Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-06-08
MISC scELLAHEoUs.
LOVE IN A THUNDER-sHoWBR,

81 don't think care about the nutting
picnic,' said the rector's daughter.
mot care about it?" echoed Horatia
Dale. "Why, 1 thought You always went
every year"
$50 always have done, but don't think
l shall go this year"
"Ah! see-jeslous!' said Horatia
81 am not!" cried Fanny Forester. "Aud
no one shall dare to say. such thing of
mel
Nevertheless, it is true" said Miss Dale.
''You arc not going to the nutting party be-
cause Harvey Carroll has asked Oriana Van
Velsor to accompany him. Now, deny it if
you dare! What goose you are to be pining
sfter a man that doesn't care for you'll
81 don't pne!" said Fanny
"To break your henrt because Harvey
Carroll prefers the gaudy city tulip to our
little wild-rose Of the woodsl'
81 don't break my heart' persisted Fam
ny.
Come, cheer up" said Horatia laughing.
"Miss Van Velsor returns to town to>mor.
row. The war2,schools begin next week and
she must take her place as second assistant
school ma'sm in Peake street. And even if
she should take Harvey Carrolrs recreant
heart with her, why, there's this consolation
there's as good fish in the sea rs ever came
out of it''
81 hate vulgar proverbs, said the rector's
daughter
''You hate Orana Van VeIsor, you
neun,' said Miss Dale, shrewdly.
oh oratia," cried Fanny, 'if you say an
other hateful word, 1'll-
Come, now, Fanny" said Horatia, put
ting her arm around the waist OF the sobbing
girl, I'm only trying to raise your dormant
spirits. Don't let this conceted city girl
think she's breaking your heart, and don't
in the world. Hush! there they come up
the garden pathl"
"Not here" cried Fanny.
"Tee, here. Why shouldn's Miss Oriana
vaunt her conquest here os elsewhere?"
81 won't see them" cried Fanny.
"But you must" commanded Miss Dale
''Do you want her to think you're bligbted
blossom? Brush those big drops off your
eyelashes at once and come into the pnrlor."
And Fanny Forester decided that it was
best to obey her friends counsel.
Miss Oriona Van VoIsor was tall. bril-.
liantly complexioned young lady, who called
herself five and twenty, who wore her hair
banged and generally wore white lace veil
drawn tightly over her face, after the most
approved style.
Harvey Carroll. the handsome village
lawyer, was we'll nigh infatuated by her met,
ropolitan airs and graces, to the grief of lit
tie Fanny Forester, who up to this time had
been his favorite companion
To lose the rich gurdeon Of Harvey Car
rolls love bowed our little country girls
heart to the very ground, aud made her
think vaguely thst it couldn't be so very
wrong to commit suicide after ALL For Fanny
had DO mother, and the rector, honest man,
lived 10 world of books and manuscripts,
from which he emerged reluctantly, three
times dsy, to eat his distracted meals.
Miss Ven Velsor gigged, firted hcr fan,
as Fanny Forester greeted her in low
voice, scarcely even glauciug at Harvey
Carroll.
"YOu're going to the nutting party to.
morrow, of course, Miss Forester. ;" said she.
Fanny was about to say NO; but shc caught
Horatia Dale's warning eye, and changed
her answer to:
Yes, l suppose So"
"We are going" said Miss Van VeIsor-
"Mr Carroll and I. lie has depicted the
delights of a nutting party in such vivid
colors that really am qnite anxious to rsr-
ticiPate in one. do hope it won't rain"
'Ob, it won't raiD," said Mr. Carroll
81 don't think it will rain" said Fanny,
feeling she ought to say something.
"And," Harvey edded. eff you are not
provided with escort, 1 am sure Miss Van
Velsor will he very glad to have you join cur
party"
"DeligLted!' chimed IN Oriapa.
81 thank you." interposed Miss Dale, be-
fore Fanny could reply, ''but Fanny is to
go with my brother Lemuel"
(Now Mr. LenueI Dale was ln old bach
elor, regarded as the common property of all
the girls in town.
"Yes," said Fanny, clutchiug at the straw
of escape; 81 am to go with Mr.. Lemuel
Dale" And Harvey Carroll's conscience
did sting him little, as he met the glance
of unconscious reprOach in poor Fapuy's
eyes.
she is little jswel." he confessed to
himself. ''But then she is only pear, and
Oriana is diamond Of the first water; and
there can be no better chance for me to pro,
pose than tomorrow"
And morning came-one of those brilliant
tuDmer,like days that seem to have been