Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-10-17
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why don't he Gomez said Lillian
Bourne, peepng earnestly between the
boUghs Of the monster lilac-bush whose
purple plumes waved to and fro in the
evening breeze. oh, why don't he
come! can't possibly be mistaken
He SAID ON Tuesday evening at seven
and it's twenty minutes past, by grand
fathers big clock; and, oh, dear! with
a sigh that stirred the bunch of pansies
pinned on her left shoulder, there
isn't soul in sight y
BY all the signs and symptoms
Lillian's little pink ear should have
burned that evening, for they were all
talking about her at Miss Lolinda Lar
kin's tea.2arty in Dover street.
oh, she's a born coquette y said
Miss Lorinda. Two Jumps of sugar
did you say, or Que, Betsey Young !?
She can't help 1t. Pts in her nature.
Don't your remember, Mrs. Pepper
field. what a firt her mother was be-
fore her But she'll never play fast
and loose with Gilbert Dawson again
that III 90 bailn
oh, do tell US all about it, Miss
Larkinsv said the widow Peabody,
with her mouth full of chicken salad.
well. if you won't repeat IT.
"Repeat it! We! Never, as long
as we live y was the reply that went
round the tea. table In one accent.
OF course added Miss Lorinda, it's
all quite private and confidential, be-
tween ourselves. But it was at the
Medbury's party. What business the
Medbury's have to give parties, with
bought ice cream and two violins and a
harp, l don't know. Every one is
perfectly aware that there's a mort
gage on the place, and that her dress
makers bill amt paid. But that amt
neither here nor there. l was there, in
my dyed green gown, trimmed with
Aunt Liddy's old English lace. and 1
was aIookln' at the big orange tree in
the conseryatorY-that's another of
Mrs. Medbury's sinful extrayagances-
when zee Lily Borne, in her white
frock. on the other side of the bank Of
scvers, a-gigglin' and a.whisperin'
With Squire Rufus Darling y
'Myp calculated the other ladies,
with open mouths.
And up came Mrs. Medbury, all in
a smile-she smiles twice as often as
before, since she got them new false
teeth-and whispers in her ear. And
says Lily. out loud, says she, 'Oh,
can't! Pm engaged TO Mr.. Darlingv
NO. ciied Mrs. Pepperfeld.'
Il heard it with these very ears
solemnly answered Miss Lornda.
Engaged y shrieked Mrs. Young,
whvse own dimpled nelce was even
then laying siege TO Mr.. Darling's
adamantine heart.
Engaged y repeated Miss Lorinda
Larkins.
And she keeping company with
Gilbert Dawson y exclaimed the widow
Peabody breathlessly.
But she won't rever trne with him
no more,' added Miss Lorinda, with |
Ill-dlsguised admiration. 'For / met
Gilbert, yesterday afternoon, and Il
asked him about his mothers rheuma-
Lism, and what the New York doctor
said about il; and he never took no no |
lice of my questions. You know that
absent way young men have when
they're in love. Excuse me. Miss
Larkins' says he, but Pm little IN
lurry,' a-lookin' right over The Top of
ny head, as if l wasn't there at all.
If you're gOin' 10 Miss Bourne's,
iays l, there amt no such terrible hur-
W Says he. what do you mean p
And he looked at me sharp enough
his time. 'Hain't you heerd? She's
Engaged 10 Squire Darling says I.
And says be, 1t can't be possible y
says 1, L beerd ii from her own lips;
md all Pekasstt's talkin' about it,
ays 1. The idea Of young creeter
ike that sellin' herself for money and a
inc house. For everybody Knows
avs /, that that's all that Rufe Darl-
pe's got to recommend him; and he's
I'D enough to be her father into the
,argain,' said l. And he just turned
,is horse and kerridge around, without
,ver having the pollteness 10 say good
w. and druv' off like Jebu in The OPP
,oslle direction
Young men amt accountable when
bey're 10 love- sighed Miss Polonla
Johnson. who was suspected of being
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