The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1879-01-16
My Attempt At Matchmaking

had silently watched nv aunt for
an hOur-my aunt Katherine. who sat
silently by the window with her sew
| ing. Through tho light meshes OF the
lace curtains the bright sunshine came
in and fell upon her soft dark dress,
smooth hair and pretty white work,
while the fresh breeze, floating in
through the open window, blew into
fun bloom caTnation pink upon her
cheeks. And sitting there in the
breeze and sunshine, / saw that INV
aunt Katherine was very handsome.
At first thought it strange that
had never noticed that fact before; but
it was not strange, for children think
nothing about their parents or guardi-
ans looks, except that they be pleasant
or unpleasant, and ] was little more
than child. Ever since | could re-
member, aunt Katherine, with her
dark dress, smooth nair, and gentle
ways, had taken care of me; and when
grew into a tall girl Of fifteen. old
enough to go to kissing parties and
have a.olpr,aT hna',Sz- 1l,n Ns-atrhol arar
me still. She was my mother, my
companion, my friend. L never real
lied my Orphanage, or want Of other
kin, but had been the same careless,
light-hearted, merry girl ever since |
could remember, that | was on the
June morning that I watched her at
work in the sunlight. She looked up
at last. "Addie, isn't il most school
time:" she said.
Yes, auntie, ! am going in minute;
but first tell me"
What, chiid?'
why, You never were married.
Because / never liked anybody well
enough TO marry him. Now go and get
ready for school"
She smiled as she spoke. and after 4
glance at her face | smiled too, and
ran off up stairs to get my bonnet and
Satchel. Coming down stairs again, !
put my head in at the sitting room
door.
Aunt Katherine"
"Wellw
IF You found anybody whom you
liked well enough. wouldn't ynu marry
him."
81 don't know suppose 80. Why.
what in the world has got into NouT
head, Addie?"
/ laughed, slammed the door. and
bounded through the hall into the
road. Half way To the schOulhGuSe
| met my teacher. Mr.. Charles Drv-
ereauN.
Good morning, Miss Addie. Rerita-
tiOns all ready
"Yes, sir" 1 answered. ami he pissed
on ahead.
/ sauntered on slowly, thinking of
my aunt Katherine. thought it
would he nice plan for her 10 get
married. The next thought WAS. who
could she marry?
There were only half 4 dozen I'M
married middle aged men in the vii
lage. Aunt Katherine was twenty
seven, and of course she wouldn't
marry 4 very young man. / rapidly
enumerated the half dozen eligible
ones, and their suitability for my plan.
Lawyer Hide. thirty, rich, aristO-
cratic and Stingy. Mr.. Leighton, thir-
ty-iive, handsome, good, well of, but a
widOwer; and I've heard Katherine
say she did not like WidOwerS.
Mr.. PierSOn, twenty-eight, handsome,
wealthy, but too fast; she would not
| like him.
/ DIR. Jarvis, thlrty-SlX, small, Grabbed,
miserable and unbearable generally
Mr.. Howe, too hOmely To he thought
of, and Captain Haynes, with his
yellow. buShy whiskerS aad nine
| Thousand dollars worth of mOrtgaged
property, worse yet. Rather a sorry
array.
just then the school bell rang
and / went in 10 my books, and Mr.
/ Charles DeYereauN-3ged twenty
/ eight. handsome, intelligent, well edu-
Gated and unmarried. The class in in.
! tellectual philosophy was called first
and though had carefully committed
nv lesson To memory the evening be-
/ fore, my late thoughts had quite driv.
en- all remembrances Of it from my
/ head, and my recitation was imperfect
! Mr.. DeYerauN looked SurpriSedly al
me. but said nothing. In French
! grammar my performance was still
worse. Miss Addieg' said Mr. Dey,
! erauX, rs passed by him on my way
/ to nv seat, do you have any trouble
/ with those French verbs in learning
your lesson"
Yes, sir, a little" l replied.
You want little reviewing,
/ think. If have time, l will call IN al
your house this evening, and help yor
a little while yOu are studying.
Mr.. DeyerauX knew that | always
studied in the evening, and had sev'
eral times called in and spent an hOul
in assisting me with a particular diff.
] cult task designed for the next DAYS
/ recitation. so | was not surprised tC
hear him make this offer, though Z
little ashamed of the cause of il. as my
/ failure had resulted from my Willfu
inattentiOn and careleSsneSS.
thanked him, however, with a flushed
face, and went TO nv seat. But il wa,
not entirely shame that flushed fny
face.
As expected, Mr.. D-veraux came
in the evening 10 explain my FreucI
lesson. But he did not find me alone
Aunt Katherine sat hy the table sew
ing, and looked even handsome
than in the morning: nv hear
gave a fiutter Of impatient an
ticipatiOn every time Mr.. Deverau,
looked at her, and after the lesson
were through, / did my best 10 max
her talk 10 please him. My aunt al
ways talked well, but she quite eN
celled herself in conversation thai
night. i saw that Mr.. DeverauN wa
interested, and | was delighted wit
the success of my plan.
In the course of the evening JOIN
Aubrey. my lover, came in. Of cOurs
: ] claimed John as my lever, for thOug
he was nice young man Of twenty
P seven, and | mere girl, hardly six
teen, be had beaued me to parties an
concerts, all one winter, and told me
dozen times that / was the sweetest