The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-10-03
KISSED BY MISTAKE

"Will you be at homs tonight,
Maggie ?S
And the speaker, q tall, well-to-do
looking boy, REDEEMED TO the roots Of
his hair, as though, he bad commit
ted . very wicked act, instead Of AK
Ing q simple question.
he was bsshful, extremely SO, was
Frank WollmerRth, st least In the
presence Of ladies, and; most OF all,
In the society OF the girl he loved.
How he contrived to approach Mag
gle Williams on the subject of his
preference for her probably remains
as much q mystery 70 himself as 1t is
to others.
Frank was worth, in q vS=ldly way,
more than any of his suitors good
looking and Intelligent enough to
satisfy any one, but an over fAstIdl-
Gus persen.
',NOther is going over to Aunt Ems
tospend the evening and wants me to
60 I; but / won't. I've been working
on fathers shirts all dsy, besides do
ing the homework, and Pm as tired
as can be, so they viii have to do
Without me. Don't come until s
O'Clock I shall be through putting
things to rights then and will let You
IN.
OF course Frank 90 far forgot his
bashfulness as to petition for q good
bye kiss, which was peremptorIly re-
fused.
mo, 1 shan't! Think I didn't see
you fidReting round Maggie Summer,
Lizzie Winter, Lena Spring, Frida
and Angelica Fail, yesterday? PVe
not forgotten that, sir :"
Nov, Maggie"
Bot the appeal was broken of by
tAntsliztng little laugh, and, as he
sprang forward to take pleasant lit
fsle revenge on his tormentor, she
slipped aWEyss9d ran up the path to
the house, where ne saw her wave
her hand as she disappeared within
the kitchen porch.
And then he turned from the gate
and took the road homeward.
i
The tea things had been carried out,
the table set back against the wall,
and Msggie's work-stand drawn up in
: front OF the blazing fire.
Maggie was sewing and thinking
how she could tell her mother she ex-
| pecJeQ NiBlLoTs
She would have given the world to
be able to say, in an Off-handed man
ner, that she expected Mr.. WolImer-
ath to drop In about O'Clock.
81 shall not dare to tell her she'll
, be sure to think 1 wished to get her
out OF the way, so 1 might have
Frank all to myself, and snail never
hear the last Of It."
And like 8 wise little puss, she was
. silent.
, Yo umIght well have wondered al
! our young farmers enthrRllment, II
Won could have seen Maggie Williams
as she sat by the fireside that cold
/ November evening. A neatly fitted
! dark silk, with the new lsok still on
) il, fresh linen collar, and tasteful
black silk apron. These were tbe
! chief items Of Msggisis toilet; bul
: she looked IS sweet and dainty ia hel
plain dress as IL hours had been spent
in dOnnlng lsces and jewels.
|, Eight O'Clock and past.
Mrs. Williams was doing In hel
: : chair, her shadow on the wall bobbins
4 about In grOtesque mimicry as she
d nodded 70 and fro; her Fat hand
> lying iistlessly In her lap her ball OF
yarn rolled out upon the hearth, and
|, pGss was busy converting It into Cor
/. dian knots.
And Just then came q double rap al
! the dOOr-so loud, 50 sudden SO self.
8 assured that Maggie started I'D, with
little shrek, and set her foot on the
: oats tail, who In turn gave voice tC
her amazemeut and dispIeasure. The
, combined noise aroused Mrs. vii
liAms, and starting into an erect pos
ture, she rubbed Der eyes, settled hel
cap border and exclaimed
"Bless my soul, Maggie What
was that ? somebody at the door
Who can be coming this time o.
night ?'I
"It Is not late motber-onIy q IIttlt
after eight. rll 90 and see who II Is,
said Maggie demurely, taking the
candle from the table.
''NO. You wind up my ball AnC
sweep up the hearth, while l go Il
the door" said the old lady, who's
feet were struggling in the meshes o
the unraveled yarn. "Drat tn
cat ~
And all this time Frank was stand
ing on one foot in the cold porch
with his hands Ia his OvercOAt pOck
cts, wondering II Maggie had falleI
asleep, and every now and then civ
ton.
8 In her hurry, Mrs. Williams forgo
e 70 taKe ene candle, and as she steppe,
i cut IN tne little mont entry, the sif
- tlag room door Slammed after her.
she found berseif In the embrace o.