Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-04-30
Left Behind.

AtlU OOulQUs
1t vas 10 O'Clock Of a July morning.
and the largest fraction Of humanity had
for some hours been earning Its daily
bread. The idlers bad just risen from
the breakfast table. To this latter class
belonged The young man who leaned
| z;ly on the piazz 1 railing. and locked
abseutly cut on Lake Wiunipake. Be-
side him IN huge chair, sat little
woman rocking to aud fro, with an un
treing movement, and wl,h d,ft fingers
plying in and out among bright silk and
C ewes. She was idle, tcO, in her wo'
mans laborous way, but there was ii
lack of rcpose in her Incidence that
made il res.ful 10 luru again TO her
brother, who stood in siatue'qu in
action, looking into the still wafer be-
low.
What are YOU gong to do, to-day ?
tie little woman asked.
Nothing
There's a sreat deal going on and
very uice sort OF people, too. DO you
see that pretty girl down there at The
landing =
'rhe one with red p
Yes, don't sou think she's pretty !:
4 hadn't thought Of H.
We'll, she is-lemarkable. Wouldn't
YOU like to meet her? 1 could easily
manage IT,
SIN not particular. Is She worth
wmlep
Ben, you exaspsrate me. Do you
take an interes. in anything"
Il dom. do anything else IN Wal
street. Pm off duty now. : believe in
resting IL philos optical sort OF way
We'll, l suppose YOU are tired, poor
fellow ! l know how you feel. an
tired myself most of the hme.'
Tired look like it, laughed tb'
young man. I'll tell you how it is
SIMPLY want my liberty. 1t doesn't pay
-ihis dancing attention on halt doz'
ell girls whom you never see again
sOb. well. don't them
Ben Adams at twentv-0ne had per-
formed his social duties with great zest
Four years later he was still heart
| whole, aud beginning to purely fra
ternal interest in blushing debu!ante9.
He danced less and went TO the opera
alone, or with his friend Rutland,
confirmed bachelor of tweuty.nine
With entire resignation young Adam:
acted as usher at many fashionable
weddings, and without sigh saw Cath
arine, Kate and Kitty led down the
aisle by other men. And so he ap
proached his thlrtles and within year
of them leaned idly oyer the plazzl rail-
ing at Lake Wlnuipake, and declared
| to his sister that Robinson CrusOe was
| re lucklest fellow Of bis acqualn lance
Give me a desert isle for summer 50
iourn. What would refresh man like
| ,oinc hack TO saVapery -
| L don't think it would be enough {
| a change TO benefit some | know
laughed bis sister. We'll, Ben, all
can say is, you are very different iron
what you used to be-
| In the meanwhile the boat belo'
pushed of, and Adams followed it wit
ais eyes, chiefly because It would hav
been more trouble to look another way
The young lady in the stern was Mis-
, Josephine Vail, and the boy at tie oar
her twelve-year-old brother. Josephine
was young LADY OF views supported b
more or less logic and by what some
thought! an extremely pretty face. He
jenemies-but she had none-woll'
Ihaye said that while she despised con
yentionailes no one was more anhoy
ed when obliged to disregard them, an
. while she resented the ectlng lin
, litations OF hel sex, she was quite vii
iug TO accept TIE attentions based OF
the theory OF their existence. lie
Ifather said one day Nothing woul
like the kinks out of Josephine lk
Isetllng down with a good husband
The young lady took it in high dndgeo
and weut away meeklY 10 wonder II
were tue. Ga this parlcular Jnl
morning Josephine accepted her brotl
Ter Toms services as oarsman, Rot b,
cause she was not perfectly able L
r,w herself, tu. because 1t would keel
Tom out of mischief.
Don't rock The boat. Tom. 1. aoesn
lfrishlen me, hui | can't read
There was pause.
'RCw near the land, in the shade
To ~
Another long pause.
Say, sis, SAID Tom at length, NOV
we're off, I'll tell you where we're go
ling
Where you're going? Why, your
lgoing to take me out for a row. -
,lss'Not uuch. Pa going two mile
about to see sone fellows @ho-ar
camping Out.' B30 ga 49,
Aud going to take me2 think yc
are mistaken, sir. Give me tho'
! lOars.'t sL.nfrH. .-n|-
No you doo'l. Leave EN- alone an
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