Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-11-22

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1t was the be inning of September
day when the clouds told of heaven and
the air whispered softly of partings 'twixt
heat and humanity-that Dolly sat swing
ing back and forth in her rocker at thu
window, and her brother evolved himself
from cloud Of consuming nicotine ant
drew his chair fraternally close.
Dolly said he, II have found wife
after my own heart, and this afternoon
am going to ask Miss Lowell to marry
me-"
Dolly rubbed her hands softly and said :
'SDo you think you can be happy with a
girl SO rapid and vapid ? and Jinky is
such name to call ones wife,
Now, Dolly, don't be hard on fellow
hardly knew her when said that. Sht
is the most charming and intellectual wo
man ever met, and if she will becom
Mrs. Poindexter, I shall be the happies
one this side of paradise"
And Dolly smiled demurely, made vir
tue of silence, and bounced her rocking
chair more 6ercely than ever.
Jinky was under the mulberry trees
watching their silver leaves shiver in the
wind. and turn shining faces hopelessly to
ward the setting sun. Somehow Revue de-
Mondes failed to interest; and Larry came
upon her quite suddenly, as people always
do appear suddenly when one is thinking
about them.
81 am trying to determine what to veal
this fall" she said, little awkwardly
turning the leaves of the Revue with an at
tempt at nonchalance.
''Wear wedding dress for me, Lor
raine," he answered, all abruptly, colorina
with earnestness to the tips of his ears.
Jinky's face grew sweet and tremulous
for one little moment, and then flushed VI
with painful red, and there was spec
tacle-wicked, flirtatious Jinky Lowell in
tears.
81 cannot do it, Larry. Pm fraud
Pm not bit intellectual. I don't know
an thing at all about bugs and science and
things, and just read it up out of file
of old magazines because Dolly was afraid
you would marry some dreadful creature
all spectacles, and isms and mind, and ]
thought it would be no end of lark to
cure you. Pm awful sorry, Larry" and
the tears flowed fresh.
Larry had ceased to idolize he had but
one well defined desire. He had his arm
around Jinky's waist, and her head was
on his shoulder, and he did not understand
that there was any fraud about her that
! robbed the situation of pleasure, so he es-
sayed to dry her eyes with the Indian silk
scarf on her garden hat, and asked under
his breath: ''Do you love me, Lorraine p
And &Jinky secured the scarf and told
him ssYes.''
And Dolly looked out of the window
rocked furiously and clapped her small
hands noiselessly, telling herself the while
"A cure-a cure-a double cure! HI
loves her and she loves him, and Jinky
will make the jolliest sister-in-law."
NOVEMBER STARs.-The clear weather
which usually prevails il September and
October and frequently the greater part Of
November affords nearly as many oppor'
tunities for observing astronomical pheno.
mena as occur during the remaining
months of the year.
Jupiter, the largest of the planets, shines
with peculiar brilliancy in the south and
southwest during the hours of the night,
while Saturn, the ring planet, may be OBJ
served in the east Immediately after dark,
and is visible the whole night.
Venus, now the morning star, rises
about an hour before the sun, while Mars
which attracted so much attention veal
ago, is almost immersed in the rays of the
sun and is gradually decreasing 10 bright.
ness.
| AhOnt eight o'clock Capella may be seen
| in the northeast, little above the hori-
zon, while Vega in the Harp is almost di
rectly overhead. This star is remarkable
for it's blue color, and is one of the few
whose distance has been approximately
determined. The seven stars, or Pleiades
the guides of the ancient mariners in the
Mediterranean and Black Seas, arejust ap
pearing above the horizon in the east
while returns, the brightest star in the
northern sky, is sitting in the west.
| At ten O'Clock Castor and Pollux may be
observed In the northeast and Orion in the
east, while the Great Bear is seen nearly
below the pole. Sirius, the brightest star
| in the heavens can he seen at ten o'c1ock
On the 31st inst. Jupiter will be in con
junction with the moon, and Mercury
the shy planet, will be at short distance
from the same luminary the last of Novem
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FINGER NAILS Scarcely any persona
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