The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-11-23

" hoo w - "a ~ ~'5 -"
said Belle Vernon. looking any
thing but delighted. But o.
course, MIR. Brabazon, you'll tell
US her name :? -.
i am pledged to secrecy, said
the engaged man, solemnly. ,~
/ And when be left the mountain
notch in 5the late autumn,- and
forgot all about the wild little
woodland sprite who. climbed
trees and pelted him with chest
nuts, wadej with brown, dimpled
feet in the foamy waters of the
glen torrent, aud conducted him
| so mysterlously to the barn cham
bers to show him her empty
birds nests, butterfly wings and
diamond bright pebbles, how was
be to know that she remembered
the episode under the yellow,
leaVed chestnut trees as red let
ter day in her calendar ? ..~.
He ought to write to me- said
| Rosa, gloomily, as the weeks and
months glided by, and no epistle
came. i do hope be isn't going
to turn out false, like the wicked
cavaliers in story books
And when Mr.. Brabazon bought
huge wax doll, with it's minla-
ture Saratoga trunk and complete
outfit Of elegantly-made dresses,
at Christmas, Rosa flew into a
passion.
AS if I were a baby!' said she.
A doll, indeed, and I twelve
years old in Ootoberl | wonder
if he takes me: for a child? Who
ever heard of a gentleman sending
doll to the young lady be was
engaged to2'
Ny dear Rosa said her mo-
ther half yexed. half amused,
what nonsense you are talking !
we are engaged said Rosa.
See the ring 81 .....
And she slyly pulledit it out from
the bosom of her dress.
1T was only JOKE said Mrs.
Dale.
1T was sober earnest + flashed
out Rosa.
My dear,' said Mrs. Dale,
haven't you heard ? Mr.. Braba-
zon is to be married to Lady Hell
en- Hartford, Mrs. Pailleton's En-
glish NIECE, next month. The
cards are already out
'What!' cried Rosa, her sap
phire.blue eyes blazing, her rosy
lips apart. TO be married-and
be engaged to me!'
And then Rosa rushed away in
to the barn-chamber aud hid her-
self for full two hours, to sob out
the current of her childish grief.
Mrs. Dale smiled and sighed.
Who would think the child
would have attached 30 much i'm
portance to a piece of nonsense
like that? said she. Really I'm
afraid | have. made mistake in
allowing her to read novels. But
she was always an impetuous lit
tie creature
Rosa wrote several narrowing
letters to Mr.. Brabazon, ali of
which she finally tore up, and
when she saw the marriage pro-
claimed in the papers she gave
the big wax doll to a little girl
who, was only eleven years and
six months old. :
She won't have any associations
connected with it'll! sighed Rosa.
At about that time she was
promoted to. a higher grade in
school, began lessons on the gui-
tar, and put her unhappy love
affair out Of her mind.
1t could not have been more
than eight years subsequently
that the collision occurred on the
grand canal at Venice, in which
one Of the goudolas capsized and
a beautiful young American lady,
niece of the United States consul,
received al Involuntary duckiug.
Perhaps The romantically dress
ed gondoliers were intoxicated !;
perhaps Miss BaroOy bad, as they
asserted, risen hastily to point
out something, and destroyed The
balance of the moldy, black velvet
lined old corveyahce. Al all
events M,-> iSaruny ~ Upset. dI
rer,;l ~ tr,.ul 't Sic Pai"zzn Ill
Silvia vi mere Mr Rrui'azun nccn-
pied the first floor, marble
j iosol.tion of old OictureS