Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-11-24

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treatment to free him from this irnped-
.ment of speech. He was freed, how
ever; only certa' IL delibcration was
noticeable in his manner. except in
moments OF strong feeling or excite
ment when he sputtered and sent out
inarticulate moans very unpleasant
and quite unintclligible so he resolved
to make his proposal to Eugcn by
letter.
How delighted Aunt Jenny was
when manfestly masculine epistle
was taken out of the lettcr-box and
brought to her, those only can know
who have been placed in her expect
ant position.
Yes. there was "Aiiss Eugcn,a Phil
pot, in the manly script she felt sure
was his; and fluttoring. yet joyful, she
opened the envelope. and pcrused its
contents with burst of happy tears.
Let Us draw a veil over these virginia.
emotions more sweet than late; the
result is all we have to do with. and
that was tIIly elegant note Dispatch
ed at once to Mr.. Augustus Holloway,
at the - Street Studio, No. -, and
containing, in ia Mt. spiderJ charac-
ters, the delicate int nation that Miss
Eugenia Philpot would be happy 10 see
him that afternoon at her residence in
Blank Street.
The enraptured luver seemed to him.
sclf Ike one who walks the air, when,
dressed with the greatest elegance man
can achieve in his limited possibl. ties,
he set out for the dwelling OF his
adored one. He was rather discom-
iited to find only Aunt Jenny. blushing
as well as she could. casting down her
Dyes. furtively and hysterically litter
ing behind her handkerchief, and ex-
tending het hand to him with coy
demonstration Of welcome. Still, it
was proper enough; she was Eugenia's
guardian. aud no doubt ought to in
tervicw him first He submissively
recognized the use and wont of tho
mat er, and gallantly handing her to
the tall Chair. sat down in front Of her
on the sofa. and proceeded to business.
Aunt Jenny had expected some mani
festat on OF his affection. but, on the
whole, was relieved by their absence.
being unused TO such frivol,ties; and
Mr.. Holloway began:
Dear madame, LII am here, as
y-y-you well know, to SIS SUI ue for tho
hand and heart OF the lovely creature
before me- glaring with all his m ght
at the picture of Eugenia's mother, but
appearing to look at Aunt Jenny, with
a fire of rapture in the eye so occupied.
Poor Aunt Jenny! She blushed,
rose. and so did Augustus. lie thought
she was about 10 open the door and
introduce Eugcnia; she thought he in
tended to fall at her feet like lovers in
novels dc advanced; so did she. in
tent ON p cking him up from his knees.
But seeing his arms expand-really he
WIS b. andishing them toward the
door she thought it prelude and an
invilat on. and, to his astonishment,
fell upon his neck with loud sniff of
10Y.
"O.h!" sad Augustus. dropping his
AL ms by his side. still thinking this but
a gush of maternal feeling. "Wh-wh-
where is EugeniaP Wh-wh-where is
my angelP"
Miss Jenny recoiled as one stung by
q snake. She tottered backward, in
tending TO fall into her chair and face
the horrible situation; but alas that
antique char had the most lively aud
rapid casters that were ever affixed to
chair legs. Her hoop. small though it
was, hit the edge of the scat as she re-
treated, and with that slight impetus
tho chair spun half yard backward,
and this elegant. heart-broken maiden
lady sat heavily and Unexpectedly down
ON the floor.
"Wh-wh-wh-ere is my Eugeniap"
went on the excited Holloway; and. as
if to answer the question, the door
opened and Eugenia-yes, Eugenia-
with handsome young fellow behind
her, entered upon the scene. The tab
lcau was too much for them; the an
gel g'ggled aloud, the young man
echoed her amusement from under his
silky dark mustache. Augustus seemed
to survey even the cobwebs on the cor
nice, as well as all the tarnished gilt
lleprs-de-lis on the flock paper so fear
fully did his eyes roll. Miss Jenny gave
hysterical shriek-the truth dawned
upon her. Eugena had chosen her
own lover, and his eyes were dark,
straight of vision. keen and merry.
Augustus was heart-broken; and she,
well-bred, well-born, fastidious, prim
Eugenia Philpot, commonly called
Aunt. Jenny. had made sn irreme-
diable. an awful mistake
OF which the moral IS, according 10
my deceased great-grandfather; Avoid
men with cross-eyes According to me:
Aunts, expect not to have lovers when
you have lovely nieces beside you, or
you may miserably repeat poor Miss
Philpots awful mistake. Rose Terry
Cooke. in Harper's Bazar.