The daily gazette., 1883-08-18
Ny Big Blunder.

pn bscn''Vb bnt afterwards 1t grows less
eaSanI " sel6sh. and a selfish man deteri-
One Eanidly. So 1t was shock 70 me to
aies rAP .ay hair one morning out OF my
usn issbiskers. Abnormal 7 No; care
eosW ,ination showed that there were
! lurS mere that came from. SAT uowh, a
oIs ~ "T' N either hand, and contemplated,
an T. rose TO complete my toilet, had
nen nnincd ed to marry Sarah aervy as soon
posSlD%, nos a superior girl, there can be no
teIan ront "r that: men called her strong
upl a"C oocentric. and. were rather afraid OF
naeu' Sut what plenty of them were ready
nos Uu anv danger there might be. She
mass s'."d historical, biographical, and even
i'lIgLinoI i'li.I hooks to novels. She had
io,OPt Pput a simple style OF dress which
ua hor and kept to 1t, only allowing such
sG ,,dl",,,ns n,i as we're necessary to avoid an
lu.1a lar.nce of affected Indifference to the
saIing fashions. The instinct was true
I q, her principal beauty lay 10 certain
.ioal grsce, a soft dignity, which can
''tn ,,,a9nt to describe, but which would
hsen marred by florid dressing.
a"ab knew that other men had tried
Id %iIed felt fairly confident.
ispn lad more head than heart" said
aIos 1Io for example, "and 1t viii take a
!, fellow to get round her,"
.,o,y. = tr, hut / was a clever fellow (reader
n5-jD nv own estimation. ("Oh, that
fereDt!")
sT different, indeed. l have found 1t
s!ce. But to confess the truth, more
'sited Y coxcomb than your humble SER
At the time ! am speaking of, never
"a over the rails at Rotten Row. There
No fewer than five young ladies whom
oncbt could have for the asking, and
n Hpryy was one of them. | was on
ultimate terms with her, 1t is true; but
,ty | tried positive Irritation. found
ne would not drop into my mouth as
aiv AZ had anticipated. She was intel
N friendly, lively, confidential even to
raln extent, but most difficult to make
TO- For example, we were engaged
dsy in art criticism, counting the leaves
Die. Raphelite ivv-bush to see whether
Al realistic allowance, but when |
occasion to draw her attention to a
ruey couple, intended by the artist to be
most prominent objects in the picture,
Itried TO make use of them. "What
painters and poets do without love P
gan.
cannot imagine" said she. "How
ME It S that the most unpleasant things
aure, lovers and pigs, should be SO
slug In art !"
You are hard on the poor things,
w., said |.
lm L" she continued. "Well, fond as
Of Wlrd's pigs, never could look at
pal animals without disgust"
BIZ, | grant you the pigs" said l, feeling
lsy: 81 meant the lovers"
Nell, can there be any spectacle more
lie than couple in that condition ~
n.kpd, pointing to the picture.
The question sounds cruel, coming from
20 calculated to reducea man to it."
here~ she said with frown, and a
lent tapping of the foot: "that's the
i Of being girl; one cannot talk fre, ly
put being suspected of fishing for com
fntS
course knew that Miss Sarah's senti-
would become modified when the
man turned up: but was evidently
be right man-at present, at all events.
vas not to be carried by assault, as
hoped. ! must attack according to the
Love must be Disguised as friendship;
ny must be implied rather than ex-
ed, Above all, | must maintain the
on which knew she had OF my abili-
for she wOrshipped talent.
earned the Atheneum every Sunday,
Ny memory was wonderful in those
And Miss Hervy, who did not see
journal, credited me with having read
eDOOks, heard all the music, formed
idefenlent Judgment on plays and
pes, mastered the astronomical, geolo-
philosophical discoveries chronicled
pages from week to week.
plans were disconcerted by the Hervys
out of town. Mr.. Hervy was a
Tor hundred boards. Mrs. Hervy
no Sarah's mother, but the second
with tendency to bronchitis, which
lO family to "a house they had near
loF When Spring returned with all its
l. east wind included, and a period of
llioh had now arrived. But was not
rheckmated, for | knew my friend
el had castle somewhere at the back
Isle Of Wight, and would be too glad
IDefr Il he could get any fellow to stay
MIN, lor that was his constant object.
eht TO the club we both belonged to,
ouhd him playing at billiards, and
lg pipe with his coat -oi-arms in alt
! said the pipe was coloring; |
MS game; | spoke of yachting,
ne ilVed for, and promised to take
WIN him. We dined together, and
o Tue castle, which turned out to be
a couple OF miles OF the Hervys'
ne asked me to 20 down with him.
1 lie said he would make up
and wrote to his housekeeper to get
ready that very evening. You might
lalng With Freshet II you knew how
him.
Known him at school and at college
aloW-yet why "poor fellow?" He
~ and happy; and if he had vague,
slnl'consciousness at times that peo-
" laughing at him, it did not seri-
pAllage his self complacency or his di-
But one always says "poor fell
good natured man who is below
sIage in wits, and Freshet was GER
mat Three men beside myst If
70 De Freshet's guests, and | was
'lN anHoyed to find that they were
IlIers OF the girl and had calculated
ua0pollzIng her, The reason was simple,
!, e. had gone about asking all the men
I", ana only those who were attracted
,assowledge that the fair Sarah was in
suOorlood accepted the invitation.
agaSe OF natural selection. It did
UIIse 10 be very cordial group
vs ~, l battered myself that my pres
much more injurious to their
tlah theirs was to mine; and as
u ,lgla had arrived at similar con
=. ~ u l. nls own favor, and as moreover
wy ve ,neG l, ol the world, and not Arcad-
svs! rubbed along very well together.
'IVr alluded to the secret attraction
Dau hu. urawn us individually to the
,rS w. pretended intense interest in the
~ ~ Relghborhood. Were those cot
1n. t1ieSlet,s tenants2 Was there really
I,"a n.., and draw-brldge Was that
part Ol the old hpan2