Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-08-11
Ihe Squire's Courting.
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spec lal assurance that the Squire would
never assume the hymencal yoke, but
Inst because It would seem 50 very funny
If he should
Now, til" squire vas no squire at al
The word inplie, Jud Le. and tn,
SquIrc vi, not a .Ind.e, at least not in
thc legal sense. squire" va, simply
nickname given in Il spottivc moment t,
}. HIlIcry trabtree hy a okng school
fellow, and it had tenacio,lsIy cltnr f.
him rs lie had advanced IN years and
stature"
) lllIlcrv, or the Squire was. as tC
complexion. g brunette. very dark eyes
blue black hair and mou,tache. about
five feet eight inches in his stockings.
aud decidedly blunt in his manners. with
a generous opinion Of himself In his
carly youth he was the especial charge
OF ms three aunts and at the same time
their torment He was the source Of
never ending contention between tho
three cstimable ladies who could never
agree as to how he should be trained. and
j IN consequence the Squire himself was re
sponslble for most Of his early training. as
/ the multitude of cooks spoiled The broth
OF boy. And We find him at twenty
/ four with Kind of contempt for women.
young women III particular. lie was
suspicious Of them. He was very par
tcular as tp his personal appearance,
tao turn and single. yet witha had hc
been biting fish, the girls thought he
would have been a good catch.
Fate was laying IA trap for the wary
and self-satistied squire. One day be
called to see one of his aunts in New
| York, and to the squire's disgu there
Glanced to be n young lady calling at
! the same time. OF course an introduce
tion followed The squire would Glad
ly have fed, but he had important mes
sages to give his aunt Miss Kurt was
III no apparent hurry. Then, to make
matters worse, it began to rain, and OF
course Miss Kurt could not 90 in the
rain, and the source discomfort wa,
greatly augmented when his aunt TOOK
him TO one side and laid down the law
to hlm that he must see Miss kurtz safely
home, Why the squire should have oh
lected to seeing pretty girl home rc
one knew, but he did, and 1t must b,
said that he was rather gruf as he offer
eel his escort to the young lady
Now, how such Il thing could haprer
!. cannot be told: it was very shocking in
deed to the squire. but fact The mex,
morning in the dining room the souir,
chanccd to pull out his handkerchie
and what should come out with il but
lady's glove, nice, sweet scented deli
cate affair. The squire va, quite o., r
come, he was considerably agiratel, an,
when his Cousin WILDLY, a very hvel
young miss. rounccd upon the tell tai
glove and demanded an explanation, til
squire growlcd out something and turnc;
very red. .z,dtllberately took the glov
from her and walked ont of the hor. e.
As the squire walked along the stree
he felt considerably veN,d Now, O
course. he must go to return the gloIct
Miss Kurt. but how could he explain 1t
being III his pocket. He could not es
plain He would send il To her b mai
But. again, he did not know the nun
lrer Of her hou-e and he dared not as
for tear til, folks would laugh At him, s
that very cvcnin. he called and re;urnc
the glove TO liz fair owner He wa
toi, ed to acknowledge to him elf on tn
way home that he had spent very plea
ant evening. and Was not sur that =
were as frivolous as he had thought then
at least not all girls Miss kurt1 ha
given him an invitation L call again an
ne did not know but thl, he would 81
appeared t. be very nice =. hnt ihel
one mus, look out for them they are :
) tricky.
1t Was rather amusing those vi
l knew the squire and his antipathlcS. :
! notice how soon it was necessary tor h
to again call on Miss kultI, aud il W
: the occasion for no little ,h1t'ias |
Wildly The squire would 90
a ashamed. growl, and hastily g, ont
. her way, and N the same time every o.
e noticed that the squire wore puizl,
z look as though he was thinking deep
! over something Ii he made ffc4ue
l. calls on Miss hurt I. lie wa, very caref
! tha, none Of his family should know
i it. You know that its a Very hard thu
l. for man 10 knowledge frankly II
: be is violating his own preccpts. Al
il may be said right here that Miss hu'