Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-10-08
HOW sNOOKS GOT OUT OF 1T.

"IF you will take my advice" said
Mr.. Wilding, making last noble but
futile effort to balance the ivory paper
knife on the tip of his first finger, "you
won't 90 to the Brownngs' ball"
"And why notP" asked his compan-
ion, irritably.
"Well, l really wouldn't, you know" :"
said Mr. Wilding, giving up his strug-
gle with the impossible, and laying the
refractory paper-knife upon the table
"for a variety of reasons. Girls play
the very mischief with you, and you
know what trouble it gave me to get
you out of your last scrape. There are
four Browning girls, aren't there? And
they are all prettyP"
al don't see what that's got to do
with it, said Snooks, sulkily. "There's
safety in a multitude. can't marry
'em all, can IP"
"Happily, no! Though, if the laws
of your land did not forbid it, 1 am in
clined to think you might try to accom-
plish even that. Still, be advised,
Snooks, and be conspicuous by your alb
sence at the Brownrigs' small and ear
ly.' Papa Browning, when incensed, is
not nice; and you know you are deci-
dedly epriS with Miss Katie"
mo, l am not" said Snooks, with
decision; "not a bit of it. Though l
allow she is handsome girl and has
lovely eyes. Hasn't she, nowP"
Il don't know. As rule, never
look into woman's eyes. consider
it rudeDess as well as 6etiSe," said
Wilding, earnestly, telling his lie with
out blush. "Never mind her eyes.
IT," warningly, "you must go to this
ball, at least try to forget that she has
any eyes at all. If you don't, you will
propose to her, to q moral"
"One would think that 1 was raw
schoolbOy,' said young Snooks, wrath
fully "Do you think that can't look
at a woman without committing myselfP
Do look like a foolP"
Whatever Mr.. Wilding thought at that
moment he kept it to himself Before
ne spoke next he and his conscience had
agreed TO dissemble.
"My dear fellow, do not let us even
hint at such thing" he said, amiably
''I only meant that you were slightly
very yslightly-susceptible, and that Miss
Katie has a certain amount of pleasing
power, and that positively '00uld give
up this ball if i"
care you goingP" broke in Snooks
impatiently.
"Well, yes, dare say l shall look in
about twelve"
"Then I shall look in with you" said
Snooks, deiantly.
"Fact is, the fellow wants to spoon
her himself, and don't see the force o.
being cut out, " said he to himself, com
placently, as he ran down tho steps o.
Wilding's stairs.
Beyond all question the Brownrigs
ball was a decided success. The room.
were filed to overflowing, the staircase;
were choked, the heat was intolerabe
Sir Thomas and Lady Higgins had ac
tually put in an appearance after all, ,anC
the supper, if uneatable, was, assure
you, very expensive. No pains or mon
ey had been spared; every thing wa
what the mistress of the house called
''rug regal !" and all the Miss Brown
rigs looked as charming as any ont
could desire.
There were four of them. There wa
Katie, the second daughter-SnoOks'
friend, and the possessor of the lovely
eyes And they were lovely: large
anu uAA NJ alAA luz hAAA I'M
the North, according to the Laureate
'black as i es, said her fond il slight,
oppressive mother, and of the languid
melting order.
Then there was Hetty, the eldest girl
who, if her eyes we're not dark as mid
night, had at least the dearest little nos
in the world. A pure Greek feature
perfect in every respect, ignorant o
colds in the hGal, that made one lonj
TO tell her (only she would have blushed
they were all nicely brought up) abou
Dudu and her Phiedian appendage.
Then came Georgie-" George tn
third" as she was playfully termed Il
the bosom of her family-who, if sh
had neither nose nor eyes like her sisters
had certainly a prettier mouth thai
either. A sweet little kissable rosebu,
of mouth, that pouted and laugheI
alternately, and did considerable exc
CutiOn.
And, finally, there was Lily. A tall
pale girl, with blue eyes, finely Gu
chin, and a good deal of determinatio
all round.