Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-02
THE HERALD
Only for Amusement
BY vIRaINlA = rowNsENn.


What's that you're saying. miss !?
You, | mean, with the dark bright
eyes and the smile lowering around
the bed of dimples in your lips, like
stray CLEANS of light. Only for
amnsement,eh ?"
The words came very musically
from that little rosebud mouth, and
the careless, coqusttish toss of those
brown riDglets, was certainly very
bewisching. And SO you have add.
ed another name TO your list of con-
quests, and in order to gain this, you
have for the last six months been
acting lie. You know you have
and that look of slandered innocence
don't affect the matter one whit.
You meant to bring him to your
feet; and you've done it. They said
you couldn't--that his heart would
DO invulnerable even to charms like
yours; aud that you resolved, by fair
means or foul, you'd achieve the
thing. 1t was bard matter at first
though, wasn't it? Bat you smiled
and sighed, you valued and walked,
you beamed and bluthed, you looked
and languished. you nirted and flut-
tered, uDtil at last you triumphed.
What glances--balf- meek, half
melting used to steal fiom under the
corners of your dropping lashes-
What smiles, sud len and subduing.
used to fash across that pretty face
OF yours; what low sweet replies
used to drop from your lipsl You
don't wonder when you look in the
glass that the fellow couldn't stand
it.
Then how you managed to get
next to him in the coeiest corner OF
The sofa, pretending, that your eyes
were weak and couldn't endure the
light; or out 10 the garden where the
breeze travelled down the flower
rutied pathe, AID the stars looked
with tbeir neek sersph eyes upon
you, for the heat Of the crowded
rooms always gave you headache
Then somehow JON could never
pin your shawl Your fingers were
so clumsy with your gloves on, and
your bonnet strings were always
getting into knot that you couldn't
dissntangle without his assistance
and toould be be 80 kind as to hold
the bouquet Of roses and gera0iums
you were going to send to hat dar-
ling friena OF : ira? How your liz
tie rosy fingers glanced amoag his
"a you wound the blue ribbon around
tho stems.
But cant begin to enumerate
the thousandth part of your doings
and mar elvering=, and you wers 30
innocent, 80 childlike withal. Good.
nessi A gray-headed diplomatist
might have envied your skill.
Well, the 3enouenaent came ct last
and didn't you behave admirably |
What look of cool surprise you
N anaged to call up and how gerry
courteously you Informed him that
you never dreamed of his intentions
being serious You sincerely hoped
nothing in year conduct bad given
him encouragement, and you should
always entertain for him very high
esteem. Didn't be look blank though.
Bat you don't quite like to think of
tho expression which over his face
the next moment. Even your heart
was smitten with momentary re-
Proaob.
And so he has gone TO California,
leaving his widowed mother aud
skaters to mourn the absence of their
only son and brother. What's that
you're sayir G? It's nothing to you,
You're not responsible for his move.
meDta. Yes, you are responsible,
too, responsible 10 the sight of high
Heaven for the true, noble heart you
have wronged and wrecked; respon-
sibie for the faith in woman's truth
and sffeotion wb,oh you have de-
stroyed; responsible for the dishon-
or you have done 10 your sex; re.
sronsible for the love you called into
beiog only for your own amuse-
ment"
Woman's smile will beam and Der
beauty will brighten around BIZ
pa hway again and these may once
moro win his fancy, but frem the
story OF that truth and constancy,
which is her chief ornament he will
turn with the sneer Of the sceptic.
foe he will carry the memory OF
yourself the deceiuer, to his grave.
Aud OIL beautiful lady believe me,
when yoa s.snd at that Bar from
who's Judgment there is no appeal
aud your lite record is laid open in
the sight of IT, All-scarchipg Eye,
you will fud bat for oil these things
it will not avail you to reply, SONY
fGr amusement"