American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-30

milan beer in"
well, it's all settled, then, and III
go and tell Henry. He desired that we
should fight it out while he was finish
ing his cigar. We will come this way
home in the fall when we leave Paris.
If you are alive and have not got into a
dozen different kinds of awful trouble
that we never shall be able to get you
out of, 1 shall be happy
6 1t takes so little to make you happy,
dear" whispered Rosy, mischievously,
&c But l have my troubles, too,'
laughed Mrs Arnott. &c 1 must go now
and pack for to-morrow's flight. Oh,
how l do hate trunk. 1 don't wonder
that men, who can't share the delight
of wearing our lovely dresses and laces,
should detest our Saratogas.'
So the sweet sound of women's words
trilled on, making dear English echoes
on that pensive German evening air.
The next morning we went to the
! green little railway station of the quaint
little village where we were summerinr,
and there we saw our friends off, and
there we took our last dose of advice
and warning from our departing ma
iron. Mrs. Arnott was in truth only
| three years older than Rose, and one
year older than [; and why she should |
simply because she had lately changed
the prefix of her name from Miss to
Mrs, take upon herself that most un-
thankful office of adviser and lecturer /
in general, has ever to this writing puz-
zled me. But marriage does seem in |
some mysterious way to confer feudal |
rights on its devOtees, now doesn't it !?
A girl, one of many, has been the dull
est, the meekest, the least self-asserting |
of all. She was the one that was snub-
bed; the one counted on always to give |
up, to take the poorest place. She mar
ries! She steps superbly to the front. |
She takes the breath away by the Won |
derful manner-of- course in which she |
assumes the roll of patroness, speaker |
and counselor on all occasions-tyran-
nizing over those proud and bright tenn
pered tyrants of other days whom she |
has left behind her in the list of spin
sters-and why? She is no longer Miss !
-. She is Mrs. -. She has hus-
band.
81 am so glad,' said Mrs. Arnott, in
confidential tone to me, Sc and know
it is so, because l made particular in
quiz les of that nice old fat housekeeper
there are no men about that house.
Seeing you will stay there, it's great
relief to me. No dodgers, tourists or
students, either English or German.
Those who chance to stop for night or
so you need not see, of course. 1 don't
know but you will get along very well,
after all-if only you are careful"
{" Come, Emma, times up" shouted
Mr.. Arnott. 'tAnd so good-by-good-
-farewell-adieu.' 81 don't know
but l am heartless," said Rosa, as we
loitered, lingering under the poplars on
our way home, but 1 am perfectly
happy. just to think, Minna, of you
and | being all alone here in Germany,
for a whole summer, too. Not for one
stinoy week, or even two or three or
four weeks, but for four whole royal
months. And there is our
home away yonder in the EN-
pire State, under Madame Mas
sachusetts's shadow. Massachusetts
[ wonder if lot of consonants with one
or two feeble vowels were ever pitched
together before to make such a hasty
name? And Taghanic! When Tagha-
mic Hill looks toward the setting sun he
overlooks our humble cottage"
oh, Rosy, [ do wonder what they
are doing there today said choking
ly.
Goodness knows" answered Rosy,
briskly, ''let US turn our minds rather
to the thought of what they will do
when they receive my letter, ANNOUNCE
ing our staying here. All the village ,,
will know it as one person. The wise
ones will also exclaim as one person:
There now, that comes of setting a !,
man up as sole guardian of two orphan
girls; ) and others will say: what a
pity those two girls have no mother
and Oh, Minna, do look; did you ever
see any thing SO lovely?''
l caught the direction of her eve, and
it. Near US stood Young :
German. He had evidently been in
he mountains, and he carried small
'prig of those purolish- crimson Alpine
lowers which blush beneath the stars.
He heard my sisters words He came q
oward US, and, holding out the pretty :
blossom from the regions of eternal ice a
70 full of fire, he said
g VIII you accept them? You will give !;
ne pleasure, for in my hand they will -
vither. l am no flower-keeper. 1t =
rev nigh among the mountains next to
he skies,'' he added in an after-tone.
Rosy took tie flower, simply smiling :"
er sweet, proud smile. How lovely "
!. is she said to me.
g [ wonder whence it got this bright !.
dior up there in the snow. May be ~ =.
ne night star kissed it, sorry for its
1neliness-and it blushed''
Yes! Psyche and STAR" said the =,
Dung, bold German, quietly; and then :.
~ sister blushed-only, happily for her, A
he crimson tint was not permanent. 1t =
lded out in moment, leaving her pure
hite again. a
You never have been among our 4,
lps,' was the young strangers next or
ivance in speech, while he drew Just Il
ne step nearer US. His manner was IN
Ill of that blithe, courteous breeziness al
hioh malls tho ioo Of oonvao+;o-o1 n4sar