Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1883-06-28

soon laughing heartily at what seem
ed to them very enjoyable joke.
As for Frank, his feelings We're mix
ed and peculiar; and our heroine also
experienced sensation that seemed
like a gentle confusion, when sh'
thought of the earnest and affection
ate kiss she had already received
from the young gentleman, whom
she had never met before, and tt
whom she WAS in no way related.
A slightly awkward and embar-
assing situation, and to get back tx
the formal and dignified propriety
which should be observed between
strangers, and do so in just the righr
way, might possibly require more
skill and tact than a girl Of eighteen
would be expected to possess.
well, Cousin Agatha, how have
you enjoyed yourself since l saw you
last?' was the greeting Frank gave
their guest, the first time they met
after the mistake was discovered.
Agatha flushed little, but not
very crimson, and managed to &c
through her part Of the programme
in a way that made all parties feel as
if they had found u happy and con-
genial friend, worth knowing and
loving, even though she was not their
cousin.
Mr.. Charles Brown mentioned to
his family in the course of the even
ing, that he had learned from reia-
bic parties that the young lady, as he
conjectured. belonged to one of the
most respectable families in Roches-
ter.
"A good and worthy girl, he add
ed; whose visit we must make as
pleasant as possible
And to the carrying out of that
programme the whole family ad-
dressed themselves especially Frank.
OF the mistake that brought the
young lady to their house, nothing
was said to friends who came in.
Miss Ogden was simply introduced
as young friend from Rochester,
who was paying them visit; and all
Joined with tnen in saying how very
sorry they We're that her visit would
terminate soon.
Whether the cousinly kiss with
which Frank Brown and Agatha Og-
den, greeted each other, when first
meeting, was repeated at parting,
has never been knUwn--unless to the
young people themselves. But for
some reason the acquaintance begun
in that random way did not end with
that visit
On thinking over The whole mat
ter, on her way home, Agatha came
to the conclusion that it would not
be best to tell any one, except her
father and mother, the story Of her
cousinly adventure; nor did she tell
quite the whole story even to them.
"A letter for YOU, Agatha, and from
Chicago was Mr.. Ogdens remark
while distributing the mail-matter
the postman had brought in, one
morning, few days after his daugh-
ter had returned. From your cous-
ins, perhaps
we had, some time ago, was the
evasive answer which Agatha, with a
sly but imploring look, prompted I.er
father to give,
Who is Your letter from, A8.:
asked her sister. 4 saw the address
"a gentIeman's writing.
Please don't bother me now, re-
piled Agatha, placing the letter IN
her pocket without reading.
just the way, said her sister, that
young ladies treat the first letter they
receive from their beaux
After they have received as many
as you have,' retorted Agatha, with
Just very little spite in her tone, i
suppose they give the frstreadlng to
any one who is willing to perform a
service of that sort!
"A love letter. as sure as live !
exclaimed the sister.
1t is scarcely necessary to say that
the letter was from Frank Brown,
who managed the correspondence 50
that, at the end Of two
he was welcome guest at
the residence of Ralph Ogden, and