The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-10-04

have expired Time rules us all, you KNOW.
We cannot Tell what time may have in store
. for us" And 80 the question Was dismissed.
| /. Soon Julia and Edward came What passed
I. between them must remain secret TO! the
present, Dinner, a luxurious country one,
/ was served julia sat next Clcndenning, and
helped his plate to the new peas, picked by
her own fair hands,
The company appeared to enjoy the good
cheer famously, and after dinnerthc was lit
tie delay, and then all parties made ready to
migrate to the hospitabe roof Of Mr. Cary,
where in good oldfashioncd stylcw held The
infar
Before tea the young people divided orpair-
ed off 10 SHIT their tastes took long walk
away down the meadow to the maple woods
beyond Several bargains were made on that
delightful afternoon that lasted throughout "A
lifetime.
But Edward could make no hcadway IN his
courtship Of the rose Of the valley" The lady
was kind, but met all his protestation5 with a.
bantcring look or word until he was fam to-
exclaim: Now, Miss Agnes am afraid that
yon are bit Of coquette'
Far be it from me, Mr. Edward; you will
find that when the time comes for me to make
choice that you have greatly misiudged my
character
But, Miss Agnes, | do not like that other
string that you have to your bow instead of
being very jealous he seems very cool and
collected"
You surely are not jealous of a plough.
boy"
Hang it all, he Is a plough-boy no longer, |
but II handsome accomplished gentleman
half the girls in Washington are clazy after
him He is easy and graceful IN his manners,
and his great black eyes have some fire in
them. verify believe, however, that if his !
heart was not preoccupled that little fairy Miss
Thorn, would outstrp them all
II know Julia well, and thi.k she would
make James good wife; stranger things have
happened. But talking of two strings to your
bow, how did you leave the belle Of St Lolis,
Miss ulotid Vocier learned incidentally
that you met at ball in that fair city, and that
your attentions were quite marked
Edward colored a little, and then laughed
heartily. you had better say that her aten-
tions were rather marked never came As
near being captured against my will IN all my
life. | Will give you specimen of her gcner-
ashp. After We had danced one set together
she had me out on the balcony, and after some
banterlng talk, she broke out:
u,Nn,, A. W.ptunrtI, I kpn,y h,t vnu rn ,
engaged already and have come down with
your cool collected manners and frank, open
ways to play smash with the hearts of Us en- {
thusiastc, rafting, innocent southern girls
"'Indeed, am not engaged, Miss NOCier;
only wish were (Which was the truth, Miss
Agnes. ! am open to conviction, and it is
only fair for me to say that am charmed with
the southern ladies and southern manners
"'You have not visited the suburbs of our
our city nor the picture galleries, | dare say"
"Indeed ! have not, Miss Nocier'
"'Wcll then, will you allow me TO drive you
out at your earliest convenience and show you
around a iuc:
81 Will, indeed, and that leisure shall be af-
ter three O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. Shall
| have the pleasure OF calling at your place"
Yes; come, do, at half past three sharp
that is the way you Yankees say it, is it not'
II assented, and, true to the engagement,
was at the door of her fathers lordly mansion.
And to make II clean breast of it, we had glo-
rious ride. The cnvlrOnS of 81. Louis in the II
month of May are charming jndeod; the gar
l. 81, ,,,l Ca
grounds the tiaest in the Union | timed the
blacks as she drove around the track twice,
and they made 1t in 2l6. Ii they had failed,
verify believe she would have sold them on
the very next day OF course now invited
her to accompany me to the theatre, when she
commented on everything rs though it belong
ed to her fathcr-he Is said 10 be very rich
And on the next morning she had me to the
art gallery, where had to be particular in my
comments on the pictures, rs Miss Clotild was
u connoisseur in the art She had been to Italy |
and Paris and London, and WAS far my supc
rior IN her experience of the world
The upshot of it all was, that she was 50
forward and | was so frank that had to leave
my business to an agent and flee away, or she
would have had me bound hand and foot be
fore tins time
II wonder that you did not yield your heart
To the warm'hearDcd girl. | think | should /
like her
mo acting now, Miss Agge; she says she
knows you well, and loves you, toO-and 1t Is
from her that you heard the story
Yes that is true; We were room'mates at
Washington for SIX months, and she graduated
and left Tor home and Europe do not see
how you resisted her charms-shc captured
halt the college boys at Washington, besides
two clcrgymcn and one of the German music
teachers who came 10 give Us lessons"
well, had been hcart-free, suppose
must have yielded But tell YOU what Is u fact
L.. rnDL | nrnipr ~ do ny. Lnlf of the