The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-07-16

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| himself submitting to a kiss on either
cheek from his aunt with laughing
protest.
Il say'' he exclaimed, holding her
of; this is elusive. But, auntie, you
bloom like a midsummer rose, and I'm
awfully glad to see you"
You ought to be, when I've come a
hundred miles to let you see me-" his
aunt replied, ''and I brought a young
| friend with me. Ditha, my dear, this
is the nephew of whom 1 told you.
Jack, let me present you to Miss Fitz-
gerald.
"Overioyad," said Jack, taking the
white hand held out to him, and the
| girl gave him a laughing, roguish look
| from pair of the bluest eyes he had
| ever seen.
Recognizable on sight from your
very accurate description of him, Mrs.
Trewson," said a sweet, girlish voice,
which, somehow, made Jack feH as
though he had known the owner all his
| life.
And then he was leading her in to
dinner, and could quietly take a survey
of his companion without any danger
Of being thought rude.
She had masses of reddish-brown
hair, which was waved and drawn
back in a loose, graceful coil at the
back, while few soft ringlets fell over
the white forehead; eyes as blue as
violets, full of laughing light and heav-
lily fringed with reddish brown lashes;
sweet, spirited lips, red as a cherry; a
complexion fairly dazzling in its pure
pink and white, and a slender, willoWY
form, which the simple white dress she
wore set off to good advantage.
Perfectly lovelyl" was Jacks in
ward verdict; aloud, he followed some
thing she had been saying about his
finding it dull living so far from the
city.
"DullP' he repeated; ''not exactly; I
read little, you know, boat a little,
fish little and ride great deal. Do
you rider"
''Do I?'' she began, with enthusiasm;
them dropping her eyes demurely, "a
little"
Then Wen try a daily oanter,'
Jack said, forgetting his uncle's adj
monitiOn. eff you are timid we can
furnish you with very gentle piece of
horse flesh"
THANK you," Ditha said, an amused
sparkle in her eyes, and then she spoke
to Mrs. TrewsOn, and a general con-
versation ensued, bright and sparkling,
often interrupted by laughter, which
lasted through the whole meal.
"How do you like Jack?" Mrs.
Trewson asked Ditha, when they were
alone in the drawing-roOm. The girl
laughed merrily.
every well, indeed" she answered.
1--WE are to ride tomorrow, and he of
fered me the gentlest piece of horse
flesh in the stabler' and again she
laughed merrily.
'Hushr' her companion whispered,
''here they are" as Jack and his uncle
entered. ''Now, Ditha," she con-
tinued, ego and sing for Jack. Iwant
to have a long talk with my brOther-in-
law" And Jack offered his arm to
the girl and led her to the other end of
the long room where an elegant piano
stood. And presently he was leaning
over her, turning the sheets, while she |
gave him laughing glances from under |
her curling lashes, and the lampIght |
fell on her Furnished hair, making it a |
crown of glory.
The days went by and the two young |
people spent most of the time in each |
others society. It was a horseback |
ride in the early summer morning, be- |
fore the older people were out of their /
beds; a walk through the cool shades |
of the pretty grove back of the house |
in the afternoon, or reading to each |
other on the wide veranda, or drifting |
with the tide on the smooth surface of |
the river, that flowed like silver near |
the fine old homestead, and Jack |
was drifting more rapidly than he
knew into the deep waters of an I'M
bounded love for the beautiful laughing |
girl, whose blue eyes held so much |
merriment and from whose FURNISHED
hair the sunlight fell in flashes.
At last Aunt Harriet made the start |
ling announcement that she would
leave on the morrow, and Jack sud
denly realized that the world would be
a dreary place to him without Miss
Ditha's smiles, and that evening he
found himself alone with her for a nc
ment, and managed to tell her, in
very laundering fashion, which made |
her blue eyes sparkle with amusement, |
how dear She had become to him.
And then she made him unutterably |
happy by telling him that she cared |
enough for him to be willing to place |
her future in his hands and wait until |
he had won a way in the world and |
could take her to such home as would |
be worthy of her. Jack left her with |
the memory of her tender words and |
fond caresses, and a new ring on her |
finger, and went directly to his uncle,
who was in the library.
Il have come to tell you, uncle" the !
Young man commenced, 'that if what |
you said regarding Judith Arson was |
said in seriousness, it is now beyond |
my power to oblige you in the matter |
of even seeing her with the chance of |
finding a favor in her eyes which she |
never could find in mine.1
what are you talking about, YOU
young scapegraceP" his uncle asked, !
the smile in his eyes belieing the frOwn |
on his forehead. Harriet tells me |
Miss Anton is a lovely girl, and has |
numerous admirers, each one. I dare /
say, worth dozen like yourself Her /
hair is no more red than your own, and |
her complexion is called the fairest |
possessed by any lady in her county.
She is refined and graceful, and you /
will be lucky fellow if you can win /
her"
LET one of those awfully nice fell
lows have her, uncle" Jack said with 1
a smile. For mel have asked Ditha /
Fitzgerald to be my wife
And have been rejected, as you de- |
served to be, eh?'
"And have been accepted, to nv I'M /
bounded Joy, uncle. Now, couldn't /
you manage to say civil thing to
mep"
But the uncle reached suddenly for /
the ben-pull and rang it vigorously.
"Going to have me escorted to the |
door, or I'm a sinneri" Jack thought. |
'But I'll see it through
II desire Miss Fitzgerald to come
here if she is not engaged" was the
message given to the servant. And it
made Jacks eyes flash.
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