iamd pever secnIker, said Harry.
'' have been in torture ter a month past,
wishing to ask her 10 be mine. and yet With
held by the lear of refusal. And now the
suspense is over; but oil ! how fatally. She
despises my suit.".u I taai .f.-'9'-s- 1870
. Not so fast, Farry," Unanswered g L
am a married man. and claim to know soDe>
thing Of the centler sex and there is moths
ing more ccrtuin than that a woman frequent-
ly means the very reverse of what she. does.H
=. Then yeu ,dqp't .bsIeve," eagerly, said
my friend Vs.. that, L2zy scoEps me Y .gb b-
Il do-not. On the contrary, fancy that
she likcs may tnore'tlian half loves you"
t''God bless you for. those Words" cried
Harry, shaking hands rapturuusIy. ~ You,
make new man Of me" , But, almost inne-
diately his couutenance fell, and. he added,
"Y ct what ala She mean by engaging to 90
with Hanmersley? Sic knew very we'll
intended to ask her .RHE .ooa ITsi1U'7s 57s,G :
O. . Perhaps said. lquietly, ftbero is the
pinch. Y9ung ladies' now,ardays don't lik
to fave it thought that any, time will do to
ask them. When was a bachelor, Harry,
and wished a fair compahione for sleigh ride,
L took very good care that no. ono asked her
before 4 tGjd.,Jat1 iii Of al1elgz yr3Jg g4ortsl
=. A precious fool I've been" said Harry
50" Thafssa truc1 word, If Eve" TOD spoke
about courtiRg J, larry. tfanra cat doasIotras-.
tronomy. The, case is this, my, dear fellow
Lizzy is piqued, and though she hgd q good
right 10 be so perhaps, youD must NOT allow
her, for allthat, to get the advantage Of you.
If shefliris, you must cOubtcrsfirt; and so
go into the parloF, at once and ask Aliss tLaw-
renee 70 be yppr partner you'll fnd her and
my wife at their crochet work /; and ,hark--a
secret in your ear. Ny pretty cousin is en-
esged though tits not knbwn here 80 tbereiI
be no harm iunc, firtas hard as youiwilk"is,
Now, Miss Lawrence was beauty, an
heiress, and famous toast. Her home was
in New York, bu}she had come to spedd'
Ghristntassaaong onr biIls5 and great had
been, theysensationt which ,.shq bad bcreated !;
for, in truth, there was nc. QUO TO compare
With her in the whole county, except Lizzy
herself. 7f'hH's-s .2s2 go t'''i "a
ozAfter much persuasion Harry consented
to my plan! Fortuustely my fair cousin hnd
made no engagement for the ride -iaWlteua
Harry had gone let Ais! ipEgFSaeG iqi0 the
=" Vow said r. q you ifsss' 7assftt me To-
make this match Likzs fosG Harry, thsreI
Is, na dOabt !; hut she is a little too wilfni7;
fartshe hbs.esetyihjpg herlnEot way beIe.' ~
- As oil bellies should, - saucily interrupt
E0n
4''aASg ASgFa9iea, 'a5sid' f" 4EasBg abea 1T Is 60
ing to- snake them IN happy for literf Hurry
is,yery sensitive. and aIi,tle flirting. lftEme
tell you, will irighten him off aitoeetber,
The thing is to make Lizzy jealous, and 50
repay her in her own com. 'Afterlthat she'll
easier come to- terms.HsIsG s:5i= =gEt D. zz,-I !
z'''FstEonre, LsupFose. I must turn traitor
to my sex" said Miss Lawrence, laugbiug. u
The evening for the sleigh ride came, and
was night among thousand There was
no, cloud IN tie sky, and The winter moon
shone clear ahd beadtifui the air was as cold
as, zerpjbqt still the landscape looked Ike
dreamland: 1t was sight to mike an old
man young again TO see the sleigHs dashing
to and fro through the village streets, collect
ing their lovely freight ! while the merry
jingle Of the bells made the blood dance JOY
ously IN the veins. 5.-r 81, szs.
Away swept the gay cavaleade. Most OF
the bellies and rbeapx we're distributed through
three enormous, sleish5. apd = 70 judge from
the incessaht mirth Kept mp. were crazy with
tpu,i There were half q dozen sipel4'sleighs,
however, and among these were Harry Z, and
Hammersley's.
q I1izzy looked astonished rs suspected she
would. when she saw who sHarry;s compspi
Inn ras Cta L1ar tha. Mics Laurence WAS