Connecticut western news., 1877-07-13

s"I never heard of such impertinence," :" r said Agnes Peverill, throwing down = the letter she held, and half crying in 3 her yexation. ssHow' dare he write such things to me? What business , has he to love me? He never would have dared write like this if-if papa were alive and we had not lost our money.'' -
 s"sYou may thank yourself. for this, y P said grandma Peverill, looking over her spectac1es with an air of concern. "You have amused yourself consider ably with Harold Helper, to my certain knowledge. When one dances, one must pay the piper.to' ..
 'tI don't understand you, grandma. I certainly never gave him a shadow of encouragement., I have guessed for some time that he-that he didn't dis like me. you know but never dreamed that he would say as much. Papa's clerk! Why, I've seen him, sweeping out the office, and his fingers as inky as Caddy Jellyby's."
 stMen are audacious creatures,'' ob- served grandma; sbut if you knew that he didn't exactly hate you, you oughtn't to have accepted him as escort when you were learning to ride. When your papa brought him home to dine, you needn't to have made yourself so attractive, need you? You might have had a headache in your own room, or .e an invitation out. You needn't have talked pretty nonsense with him by the hour, while your father and I took af- ter-dinner maps, need yon ?''
 ,l"One can't help flirting "a little. @@ gTandma.' sszsrE. = .ff- B.
 'sWhat, with ones fathers clerk And no doubt one can't help working ] . him slippers and braiding watch chains either.'' *s .i''@' %
 .a "Why, of course, one gives birthday and Christmas gifts to all one's ac. '-q quafntances, even to old Biddy, the One doesn't expect them tC presume on that, however. |" sf'as "And so you think Mir. Helper is pre- suming when he offers you his hearts love and all his worldly prospects? Why so?
 s.sI think he is presuming, because tht Peverills are not of his order, grandma ZFheg came oyer in the Mayfiower; they .a are descended from Lord Peverill; they J have graduated at colleges, have enjoyed elegant accomplishments ever since th' flood, and have never soiled their hand s+ with the grime of labor; while Mir Helpers ancestors were illiterate me ehanics, who murdered the king's Eng sT fish, Why, hi sown father was ston .seutter.a Eve heard papa say so.''
 .s 'fAnd supposing that your's had beel a mechanic, what objection could yo1 have urged ed?'' ..~..-.-.--... {. ' tsWhy, it's not supposable case grandmamma-a Peverill stone cut terp'
 ''But supposing you were not Pc verills'' D .-5---= .- - .ssgo My imagination is not bold enoug for such flight. You see, have al the prejudices of my class. I woul choose unhappiness sooner than marr beneath me-" .
 ''Then I am to understand that yo consider yourself superior to Harol Helper. It is some years since he figure asyour fathers inky-ingered clerk, rC member. Since that he has write .2ia book, invented machine, he has 1et ttlred to scientists. Wherein does you superiority consist? What have yo been doing in the mean time?''
 q have been, rubbing papa's gout toe, and accepting the attentions ( Miles ,Bond.'' ..
 "You don't mean"
 s'I mean that shall probably marr Miles Bond, some fine day, if nothin happens ....,-..,-,-s. .z-........z ''Marry Miles Bond !'' repeated granC mamma, as if she had said she was g ing to marry the Khan of Tartary. 5z4a,' You seem to be astonished grand mamma. .'' =
 'fYes, little. He's born arist, erat.'' -s -
 aaa "Exactly-there's a pair of us." shall be entitled to consideration in u .abeau monde as his wife, don't you see For 1t must be confessed that since NJ