Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-20

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in Yarmouth, amt it!
This witticism was followed by |
such giggle, that Lucy casting her
eyes quickly round on the group be-
fore her, and seeing the eager eXpec-
tation on almost every face, under
stood at once that the silly fop at her
side was intending to make butt of
her, for the amusement of the by
ISLANDERS frightening up at once she
began to take an interest in the con-
versation and replied:
''Oh, yes, we have green things
there, but have seen greener ones
already, since l came to the city,
sNo! Dew tell % said the unsus-
picious dandy, initiating Lucy's tone
of voice ''how's wheat now?''
"Well, wheat's poor" said Lucy,
apparently with much interest.
"La! is it now, what pity! what
is the matter of it?''
"Why, they say it all runs to beard
this year, and when that is the case,
there is little or no head, and if there
is it hasn't anything in it.
A few laughed heartily now who
had not laughed before, and Herbert
Ferguson, laying down his book, fix
ed his eyes on the Vermont Cousin,
as if he expected some real amuse-
ment.
The young fop fidgeted, turned
red, and tapped his little boot with
his cane, and laughed silly laugh,
as if he did not know what to make
of the girl, and then said,
"Now l suppose you mean to grace
the theatre and opera with your pres
ence, don't you?''
No, Lucy said, she thought not.
la! now why not? but perhaps
your ma doesn't approve of your 60
ing to such places %
"My parents did say they thought
| had better not have my mind dis
tracted by such amusements, espe-
clally while I was at school,
''WelI, it is bad for the mind; l
found it so, and my pa had to prohib-
it my going to such places at all"
Here came perfect shrek of de-
light from Mr.. Fitz-Henry's admirers.
"Ah!" answered Lucy, II should
have thought you would have been
perfectly safe from any danger of
that kind. Did you ever attend a
menagerie?
''No, my pa won't let me 60 there,
he keeps me very Close
Excessive delight on the part of
Mr.. Fitz-Henry's friends.
"Oh, now," said Lucy, in a pat
ronizing tone, II shouldn't think that
would hurt you. We had very fine
one through our place this fall, and l
was perfectly delighted with it.
''No, dew tell now what did you
see?" asked the dandy.
"Why, saw baboon dressed up
like man, regular .fop, you know,
and really" said she, screwing up
her eyes, and looking at Mr.. Mere
dith Fitz-Henry from head to foot,
''really the likeness was so perfect
that | should hardly have been able
to tell which was which it was real
ly perfect, dress, cane, eyeglass and
all, but never imagined that one of
the first exhibitions | should see on
my arrival in New York city would
be that of man endeavoring to see
how much he can look and act like a
baboon."
The room now fairly rang with
shouts and screams of laughter, and
as soon as he could be heard, Herbert
Ferguson, who had enjoyed the whole
thing nightly, called out:
: "Now, Fitz-Henry, you had better
beat a retreat as soon as possible,
for you are only getting deeper into
trouble" And the discounted young
, coxcomb, who had just begun to per-
t ceive that he was caught in mis- own
trap, muttered something about san,
/ other engagement" and sneaked off
: all that could be seen of his face be.
i ing of the deepest crimson. From
n then the Vermont Cousin was quite
: safe from his attacks; indeed, ht
seemed so thoroughly uneasy in he
L presence, that if she even came OF
l- the same side of the room, which sh,
L sometimes did on purpose to teas
g him, he always found some excus
for changing his seat.
/! "Why, Lucy you were rathe
t hard on that poor young man to
y night" said Mr.. Acton to his neice
y after the company had retired; "an'
a it must have come the harder, becaus
he is accustomed to nothing but adu
l. lation from our wise young ladies'
d "Well, uncle, all [ can say is, h
W brought it upon himself it is yer
,e unpleasant to me to hurt the feeling
"a of any one, and l was perfectly civ
a, to that young man, though it wa
1T something of a piece of self-denial t
ar talk to such poor creature, till
IL found it was his aim to hold me II
to ridicule as an unsophisticate
< country girl. l thought it was onl
lie fair to turn his own weapons agains
c. him."
lie II think so too, Lucy, and rathe
w think it is the last time any one her
k, will attempt to quiz YOU.
is Helen Acton and Lucy Holmes bt
l. 80 d..