Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-09-27
PLAIN MISS CAREW.

PLAIN MISS CAREW.
/ shall never forget TINT happy
Summer at Harpswell, q quaint old
peninsular town up the Casco Bay.
/ don't know just how we happened
to 90 there, but how pleased every
one was with the old-fashiOned
houses, and the cottages built on the
banks of pretty coves, and the AT.
lantic booming and laundering and
foaming right under our windows
Dear little cottages, with piazzas and
balconies and slender chimneys' and
poplars bending over the roof low
ingly! And strong, more substan
tial farm houses, with narrow win
dows and tiny panes of glass; gar
dcns filed with peoples and dahlias,
and always beautiful perjury lilacs,
meadows fresh with butter-cups and
clover and tall marguerites. Deep
green woods, fields of corn, and every
where a great quantity of roses. And
such massive, rugged rocks, and
grand views from the hills overlook
ing the sea /; and all over the island
that peculiar h0arse, musical sound,
called the "rofc," comes in from the
ocean and adds plaintiveness to the
lovely Summer days.
There are hard, white beaches, and
the waves come tumbling in, roaring
and shining in the morning sun, and
the surf plays mad FRANKS with the
chips and shells and bits of seaweed
on the shore. There are boats moor
ed at the stakes, and square boxes,
called "cars," float beside them, but
whether for ornament or use no one
seemed to know. Over all is u fair
blue sky and perfect golden weather.
We were u party Of seven boardera
ut Mrs. Sennett's cottage at the head
ofLowel's Cove. II was in reality q
stout old house, but some romantic
wanderer had named it "Pcarl Cot
tagc," and as such we knew it. 1t
was the most beautiful spot imagin-
able. Had it been a verdant Eden
there could have been no softer beauty
than greeted us on every hand. A
wide garden frightened the space be-
tween the bank and the house and
filled the air with perfume. The
cove was shaded by huge willows of
a hundred years growth, and many
birds sang in their branches. The
soft, caressing breeze tinged our
cheeks with healthy color, and q July
sun added u not unbecoming brown
ness.
Almost unconsciously we drifted
into familiar, friendly intercourse,
and were happy and easily pleased.
Nature, in her grand moods, shames
us out of artiticiality. No one re-
proved a loud laugh, leap, or even
a run down the evelroad. We were
all SO happy and gay and trimming
over with spirits, it was simply i'm
possible to be dignitied, and curb our
unruly, bOister0us natures.
We were having q delightful row
one evening, and returned rather late.
There was light in the sitting-room
contrary to our custom, and a trunk
and bag on the piazza.
Somebody has cOme," cried May
Derry. "lere's a mans trunk can
tell by the canvass yes, here's q
card. Oh, girls what do you thinka
1t is that Mr.. Skidmore we saw the
day we went to the Neck! Isn't it
splendid
$50 it is," said Mays sister. "Come
here, all Of you. 'Mr. F. Skidmore.'
! wonder how he ever happened to
come here. Won't we have a Jolly
time p
"Victoria,' expostulated her mother.
DWELL, well, nice looking young
man doesn't come to Harpswell every
day. You haven't seen him, Miss
Carew," turning to q plain, dark
faced girl. ale isimmensely wealthy,
and q real gold-brown BEARD and
fluffy yellow hair, and blue eyes with
brown spots in them, and"
She might have gone on for an
hour had not hearty laugh from in
side the room started her.
81 beg your pardon, "said deep,
voice, and a tall figure appeared in
the doorway, "but the description
was too amusing" and again Il merry
laugh broke from him, in which We
all joined.
81 suppose I was very rude,' said
Miss Derry, "but the deed is done,
and and, guess we'll go in and HAYES some
"lf she would only not say, 4
guess" whispered her mother, at is
quite plebeian."
We found Mr.. Skidmore delight.
fnl addition to our party. Off,. good
family, wealthy, thorough man of
the world, and handsome, he had
everything in his favor. The Derrys
were, to use Victoria's phraseblogy,
"over head and ears in love with
him." and the gentleman voted him a
capital fellow. He played croQuet
with steady arm and never-saiiing
stroke, rowed well, sang delicious
little songs in tender, manly voice
read aloud when it was too hot for.
exercise, and made himself a most at
tractivq companion. From the first
he seemed to positively dislike plain
Miss Carew. In our games he avoid
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