South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-10-05


as his master. | made the pot.pourri
partly for his benefit You should
have seen his delight on the Californ.
IN ioot.hills when the flowers were in
bloom. smiled Mr.. Dare, in answer TO
the wondering chances directed at the
aesthetic Launcelot.
But the table was light. and Larncelot
unacquainted with the philosophical
principle of the centre OF gravity, he
leaned too heavily on one frail leaf,
and the table overturned, it, contents
scattering far and near.
The Jar of pot-pourri had broken
with its fall, and among the spices
aud dried rose leaves lay little, old
daguerreotype, opened. & disclosing
half length picture of a very pretty
girl, in au Old time costume of some
thin, pink material
The girls looked at each other in
amazement, as they caught sight OF .
PAIR OF kind gray eyes, that were rs
familiar TO them as the reflection OF
their OWN orbs in the glass.
why, that looks just like auntie p
exclaimed Faith.
Bessie trod warningly on her sisters
foot, sent 4 telegraphic glance to Nell,
and said:
Yes, that does resemble our aunt,
Miss Berkeley
Faith looked at her sister somewhat
as the members of The early Christian
church must have looked at the msn-
dacious Sapphira, bat was too much in
awe of her 10 substitute the name OF
Alyea for Berkeley, and Nell knew
that Bessie had some scheme in her
curly head, and awaited its develop.
ment with interest.
MIR Dare had flushed like a girl at
Faiths exclamation. The color ED.
bed away in disappointment at Bes-
sizes romark, and he said:
i have missed it for some time,
Mr.. Dare continued, 'and have looked
high and low for it Jack, my maggie,
Il have as many odd pete as Robinson
Crusoe), must have stolen it and hid
den ii IN the p0tpourri jar. would
you like 20 hear the romance OF an
Old bachelor's life?' he added, with n
Strange Impulse to conGdc in these
pretty, lovable girls.
Bessie's violet ewes wore so dewilv
sympathetic as they uplifted, that
they would have wiilcd tender cont.
dences from the Sphinx herself.-
Faiths brown ones were raised with
grave attention, and NelIs black orbs
dittoed Bossie's, in y less fascinating
degree. Thus encouraged, SIR. Dare
told his story.
1t would be prosily long i'll should
tell it also in his own words; but
condensed, Ga the genji in the jar was
condensed from tue mighty apparition
that cYerspread space when releas ed,
the story ran thus:
Mr. Dare, whilst visiting a college
friend, twenty years before, had met
and loved Sue Alyea, then n girl Of
eighteen, Mo was chen the rcigniug
belle OF a little town III Central New
Gork-a sweet, domestic belle, too,
well skilled in all housewifely arts, and
especially noted for her inimitablc
cherry pies. that would have wOoed
Cock Robin himself from his dear lit.
tie bride, Jenny Wren.
lie had told Sue Of his love while
walking in the hiU3soming avenues Of
the cherry orchard, aud there recciv.
ed the confession Of her love aud the
promise of her hand.
lie lived in lawyers paradise, uu-
til the cherry blossoms bad changed
to scarlet fruit; then, arrangements be-
ing made for an early marriage. he
had, before It's expected cOqsumma-
ton, gone for a short visit TO his own
no me III Il distant part Of the state.
Sue went TO New York to select her
trousseau, and not a week afte. his
departure Mr Dare received copy
of a New York newspaper, containing
the announcement OF her marriage In
that city.
Accompanying the paper was let.
ter from his friend, Marx Vedder, say.
ing that Sues engagement had been
merely n blind to deceive her friends
into the belief that che had cast off all
ineligible suitor--the man whom she
had gone TO New York to marry.
After this convincing evidence Of
the ialsehool OF the g'-lwhom he haG
believed 90 be incarna,c truth, his OLD
life and surroundings stnng anu fret
ted hin a. though they had been tue
poisoned garment OF Nessu., which he
must fling of at Ill hazards
Accordingly, he joined a party Of
young men who were going TO Cali.
fornia 90 engage ia mining. There,
with varying fortunes, BIO had lived
Tor twenty years, bis only recreation
his literature and the society OF his
pets.
He had at last become tired OF Lis
rough life, aud an em'ssary OF one Of
the land agents OF the prairie state cap.
turing him iu his mountain iastnc sea.
he yielded 10 bis Establishments,
bought q farm, and migrated thilher
with his whole caravan Oipots.