New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-16
A WOMAN'S CAPRICES.

when they are making love. A friend is
a luxury, a husband ditto, I suppose; ).
but that intermittent class Of beings de-.
nominated 'lover,, are terrible bores. It
does very we'll for a woman to blush and
look frustrated now and then. when oc-
casions make IT. desirable; but to fsee a.
man with his face asred as ripe cherry.
and real parcel of strong mindedness.
self-reliance and masculine dignity. done
up in broadcloth and starched linen, quak-
ing from the top Of his shirt collar, is
mouth dry, ana bis tongue twisted into
commissions in the vain attempt to say
something sweet-O, gracious p
So said saucy. Sophie Lynn aloud to
herself as she sat swinging backward
and forward before the window, half
buried in the cushion Of luxuriant arm
chair, and playing it'll small ivory fan
which lay upon her lap Fl
"It also seems so strange, not to say
tiresome,n SHE continued. with, "a ru ming.
musical laugh, Safteraonehaswaltzed and
sung, quoted poetry, and talked nonsense
with anybody till one is puzzled to know
which of the two is the most heartless.
ones self or ones companion, to hear him
come plump down on the subject OF
matrimony as though that was the legiti-
mate course of every insipid acquaintance!
For my part I never had a lover (here
Sophie futtered her fan and looked
pleased, for she had more than onel that
wasn't sick of;after he proposed. There
was Capt. Morris-I thought himithe
handsomest man in the whole circle of
my acquainrances,S until he. went5on ahis
knees to me and swore he should die if
didn't take pity on him. Somehow he
always looked like a fright to me after
ward Then there was DR.. Wilkins. he
was really agreeable, aud people said
very learned! was delighted with him d
fora while; but he spoiled it. all with
that offer of his-what long winded ad.
jectives! and how the poorfeIlow blushed,
pulled and perspired! He called me an
'admira BILE creatures and hiccoughed in
the middle Of admirable = u Horrors II
have hated him ever osince.,sa,Then there
was" sg.z 80, .-vy- w ss.
Here Sophie stal ted She heard the
door-bell ring. With "a nervous spring
she stood before her morton, smoothing
down her brown hair with haste truly
comical.' r. f52EF I'M Eft$ 4
said, as She took a finishing surveyor her
person in the glass, and shook out with
her plump jeweled fingers, the folds of
her airy muslin dress. f}'%S{J 4 f7#5
The moment afterward when a servant
entered to announce Mr., Harry Ainslee,
she was back in her old seat By the win
dow, rocking and playing with her fan,
apparently as ,unconcerned and listless as
though that name had not sent quicker
thrill to ner heart, or the bet7aying, GRIM
son all over. her pretty face. 4 3? u 4
Tell him I will be down. PRESENTLY
she said.
The girl disappeared, and Sophie flung
open the window that the cool, fresh AIR
might Ian away. the extra rosiness from
her complexion. Thenshe went again TO
the mirror, and after composing her
bright, eager, happy face into an express
sion of occurrences, descended to the par
lor. A smile broke over her features,
and she reached out both hands to the
guest; but as if suddenly recollecting
herself, she drew them back again, and
with formal bow of recognition she
passed him and seated herselfi in further
corner Of the room. ls.%. .ys,! ~. fad
It was very evident that something
was wrong with Sophie; that she had
made up her mind either not to be pleas
ed or not to please. Could it be that she
had foreseen what was coming?--that a
presentiment of that visit and its result
had dictated the merry speeches in her
chamber? Be that as it may half hour
had not elapsed before Harry Ainslees
hand and fortune (Which latter, blythe
way, was nothing wonderfully were in the
same place where Capt. Morris and DR..
Wilkins had been before them.
THE first man I ever heard say such
things without making a fool Of himself
muttered Sophie, emphatically from be-.
hind her fan, as she sat, blushed and
evidently gratiGed, yet without design.
ng any1reply to the gallant, straightfor- i
ward Speech, in which herr lover hads|
risked his all of hope. ssscsss@ sos AZ
"He ought to do penance or4the pretty
way he managed his tongue. He's alto
gether too Calm to suit me- And Sophie
shook her curly head meaningly, holding
her fan before her for screen, Did she
forget what he. had been saving? II
wonder if Ticould snore the way Uncle
Jones used to in church?" she solilo-
quized. "Wouldnt IT be fun? q and
wouldn't it plague Harry, if he thought III
had been asleep While he was i alking2''
Sophie's blue eye danced with sup
pressed merriment as she gave two Or
three. hearty breathings, and followed
them up with a nasal explosionwo rthy OIL
an orthodox deacon.s 1t was Well done
and Electrically done-and poor Harry
sprung boltsupng surprised, mortified,
chargrined. Humane nature could stand