St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1879-03-08


J, Oh, You pitlless oornlorant' ex
claimed NeRs I'M half inclined te
warn them"
r. It Is " Wonderful, thing to be
young. Pleasure seems to wait fol
us then, while by-anl-by we seeE
her in sain-fiyifg. she eludes us
Clara aud Nell Waters, with then
pretty friend, Gussie GRAVITY, were
Intelligent, We'll educated girls, with
refined tastes. and no lack of in
formation; but youth demands
amusement, and takes it often in
Weak and silly ways, not. criticising
ITS quality. nor seeking for TIN.
moral in all its pleasant entertain.
ments. Consequently, Msssrs. Dick
and Martin, thongh by no means
prize specimens of the genus homo,
aft 'rded those Young ladies much
harmless gaiety, Their fpointles>
attentions. small talk and smalle.
witticisms We're well received.
The presence Of third yann..
lady made it all the more asreeab!,
to the two yorin men. 1t added t,
their Importance and spurred then.
on to extra exertion in the way o
being gallant and entertaining.
Gussie kept her word, and di,
her utmost to DO charming, 70
which her .young hostesses gaiiy re
pr 'ached her a.terward.
sighed Nell. a kn 1S " It It Would bt
so-men are SO tickle"
You may y saT Say So" sai,
Gussic, seriously. Il know it for !.
certainty in the ease Of my brother
John. You never saw john, girls!
Well, it is no, loss to you, though h.
is good, solid fellow, but oh! s.,
awfuily disasreeable-to girls, l
mem" - s!as TIFF
He is older than you are?" said
CLAIR, intergogatiyely. unr,rr
tOL yes Ayesits ind years md
80 grumpy, you cant think. Som,
Times. llpduce.him to say.o1ei my
friends is pretty, and | think 1 have
triumphed over bis insulting aphor-
ism that all girls look alike, when
the very next day he will turn
around and say il was mistake to |
.ncy he had found IN exception to
he ru.e-that they were all alike.
babies. and about us troublesome,
Or some ether.ungs4lant speeciryr
Dear me, said Clara. WAS he
disappointed in love in his YOUTH"
,sry sia IT, e ~ f s,nt w So
ZEE HIM by-and by. He's corning
. the city, and will call. of course"
I'VE will be delighted, l am sure"
aid Nell, politely. Perhaps he isl
Ike Mr.. FeswidE, rpapa's iawSer,
tho dimes herel eyery week, and
'retends that we girls are the
lagues of his life. Perhaps he does
, all in fun" -.- :,
Not he. He is in earnest. He
ant endure orr sex. but, for all /,
nat, he's a good fellow, is our John,
nd perhaps I do wrong to speak of
i'm so. /" mi. II /
The Misses Waters fastened to
her ON thstrpeins and de- ,
AIRED that they We're not at all l
against him by her nc $
punt, etc.
In a short time they, had Eap eepgf
Judge f.r themselves, I
r MIR. John GRAVITY made his APP a
aarance ut Mr.. Waters house, in
with a very bashful and
rlous looking gentleman named a
erman Peyton, also a New Yorker.
The Waters were Rrepred1tpr'
Get III Mr. Grdhtlv Il sort Of Blue
lard. and were most agreeab!y I
lrprised to find him Il mild, unas-
inning geatledian. rather q,fiet and s
turing IN ms ,maaners, ..bnt der, 81
le'liy Intelligent and agreeable. 5,
He and his Communion were to Ii
ny in the c,ts' thfse dayyss. They
ere stopping it hotel, and pro- n
'sed triteslsiad boat ridessf5r4te q
ung ladies', to their delight. al
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