The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-11

This was too good an opportunity TO
be lost by bashfulness and, fortunate
ly, bashfuness was not one of Miss Me
hetabel's faillngs.
"Good.evening, sir" she remarked
graciously. A beautiful evening""
Loui2y's beau" jumped as If he had
been hit by bullet.
Good. evening nh- - madam,
he stammered.
Mss,n corrected Miss Mehetabel
blandly. am Miss Mehetabel Wig
gin, n neighbor ! see you like garden
ing. / do SO love the pursuits of agri-
culture myself, that | couldn't help
stopping to watch you"
i like 1t when | bask In the beams
of such radiant beauty as now shines
on me" exclaimed the little gentleman,
he was very short, though very stout,
--clasping his hands ecstatically.
is the man making fun of me ="
thought Miss Mehetabel, who had not
doubt that she was very good looking,
but who had never been called a radiant
beauty, that she could remember " If
he is making fun of me that little mink,
Louizy Allen, must have put him up to
IT,
The thought caused Miss Mehetabel to
frown severely.
"Oh, pardon me pardon mel" he
exclaimed. I" DO not frown upon me,
and turn my sunshine into night. My
xt.nH t... pt In hn
pressed but, oh trust have not of
Tended you beyond forgiveness. Your
beauty dawned upon me so suddenly,
and you remind me so strongly of one 1
loved years ago. Pardon me, and say
that we shall meet again."
Well, am sure" simpered Miss
Mehetabel, and dropped her eyes, like a
bashful schoolgirl.
Surely no one could doubt his sinceri-
ty At last she was appreciated At
last the dream of her life was realized I;
she had II lover.
Just at this moment, most unfortun-
ately, a door was heard to open at the
house, and somebody came out.
Miss Mehetabel moved swiftly away.
"Oh, say that you will come again"
the little gentleman called after her.
+" Let this be our trysting- place"
Miss Mehetabel went homein dream
Aliens beau Could there be greater
happiness than that?"
For once in her life she was retlcent
with regard to her experiences. Miss
Lupira could find out nothing, but that
she had seen Louizy's beau, and he was
very handsome. That was very aston
ishing, for Miss Mehetabel was inclined
to think other women's lovers " horrld-
looking creatures - ami Miss Lupira
determined to see 6 +. X. Wartield'' for
herself as soon as possible.
That very night, Miss Spriggns, who
was a retail dealer in millinery goods,
and wholesale dealer in gossip, came
in with bit of news.
" Mis- Lawton says that Louizy Allen
has got beau, and his name is Frank
Warfeld. She's ben a-writin' to him
constant ever sence she come home from
Boston"
Mrs. Lawton was the post masters
wife.
"We knew as much as that our
selves" said Miss Mehetabel, with dig
nifty, and then made signs energetically
to Miss Lupira to say no more.
Miss Lupira was much bewildered at
the state of affairs, her sisters conduct
was so mysterious. Never before had
Miss Mehetabel manifested any reluc-
tance to tell all she knew.
Miss Luripa took morning stroll
before the dew was off the grass, the
next morning.
She put on white dress and a chip
hat with lavender trimmings, carried a
bouquet in her hand and walked around
the Widow Aliens grounds.
Louizy's beau' was walking up
and down, in secluded spot of the
garden, reading aloud, in declamatory
style, from book of poems.
The book dropped from his hand at
sight of Miss Lupira, and he rushed up
to the fence.
"Oh what vision of loveliness is
this that crosses my pathway" he
cried. "Oh are you Cleopatra, oil
Helen the most fairY o cruel, cruel
barrier that separates us twain ~