The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-03-27

how graceful were her movements
Even the somewhat portly form of Miss
Pennybacker assumed new interest in
his eyes. He astonished her with his
change of demeanOr toward herself
He was assiduouslv polite on every oc-
casion. She was happy in INDUCING
the hope that her archery had at last
hit the mark, never once dreaming that
she was vicariOusly receiving attentions
which he would fain give another. and
to which end he was now smoothing
the way. let this was the case; and
John darlington was so villainOus a
to, one day, drop n remark that her
business was such as to require an as
sistant.
% agree with you, Mr.. darlington,
but-but ." and she blushed and sim
percd quite girlishly.
Mr. darlington saw her mistake and
changed his tactics
- How stupid she is, thought he;
Il wanted to find out the name of the
angel over the way, and she imagined
was paving the way to a proposal.
BAH
Do you ever take apprentices?' he
inquired
20 yes, - she replied, regaining her
compOsure, 4 have one now; came
only a few weeks ago; names Rose
Rose Meredith. I'll send her over for
something some time so you can see
her, and she laughed and launched
few more arrows. thinking she were less
likely to lose her game by badly wound
ing it.
Mr. darlington thought Miss Penny
hackers sometime was a long time
coming, but come it did, at last, and
no tFrus in, i'm. o11 -
ildstratiOn to receive it. He didn't
know anything except that there was a
woman in the store and that woman an
angel. When she asked for blue rib
bon, he showed her black. and when the
right shade was found, tried to measure
it with his pencil instead of the yard
stick, and clipped it with his fingers in
stead of the scissors. Then there was
sewing silk to select, but for the life of
him he could do nothing towards it.
He never saw how colors ran into each
other. In fact, he could see nothing
but a pair of loving brown eyes looking
out quietly and modestly from long
lashes, and q pair OF sweet lips that
said Sewing silk, - ''taffcta, and "this
is the right shade, " in the most musical
way imaginable.
Her comings over, though very in
fire luent. were most interesting episodes
in his business lite. They were like
CLEANS of sunshine on lowering days.
With the hope of inducing a better ac-
quaintance with Rose, he was more at
tentive than ever to Miss Penny hacker
when she visited the store, and, mu IN
to that lady's satisfaction, this culmi-
mated in an invitation on his part for
her and Rose to attend panoramic eX-
hibitlOn one evening.
OF all places for timid lovers or pick
pockets, entertainments of this nature
are the best. An almost total eclipse of
light is necessary for a successful dis
play. Consequently pickpockets can
pursue their alvocatiOn without fear of
detection, and timid lovers are brave
when they cannot see each other.
To say that MIR. darlington was in a
futter of excitement when he stood
at the door of Miss Pennybacker' es-
tablishment, on the night of the piano.
rama Is expressing it very mildly. We
will not say how he sat down on the
wrong chair, smashing certain artificial
flowers, or how he handed his hat to
Miss Penny hackers reelection in the
mirror, instead of to that estimable lady
herself, or how he forgot to bow to
Rose when she came from the mysteri-
Gus inner room, appended to every mil
linery shop. We viii mention none of
these things, as there was nobody saw
them save Miss Pennybacker, and she
considered his abashment the result of
his, as yet unspOken attachment for
herself.
From-an attendance at the panorama
it was very natural for Mr.. Larkinton
to drop over the way the next morning,
after the preliminary busting had been
attended to, and the dust and lad es set
tied in their respective places, and in
qUire how they Jared after last nights
entertainment. And, having established
firm footing, it was not uncommon
occurrence to see him on dull business
days, drop in quite frequently, all of
which little attentions Miss Pennyback-
er thought especially directed to her, so
blind sometimes is love to what is going
ON in its vicinity.
AS acquaintance with Rose pro-
crossed, hitherto undiscovered beauties
and eXccllencies developed themselves.
That organ of Mr.. LarkingtOn's, at
which the young gentleman of the bow
is supposed to direct all his efforts, and
which hitherto had remained as ada
mant, became so Modified under the
manipulatiOns of Miss Roses charms as
to receive every impression of that
young lady's eyes with surprising dis
tinctness. And it is not at all wonder
full that he was several times on the
verge of a proposal, the only drawback
being his indecision as to how that ali
important question should be advanced.
1t was all very well when in the store or
alone in his room to con proposals in
every variety or form. They came
glibly enough from his tongues end
then. But when seated in the millinery
establishment opposite Miss Rose, the
chess board between them, and the
plump little hand lowering like a white
dove over the board undecided where
and what to move, the delcately shod
foot tapping the carpet, the loving g yes
hidden under their long lashes, even
though Miss Pennybacker were not in
the room, it was quite another matter,
indeed, to con proposals. In fact they
would not come, with all manner of
coaXing. Like the young waterman of
Dibdin, he could think of inst nothing
at all" with all that quiet blushing
beauty before him.
The budding spring had blOOmed into
summer, and summer had shaken its
bloom of roses into the lap of autumn,
when one sunny afternoon MIR. Lark
ington saw Miss Pennybacker sally
NUN ALollI hVA CoI0bholilhCHO III III tiO
gorgeousness that such a millinery
stock as hers, and hers only, could fur
nish. 1t was Il pleasant, genial after
noon; the streets were nearly deserted,
business was dull to a superlatiYe de-
gree, consequently that gentleman had
nothing to do but indulge in his favorite
relief from mOnOtOny-gaze at the mil
linery shop opposite. Doing so, and
seeing Miss Pennybacker depart there
from, he thought that now or never
was the time to settle the all-important
question. Rose was all alone. He