The Penn's Grove record., 1886-04-24

'1DeN 10.
"ReaIlyP" 1 was so interested that l
forgot my intention to say something
sarcastic.
Yes, really"
osTbey get home-sick, 1 supposeP"
"That's it. They cry all day, make
themselves Ill, and their husbands have
to bring them back to England.
SERVES them right" l murmured
vindlctiyely.
"Ouite So" he answered.
81 mean the husbands" L explained.
$50 do l.. You see," he went on,
'sthe colonlsts make a great mistake;
they marry fashionable London girls
with no stamina, and they expect them
to settle down to adull, country hfe."
"That is absurd" 1 Iejoined holly.
'In the first place. London girls are
often far more healthy than country
ones, in the next place it is a known
fact that London girls settle down 10 a
quiet life far more readily than country
girls. They have had their gaiety and
social triumphs, and are tired of it all,
while the country girls think marriage
is to be IN open sesame to fun and
amusement"
There is something in that" Mr..
GIMME said ref1ectively.
"Of course there isl'I cried, much
pleased. Then l added con6dentially
and genially, II tell you what l will
do, Mr.. Glynne. If you have really
made up your mind to take back a wife
| will help you to find But you
must promise me faithfully not to make
love to any of my special friends-cer-
tainly not to Hattie, nor to my sister.
~ think 1 can PROMISE" he said
laughing.
Yes; but can you keep your
PROMISE" l asked, "when you have
seen herr"
''Oh | amto see her2'
"Wby, of counsel How can l help
you to find a wife otherwise? must
give a tennis-party, to which / shall ask
all the girls 1 think will do for you, as
we'll as some of those who are too
TOO good for me-, he put in bland
". for | had paused .-vbHerdly, col
scious that my tongue was running
away with me.
swell, let US say too good for the
Colonies-it sounds more polite"
"And means the same thing. Quite
so. Well, then, you will invite me to
this tennis-party2'
"And you will be able to pick out
the girl you like best not Hattie
mind!n
sob. no; Hattie shall be sacredl'
l clapped my hands gleefully, as l
have a trick OF doing when pleased.
There are several girls | know
said, ''who wouldn't mind going to
Australia. They would be sure to like
you too" 1 added, looking at him scru-
tinisingly,
Thank you," was the quiet reply.
'~By-the-way, it's little important,
isn't it? Should I like them2"
II hope 50. Tell me, though-what
sort of girls do you like?"
swell bright. cheerful girls. You
see out ia the colonies you mayn'thaye
anybody but your wife to talk to for
weeks and weeks; so you want her to
supply a little of the c~heerfulness."
"Of course" 1 assented. "Most of
the girls 1 know are jolly, though, SO
you could take almost any of them and
be quite safe. L meant what sort of
looking girls doyou like-dark or fairp"
Mr.. ,Glynne smiled as he glanced at
my coils of brown hair.
II suppose 1 ought to say dark" he
said.
Don't be sillyl"I cried, tossing
back my head with a gesture of impa-
tlence. "You can pay me compliments
another time. Now you must be seri-
ous."
"All right; then 1 will say fair, with
blue eyes, alabaster skin, and a sylph-
like figure. Oh, and she must play the
pianol That's a sine qua non."
l felt sorry when l heard this.
"Dolly Clarke will be the girl,"I
said regretfully. 81 don'tli like her much
besides, it would have been a perfect
charity If you could have taken a fancy
to one of the HAIRLESS"
"Why, are they so unattractive that,
falling me, they will go splnsters TO
the tombp"
swell, no, not exactly,"I laughed,
"But there are four of them, and they
are not over-rich, and don't go much
into society, so that they don't get a
fair chance.n
Then, seeing Lady Weir advancing,
followed closely by a limp young man
with plastered hair and an eye glass
things hate-I cried eagerly
ASK me to go down to supper Mr..
Glynne, please-quick, as you value my
kindly offices in the futurel''
"Mlss Boulton, may L have the
pleasure of taking you down to sup.
PERI" said my colonist very promptly;
and he almost forgot to drawl.
1t was plain that he did not wish my
matrimonial projects to end in mere
talk, as they might have done had l
had to go down with the cavalier Lady
Weir destined for me.
l took his arm, with a bow that "a
meant for Lady Weir's eyes and a smile
that was meant for him; and we pro-
ceeded down stairs to the supper-room.
| am ashamed to say how long we sat
there; but it was really so nice that we
fe't disinclined to move. MI. Glynne
secured a small table, and, later on.
Winnie and Captain Ross installed
themselves opposite to US We had
great fun over my undertaking to find
Mr.. Glynne a wife, and Captain Ross
put in a plea to be invited to the tennis.
party, so that no too might make a Sc
lection. BY the time mamma came In
to look Tor US, we we're all great friends
and she, like the wise, sensible woman
of the world that she is, noted this at
once, and, unprompted, said she hoped
the gentleman would call upon us. Then
there was an interchange Of cards; aud
when We partt d., Captain Ross and Mr..
Glynne were both pledged to put in an
appearance on the following Tuesday.
Well, our tennis-party was a great
success, and some six or seven Of our
friends stayed on to a late collation..
Mr. Glynne, of course was one OF these;
and, as be seemed to be struck about
equally with all the girls, I made NAM
ma keep those two 1 fancied would
suit him best. One was Connie Purdie
the other Emily Harris. Hattie always
remains because she is my chief friend,
and Captain Ross was asked because
both Winnie and Hattie thought him
nice.
Towards the end OF the evening 1
found an opportunity Of speaking to
Mr.. Glynne without any of the others