The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-12-20

ADooo +i1y A0OUlAS you IHluh my
name?"
80 fudge, little Puss. You didh't
suppose L didn't know all about yor
weeks before you came to your friend 81
| Why, she wrote me to come so as t
meet you. She knew I'd fall in love q
a glance-well she wasn't far ou
there--' and he gave her arm Il hug
''8ut then the absurdity of your coming
there with only u couple of satee1
dresses at 80 cents yard, and making
| :.er introduce you as Miss Healy,
! poor orphan, self-supporting, and 81
! forth, for the p:.~pose, I've no doubt,
of making all the Young fellows wild
after you because they couldn't marry
/ you. For of course a man doesn't care
! SO much for u woman he knows he can
| marry"
Il didn't ask Laura Dodge to intro
duce me as Miss Healy, y said the
young lady, spelling out the name, 81
said 'Helie.''
80 didn't youP Nor you didn't al
low me to call you Miss Hetly,' Miss
Kittie Healy,'7 - he remarked pensiyely.
''Now see here, there might have been.
some fun in q poor girl palming her.
| self off for All heiress->'
| go that would be horridn'
''Phink sop
''Why, of course! Phil, shall I take
you back now and introduce you to
mamma, and auntie, and Isabella, and
Agnes, and Delicia? q dear, | wish
! they were at homer' -'.-s
$50 do II Another hug--of her arm
| of course. ~-'o'- U
She laughed. ''Well, come along.
shall introduce you us Laura's friend.
No one knows we have correspondent"
''But first, Helie, I've something to
say" ,..t
20, afterwards - They were stand
ing quite alone at the stern, directly
over the screw (nice place to get sick)
with q single lantern overhead, faint in
the moonlight And he was looking
very fond and very melancholy. He
was n good looking young fellow with
a perfectly-golIlen mustache and a ten
or-pitched voice He was q man a little
lazy in speec:l-being OF Southern par
entage.
mo, Helie, for when you have heard
me out l fear you will hardly wish to
introduce me"
e'Why, Phil!'
cit is true Pussie-I used to call
you Pussic, didn't I?-when we last
met, only few weeks ago, [ had q for
tune OF my own, q very decent one.
which / might. have asked q certain
dear little girl to help me to spend, if
she loved me enough. Now it is gone
Irretrievably gone! Speculations have
carried it off as the wind carries thistle-
down in the autumn. l am d poor
man. -
80 Phil!" She clutched his arm with
both hands and regarded him tearlully.
Dearest, you do care?"
''YOU know it. "
And having kissed him fondly and
wiped away her moist grief, she in
quired:
''But where are you going?"
''To Buffalo"
"ATd thenp"
'.No further; 1 return with the boat,
because, you see"-he WINGED as he
confessed til am the steward"
The steward?n she echoed.
Eyes, -. .resignedly $50, of course,
it wouldn't do to introduce me. Your
family couldn't sympathize as you do,
dearest"
Helie sighed; but presently her spirits
rose like life-buoys. 81.
:. II don't care Phil; it must be jolly to
be steward and order all the meals.
Please have ice-cream often and lobster
salad"
''Just watt said Phil lugubriously;
''wait till you see me inspecting .
great ugly chunk of raw beef tomor-
row, and watching the men to see that
they don't comb their hair in the pud-
ding OF wipe their faces on the dish
towels"
'.Do they. do that?' she. asked faint
ly. 80 Phil, l forgot how long | was
staying. | must run back. FL see
you early in the morning. Delicia-
she is my roommate e-De1ieia always
sleeps late .Good-night, Phil
Goodnight" .(with; usual aecompa-
nimenD. 49,. ..:s@..
Miss Heliotrope lay : awake a long
where she could look OUT through the
little window and see the moonlight on
7the blue velvet. She sighed once or
twice and, when She slept, dreamed
ever of Mr.. Lawson.
Next morning she was out on deck
early and had q little chat with him,
but the resi- OF the day Delicia clung to
her most proVoklngly.
Nevertheless, the melancholy young
steward sauntered about, consoling
himself with a wonderfully good cigar
and occasionally making himself of
service to the matrons of the party.
He seemed not to care much for the
other passengers, among whom were
noticeable q fat lady with a thinnish
husband, awidow, q small boy, and 4
family entire, including twins in arms;
though at meal times he was on the
alert to see that all were well served,
taking his own ,refreShment an hour
later at. one end of the table entirely
cleared
'efFhat is very obliging young man,
said Mime. Wolfe to Mime. Close, the
second or third evening, us they sat on
deck iii the Mackinaw harbor and
watched Mr.. Lawson escort 4 party of
young people, including their own
daughters, ashore to board a Lake
Superior steamer which was waiting
there with its brass band playing sere-
made music fit to break ones heart
along with the moonlight.
Very obliging, indeed. One might
almost think him fit for something
better. Such life must be degrading.
] passed him to-day us he sat at dinner.
You should have seen the great dish of
corn-beef and cabbager' shud-
der.
Dear me! Was he eating it?"
''Well, he'was looking at it."
.'Dear, dear! What a beautiful
night, Teresa! Itreminds me of Naples
Bay"
The young people returned in high
spirits, and, rs soon as the boat left
the harbor, got up u social dance in the
cabin, Helie, who furnished the music
from the cabin piano, was greatly
amused on glancing up to find her
cousin Isabel waltzing with-the stew
ard.
Isabel spoke of it little later in a
! singular tone of hesitation and depre-
cation: cit was SO absurd! The stew
ard came up and asked me to dance.
hardly knew-that is-well, he waltz
es very well-came right up and asked
me-
"Yes, DEAR" put in her mother
snavely. ''And such an obliging per-
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