Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1878-11-06
|, MODERN ROMEO AND JULIET.

L
tain church in Elltown on a certain
sunday, followed the highly respectable
usher up the softly carpesed aisle, set
tied yourself comfortably in the corner
Of the preferred seat, and glanced up at
the organ and choir behind the Rev.
speecham's desk, your attention would
probably have been attracted, as was
mine, by an undeniably attractive SUBJ
iect. A girl in dark gray dress and
hat, with dash of color like the breast
Of bird in the latter, and a charming
poise and quick motion of the head to
carry out your thought. A slender,
graceful girl, with warm red dimpled
cheeks, full red lips that gave the chief
expression to the face, and were con-
stantly changing that expression by
curves and quivers, steady blue eyes
and strong forehead and chin.
IT. at the end of the first hymn, you
had been unable to tell what she had
been singing about, it would not have
been because you had not been watch
ing her all the time from under eau
tious eyelids; and, after the reading,
YOU would probably have found YOUR
self as did, old bachelor that l am,
wondering what that girl was thinking
about.
First she pulled off one neat, little
gray glove, rolled it into ball and
threw it into the book-rack in very
lmpetuous manner, and when the quiet
little Mr.. Speecham gave out the hymn
she covered at him savagely, then shut
her lips tightly, making straight scarlet
line that surely was not called out by
the sentiment, "Blest be the tie that
binds ETC.
After the audience was settled for it's
morning, well, nap think. to tell the
rum, the blue eyes took far.away
looK, as If they saw something beyond
lne back of the minister's head, beyond
me up-turned faces, beyond the carved
uoors and stone walls, and beyond the
touch of the closely clasped fingers.
ms expression prevailed to the end
OF The sermon, toned down now and
lAen by an evident thinking out of the
lnatter IN question. After the bene-
uicllon had been pronounced, and the
ggggypie sufficiently awakened by ter
liole blast from the organ to walk me-
G .i out of the chilly church into
NE bright sunshine outside, l saw my
morning puzzle slip by DR.. Speecham,
JON a middle-aged lady of the highly
iespectable sort, and 60 out with the
efowd. AS for me, l betook myself to
q numdrum boarding house with a dim
Young
:. Now, all this is simply a prologue, as
~ were, to the little drama which found
HuI aiterward, and started out in the
vvs1hing to tell you under the title
, nnich has, l believe, been used for a
una" W purpose already by some one.
o. having given the introduction in due
SS.uer' the curtain will now rise on the
lfS s.. act of the play.
no tc'ure to yourselves Sunday after
iI o' slowly waning into evening; a
80 gothic house, with great many
E ~ and on one of them my puz-
,,5 juliet, and the middIe-aged lady,
W. ~nohi she addressed as aunt, sitting
int ," N juliet looks up now and then
70 a' y 'he elderly lady's face as she speaks
g q ner' but oftener, it must be confessed.
sIal dreamily beyond over the wide
"ope OF lawn at the side of the house
Jn HIunIe Gray, impressiyely, "Now,
vow ': l am very sure you would find
sur SOap feelings changing toward dear DR..
j9 yee vi If you would only stop think
Lam % mat wild harum-scarum Hal
-, I" him. thinks the maiden.
an, ~ "a good thing you don't know who
,b r'n thinking too much of.''l at isn't
ia'S. most violent love that lasts the
, rr'sesI' and, besides, it is dangerous to
jea ,S. 700 700 much to the feelings. The
would ,' SGoc,or Is a good man, and he
and f.a restrain your sudden impulses
ioUsjr I hsIs Juliets lip curls suspic-
an but she says nothing.
uof you, Juliet p"