Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-02-05
INFATUATION.

There was little group on the pref
o 4iest croquet-ground imaginable-a GRO
background with a dimpled brook flick
ering by on one side. and semi-circle
OF fine old trees standing guard on the
aother. f511rSF +@-.tt
~ An elderly gentleman, in o linen coat,
was haltkneeling on the grass in the
mental and physical agony of q s.split
shot; youth of fifteen, awaiting his
turn, was watching the operation with
emphatic enpai; q little apart, young
man with fine features and symptoms Of
q mustaehe-a good-looking fellow, take
him all in all was conversing content
Se@edly with young lady-one of those
tall, fair-haired creatures, with grand
eyes and superb complexion, who fairly
bewllder one with rare coloring.
. $50 your aunt will be here this after
noon, Miss Penroyp" he was saying.
= 80 Yes, in the $40 train" -
The young fellow calculated in the
depths OF his spiritual consciousness
1t is now three. Two hours grace
Would thatan accident might befall the
train! sOfall things maiden aunt! No
more pleasant tete-G- tetes on the piazza =
''Bluei Here, Mr. Remington, it's
* your turn. You've got the most splen-
did chancei" called out the old gentle-
man, enthusiastically. Just knock
Augusta into the brook and go through
the middle wicker; then you can take
Charlie coming back, and"
Here the pleasant vision was demol-
ished by Mr.. Remington's sending
Augusta just the other way, and going
anywhere but through the wicket him
self. His counselor gave him a look of
reproachful despair, and grasped his
mallet as II he were going to commit
suicide, or suthin'," with it.
Miss Penroy took her place, and so
the game went on.
7sas An hour or two after, when returning
~ to the house to dress for tea, Mr.. Rem
b ington caught sight of an angular figure
in gray alpaca vanishing upstairs, and
few minutes later learned that Miss
Penroy's aunt had arrived
Just about seventy miles from the
= pretty croquet-ground and its accom-
panying farmhouse might have been
seen," on the banks of the Hudson, a
re. handsome villa, and in it's library, at
the moment at which write, were the
family assembled-a red-faced old gen.
tleman, white-haired old lady and two
pretty girls, as like as two peas and as
pretty as two pinks. rlA.
= The daily budget had just come from
the postof1ice, consisting this time of
one letter for the old lady, who, accord
ing to the superscription, was. Mrs. G..
I'll. Remington. Hf * q
g From Fred" she announced; g it's
really astonishing how contented he is
in that little, out f-the-way placer
81 thought he w Juld be back after
two days fishing. utterly disgusted, -
said Minnie, one of the peas.
Oh. I'm very glad to have him away
from temptation, went on the mother.
"A fashionable watering place is terri
BILE training place for gay young fell
low like Fred-and with his money, too.
He seems to have found pleasant con-
panions at this little place. He says /:
There are some very agreeable people
stopping here-a Mr.. Wane and his
family. and n Miss Penroy, a very beau
tiful girl, and her aunt, Miss Boggs.' ~
A very beautiful girl" laughed Bes-
sic, the other pea That explains the
mystery" e.5
- Penroy is very good name" said
gSs the old lady. 81 hope she isa nice
girl" 9Gszss'sss
Z The letters continued to come regular
every week, and the old lady continued
to read them plaeidly to her husband
and daughters. Miss Pcnroy and her
5 aunt still figured largely III the inissives,
iDgawfully jelly--there were vague al
lusions to happiness and misery and
- otiIercontradictory emotions. II
At this period the old lady began t0
Tc7fs wcr ,1@t.