Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-12-02

two-horse establishment But mind you
Il had TO pay for it!''
When the twilight advanced-what
little there was of it at that time Of the
year-I saw Ethan Nash driving up
pell-mell with Tom Nickinson's fiery lit
tie mare. the cutter digging her heels
like n sledge after O reindeer. Ethan
had as much as he could do to manage
her
Subsequent TO that slight glimpse of
Ethan, buzzing by my window rs he
did, caught no other until l stood in
the little ballroom. having ushered in
Gas thoughD a very handsome young
lady in fancy dress with "fiXings"
to correspond, and taken q modest, if
not decidedly timid survey of the floor.
There was Ethan in full feather He
was dressed with all his might" and
couldn't have spared Il single item of
his inventory without damaging his eff
fectiveness decidedly. fact ne meant
to be killing.
Near where he stood sat Lucy Doane.
simpering and whimpering behind her
half-sprcad fan, her round face rs red
as II wasting winter-apple, her eyes up
turned TO him in an exceedingly Ian
gushing style, and lots of young girls
surveying them with feelings so mixed
that shall be excused from describing
them.
BY the bye in came lilly Fogg with
Edward Marks.
How Ethan did stare straight
at her, and how she did stare straight
l. l. "a Ia, n Il .
all; and there were others that saw it rs
well. For few minutes the friends
and acquaintances of each party were
instantly engaged in regarding their
conduct.
Ethan instantly threw his eyes up at
the opposite wall, just as if there were
no such person as lilly Fogg in the
room. On her part, to exhibit IL proper
degree of resentment, she pursed her
pretty mouth, gave her mead contempt
uous toss, and acted as independently
as if she was to lead off in the dance
herself that night, and knew it.
Well, and what was little strange.
too, she did lead of, standing with her
partner, who was q young student of
law in the office of Squire Docket, at the
head of the figure.
How elegant she looked in her taste
full dress and with her beautiful color!
What an air of queenly pride she
portrayed as she smoothed down the
| glossy hair on her temples and looked
over the rustic crowd as if she knew
well enough that she was the belle of
the evening.
Ethan stood II good way down the
| floor, and it was noticeable what an
everlasting chat his fair partner-Lucy
Doane-kept up for him behind her
Widespread fan. Only once or twice
Ethan's eyes wandered up to where the
little figure of lilly Fogg was standing,
but Lucy Doane watched every move
ment and brought him back to his
senses again.
AS for lilly, she was perfectly wretch
ed, though she did laugh and chatter so
much with her partner, the young law
student. There was excess in her
actions, and that was enough to betray
her.
Anyone with even half an eye could
see that at once. But no doubt it as
sisted to heighten her beauty; for but
for this unhappy pressure on her pride
and her self-will, there would have been
no such sutfuSlon about her cheeks, nor
no such imperious expression about her
beautiful eyes.
"a don't see but what we are really
making out q nice time of it," said
Ethan to Lucy.
"This is tine-very fine!" SAID Ed
ward Marks to Tilly at about the same
moment.
1t was something of coincidence,
and deserving OF y chronicler, as here
it finds one.
When we went down to supper the
confusion was excessive.
They all rushed into the supper-room
in state bordering on despair, acting
rs if there was but one chance in a
thousand of their ever getting another
mouthful to eat in the world.
The tables groaned, and so did those
who sat down to them before thev got
up. There was smart business done
for some time in the way of eating. and
hungry folks might have looked with a
hearty relish and envied them.
The party broke up toward early
morning, dancers, tiddlers. and all. BY
the dull light of the stars that winked
and twinkled SO steadily far off in the
sky. they sailed forth from before the
door i'll their seighs for home again.
Ethan and Lucy Doane felt consider
ably sleepy on their way back. and. as
consequence, very little was said by
either during their brisk ride. As for
lilly and the young student, she was
entirely unhappy, and he was-shall
confess it?-a very little 'mashedr'
1t was easy enough for everybody to
see now that Ethan Nash and lilly
loved one another. and this show of in
difference on their part was the greatest
piece of mere acting-heartless and hol-
low--lmarlnable.
The rest of us who knew all this and
more, too, from the beginning, deter
mined 10 put an end to it. They had
been living on stuff Il great while
longer than they ought to have done.
So the next day there was II concert
cd arrangement made among ourselves
to bring them all together.
1t was over at Susan Wilde's house.
and the hour was just before tea.
First came in Ethan. He was going
round to dIsspatc the day through, and
we knew at about what time he would
be there. Then followed Lucy Doane.
She was all smiles and syllables. for
she felt confident rs she ever wanted to