Sharp County record., 1881-05-19
WHY 5OHN GRIFFINGTON MARRIED.

wv The announcement causeu o0n'io0i
able surprise. .. .
Wig. if it was ever to be, had it not
Acome OFF long years ago? people asked.
n s,44 And bic gaunt Lady Andrewina, who,
stSit was notorious, had wanted him her
ID self any time these ten years, was SO
exercised in mind about it that she went
,mnear TO going off her head, giving the
most extraordinary views and explana-
tions of the engagement at each house
/ she called at; and she called on every
.one she knew, and they were many
HIndeed, even disinterested people were
At sea in the matter, and when you had
II. listened to half a dozen such-as you
llN Nwere almost bound to do at that time,
fyou pretended to be anybody, and to
70 anywhere-all you could gather
,learly' from the confusion of words
was, that the still pretty Miss Fordice
was shortly to marry old John Griffing-
;on. as he was called-not from his age,
,or he had had the name in the nursery,
md was now but fve-andthirty, but
because every one called him "Old
Johnp from feeling that he had never
a been syoung. He was an old boy at
4, ,chool, and now an old young man, and
"a rou felt that, however he might be get
G ing through the first half of life, it
would only be as a man in years that he
Y you'd ever show in his true element.
The Griffingtons are nothing if not
~ lannish. O, but clannish of the most
lannish. Not that you must imagine
hey had any particular love for one an
MIbther. 3 No, although the world looked
" lpon them as rather amiable people,
D heywe too individually selfish to care
- ouch for any one. This love of self
vas at the bottom of their clannishness.
.h-,achl Thought and felt that the we'll
uS. eing of his kith and kin, or, at any
ID Taate, and in particular, such as bore the
eos1. On .satronymic of Griffington, reflected i'm
" lediately on the whole family.
,,asa .T.'a If You met Grifington, for instance,
ignal helstreet, and told him that 200 of
u S Ssa,,is fellow creatures were at that mo-
rSosstasaent lying smothered in Welsh mine,
md ae would only exhibit the mildest and
.lu rslost we'll concern; but inform him
Nnnat his remote cousin, Theophilus or
y. nee - aantagenet Griffington, is afflicted with
,G Mpothache on the wild shores of Victoria
~ Iyanza, and he will Immediately want
n lTrD send out a dentist.
sntga Such are the Grifingtons, and | might
! ,,iPsa iFPssas.ame other families who resemble them.
for pGg was in this rather common peculiar
,gnivVuy of theirs that must be sought the So
bHaaatiorl Of the problem which was puz-
u ing everybody so Delightfully."- at the
.oui' loment speak of, for there is no doubt
ID he riddle was popular. 1t was quite
ue that old John might have had her
~ irty thousand for the bare asking ever
Dance she came out. What she saw in
N m orwhy she cared for him are mys-
IL Vries we will not attempt to penetrate.
Perhaps Rose selected him, as timid
,rsons do cab horses-for what to the
4 ,nerat eye would appear their faults.
"a herecertainly was something stolid-
"A strong l-won't-run-away look-about
= ,hn, Which probably first took her
SAntle! huttering soul. Well, there are
Use ones in the world who always
loose q dog that no dog stealer would
ISe;Ave as a Gift. This is not in allusion
5xH Mr.. Erif1ington's outward man. He
q tall and formally, if very uninterest-
Sa!M gly. handsome.
INV 50 when one night-at the end of q
yV Il at the end of the season-he pro-
sed 10 her in the following fashion,
oughh good deal surprised, Miss For
\ u ,eawas yet far more delighted, and
] Jthought her he had surely loved her
D - these years, and that she was now
out 70 be evermore an impossibly
Back ppy'woman.
es, arfjo john Grlfington had no originality,
Sc viD. course; his love-making was there
iuos%s aosrsse, and perhaps for other reasons.
The s'pmopplace to degree; but for all
: restore ", poor Rose, who, have said, OF
qqsrss iant to say, was no fool in other mat.
~ 8, Thought it quite perfect.
rf'Noi if you would not mind, let us
"a " sSs this dance and come home and sit
"a that quiet corner" began John.
~ feihad never spoken in that unnat-
'z1sllly lender tone before, and Rose had
jIyV lnkimg OF what was coming forth.
"a III shall be quite glad of rest,''
"a aitered; pray let us sit out the
md When they had taken possession
IA membowered rout bench he went to
Apoint at once.
- MISS tordice, have been wishing
some time to have the good fortune
n sfpeak to you quietly upon the sub
M very near my heart"
= che bent to her bouquet, all blushes
e s1c;ssa e.. trepidation. Though the steadiest
'cenS'|n, John Grifington was notoriousIv
~. ~ ,iietAa to all the nriviieqas
ls., ,;,:,.s II pachelorhood His club, his mild
tsiess;; SSber, bis cigars and very late hours
'is' ss II eve ell his little dinners from Gun.
ro.lT.> r->,5 at, ,his rooms in South AudIey
soLppset-al these things had long been
Father aGs known to her. Indeed she mad
Tno.s' yFva no other rivals.
ddIltIsa dl3taan a these deep rooted habits flashed
!; IIN ough'Rose's mind at this intense in.
:sf1s :1s 'SSat and she inwardly chirped or
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