The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-10-27

UelleVe, WaB Elahlng eyes ut her oil through
his sermon. 1t is quite likely that Lola WAS
| making eyes at the curate; but from, the
manner in which he has several times
spoken to me at Sunday school. suspect
the curate OF more taste and propriety than
! tainly to be feared. She told
Mrs. Williams once at dinner that
She would lsarry any one over fifteen; and
the way in which she usos those wicked
blue eyeB Of hers wheneser we are ont
walking gives me- reason to be thankful that
! an not her mother. had to deprive her
OF her class in Sunday school after the first
days teaching; for she discarded the para
bic Of the Prodigal Son. which was the
! subject of tho lesson, and kept the little
boys IN hts of laughter with one Of her ab-
! surd stories about two cats called Romeo
| and Jaliet, which belonged to her aunt
Sarah. Should there ever be any reason to
| regret the admission If Mr. Arthur Lind
say into this house. fear that it will be in
great part provided by Lola Brown.
| Nevertheless, I will not tell Miss Grindle;
at least, not yet. Nine weeks will soon
| pass, ond will keep near to Ethel and
watch Lola.
May 13th-It is q week to- day since Mr..
Lindsay came into the house, and nothing
has transpired to induce me to alsor my re.
solve of not acquainting Miss Grinale with
the circumstances. We have none Of us
seen him. Lob. does not disguise her i'm
patience but I lose no opportunity of reproy-
ing her.
May 15th--Lola Brown. as fnte Of her
own determination would have it, has been
the first OF US to see Mr.. Arthur Lindsay.
She met him on the stairs when coming
1,A1 k.>
this morning. Ethel questioned her eager
scription: Light hair. 5 feet 10 inches,
and jolly, tell you" At dinner this even
ing Lola appeared in new necktio Of ex-
| tlavagant color, which she was
bold enough to tell Mrs. Williams was
her war color" To US in private
she makes no scruple Of her intentions to
| "go for" our gentleman boarder. Mrs.
Williams and took her apart privately and
| reasoned with her. We showed her what
| VAS due to herself as young lady CT name,
position aud tender years; to the great col
| lege of which she was a student; to Mrs.
Williams establishment, which, for the time
being, was her home, and to MIR. Lindsay,
whose affections were, perhaps, engaged
! elsewhere, or who might be gentleman
easy to be ensnared by girlish wiles. We
| Cher nearest living rel,tive, elas y and the
| unfortunate nuptials OF her aunt Sarah.
| She seemed touched, and promised to put
| away the flaming neck handkerchief. But
We had no sooner ended than she ran to
| the window. and looked down the streetaf-
! ter DR.. Dicks, who lives opposite, and
whom she declares to be in love with her.
! Iasked her where was her modesty, + or
| this gentleman has gray hairs and seven
children.
May 22d-Yesterday. for the first time
since his arrival, Mr.. Lindsay made one at
our little 6 o'clock dinner party. The ar
! rangement agreed upon the night of his
coming was that, whenever be did not dine
away, he should be served by Jane in the
| little library, which, when at home, he uses
as sitting room. Breakfast be takes after
Us, for he is generally late riser. and he
| is seldom at home Mt our lu ch hour in the
middle of the day. But yesterday it chanc-
cd that he came in unexpectedly while We
| were at dinner, wanting his own dinner in
. hurry; and Mrs. Williams, hardly think
| ing, as she afterwards said. what she was
doing. made hasty and smiling apology to
us, that she had known Mr.. Lindsay since
he was boy," and told Jane to request
him to step. do wn and tlke dinner With us.
He came down Mt once, and WAS seated
next to Lola, who said after dinner that she
would give three weeks pocket money to
cave had on her aesthetic ,lress-pale green,
! with blue spots. Mr.. Lindsay was iatro-
duced to US ali, and there Was !, monlentary
confusion ocoasioncd by our ri-ing to bow
to him. Mr.. Lindsay said
some polite ccmmonplaces in
pleasant, genial manner, and turned to talk
with Lola, betwe. n whom and himself, he
said, there had already been an informal
introduction in another place. By and by
the conversation became general, and en-
deavored to obtain an opinion from Mr..
Lindsay on the relative merits of the an
cient and modern methods of naval warfare.
His acquaintance with the battles Of anti
| guilty seemed I must say, little imperfect,
and he was less interested by my account
Of the part PLAYED by the Persian feet in
the battle Of Thermopylm, than by Lola 8
relation of an engagement with w.shtubs,
in which she, her brother Tom, and her
| cousin Edward had once taken part on q
pond at the bottom Of her fathers garden.
Mr.. Lindsay seemed almost entirely en-
crossed with Lola. hlary Meryon took the
very smallest part in the conversation, and
didnot once address herself to Mr. Lindsay.
But noticed that he locked ut her several
times, and handed her the bread twice.
May 25th-During the geography lecture
| ut college to- Jay, Lola Brown, being asked
the height of the Chimborazo Mountains,
! replied promptly, "tive feet ten!"
May 29-Mr. Lindsay has dined With us
! twice since his first appearance at our dim
| ner-t table. He makes himself agreeable to
each Of us in turn; and in this, think,
shows both breeding and sense. Lola per-
sists in it that he gives signs of being, as
| .1x, Re, l,,k
! beyond his seeming to be always very much
amused by her stories. don't see that she
has reason for claiming partiality in his
conduct to her. He aud I got on most
pleasantly, aud he borrowed my Grecian
history to gain clearer insight into the pro.
ceedings of the Persian and Greciaa fleets
at the battle of Thermopylm. am sure
there is not the least necessity for me 10
speak to Miss Grindle.
| May 30th-I an amused by Mary. She
sticks as closely to her books as ever she
did, and seems as determined as always to
secure high place at midsummer. But
away from lessons she is never tired of
banterirg Ethel and Lola on the subject of
Mr.. Lindsay. Ethel doesn't ikeit, because
she does ike Mr.. Lindsay-at least. think
so-and she is, / feel sure, one of those
! girls who would never suffer an affair Of the
affections, however slight, to become sub
| ject Of badinage. Lola, on the other hand,
is delighted. and adds suggestions of her
own to Mury's. which would give matters a
serious color, il one could be persuaded to
SEQ shade Of the serious in anything to
which Lola was concerned. But I must
talk to Lola again, for I do not think that,
in such matter as this, even jesting should
be carried too far. OF the three girls, Mary
! alone seems not the least f1uttered by the
entry of this male bird into our little dove
cot: Lola says that Mary is 4deep," but l
believe she is merely Indifferent. Mary and
I, when alone. never talk Of MIR. Lindsay.
But, then, we have always so many other
things to talk about.
June 6th-Mr. Lindsay is now regular
attend dant at our family table in the evening
At first he made excuses-ss that he want
ed dinner in hurry, and the like; but he
now obeys the bell as punctua]ly as any one
of US, and no longer thinks it necessary to
offer explanation or excuse for his appear
ance. am bound to say that neither ex-
| planatiOn nor excuse is looked for. take