The Newtown bee., 1879-06-10
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one lOOkeu up aI mn Hall IoFlhgiS, Hd angrily, and then said with sigh:
 "Oh, Frank, if you were only not such a blundering, awkward fellow!'
 "I perfectly agree with you, Bessie, and second the wish, still as you have accepted ne for better or for worse, you must be re- signed to the inevitable"
 "But you may outgrow it; you don't mean to tell me that there is no hope P
 e am afraid so, Bess; from my boyhood it has been lever thus 1 never dropped a piece of bread and butter but that it fell on the buttered side, and know that if I should fall on my back I would surely break my nose; so bear with me patiently dear." ..-.-..- s
 GA pleasant prospect have before me, surely; and, Frank, do really think that you might improve, if you would only try, for my sake," and again she sighed.
 She was bright, pretty little woman, the only daughter of old Dr. Langdon, and motherless from her infancy. She had met Frank Howard at his sisters house, who had been schoolmate of her own, and now married. He was young lawyer with a future yet to make. They had known each other for more than year, and the acquaint- ance had ripened into love, and fond VOWS were exchanged, notwithstanding the re- monstrances of his sister, who feared Dr. Langdon might blame her for her share in bringing them together, more especially as her brother had no wealth to offer, and Dr. Langdon was very wealthy man. Still she was not needed; the lovers met ire quently, trusting to Cupid and fortune to bring all things right They were now walking slowly through the Ramble, and Bessie's pretty features were partially hid den beneath thick blue veil, which Frank threatened to remove every moment.
 "You look like an Egyptian mummy swathed in those yards of blue stuff.'
 "Another blunder. Why couldn't you have said that looked like yelled east. ern beauty, instead of a withered old mum, my? Oh, Frank, you have so many virtues ated with high honors, you are studious and ambitious; they say you have shrewd sense and keen judgment. You arc honorable generous, courteous, in word, you are al most perfect, and then, besides, you love m' so we'll"
 "Ah, Bessie, dearest, how unspeakabl, | devo-'
 Yes, I know; you needn't try to tell me-
 "Without you"
 "Yes, I know life would be desert All this. know, but also know that you helplessness and utter want of tact will ge me into trouble, and ruin my very bas l plans
 But your quick wit can always find way out"
 "Yes, but how long? My stock of ex cuses is almost exhausted, and my inventiv, genius is vanishing"
 "Oh, Bess, you know your resources arr inexhaustible.'
 beg your pardon, sir. You are mis taken. My friends have all been invalid a su cient number of times Four times have been to the dentists. Five times have spent the afternoon at your sisters and papa said the other evening that h, thought that the visiting was all on on, l side; and today, this is the seventh birth day visit this year that l have paid my olt music teacher. If wasn't for papa's forget fulness of trifes, I should certainly be fount out. Oh, Frank, I'm afraid you'll neve make good lawyer sec how they have t plot, and deceive, and tell stories and 70, really are not equal to the most simpl plot; have to contrive everything, ant l that, too, at the risk of having everything upset by your awkwardness. If tell yo, to meet me at the right entrance of thepark you take the left and so much time is los until we find each other. Then if I sa, four o'clock, you come at five"
 That only happened once, when coult not get away from the office.' That was slight excuse; but lister How precisely I told you the other day that if the shade in my room was down a eight o'clock, would be able to meet 70, the nextday at Nellies, but if it should b up, that would not come" l Certainly, that understood" I Yes; but what did you do? All yo, 1 had to do was to pass the house at eight glance up at my window, and go on. In stead of that, you awful fellow, what di, Lyando but come atasix so1clpck." saw ! M imratienoe, dear!''s sss That's very fine. If yon had. eve walked up and down; hut, no. You sta tioned yourself opposite my window like | e ,f4t*tf 3,1d look rd in sn noinfpdlv fhs