The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-05-06
WHO WAS FOOLED?

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4 look Of tender expostuation; the
swift moving OF aged lips to smile
Two faces almost touched ~ pair OF
strong arms relieved feeble ones Of q
heavy package Of books.
Well, dear" said the mellow old
voice OF Mrs Naples, addressing her
sou, Lynn, ! thought you had enough
to carry"
Lynn Naples arms might have been
said TO be iuli, for he carried n dry
goods bundle, valisc, welI-packed
phawi.slrap and m umbrella; but he
took uuick possession Of the books, and
them after an instaHts evident regret
that he had no arm to otter his mother,
rtepped from the slore-door, and turned
to hail n horac-car
A fair face, that had been turned
steadily toward the two since they
emerged from tie store, leaned forward
now into thcrunshiDe, as Aania Lorraine,
among the velvet cushions Of her phae.
ton 70 lowed with her brown, attentive
eyes the movements of mother and son.
"Amusing, watching the crowd some
times" remarked an elegant young man
at tcr side, reconciling himself with
what grace he could to Miss IorSina's
inattentlOn
" Yes" she answered, almost inaGli-
bly,
The next moment, with sharp cry,
she had sprung from the violet cushions
and was foremost in the gathering crowd.
Bewildcred, and for once shaken out
Of his boosted repofe of manner, Percy
Dudley followed her.
An aged woman her beautiful silvery
hair disheycled her black dress covered
with dust had just been lifted from the
ground hya buHy policeman, and was
Instantly claimed by young man.
Will some one call a carriage p
cried Lynn Naples, his mother lying
penacIcss across his breast.
"TaEe mine! pray, take mneW the
a'toui-hcd Dudley heard Miss Lorraine
saying.
But before he could get his breath, h,
was shouldcggd one side by Lynn, wht
had accepted Miss lpraines offer with
out Il thought, and was only anxious t,
get ila mother TO place OF safety,
He laid her in the deep seat, and sup
ported her with one arm, while Mis-
Lorraine put the lines into his othe
hand.
"rurn down this side slrcet-quicl
out Of the crowd" she said "anc
leave the phaeton at the ST. james IIotc
for Miss Loraine.'
The burly policeman had finished
placing his packages and bundles about
his feet, and mechanically Lynn MapleS
obcyed the mandate given him by the
silvery voice and sweet brown eyes.
The pretty ponies bore him quickly
from the scene aud through several
quiet streets to his home.
BY this time Mrs. Naples had re
gained consciousness, and could descend
from the vehicle, with his assistance
though much shaken
In stepping from the sidewalk to tax,
horss,car she had been interrupted by
the passing of a carriage, and stepped
back beneath the horses of another.
Lynn Naples was u blueeyed, tender
hearted fellow, with nothing rcmarka
bile about him out his purity of charac
ter and domestic tastes, contrasting
strongly with the habits OF the youny
men of the day.
Though siN.aud-twenty, his mothe
had hitherto been the sole badly of hi
love, and she was little surprised t,
hear him cxclaim suddenly y, out tf
revere, the next day:
Wasn't she beautiful"
"Who, Lynn
"rhe young lady who offered me he
carriage"
" You forget, dear" plaudly, owe
her knitting; IL did not see her"
And Lynn continued to wonder. lit
had left the phaeton at the ST. Jane
Hotel, aud the proprietor had assure,
him that all would be right. Apparent
ly the episode had closed.
On the contrary, Annie Lorraine, u re
markably Independent young lady fol
one of but twenty years of age, had
taken pains to inform herself that Mrs
Naples was not seriously injured. She
asked II hundred questions of her in
formaut-who CHANGED to know the
Maples--and learned that they were in
moderate circumstances; perfectly re.
Specialize; that they lived in Il fiat in
Hotel Dighton; that Lynn was a dry
goods clerk, and supported his mother
and Il young sister.
Percy Dudley stood by chatting.
" II seems to me YOU are very much
interested in that fellow, Annier he
exclaimed at last.
am, think" she answered care
lessly.
Dudley looked at her from under a
frowning prov. He, Percy Dudley,
the irresistible, the best match % the
season, had paid this girl the most I'M
mistakable attentions for four months,
without the slightest sign of having
made but the most ordinary impression
upon her.
Yet he continued his suit since there
was not another girl worth one hundred
thousand dollars IN his set, nor any
where that he knew of, to be had.
His jealous eye observed that in driv-
ing with Miss Lorraine, they never
passed the store where Lynn was en-
ployed without her turning her glance
toward the entrance; and once, when
he CHANGED to be filling a lady's carriage
with bundles, she bowed to him, with a
faint flush upon her lily face.