The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-12-30

you dressed now, so that you coald
begin your siege at once"
BELL, go down at once and enter
tain the gentleman until your cous
in from Devonshire comes down."
commanded Will; "and mind you
encourage him to make all the love
he can; and you stay here and
dress me-"
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are in the house, do you?" said Bel.
Twenty minutes later there glided
into the parlor the sweetest witch of
about eighteen summers that ever
was, and Bel introduced her as
"My cousin, Jennie Vaughan, from
Devonshire. Mr.. Fernleigh."
What lovely dark eyes she had,
and shimmering golden hair! Why,
even pretty Bel couldn't hold can
die to herl Who could resist
making himself fascinating to herP
And before he had left, Mr.. Fern
legh had engaged her tor a drive,
telling Bel, as he slyly pressed her
hand in parting, as friend of hers
he would do all in his power to
make her cousins visit agreeable.
How the girls rushed down into
the parlor after he had left, and
what a screaming and laughing
there was. Will rolled on the floor
almost in convulslons, very much to
The detrIment of his long train and
fair tresses.
"What lark it was" he gagped.
Ito see him sitting there, casting
killing glances at me so that you
nhouldn't see them, Belp
And he went off into a fresh out
burst of laughter, while the object
OF their merriment wended his way
to his hotel. thinking to himself
"By Jcve, regular little beauty.
Bel herself is thrown In the shade,
although there is a family resemb-
lance. A lucky thing thought of
that drive; but I'll have to be con-
foundedly careful, or I'll arouse
BePs suspicious. Why, do be
lieve that the girl hsiders herself
engaged to me the way she acted
to-day! "Well, it's only polite to
play the agreeable to a guest of hers,
and Pm going to do it."
The fun that followed the next
Few days! Everywhere Miss Jennie
went Fernleigh was her devoted
"Solely for your sake" as he reas-
suringly told Belle, and "to oblige
Miss Rsthbourne," and the rest oi
the girls understood 1t.
Every evening Mr.. Fernleigh
,ook Miss Vaughan for 4 stroll IN
the elm groves, and perl APPS his at.
tention would have been little less
loverlike, and his words more care
fully chosen, had he known that be
rhind the trees were hidden a score
of mischievous girls, with theil
handkerchiefs stuffed into theil
mouths and tears streaming dowr
their cheeks in their efforts to keeE
themselves unobserved.
But the ending came as it alway:
does, sooner or later, and Mr.. Fern
leigh awoke one morning with thu
unpleasant conviction that he was
deeply in love himself. He, the i'm
pregnable, the invIncible, was in tn,
tolls at last! And, stranger still t.
relate, with a young lady of who's
affections he is not at all certain
Miss Jennie had persistently re
ljected all his advances-had givel
him to understand that she did no
approve of flirting-in fact, haC
piqued him, and close upon piqu
followed love, that is, as much low
as his shallow heart was capable o
feeling, and he determined that sh
should yield.
And yield she did that very eve
ming very sweetly and graciously
much to his surprise.
Had l been so sure of my prize
l might at least not have been il
such a hurry" he thought ruefully
"but | shall have to face the musi
now
"And you will come over to-mor
rowand announce our engagement
asked Jennie confidently.
How should he explain matters t.
Bel and to all the others? What a
idiot he had made of himself! Blu
he really loved Jennie, he told him
self, and so would brave it out, a
best he could.
= The next morning when b
stepped into Mrs. Rath5ourne'
drawing-room he found himself i
the presence of not only Bel, but
+ dozen other girls, every one O
whom he knew-alas, only too wei
Jennie was nowhere in sight, but Be
coming forward, offered him sea
; saying:
; "You will please excuse US nov
Mr.. Fernleigh, if we go on with ou
parts; we are rehearsing for prlvat
. theatricals.
And turning to Tiny she wer
q on:
"Oh, Jennie. my darling, but fC
one little ray of hope! l love yo
dearly! Why, oh, why do yo
persist in thinking l am trifliu
with your feelings? 1 love you tC
! well for that, my darling"
I Then Tiny
"But, Horace, you have mao
love to my cousin, and to 9th
Z girls, too; that am sure Of"
81 may have firted with them
/ trife, darling, OILY because kne
you did not care, but you, my da
D lingp pause, only broken by Il
subdued giggle of every girl in Il
8 room.