Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-03-06
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courtly terms as his confused idea en-
abled him to render.
"It is no trouble" she said, with
blush and smile that dwelt long in
his memory.
"What an escaped thought Rich
ard, as he went down the steps. who
would believe that woman could APP
pear and look so different ?"
Then his thoughts reverted to the
fair vision, of which he had obtained
so briet glimpse. How pretty she
looked in the neat shilling print that
fitted SO perfectly the beautifully
rounded form, and how prettily she
smiled and blushed. There was no
sham or false color there, surely.
Not many days after, Richard stood
upon the plaza of the Mountain House,
where he had spent few weeks of
every year during quite succession
of them.
As he glanced around, he saw a
young lady leaning against one of the
pillars, the outline of whose form and
partly averted face looked strangely
familiar A silver-haired man was
standing beside her, whom he recog-
nized as soon as he turned his head.
"How do you do, Mr.. Selwyn?"
he said, advancing toward him with
extended hand.
The old gentleman shook hands
with him warmly, and then turning
to the young lady, said
"My niece Jennie, Mr.. Culver"
81 think We have met before" said
Richard, with a smile, as he bowed
low in response to this.
Her heightened color and the mirth-
full CLEAN in the eyes that met his
were the young lady's only reply to
this intimation, but they made Rich
ards heart beat warmly at the recol-
lection they implied.
"My niece goes out into society so
little that 1 had no idea that you were
acquainted" said Mr.. Selwyn, on
whom this little by-play was lost.
"My wife and daughter have gone to
Saratoga, but we--Jennie and 7
thought We would enjoy better a trip
to the mountains"
Richard was greatly relieved to find
that he should be under no necessity
of meeting the woman he had last
seen under the circumstances so en-
barrassing to both.
This being Jennie's first visit to the
mountains, everything to her was new
and wonarously beautiful. Richard
had been there so frequently that he
knew justhow and where TO go to OBJ
tain the finest views, and he lost no
time in offering his services as guide
to Jennie and her uncle.
Mr.. Selwyn gladly accepted his Of
fer in behalf of his niece.
"My climbing days are over" he
said with a smile, "but I am anxious
to have Jennie see everything that
is worth seeing"
And so, to Richards great delight,
it was arranged that he was to be her
escort and companion on all and every
occasion. AS for Jennie, she threw
herself into his plans and suggestions
with all the zest and abandon of a
child.
Glad in thick boots, brown linen
dress, which cleared the ground all of
two inches, and a broad brimmed hat
she clambered up hills and over rocks
in way that would have shocked her
fine, lady aunt and cousin, but which
and delighted Richard, who
had never seen anything like it be-
fore.
The happy weeks that followed
passed all too quickly. So when Mr..
Selwyn announced one morning, as
they were seated out upon the plaza,
his intention of returning the next
day, the shock brought sudden rev.
elation to the heart of each as to how
much of the happiness they had en-
joyed was due to the presence and
companionship of the other.
Perhaps Mr.. Selwyn suspected how
it was between the two, for in few
minutes he went into the house, leay-
ing them alone.
The rays Of the rising sun fell like
a halo around Jennies head as she
listened 10 the story, old yet ever new,
which Richard poured into her will
ling ear. In is eyes the bushes of
the dawn were not brighter than those
which dyed Ii + cheek, or the song of