Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-06-15

"Reall, p Was 20 interested that
forgo, my intention TO say something 'ar'
castle.
"Ys., really"
"They get homs.siek. suppose =
That's H. They cry all day and
make themselves III. and their husbands
have 10 bring them back TO EnslAnd."
"Sere. them right" | murmured vim
die,iv,ly.
"Qatc so.' be answered.
81 mean the Husbands" | explained.
$50 do I. You see" be wen, on.
"the Colonis,s make a grea, mistake
they marry fashionable l,ondon girls
with no stamina, Atd they expect them
10 settle down TO q dull country life.
THAT /, absurd" | rejoined. ho,Iy.
"In the fiu, place. London girls are of'ea
far more healthy than county ones 10
the nsx, place IL is known fact iha,
london girl. settle down To qais, life
far more readily than county girls
They have have had their gAis,y aud so'
ei.l uiamph.. and are tired Of Il all.
while the country girl, think miiii,se !.
to be an "oPsn sesame" 10 faa sni
amusement
"Thre /, something IN that" Mr..
Olynne said. r,Aeeii,ely.
"Of course there is." | cried. much
pleased. Then | added oonhdsn,i.lly aud
reni.lly. III will tell yOa wh,, ! will do,
Mr. Gl,nne. II you have really made
up your mind TO take back wife. ] will
bslp YOU to had one. Ba, YOU mus,
promise m, faithfully lao, 10 make love
to any Of my special friend'-eer'.inly
no, 90 Hattie nor my sister.
"I think can Promiss.' he said,
laughing. =.
eyes. but can you keep your promise.
| asked. "when you have seen her
"Oh. I am to see her"
"why. Of course Hos can h'lp
yo TO iind q wfe otherwise | must give
. ,enni, party. TO which | shall ask all
the girl, think will do for you. {. well
a. some OF those who are too
"To, good for me" he pas in blandly'
for | bad paused Askwardly. eoaseioa'
,h., my tongue vas running away with
me.
"wsll. ls, u, say too good for the
Colonie.-l, sound. more polite"
"And mean. the same thing Quite 80.
Well. thea. you will invite me to this
,enni. party ,
And you will b, able to pick oi, the
,it you like be.,-ao, Hattie, mind."
"oh. no; Hattie shall be sacred =
| elapped my hands slssially. " !
have ,riek Of doing whea pleased.
"There are several girl, know.' !
said. "who woaldn', mind going TO Aus
u.li.. And they would be sure TO like
you. too" | added. lookins a. him 'era'
,iniIingly.
Thank you. W. the qais, reply.
"By.,he.way. IL. little important. isn't
IL, Should | like them ,"
81 hope 50. Tell me. though. wha,
.or, Of girl. do you hks" "
"wsll. bright. cheerful girls. You
see. oa, in the Colonies you mayn', have
any body bu, your wife 10 talk to tor
week. and weeks; % you van, her to
supply little Of the eheerfslne's."
"Of course" | s..sn,ed. "Mo', OF
the girl. know are jolly. though. 50 you
could tax. almo., any OF them and be
quite safe. | mean, what 'or, OF look.
Ing girl. DO you like-dArk OF fair ?
Mr. Glynne smiled Z, he glanced a,
my coil. OF brown hair.
81 suppose ! ought to say dark. he
said.
"D,a', be silly" cried. io.ins back
my head with gesture OF impa,ienee.
"You can pay me compliments another
time. Nov you mus, be serious.
"All right; then | will say fair. with
blue eyes, al.ba.ter skin. snd . sylPh-
like figure. Oh. and she mus, play the
piano That's a sine qua non.
fel, sorry when heard this.
"Dolly Clarke will be glad | said,
regre,fally. 81 don', like her much
besides, Il would have been a perfect
charity IL you could have taken fancy
to one OF the Harrises."
"why, are they so unA,iraeiive that.
falling me. they will 90 'Pin''er to the
tomb :" =.
"well, no. no, exactly" | Aushed.
"Ba, there are four Of them. and they
are no, oyerieh. and don't 80 much into
society. 80 ,hA, they don't get fair
chance"
Then. seeing Lady Weir advancing,
followed by limp young man with
plas,ered hair and an eye gl.-.-;hins'
/ hate cried eagerly:
ASK me to 20 down to supper. MI.
Glynne. please-quiek. as you value my
kindly offices in the future"
mi. Doul,On. may have the pleasure
Of taking you down to supper :! said
my ColOnis,. very promptly. and he al.
most forgo, to drawl.
/, was plain ,ha, he did not wish my
matrimonial projects to end IN mere talk
a. they nigh, have done had | had to 90
down with the cavalier L,dy Weir des.
tined for me.
| took hi. arm with bow that was
mean, for Lady weif' eyes and smile
that was mean, for him; aud We pro-
ceeded down stairs to the supper-room,
I am ashamed to say how long we sal
there bu, |, really Was so nice that We
fel, disinclined to move. Mr.. Glynne
secured a small table, and. later on,
Winnie and Captain Ross installed them
selves opposite to US. We had great
fun over my undertaking to find Mr
Glynne . wife. and Captain Ross pa, 10
plea to be invited to the tennis party
90 that he, too, nigh. make . selection
BY the time mamma came 10 TO look fol
US, we were all srea, friends and she
like the wise, sensible woman that sh'
Is. noted this ai once. and. unprompted
said she hoped the gentleman would cal
upon u.. Then there was an Interchange
OF cards; and. when We parted. Cap.air
| Ross and Mr.. Glynne were both pledges
to pu, 10 an appearance on the following