The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-03-15

gela went on, in a more amiable tone,
as of one inviting question or COM
ment:
Poor Mr. Masseyr'
To this also she received no reply. but
Mabelle's face was flushed, and she gave
an impatient jerk to the hat she was
| trimming.
He really must be very good Great
ure, despite his disagreeable sister,"
continued Angela, discussively.
g Ii you mean Grace, / don't think
she is at all disagreeable."
" Not TO you, perhaps; il you had the
misfortune to be twenty-five years old,
and an object of admiration to her
brother, she might favor you, too, with
a share of her i'll manners. Really, the
way in which these sisters are jealous
of their great clumsy brothers is too
ridiculous. They seem to think that
every woman who meets them will set
her cap at them. Thekla Berghaus is
Just as ridiculous about Hermann, as if
/ would look at child like him"
1.-The question is, whether child
like him would look at you. He seems
to me to have no eyes for any one but
Grace Massey"
"Grace Massey" exclaimed Angela,
with deep flush. "Just fancy! How
deep she isl 1t would be a splendid
thing for her; the Berghauses are SC
rich"
'But they are both children yet" OBJ
served Mabelle.
$50 they arer' assented Angela,
again becoming silent for space, until
she slowly raised herself from tho
couch, saying: 1T is time to dress,
suppose"
'Dress for visit to the country-to
spend the day in the woodsP'
II nope you viii nave that hat ready
in time; we have not so very long" re-
piled her sister. 81 wonder" she add
ed, pausing thoughtfully, while her
beautiful eyes rested reAectively upon
the green table-cloth-- wonder how
much year people in Philip Massey ;,
position get, and what prospects they
: have of preferment.
sWhat can it be to us-to you,
, mean?" said Mabelle, hastily.
, "My love, it is great deal to me, 70,
: 1 am quite sure he is going to propose t.
beD. And how could possibly give
I | ul1u any dISWCI uulCSS l. hIlCW SOluc
thing definite in that respect?"
''For shame, Angela said the girl
! raising an angrily flushed face and flash
|. ing eyes. ''To hear you talk is enough
to make one"
l But Angela, with a slight, amused
laugh, had disappeared, and present..
8 Mabelle heard her moving about in tn,
1 room above, dressing" for the eXpe
dition they were about to make.
81 have good mind not to CO. NUT
- tered the younger girl. whose fingers
: despite her evident agitation, neve
: ceased their work.
: Mabelle's fingers were deft in the ex
= treme in all such matters as this; thos
! of Miss Fairfax refused to bend to an,
= such servile employment.
= Really" she was wont to say, whe
= wishful to appear q very devoted sister
. s'when one has sister with such in
8 genious fingers, it makes one idle"
j, II have good mind not TO 60.
u believe Angela will break my heart
|, she behaves in this way. What is Their
u in our life to mako Ter miserable or dis
' satisfied, or to be ashamed OFF And t
flirt as she does with Philip Massey
10 she means to treat him as she treaties
Harry Baldwin oh, | shall never for
= get his face that morning, after pap
W had told him Angela wished the en-
u gagement broken off! Philip Massey
u so true--he believes in her so implicitly
/ can not bear to see him deceived, br
can not bear to stay at home an
imagine it all.
y With that she put the last stitch int
- her work, swept up her materials int
y a basket, and then ran upstairs wit
70 the hat.
% "Only ten minutes to get ready il
;; Here is your hat, Angela" said she
l laying it down, and beginning to g
ready herself.
- Are you going in that horrid thic
serge frock and heavy hatP" calculate
Miss Fairfax, with more animation tina
q 7. usual.
" II suppose must, unless decide
10 90 in nothing at all, )" said Mabelle,
K. little dryly, and looking with som'
y what envious eye at her sisters dress
10 cool white cambria, and fresh blac
er bows, which her clever little fingers ma
chiefly made.
VI Really Mabelle, you say thing
$ sometimes which are absolutely coars
Oh, the hat looks not half bad, does II
OF AIlonsi Qu'en dites UOats, N. Massey?
=, and she made reverence to her rete
~ ~ ton in the looking-glass.
IN 1t was the only thing she did reve
~ ence-so Grace Massey has since bee
:" known uncharitably to say; but cir
~ are given to Judging from appearance
!" Then Angela went dnyn stairs, Al
:, Mabelle succeeded in getting view
~ her own face, and of the effect pr
80 duced by the horrid thick serge froc
80 and heavy hat" both of which look(
y decidedly unreasonable attire for
- picnic on very hot day in August.
u 4. I .l.,,lI ,,ot mind bavincr mhi