The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-05-16
TWO LIVELY BEAUX.
AND HOW THEY ELIRTED EFF
EECTlVELY WITH TWO
SILLY Gil LS.

sOh, such . lovely face = sighed Miss
Amelia Hartwell. Such eyes-such
a mustache-realIy couldn't help it,
Kitty. Oh, really could not
Yes, Amy but suppose Miss Hess
should find it out p said Kitty.
well. we'll, what could she do
about it p said Amy. Tell ma and get
me scolded, and lose her situation. 1
should tell her about the other gov
ernesses, and think she'll keep quiet.
A girl can't live without any romance
in life.
'Only nobody ever introduced you
to each other,' said Kitty, sand my
ma says that you can't tell what any
one is without q proper introduction
Yes, and then they introduce you
to some stiff old creature, and he pays
you a little attention, and you marry.
Kitty, l mean 10 have my fun out.
You can tell if you please, but
'Oh, Amy cried Kitty, 'I'm no tell.
tale. 1t is only for your good.
Kitty and Amelia were cousins.
Kitty fifteen and Amelia seventeen.
Amelia had not as good a disposi.
ton as Kitty. and her mother was .
mere fashionable woman, who kept
the girl as much in the background as
possible, lest she should make her look
old. So Amy, as she liked TO be
called, being really grown, and yet
treated like child at home, took her
affairs into her own hands, flirted with
all the college boys, wrote notes to
them, waved her handkerchief from
the upper windows, and behaved dis
gracefully without any one having an
inkling of what was going on but
serious little Kitty, who was too hon
orable to befray her cousin, and too
young to know how terrible such
conduct really was. Schoolboys aud
college students were bad enough, but
now there had come upon the scene
quite new person, young man of
five-and.twenty, whom no one knew,
but who, having managed to scrape
acquaintance with Miss Amy, declared
himself an English nobleman, and
spoke of great estates, Of which, in
time, he would be master. Amy swal.
lowed the whole story, and for weeks
had taken long walks with him, and
accepted ring, which he dared not
wear when at home, and considered
herself engaged.
All was going on delightfully."-, in her
opinion, and poor Miss Hess, the gov
erness, was quite hoodwinked. Kitty
trembling little confidante as she was,
was quite interested in the affair, but
felt herself guilty in keeping the story
from her mother. But Amy had no
such compunctiOns.
Now a new scheme was on foot.
The lover desired to pay Miss Amy
an evening visit, and time had been
selected when mamma and papa were
to attend wedding, and Miss Hess
was away on a dutiful visit to her old
German grandparents.
you may call, but you can't stay
late, Theodore Amy had said. That
dragon of governess will be home at
half-past ten.
And Theodore had protested that
he would not stay late.
l shall bring q friend,' he said, and
he shall be company for your cousin,
insist on having her with you. Well
have lovely evening.
Then he sighed and looked $50 love-
ly,' as Amy declared to KITTY, who,
flattered by the idea of the friend who
was to be attentive to herself, felt it
time to preach the little sermon above
recorded, but without effect. The visit
was to be paid. Miss Amy was to re.
ceive her admirer. Kitty was with
her. Miss Hess had temporarily de-
parted. The carriage had borne papa
and msmma to the scene of the we'd
ding festivities. The servants were
having q comfortable supper in the
kitchen, and the door-bell rang.
No matter-I'll 90, Bridget called
Amy over the balustrade, to the
waitress. who was delighted to run
back to the supper and the few friends
and cousins who had just dropped in;
and the young lady of the house her.
self admitted her callers.
They entered rather cautiously and
with many glances up the stairs, wi hich
Amy Attrihnted 10 fear of her crnal