Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-03-01

Arriving at the watering-place, Grey
offered to attend to all the business of
getting apartments, seeing the baggage
disposed of, and taking care of Miss
Vaughn, who, overcome by her emo
tons and the ground swell, had been
most unpoetically sea-sick all the way.
l mean to say that Ninon de lEnclos,
Catherine of Russia-yea, Sappho, or
Aspasia herself-would be unpoetical
and unattractive, if sitting, sea-sick,
with a basin before her.
l had to take care of Jessie still, and
did so with as good agrace as possible,
although / felt really vexed with her.
She evidently had fixed upon this plan
from preventing me from marrying
Miss Vaughn. In vain I scolded savagely
at Grey and his accomplish Jessie-in
vain l denied before Grey's friends that
I was married-they only laughed, and
| found no way of disproving the as
sertion they had made.
At length I grew quite desperate.
Miss Idelia Vaughn had retired to her
room Immediately on reaching the no.
tel, and l feared she would ~incarcerate
herself there for the rest of our stay. I
was determined to put an end to the
idea that Jessie and | were husband
and wife, so l accosted her on the piaz-
"a, before a number of people, with
"Well, wiley, let's go to u room
and dress for dinner"
Instead of blushing and exposing the
deception, as l had fancied she might,
the little witch said she was just about
to propose the same thing, and seized
hold of my arm in that real young wife
style.
We went to the Office, and the clerk,
ON inspecting the register, found that
we were put down as a married couple,
but handed out two keys. This was not
extraordinary, however, for Grey Endi-
colts friends had two rooms also, and
the ruse was not yet exposed. We
sought our rooms and found them ad-
joining each other. | gave Jessie her
key with a savage growl at her, and
opening my door, l entered.
At that instant there appeared at an
other door, nearly opposite mine, the
form of my beloved Idelia, in rather a
not heighten the beauty of her personal
graces in the least. AS she looked out
she saw me enter my apartment, and,
in walked Jessie Immediately after me.
so, husband" she cried, in q loud
tone of voice, and would have continued
her sentence, but the sudden slapping
to of the opposite door rendered it I'M
necessary, and she only finished with
laughter.
Grey, the rascal, had secured these
two rooms because they had Il door
commune ating between them, and Jes-
sic could be seen going into and coming
out of mine often enough to convey the
natural impression that we occupied
the two in common.
That evening, as | was meditating
what steps tt take to disabuse the
charming Idelia's mind, l saw Endicott
pass by with her on his arm, going out
to take a stroll on the beach.
Jessie had already gone out with the
other couple, and l was left alone in
my glory, while the conspiratOrs could
plot, and Gray could strengthen Idelia's
already strong conviction that 1 had
either been on the eve of committing
bigamy, or had tempered outrageously
with her budding affections.
Thoroughly disguised, and quite mis-
~anthropical in spirit, l set for a
lonely walk, and soon found myself
wandering distractedly along the shore.
AS l passed a sharp promontory of
rock, | saw, in 81 little recess neal the
top, Grey and Jessie sitting in earnest
conversation. They had met on the
top of the cliff, and Grey, separating
from Idelia, had used his persuasive
powers again with such effect that Jes-
sic had accompanied him to this ro-
mantle seat, and Idelia Vaughn had
gone down to the beach below with
Endicott's friend.
A few rods further on | found these
last, sitting on the sand. AS | came
up | heard the gentleman say:
"Poor fellow! he is much to be pit
tied if he is to blame. 1t is clear that
his wife thinks much more of Grey than
Of him, and | suppose he thinks to win
her back by making him jealous of
other ladies'"
"He is a base deceiver," said Miss
Vaughn, in a shrill tone. "He made
me the deepest protestations of love.
| tlirted with him a little, for | never
cared any thing for only n man, and
alas, the sod has waved green owe his
sepulchre for many a year,"
This was said in Il tone which |
should, ten hours before, have consid-
cred sweet and pathetic. Now, how
ever, l began to feel a little piqued at
her ready belief of the deception, and
her easy denial of me. Therefore, |
found her voice affected, and was dis
posed to take serious exceptions to the
idea of a sod waving over a %sepulchre,
or, indeed, waving at all!
Still, | was in hope that Idelia would
leave the party and stroll off alone,
thus giving me an opportunity to talk
to her. Accordingly, L waited at a
short distance, without revealing my
proximity, and heard the conversation
continued still at my expense.
| noticed that the wife of Endicott's
friend seemed much affected by Idelia's
remarks, and had frequent to
her pocket-handkerchief, in which she
hid her face, but whether to conceal
tears or smiles [ could not judge, until
| saw her turn her face from Tdelia TO-