Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-10-05
A HASI'Y MARRIAGE.

IHihtDtih JvHfIf'
A HAS'IY MARRIAGE.
In the grapery, under the naples, on
the portion scattered over the lawn.
were Mrs. Ackcrly's guests, all serious
" and detcrminedly enjoying, or trying
TO enjoy, themselves; fair. smGll-fcat-
urcd, smooth-haircd Miss Burton, car
rying on vigorous backgammon war;
bold, hard-browcd, handsome Isabel
Rayforth, teaching some half dozen
laughing gentlemen TO crochet while
holding solitary state near the gate, sat
Ermcnyardo Hastings, the belle par
excellence, spite of feminine snccrs,
and lovely after the fashion of moon
beam or queen lily, in her floating,
palc-tintcd dress, and one of those little
inverted straw basins styled garden
hats by courtesy.
1t had, of course, been settled long
ago, in feminine conclaye of dowa-
gers and marriagcablG young ladies'
that Ermcnyardc was wholly destitute
VI Ec"".l m n'I aIl', Ilu'''il-'''>c coili-
pIeNlon hreueu color; her ryGS-Hcrl'a-
pie ,p ylolciS III ! nue. -Sn2u'H nave nceh
pflGH 10 hiTilloiil"o win me me naIr'
parting in the center of her calm fore
head, and done after q mode Of hcrOwn
that didn't look like the last fashion
plate, and did become her; while us to
hcr lccllI|eIl' rs MISS blr'"h SAID
one would almost rt'hcr not nave Such
leariniiy good lecth' thcy looked so
mWGi llKG litISe ones
Nhy aIl tne men r'F'I aHo"l hcr so
was a question the female Sahnedrlm
iound 1t not SO easy 10 decide; II can
therefore scarcely ne expected OF Il
mlserhnIc bGhGulcR' whose hr;ihs nave
Dceh muduiGd by long course OF
'Ca'lule' TO GO more thah letEc TINS
knotiy poinl to inc ingenuity OF the be-
loved reader ior solution ana pass on to
MIS- AcKcrly' VINO was Just 'Iicn III 4
slatH sta tee lonnP iToISns PeFr'n"m n occaSionGd
by inc discovery lnaJ LIlhcnyarue was
alone; if alone she was not being
;tmuScHi II n0I amused Shc mus DC
dull; IL dlIl' MIS- AcRcriy ha0 1aileu in
her duty toward hcT guest ana must
incohtlhently ming hcr3cl IN one OF
her SaSh ribbons; or perform harI-Rarl;
MIS- AcEerIoy I"oEtu haStlly around
inc dr:twipg-roohl' IN inc DoW-Wlndow
shc sped " resource Gerard SirlIhcrS'
gcntiieman Ut large and newly ar
rived In an instant she pounccd on
nm; o,
NY Near Gerard there IS tllr incest i!,,,
GIRL, nm! sIlpplhY hcr pLump !'tIlc
nand IN MS arm Icu MN hurrIcuiy
down the path, ana llrrd INN meta-
phorlcaIly SpeaRlh%) at Ermenyardc
head. Ermcnyardc only started IN
wardly-outwardiy she suspended thc
slow movement OF her fan, and lifting
her dark cye-lashcS, lazily, looked up
INTO u par OF eyes dark anu Dlue As
her own, Mr.. SIruthers was tall and
slender, with the ar Iistlnguc' and the
eyes above mentioned; ihat was alI the
first e lance told her Mrs. Ackcrly
Just fingered long enough to give them
apartng shove down the stream OF
conversation 'My love, l brought
Mr.. StruthorS here TO amusc you. |
thought you looked dull,
"Ermcnyardc leaned back in her
chair, and looked up Mt Gerald, with
saucy smile.
Ivory well, 20 on. sir, am
rea1y, y,,,, ..,.., ,,., .,
ESTtalnly' S:S retuTiluu .II l' ucL'ttI, WilH
laidlOlc gravity u was oniy thihEing
~hcrc 10 commences ia4lGS tastes !li-
ier' you KNOW ol'aIl hnIp you win
your crocael' OF sort XoHr Wor5tcd' or
prescribe lor thG poCGleE =.
"oh! inc last by AL means replied
Ermcnyarde' unheSllalnnSly' u ai-
ways rely rs much on thc sympathy
and congenlality existing between the
patlcnt ana the PHYSICIAN as on the
lalterS meulclheS-so, II you please
you may commence WIN l no NJ once,
as nc has really been alling lately"
Mrs AGkerly looked shocked.
"My love- she .quaycrcd, 'you
mustnt quarrel with Gerard, you
know
ihaI sen'lcmah laughed rs she