The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-01-08

,neht. and had had not long come Tito his
property.
"Ah, Miss Dot" said Jack, with a
very knowing look, which he always put
on when he means chaff, .ssnow, there Is
a chance for you-fifteen thousand a
year ands a. title = You would make a
Hcharlning little lady of the manor, and
We would tow-tow to you most delight
fully"
"Qon't be silly, jack" 1 said, in a
huffy tone, trying to look seriouss 81
1seUer mean to marry" this vehement
ly);s'"and 1 detest your Adohises with
their money-bags!''
7 Jack shrugged up his shoulders rather
tremendously, and gave little laugh
Now, hate that laugh of sacks. Jl
E'sWel, my dear child" said he pa
renta1ly, ran 1 ask, Of you is to be civil
)to him tonight wien he comes to din
ner, iand put on your smartest gown"
/" / shall do nothing of the sort" re-
piled [. ''sSmartestg6wn, indeedi What
do l care about young 'Squires with
large rent-rolIsp', 'a' 900 h'h'a
ihI AndlI left The foon1 With sfstrong de-
Termination MOTTO look my Ibest chat
evening What did 1 care about fasein-
Eating men, when a certain pair of brown
eyes were forever haunting me.
ss.Ah. men' thought; show have
changed, A few short months ago and
the idea of Irritation would have. made
me perk DIP and Jump for Joy, ana 7
would have done all in my power to
make.the country girls green with jeal-
ousy; but now don't seem to care one
little BIT to become acquainted with this
magnificent Squire. -
lat first thought Iwould make some
excuse and not appear at dinner; but
then Geraldine would think it. unkind,
perhaps; and, after all, what did it mat
tter2 1VtllRS 9fTEIl SIHEg
= SIX Clock Struck, and went to dress
for dinner. l hesitated a little as to
what garment should wear, and finally
selected pale blue gauze trimmed with
blpsh-roses. Yes, thai would do-any
thing would do. I did care, though, a
wee bit as to how / looked. had been
thinking about Biarritz again, and my
eyes were very bright when l looked in
the glass.
"Shall l ever see him again?" said
to, myself; and as / said it something
seemed to whisper /" ,Yes,'' and Ifelt the
blood rush quickly to my cheeks "a
ri was dressed before Geraldine, and
demurely, took my work down to the
drawing room and seated my little self
on the amber damask sofa, AS DIG
so, 4 glanced at my reflectioi1' in the OPP
kpositeS mirror and I&fateefea myself
l looked rather well in my blue cloudy
looking dress against the soft amber.
My eyes were certainly unusually bril-
liant! ASH Stitched away, at my en-
lbrOidery, nay thoughts once mere-re-
verted to the time had spent at Biar-
ritz, and more especially, 10 a certain
neVer-to-be-forgotten day, and to a GER
tain tad figure with broad shoulders
and kind eyes i was, just recalling
every incident of my adventure, -when
the 1doorgw suddenly thrown open
and the servant announced "Mr. Wig
j rose teauyqf our gusstCI glanced
for one instant at his face, andmy heart
stood still. moved forward in sort of
mist, and dreamily extended my hand.
WAS it indeed he, my hero? We're these
the EYES I remetdberedso web this the
same deep$sweet Fofce?, He looked at
me Steadily for "a moment, and then, a
troubled expression, half of surprise
and half of disappointment, came'o over
bis. face. & g ~. M
'sMrs. Temperly, L pfesumeP'' were
the formal words which rose to his lips,
and he took my offered hand. ~
1 nlurmured something incoherently
to set. him right. Happily he caught
the meaning of my words. His face
suddenly lighted up, and coming nearer
to me, he took my hand once more and
raised it to his lips.
81 am so very glad we have met
again. never thought to be SO fortu-
nate.n' A - 4H'i q
And then Geraldine entered, with
many apologies for being late, and other
guests were announced. ...'..... .,'.' +,
Later.on i'm the evening 1 eonfided in
Jack, who, only remarked >laeonically:
'sThen y ht the deuce didh'ttthel fellow
come to see US at Biarritz?"
"Never mind, Jack" said I; "he is
here now And-please,. dear, don't
chaff any psofe abeut him.
"All fight said Jack, - But I
thought you hated rich Young men,"
This was jacks last bit of, Sarcasm;
ndwhen, day after day, the squire
joihed us in our rides and drives, and
spent evening after evening at he
Gfange, no one seemed astonished
but when he. actually proposed to ME,
the oneSwho sympathized mostwarnly
with hfejn my happiness was my d Gar
est frieha,, Kathleen PallisserSto NVhom
/ hadconfided all my small bit 81 rO-
manceN Yes, our Fremembrapce and
love for each other was nautuaf
He had endeaEored to.tind me out af-
ter leaving Biarritz, and all his efforts
had been ffuitless. To- mskeh long
story short, we were married very soon,
and the Pallisser's girls were my bride
maids.A English Paper ssb90IH Goa
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