Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-04-28

| Iney do"
"Really?" was SO interested that
forgot my intention to say something
sarcastic.
"Yes. really.n
They 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 rightln | murmured
yindlctiyely.
Quite so, ,"he answered.
II mean the husbands, explained.
80 do l. You see," he went on,
'the colonists make a great mistake;
they marry fashionable London girls
with no stamina, and they expect them
to settle down to dull, country life.''
That is absurd" :" L Iejoined hotly.
I'm the first place. London girls are
often far more healthy than country
ones, IN the next place it is known
TACT 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 an open sesame to fun and
amusement
There is something in that" Mr.
Glynne said refectively.
"Of course there isl'' cried, much
pleased. Then added confidentially
and genially, II tell you what 1 will
do, Mr.. Glynne. If you have really
made up your mind to take back a wife
| viii help you to find one. 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.
81 think I can promlse," he said
laughing.
Eyes, but can you keep your
PROMISE" L asked, ''when you have
seen herr"
''Oh l am to see her?"
"Why, of counsel How eau 1 help
you to find wife otherwise? Imust
give tennis-party, to which Ishall ask
all the girls think Will do for you, as
well as some of those who are too
TOO good for me-" he put in bland
ly, for had paused awkwardly, con-
| SciouS that my tongue was running
away with me.
well, let US say too good for the
ColonieS-it sounds more police"
"And means the same thing. Quite
SO. Well, then, you will invite me to
this tennis-party?
''And you will be able to pick out
| the girl you like best not Hattie
mindr'
'Oh, no; Hattie shall be Sacred!"
1 clapped my hands gleefully, as l
have trick of doing when nleased.
"There are several girls 1 know" l
said, .''who wouldn't mind going to
Australia. They would be sure to like
you too" added, looking at him scru-
tinisingly,
Thank you," was the quiet reply.
SPY the-way, it's little important,
isn't it? Should I like them?"
II hope so. Tell me, though-what
sort of girls do you lIke?"
swell. bright. cheerful girls You
see out In the colonies you mayn't have
anybody but your wife to talk to for
weeks and weeks; so you want her to
supply little of the cheerfulness.
"Of course" 1 assented. "Most of
the girls know are jolly, though, SO
you could take almost any of them aud
be quite safe. | meant what sort OF
looking girls doyou like-dark or fair?"
Mr.. Glynne smiled as he glanced at
my coils of brown hair.
II suppose ought to say dark" he
said.
Don't be sillyl'' / cried, tossing
back my head with gesture of impa-
tlence. You can pay me compliments
another time. Now you must be seri-
ous."
@All right; then will say fair, with
blue eyes, alabaster skin, and a sylpl-
like figure. Oh, and she must play the
pianol That's sine qua non."
l felt sorry when heard this.
ssDolly Clarke Will be the GIRL" l
said regretfully. 81 don't like her much
besides, it would have been perfect
charity if you could have taken fancy
to one of the Harrises."
"Why, are they so unattractive that,
failing me, they will 90 spinsters TO
the tOmb?n
"Wen, no, not exactly" 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
fair chance"
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..
Glynns, please-Quick, as you value my
kindly offices in the futuren'
sMiss Boulton, may l have the
pleasure Of taking you down to sup
per?" 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.
I took his arm, with a bow that was
meant for Lady Weir's eyes and smile
that was meant for him; and we pro-
ceeded down stairs to the supper-room.
I am ashamed to say how long we sat
there; but it was really SO nice that we
fe,t dislnclined to move. Mr. Glynne
secured a small table, and, later on.
Winnie and Captain Ross installed
themselves opposite to US we na9
great fun over my undertaking 10 hho
Mr.. Glynne wife, and Captain hoss
put in a plea to be invited to the tennis
PARTY, SO that he too might rnake Sc
lection. BY the time mamma came IN
to look for us, we were 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; linen
there was an interchange or CARDS; aad
when we parted, Captain Ross and MI.
Glynne were both pledged to put IN an
anysarance on the following TUESDAY.
well. our tennis-party was a great
srccess. and some six or seven OF our
friends stayed on to a late EQUATION.
Mr Glynne, of course was one OF these:
and as be seemed to be struck ABOUT
equally with all the girls. / made mann mann,
ma keen those two 1 fanoied a;a woaia
snit him best. One was Connie furule
the otler Emily Harris. Hattie always
remains because she is my chlef lrienu,
and CAPTAIN Ross was asked because
hoth Winnie and Hattie thought hiu
nice. ., o,,arino