The Penn's Grove record., 1882-01-21

nave hShiu. Alhliy was CSPOSi"hJ ~
terested In the new arrival, for tn,
reason that he was intensely anxious
to see some woman, and he resolved
he would f1irt with her, if she were al
old as Methusaleh, to spite Helen
Not that he was in love, by any
means, with this same charming
Helen but he had flirted with hei
enough to feel-welI, vexed, when
Paul Grant, whom he had persuaded
to join them at Heath Hill Farm, had
stepped in bis place in Miss Somer's
good graces: and now he had the
pleasure of seeing Helen, almost inva-
riably accompany Paul on his sketch
ing trips, and seeming to enjoy them
hugely. Not that he was badly hurt;
but he bad meant to give Heltn
a little heartache on his own account,
just to give the little hirt a lesson.
Jessie was nc fun for him, he protest
ed, as she would insist on considering
Horace the only man of much ac-
count in the world, and Harry merely
as a dear, good cousin, to carry her
letters to and from the mail Loltie
and Captain Moran were taken up
with other, Mrs Green was In a state
of bliss, over the fact that September
would find her husband home, from
a three years. cruise, and the love af-
fairs of cousins, as interesting as
handsome Harry" could not trouble
her.
SO, for the last week or two, Harry
had been feeling a little forsaken, and
had wasted some perfectly killing
glances on Helen. But though, COM
monty, she fully justified Harry's
term of hirt, she at last met her fate,
and with a true and wonanly heart,
refrained from annoying Paul, know
ing he truly and honestly was in love
with her.
The twenty-ninth arrived, and the
whole party resolved to spend the day
on the river, getting home to see their
victim arrive on the five O'Clock train.
But twelve o'clock found them home
again, the pangs of hunger driving
them thither, Paul having, unfortu-
nateIy, dropped the l~unch-basket in
the water. AS they sat in hall, await
ing the summeSS to dinner, Mrs
Green said
What do you think the new
boarder will look like ?n
The captain promptly answered:
"Short, fat, poodle dog, patchouly,
cologne, will adore Harry, and cause
him to fall in love with her.
This was received with shouts of APP
plause. Harry locking disdainfally
towards him, said tragically, q la
Browning
81 will paint her as / see her Ten
times (four have the lilies blown,
since she looked upon the sum- Tall,
black cork-serew curls, and a lisp"
"She will object to dancing" sighed
Lena.
. "She will play the 'Maiden's
PRAYER shuddered Helen"
"She will sing, Empty is the Cra-
die and we are all so tired of it," said
Mrs Green.
"She will panther face" said Paul,
as he smiled to see the pretty pink
come and 60 in Helen's face.
"She will adore navy officers
what horrid ~taste!p Thus Lottie, with
a saucy smile at her Philip.
~ shall like her." said Jessie, grave
ly, and then shrugged her shoulders.
Mrs Martin entered at this moment,
and led them out to dinner, with such
an expression of subdued mirth, that
they were about to ask her the cause,
but were prevented by the entrance of
q lady, whom their hostess at once adj
dressed as Miss Worthington. In
spite of the remarks about old maids,
and other thoughtless expressions,
they were well bred persons, and kind
hearted too so they by a sort of COM
mon consent, did not favor the new
arrival with a general stare, but re-
solved to give Miss Penelope Worth
ington, Spinster, time to from
any natural embarrassment by de-
grees, each one had taken a glance,
and one by one, each man had NUT
tered to himself: Fool l" 'Idiet!"
and each woman thought: "She is
chic" and then rose to the occasion
by saying the usual polite things con-
corning the heat, her journey, etc.
These were all answered in a per-
fectly well bred manner, but without
any surplus mount of c~ordiality.
Each looked in a desperate manner st
the Others, while the same thought
flashed through the minds of all: "If
sitting in the parlor, she must have
heard what we said" Guilty thought
That meal could scarcely be called a
gay affair, albeit some very brilliant
society men and women were there.
After they left the table, each one
shared his and her exact thoughts, as
Miss Penelope Immediately retired 10
her room. Yes, there was no mistake
about it: she was a revelation !
Young, not pretty, but absolutely
beautiful, with perfect manners.
Later in the day, when once more
assembled, dressed in the charming
toilets which had succeeded their sim.
pie morning robes, they were even
more enraptured. If she had looked
we'll in the morning, in her blue cloth
travelling suit, she was perfectly love.
ly in the evening, In her beautiful
thin muslin dress. With her golden
hair, becomingly arranged, her per.
feet toilet, her faultless complexion
and features, her air of perfect ease
and graceful carriage, she looked
every inch the high born and bred
lady she was.
"Where, oh, where are those cork.