Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-11-15
\ SLIGHT ATTACK.

Shes weE-mannered girl, anyhow,
George, you can't deny that"
MY dear auptie. lave no wish to
deny any statement You may make re-
g,.rding the young lady. L woulI not
for the world detract one iota from the
respect you entertain for her. In fact
your enthusiasm Is contagious, aud as |
sit here imagination pictures for NE a
yine-elad cottage amoag the hills, whose
presiding genius. (The genius of the
cottage. you know, not the hills)."
George Burton, when | was young,
wha. came cut of "A mans mouth was
considered good evidence or what was
In his head emphaticaliy interrupted
the old lady, unmindful that her ''specs"
had fallen into the dough which she had
been so vigorously kneading.
''An exploded theory, my dear aunt. "
returned the young man, glngeriy ex-
tracing the glasses from the mass OF
dough. "a very exploded theory. In
fact this Is an age OF exploded theories,
notg outstanding one wise maxium stands
unrelated, namely, What's sauce for
the gander Is sauce for the goose" and
vice versa. Now If your proposition
was a correct one regarding the young
men Of the present DAY, it would also
be correct regarding the young women,
and # 1t were, what evidence we have
OF tine inexhaustlble wealth OF intellect
bestowed upon the feminine portion OF
the community here in Etonyille," and
with 4 light laugh George Burton es-
csped from the kitchen, leaving Aunt
Jane to her bread and wonderment as
to ''what has got into George lately.
/ used to think the boy had uncommon
good sense for his years, bIt Ii low,
after he's turned thnty, he's gong to
take up the snilly-shally way of think
ing and talking, that SO many young
folks nowadays have, L shall be disap-
pointed in him. Yes, shall be disap-
pointed III him. reiterated the Old lady
LIS she carefully folded a spotless towel
over her bread and placed IL behind the
oven where it would raise quick.
Il had thought that he and Lucy
Evans, but pshaw, a woman that didn't
know enough 10 say yes to tue n2ht
man when she WAS young, shouldn't I
turn matchmaker IL her old age, and
the spinster OF fifty tied the strings OF
her bonnet with an energy indicative of
a strong desire to mortihy the flesh OF
that glri OF twenty, who old not say yes,
and had regretted it for thirty years.
Under the wide spreading oak this
sultry August morning, George Burton
Is doing what many a man Aas done be-
fore, mentally discussing the pros and
cous regarding the eligibility OF two
young ladies for the position Of wife.
For ten years he had been the not al
together unconscious object OF much
matrimonial angling, and had been at
times quite AMUSED a. the visible dlsinay
with which the fair angler has seen him
politely accept the bait viii e he lngenl-
ously avoided the hook, but to-day he
is III a state oi mild perturbation, Tor he
grimly surmiseS that at last he has
swallowed the hook while intending
onIy 10 Llsble at the bait. Worse stlli,
there Is a forebodinS- Suspicion Iu the
mind OF the rising young DafflSter that
he ls not even to DE landed, only to be
left tioundefing as best he can, while
worst ofaII he cannot determine whether
or not the line Was thrown with malice
aforetnought as regards himself
In fact George burton Is IL rather an
unenyiable frame of mind 1t has
alxavs been his intention some day
tn reiit and refuruisn his beautiful Iesi-
dence IN E., and nstal therein
beautiful wife-aUd the inquire oi May
PerciyaI has always been associated VIII
the other beautiful objects with which
fancy was wont to adorn his future
home. But Aunt James reign Is SO
thoroughly comfortable that, Win Tie
nroeras tIu.ttlon common to hlS profess
ION. he had put OI the day oi better
things IL his present content, ana no"
an aroused conscience tells INN that
Miss Perclyai has a moral night to the
atteotions winch he feels strong ln-
ciluation TO beStow upon lLe py Lo
means equally gifted Lucy Evans,
No marriage engagement h''o ever eA-
istei between George Burton and Mary
Percival, only they had both come tact
IIy To acqulesce iii society evident c'n-
cinsion tnat the wealthy young lawyer
and ,Judge Percivals accomplished
daughter were destined TO be uappiiy
,,,at.,d-,.nd such would have cohliHoeu
10 be hi. e uyiction had not late orouSht
I,ucv Evans from her western nome
that summer. to visit the friends OF het
carly oh1Idh1od. Iney hid been hrnl
friends ia those OLD days. but she Was
onIy eight years OF age hen her parents
5a+.rmIned TO seek their fortunes III
the far west, and 1t Is probable 'na- @
neither had thought OF the other ioI
vears when Unexpectedly, they met a'
the home OF a mutual friend. ne hi''eie
~ - NOW aud a very neat and ha;terln9
littIe speech for the benefit OF TINS "eS-
tern girl. while she greeted MN VIZ IN
syident pleasure The night silaue 90. %
;sappointment visible IN her e'sS
deanened. however. during the evening,
and at length, trlhe netiied, lie 'ui Leu
To her suddenly and said: -.
..What is it of which you 20 dis''p-
prove, Miss Evansf and
He had expected to see her piush ai any,
falter in her reply, but she on'y iooA'N
at 6im serenely as she said:
81 rather think disapproye Oh you
81 am extremely unfortunate, ~
sarcast1caiy returned, but Pernap' -
Won would specify
"Oh, don't be angry, she interrupted