Iron County register., 1881-10-27

put away the flaming neck-handker-
chief. But we had no sooner ended
than she ran to the window, and looked
down the street after DR.. Dicks, who
lives opposite, and whom she declares
to be in love with her. asked her
where was her modesty, for this gentle
man has gray hairs and seven children.
. May 22d.-Yesterday, the first time
since his arrival. Mr.. Lindsay made one
of our little six-o'clock dinner-party.
The arrangement agreed upon on the
night of his coming was that, whenever
he did not dine away, he should be
served by Jane in the little library,
which, when at home, he uses as sit
ting-room. Breakfast he takes after us,
for he is generally late riser, and he is
seldom at home at our lunch-hour in the
middle of the day. But yesterday it
CHANGED that he came in unexpectedly
while we were at dinner, wanting his
own dinner in a hurry and Mrs. Will
liams, hardly thinking, as she afterward
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
down and take dinner with us. He
came at once, and was seated next to
Lola, who said after dinner that she
8 would have given three weeks pocket
money to have had on her aesthetic dress
pale green with blue spots" Mr..
Lindsay was introduced to us all,
and there was momentary confusion
occasioned by our rising to bow to him.
Mr.. Lindsay said some polite COM
in a pleasant, genial manner,
and turned to talk with Lola, between
whom and himself, he said, there had
already been an informal introduction
in another place. BY and by the con-
versation became general, and endeav-
ored 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 antiquity, seemed, I must say,
a little imperfect; and he was less inter
ested by my account of the part PLAYED
by the Persian fleet in the battle of Their
than by Lola's relation of an
with wash-tubs, in which
she, her brother Tom, and her cousin
Edward had taken part on a pond at
the bottom of her fathers garden. Mr..
Lindsay seemed almost entirely en-
crossed with Lola. Mary Meryon took
the very smallest part in the conversa-
ton. and did not once address herself
to Mr.. Lindsay. But noticed that he
looked at her several time and handed
her the bread twice.
May 25th.-During the geography
lecture at College to-day, Lola Brown,
being asked the height of the Chimbo-
razo Mountains, replied promptly, "Five
feen ten!'
/" Nag 29M.-Mr. Lindsay has dined
with us twice since his first appearance
at our dinner-table. He makes him
self agreeable to each of us in turn; and
in this, I think shows both breeding
and sense. Lola persists in it that he
gives signs of being, as she vulgarly
puts it, "gone upon" her; but
beyond his seeming to be always
very much amused by her stories,
/ do not see that she has reason for
claiming partiality in his conduct to her.
He and l get on most pleasantly, and he
has borrowed my Grecian History to
gain clearer insight into the proceed
ings of the Persian and Grecian fleets at
the battle of Thermopyle. 1 am sure
there is not the least necessity for me to
speak to Miss Grindle.
Nay 30th.--I am amused by Mary.
She sticks as closely to her books as ev-
er she did, and seems as determined as
always to secure a high place at mid
summer. But away from lessons she is
never tired of bantering Ethel and Lola
on the subject of Mr.. Lindsay. Ethel
doesn't like it, because she does like Mr..
least, think so-and she is,
I feel sure, one of those girls who would
never suffer an affair of the affections,
however slight, to become subject of
badinage. Lola, on the other hand, is
delighted; and adds suggestions of her
own to Mary's, which would give mat
ters serious color, if one could be per-
suaded to see shade of the serious in
in which Lola was concerned.
But must talk to Lola again; for 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 fluttered by the entry of this
male bird into our little dove-cote. Lola
says that Mary is ''deep;" but believe
she is merely Indifferent. Mary and l,
when alone, never talk of Mr.. Lindsay.
But then we have always so many other
things to talk about.
June 6th.-Mr. Lindsay is now a reg
ular attendant at our family table in the
evening. At first he made excuses-as
that he wanted dinner in a hurry, and
the like; but he now obeys the bell as
punctually as any one of us. and no
longer thinks it necessary to offer expla-
nation or excuse for his appearance. 1
am bound to say that neither explana-
ton nor excuse is looked for. I take
curious interest in noting his manner in
us. He talks to me as he
talks to Mrs. Williams, quite without
hesitation or circumlocution, and gener-
ally commences with a question. Mary
and he, when they talk, are almost in
engaged in brisk wordy duel.
They spar continually, and only stop
short of downright hostilities. But
observe that he defers to her, and gen.
orally manages to come off worst in
their rhetorical encounter. Also I no.
tice that Mary does not seem to be more
excited in talking with him than when
she argues with any of US. To Lola,
MIR Lindsay speaks with more than con-