The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-05
Vows Made to be Broken.

humble opinion, about the worst thing
man can do with himself Is to slip his
meek iuto the matrimonial moose ~
What yous" cried Tom Revere.
. You holding forth against matrimony
with your reputation for gallantry, and
your confessed alteration of the lovely
sex I'm thunder.struck ~
Certainly, adore the ladies; I've
much too high regard for them to wish
them condemned to such state of ser
vitude. Tie woman down to the cares
and vexations of married life; subject
her to the whims of man whom she Is
bound to obey; and make her the wor-
ried slave of half dozen young tor
ments--and you've spoiled her !" con-
cluded Julian, with some excitement.
A vociferous clapping of hands from
the adjacent bay-window greeted this
peroration, and the energetic orator,who
had not been aware of any audience save
Tom Revere, was rather discomposed to
find himself declaiming before half a
dozen girls, and three or four masculine
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laughing voices added their din to that
of the applauding hands.
C Bravo Ferrean, relieve your mind
if you do astonish the public Who
cares for the fitness of things !" roared
Harry Blount's laundering bass above
all the shrill outcry.
"Upon my word, Mr.. Ferrean, if |
had known you were not marrying
man, / ID never have given you all those
waltzes renounce you, sir, hence
forth and forever!'' laughed Annie
Grierson.
"Sound sense, every word of it, Mr..
Ferrean declared Belle Blount, en-
phatically.
Vewy neat, Ferwean vewy neat,
and extremely well put, drawled Sid
-ney Phillips, the greatest fop and dandy
of our set, but a man whom none of us
liked to anger.
What egregious nonsense, Julian ~
said pretty, piquant Rose Ferrean.
"Come in, Julian, won't your" said
his cousin, Edna Reese.
Julian followed Tom Revere, who had
already entered the house; and, coming
into the drawing room, found that wor-
thy established beside his particular
affinity, blue eyed Annie Grierson.
Our party were spending the afternoon
at Chetwoode Hill, in honor of Miss
Blanche Chetwoode's arrival, and for
the purpose of making thatyoung lady's
acquaintance. She was cousin of
Nora Chetwoode, from the city, and we
had been SO long accustomed to hear
Nora rave about her, that we were all
anxious to meet the paragon. So, when
we received Nora's notes, announcing
her visit and inviting us to make little
informal party for her each and every one
of us donned his most impressive attire
and made himself as killing as possible,
and repaired to Chetwoode Hill, speak
ing only for the masculine members of
the party, because the the ladies did not
appear to be gotten up with any unusual
degree of sumptuousness; but then you
never can be sure whether lady has
spent three hours or ten minutes in the
preparation of her toilet.
may as well confess that L, Richa rd
Branden, attorney at law, left my office
during business hours, took this unusual
pains with my personal appearance, and
walked mile to Chetwoode Hill that
warm June day, caring very little
whether Miss Blanche Chetwoode were
beautiful as houri or ugly as Gorgon
provided only that little Nora was gra
to Rose Ferrean, and she said 1 haG
more sense than she gave me credit for
We were the first party to arrive
Rose Ferrean and /, Edna Reese anC
Julian. Nora met us at the door, hel
hazel eyes shining, her jetty curls dane
ing all around her pretty little head
looking altogether such charming
picture of delight and satisfaction tha
inwardly renewed my vow to propos
upon the very first eligible opportunity
All little did think that, within thre
hours, should voluntarily renounc
that vow, and-but will not anticipate
Nora led us to the drawing-room an
introduced us to Blanche Chetwoode
Julian Ferrean was the first to be pre-
sented, and saw by his face that h
was profoundly impressed. And n
wonder, for the girl was marvel
stately and slender as a lily, and o
white, though her heavy braids wei
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