Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-02-17
AN EAST BLOW.

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SOS is- AN EAST BLOW.
The summer hotel among the noun
tains was almost deserted. Half dozen
of the late staying guests were gathered
in the little parlor, for their last even
ing. A high September wind turned
their thoughts TO the desolateness of the
winter months in the White Hills.
Maud Wellington, always leader in
talk and action, called TO the landlord:
ls II Come here, please, Mr.. Little; tell
us how YOU ever live here through the
MinterF'l VIZ 'EltN r !i'0 la
= N"Waal, you Jest come up here and
try one of our east blows! / tell you,
YOU don't know anything about the
maountings. You only come up here
when it's warm and nice, and Mr..
i George he drives his team around, what
- dye cali itp'
.ssa Tandem!' suggested George.
e'sst' Yes, tantrum: and he takes you
girls to drive, and it's all pretty. Jest
let him be here in the winter, and he d
drive tantrum, sure enough.n
slssWouldn't it be fun?" asked Maud.
would you really take us in, if we
Caine up HeNb WlntcTF h.h
"I guess most likely 1 could. You'd
have to kinder put up with things,
though. I'd be real glad to see you,
naow; the winters is awful lonelyp'
II am in earnest, and will come if
the rest will / think it would be very
jolly" said Maud rP
"Yes, quite too awfully ghastly
jolly" murmured her brother George,
whose slang was overwhelming.
The others all promised they would
Join her if she formed party, and the
= next morning they separated, and for
got all about the plan and the promise,
as people do.pF Wv
was late in December. The holi-
days, were approaching. Maud We'll
lington was restless and dissatisfied.
The season had been very disappointing.
Everybody was dull and stupid; Ger
mans were tiresome, dinners more so,
/ and she was tired of Boston and every
/ Cne in it. And all this was because a
: ceGtain Thomas Sedgwick Thornton had
not appeared in the city, as she had eX-
% pected. 1t was none the less true be-
''hcause she would have denied it, and
that she had always laughed at him, and
professed to- hold him in the most per-
feet contempt. She knew perfectly well
that he was a hard-working lawyer in
New York, with little time for holiday
making, but she was quite unreasonable
b enough to think that such tribes as busi-
ness made no difference. He ought to
have admired her enough to have made
6 any sacrifices, and have made haste to
continue the summers acquaintance.
s1ltm made no difference to her, also, that
l. there were many others as assiduous in
their devotion as he was remiss. He
was the Mordecai at the gate, and she
was unhappy. The wind bowling
Z round the corner of the house took heI
thoughts back to the last evening in the
mountains, and sudden resolve made
her spring to her feet.
t,,,," Mother" she CRIED rushing into the
warm library, where her mother sat doz.
ing before the fire, II have made up nv
mind. We will go up to the mountain:
and see how they look with the snow or
them"
/, ,.,.'You crazy girl! we won't do any
thing of the sort"
Mrs. Wellington always made point
OF seeming to oppose her daughter
plans, but she always did just what hel
children told her to do. Maud wasted
no words in entreaty, but coolly told hel
that she must 60, without more ado.
With Maud to decide was to act
George was delighted with the prospec,
of such clark" he had not known
what to do with the holidays. Notes
were Immediately sent to those who hat
been With them when the proposition
was made, and to several others who
might be congenial spirits. When the,
had written nearly all, Maud said, witt
perfect carelessness: ro N
a A"Isuppose you will have to write tc
that Mr.. Thornton. 1 don't think h,
yT would add much to the general hilarity
bnt 4 am afraid it wouldn't do to leav.
him out and ask all the rest who wer,
b there"
.olg 7Y Right you arer' said George. "rl
~, send an invite to the old duffer; he'I
not half bad fellow, after all. o
Y course, he won't put in an appearance. ,
~, But 1t is the impossible which happens
sih For some occult reason, Mr. Thornton
n chose to join this wild expedition, ant
}n presented himself at the appointed tim,
~ at the rendezvous. With the exception
- OF himself and poor Mrs. Wellington
y, who looked already victimized, it wa
as gay a party as Boston could furnish
AS usual, it was Maud who was lead
er and prime fayorite. But she was ad
mirably seconded by three of he
friends, only little less brilliant an,
iH daring than she. Then there were tw,
.sior three society men, who would hay
lsil gone anywhere that Maud and her Sc
q proposed. Little did they care for tn
- grandeur OF mountain scenery in il
a severe winter dress, but the trip prom
Used much fun and unlooked-for oppor
tunities for carrying out certain inten
tons. Last and noisiest Of all cam
George Wellington, Harvard Sopho
aoimore, with an equally reckless and hair
classmate, whom the youn
~ ladies alternately petted, snubbed an
u used as foils in their more seriou
schemes.
Mr.. Thornton felt out of his element
as he had done SO many times durin
the summer. He was not keyed to I'll
same pitch of high spirits and unceasin
sgayety, He was grave, quiet-a ma
who was terribly In earnest about ever,
thing that ne did. From the first m,
that he saw her he became fascil
iated with Maud. against his will an
better judgment Her beauty, wi
caprices, would not let themselves
forgottena He was angry with her,
heartily disapproyed Of her, dozs
dmes dayj and then, when he WI
most. Indignant with hor, he discovers
that bs loved her With love whlch