The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-06
Disseminated


''She is diamond among glass peb
bles, he declared with all a lover
enthusiasm.
Are you quite sure that she is dia
mond at all?' drily asked DR.. Bolton
Mr.. Carlisle had been spending tht
summer at Groton Point, in a dreamy
desultory sort of way. He was ont
of those fortunate-or unfortunate
young men whose career in life is al
ready made for them.
An old uncle in the West Indies hal
bequeathed him a fortune, connois
seur cousin who came abruptly to hi!
end in q railway accident, had left hin
house and a gallery of paintings, anC
Just when he was preparing to enjoy
himself husky cough developed itself,
the medical man talked grimly of i'm
pending consumption, and he was or
dered to the seashore for the summer
There is nothing the matter will
me-" he said impatiently.
But there viii be" aTerred the
learned disciple of Esculapias, ''if you
don't check this thing in its very in
ception. Westward Ho, now, or Rhyl
Or
"Nonsensel" said Carlisle 81 dom
care for any of those fashionable re
sorts. If am TO be banished any
where, I'll choose the place of exile
myself What do you say to Grotor
Point?"
''Groton Point Groton Pointr' re
peated the doctor with pnzzled air.
II may be very deficient in modern ge-
ography. but | may say that l never
heard of Groton Point"
'.No, nor nybodV else, "said VIII Car
Isle, smiling '.And that is the reason
am going there. 1t is a solitary fish
ing station on the west coast There is
absolutely nothing there but surf and
sea-gulls."
And so Groton Point was selected
for Mr.. Carlisle's summer residence.
There was 4 little one-storyed hosiery
there, fronting the sea, while the post
office was at one end of the village. and
n variety store at the other, where you
might buy anything from tallow dip
and matches to an almanac and
pillow.
There it was that Miss Cotton threw
her net over his unsuspecting heart
one day. when she lost the sovereign,
wherewith her mother had sent her TO
the store TO buy lot of carpet warp,
seven yards Of red flannel, and box
OF baking-pOwder
She was so pretty and plump and
distracted, and her blue muslin gown
set off her blonde complexion aud bur- |
nished hair SO exquisitely, and Win |
had not seen any woman but the fat |
landlady for week.
And they found the gold piece lying
among some rocks by the seashore,
where it must have dropped from Au-
gusta' pocket when she pulled out her
handkerchief to brush away the flies,
which are troublesome at Groton Point
when the wind sets from q certain di-
rection; but Mr.. Carlisle lost some
thing more serious still-his heartl
"a fisher maid of low degree!" he
had quoted laughingly, when he con-
fessed all these things to his college
chum, young DR.. Bolton. whose quiet
sister Lettice he had once admired in
a sort of way when both of the young
men were in the graduating class.
"a wild rosebud, don't you seeg A 4
genuine daughter of Nature who has
never been out of sight of the ocean"
''OhIn said DR.. Bolton.
'tOf course. she has no exterior pol
ish, ;" added Carlisle. 'sShe will have
everything to learn. But she is so re-
freshing as compared with the conyen-
tional city young lady that one gets SO
tired Of
'Exactlyr' said DIR. Bolton, seeing
that his friend evidently expected him
to say something. II
Her father owns a little fishing
smack-he is real character. And
her mother is one of. those real nice
old ladies that one seldom sees. Do
mestic, you knoW-neat handed Phillis
all that sort of thing! III take you
there, Jack. If you'll promise not to
lind fault with the primitiyeness of the
thing
''Oh. I'll promise" said DR.. Bolton.
Bolton was man of instincts, and
in this case his instinct told him that
viii Carlisle was altogether astray.
HE is beauty struck, said he to
himself. ''For the time he is bewitch- {
ed. 1t is the old story of Ulysses and
the sirens over again. II
But he went to the seaside cot where
Augusta Cotton had all the old china 4
pitchers filed with wild flowers, and
sat like modern Flora, dimpled and ,
smiling in their midst
She said very little, but she smiled q
great deal-and Carlisle was more in {
fatuated than ever when he came away
towards eleven clock of a dark and G
brooding August night, with suspic-
ious closeness in the air, and vivid G
sheets of lightning blazing here and l
there. b
.1sn't she perfect?'' he cried, as he c
and Bolton walked along the edge of
the shore. 2
She is very beautiful-yes t
And graceful - and womanly7n f
cried the lover, greedy for praise.
Il concede all that, slowly spoke e
Bolton. "but don't call her exactly q b
lady" y
''Pshawr' said Carlisle. "Your ideas P
are formed on the hackneyed model of fl
society. A good girl like Augusta is "
capable of any degree of polish And d
did you observe what sweet low
voice she had-like a lute?'' d
Granted; but it struck me that her b
grammar was a little shaky now and
then n
.sOh, grammar: that's nothing. She
win soon pick up the phrases of the y,
people she IS with. Women are natur- b
ally initiative. you know. d
Carlisle, cried his friend quickly,
you are not engaged to herg'' b
No; but ] shall be within the next ps
.wenty-fOur hours boldly asserted q
Carlisle.
II beg of you. do nothing rash, to
his friend. wait 4 little. "a
Don't preach. y interrupted Carlisle II
. little ilnpatiently. II tell ron have
'een considering the matter all sum- 20
ner. and I've made up my mind. N.
Then there IS no use Of my ARGUING 20
be point said Beiton.
No use at 81, cried Carlisle. Il III
all myself not contemplate Judge IA
{ character. and pronounce Augusfa de
lolton to be one Of the sweetest and til
Arrest types of true womanhood. :,
81 this time, however, the long inn 20
ending storm had burst Sheets Of sol
ain poured down; vivid lightning cleft
ae SKI, casting lurid glare On the 81
0iling waves, unpleasant showors q s .r
pray began to dcluge them ever and =
non. -.
hope ron are certain shout The
athI 2 said Bolton. who was quita new =;
this coasl country r.
Well, thought vas answered -
irlislo But the tempest and thc -.
IIlzness seem % have bIoticd out Tie ~
4 Landmarks Hero IS soma one 81,
ming. Let's ask him. Ny friend.
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