Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

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his eyes. He astonished her with his
change of demeanor toward herself.
He was assiduously polite on every oc-
casion. She was happy in indulging
the hope that her archery had ut last
hit the mark, never once dreaming that
she was vicariously receiving attentions
which he would fain give another. and
10 which end he was now smoothing
the way. Yet this was the case; and
John darlington was so villainous as
To, one day, drop remark that her
business was such as 10 require an as
sistant.
81 agree with you. Mr.. darlington,
but but" and she blushed and sim
pered quite girlishly.
Mr.. darlington saw her mistake and
changed his tactics.
How stupid she is" thought he;
81 wanted To find out the name of the
angel over the way. and she imagined
was paving the way to proposal.
Ball.
do you ever take apprentices" he
inquired.
80 yes" she replied, regaining her
compOsure, II have one now; came
only 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 n
few mole arrows, thinking she were less
likely TO lose her game by badly wound
ing Il.
Mr.. darlington thought Miss Penny
hackers ''sometime' was long time
coming, but come il did, ut last, and
he was in an incompatible state of
illustration To- receive il. lie 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 il 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.
lie never saw how colors ran into each
other. In fact, he could see nothing
but pair of loving brown eyes looking
out quietly and modestly from long
lashes, and n pair of sweet lips that
said Sewing silk" ''taffeta," and ''this
is the right shade" in the most musical
i way lmaglnaDle.
Her comings over. though very in.
| fire. Juent. were most interesting episodes
i'm his business lite. They were like
| CLEANS of sunshine on lowering days.
/ With the hope of inducing n better nc.
| quaintance with Rose. Ee was moro at
/ tentivo than ever TO Miss PennybackeI
when she visited the store. and, mu h
tO that lady's satisfa ton, this culmi
mated i'm an invitation on his part foI
her and Rose To attend n panoramic ex.
/ hibit,On 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 n successful dis
play. Consequently pickpockets car
| pursue their advOCatiOn without fear oil
| detection. and timid lovers are brave
when they cannot see each other.
To say that Mr.. darlington was in 9
ilutter of excitement when he stood
ut the door of Miss Pennybacker's es
tablishmcnt, on the night of the PIANO
rama IS expressing it very mildly. We
will not say how he sat down on tn,
wrong chair. smashing certain artificial
flowers. or how he handed his hat e
Miss Penny hackers reelection in tn,
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 will mention none o.
these things. as there was nobody saw
them save Miss Pennybacker, and she
considered his abashment the result o.
his, as yet, unspOken attachment fol
herself.
From!an attendance at the panorama
IL was very natural for Mr.. Larkintor
to drop over the way the next morning
after the preliminary busting had beer
attended to. and the dust and ladies set
tied in their respective places, and in
quire how they Jared after last night
entertainment. And. having established
n firm footing. il was n not uncommon
occurrence To sec him on dull bushes!
days. drop in quite frequently, all o
which little attentions Miss Pcnnyback
er thought especially directed to her, s,
blind sometimes Is love to what is goin!
ON in its vicinity.
AS acquaintance with Rose pro
crossed, hitherto undiscovered beautie
and cNccllencies developed themselves
That organ of Mr.. Larkington's, n
which the young gentleman of the bow
Is supposed TO direct all his efforts, an,
which hitherto had remained as ada
mant, became so Modified under tn
manipulations of Miss Roses charms a
to receive every impression of tina
young lady's eyes with surprising dis
tinctness. And il is not ut all wonder
full that he was several times on III
verge of proposal, the only drawbac
being his INDIGESTION as TO how that all
important question should be advanced
IL was all very well when in the store o
alone in his room to con proposals il
every variety or form. They cam
glibly enough from his tongues en-,
then. But when seated in the milliner
establishment opposite Miss Rose, tn
chess board between them, and tn
plump little hand lowering like whit
dove over the board, undecided wher
and what TO move, the delicately sho,
foot tapping the carpet, the loving We
hidden under their long lashes, ever
though Miss Pennybacker were not il
the room, il was quite another matter
indeed, to con proposals. In fact the,
would not come, with all manner O
coaxing. Like the young Waterman o
Dibdin, he could think Of Just nothin.
at ALL" with all that quiet blushin!
beauty before him.
The budding spring had bloomed int,
summer, and summer had shaken il
bloom of roses into the lap of autumn
when one sunny afternoon Mr.. Lark
ington saw Miss Pennybacker sail,
forth from her establishment in all tn
gorgeousness that such a milliner-
stock as hers, and hers only, could fur
nish. IL was n pleasant. genial after
noon; the streets were nearly deserted
business was dull to superlative de
gree, consequently that gentleman Ia,
nothing to do but indulge in his favorit,
relief from monotony-gaze at the mil
linery shop opposite. Doing so. an,
seeing Miss Pennybacker depart there
from, he thought that now or neve
was the time to settle the all-importan
question. Rose was all alone. III,
could hear her running the sewinV-ma