Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1888-11-09
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A Lesson To Lovers. :

from all that | have read and
head said Young DIR. Newberry.
lthegreat bane Of the happlnes of lnv-
Ter. whether engaged or married, is a
H. e perfect frankness and conf
Az bet3 een them. Should any
~ ai;sa to exotic doubt or Jealousy
party, An explanation shoulti
-. nee suught-ur'-' -tyer. and t',us
Nly mach rOutie and uuhap,
BE- Avoided.
-. perfectly agree with YOU, res
.onded Josie Chsse, looking up bright
". And SO there will never be any
danger # our misunderstanding each
sther. will there"
i hope not, darling. he replid.
And then there VAS some little
',csiatic demonstration, such as youth
Iii lovers are privileged 10 indulge IN
hen alone.
They nad been but three DAYS en-
aged, and bad known each other not
ute three months-only since the
hung doctor had come to Woodlelgh
- commence practice
Josie was the belle of the town, and
|; had not been without a struggle that
he Young doctor had ~on her in the
ace of richer, and AZ some people
Considered, more desirable sultors.
She was very pretty and clever. and
ull of warm hearted and geperous
impulse, aud also. If, the doctors land
adv was to be credited. soIne y hat fond
Sf having her own way.
.irs. Larrimer. who had five grown
daughters of her own. shes we'll nigh
irolled 10 death. Her ma lets her
have her own way. and though her pa
sometimes worries about her odd do
ngs, she generally manages to bring
bin, around IN the end
She's sach alrt : said Miss. Bios
lsm Lsrrimer. Who, though the eldest
pf the cluster Of i've sisters, still Ian
Iuished unga,hercd upon the parent
isem. WHY. couldn't tell the men
she has led OF 10 propose, and then
discarded. lie dteAdfulIy heartless
and eruel.' she added With sym
ssthetc sigh.
II oh YOU had better leave the doc
lsr 10 lind oas all .ha, for himself
|gigglei Miss Ga, the youngest of the
Hlxs. only. Doctor. yoa> mu.tn'.
- - :. a Dc N@e-A, -
= man-irsp We've ~arp-i sou. He.
he,''
The last ohs.' said Mrs. Larrimer
soIrmnly. vas tina; Wild young fellow,
Jack Ripley. who thy turned ou, Of
RauI-pan College for whltrwashing
the presidents horse and other lawless
doinss. lie used 10 visit Miss jose
phiue while he VAS here AZ the col
lrge. about tao wears ago. and Jus, be-
fore yru Game TO Woodleigh he wss
back again and the tao we're thicker
than ever. Some folks thought IT
would be u match, but 1t seems her
pa int~ffvred and sent him off, ] must
say she changes mighty easy from one
to another. Id te sorry TO have one
of my girls act like that
These accounts at first set the dec
tor thinking n ht,Ie. but be VAS not
TO be frightened from his wooing. and
in Happiness as an accepted lover be
forgot all IN. warnings and croakins
of the l.srrlmer family.
lie knew that his Josie was little
coquettish-a little vain II might be
as what pretty woman is not But
that she Mas either bear tless or tickle
he would not believe.
And it Was not until further conf
Dental revelations from the indef,tl-
gable Mrs. Larrimer that an uneasy
feeling of doubt and perplexiiy began
10 take possession of his mind.
'Ahem' said that lady, rs she hand
ed him second cup of tea. when one
evening be had come in rather late
from professional call. so Mr..
Jack Ripley is back agrin in Wood
leigh. What do you think of him, DR..
New berry !.
Il have not had the pleasure OF
meeting him.
No Dear me, that seems strange
when-when you are both so much at
the Chases. He MAS there yesterday,
aud again this morning and this even
Mug. AS they 1--we nearly opposite Us,
sone ,f us couldn help seeing them
gong IN aud o.t. Bui Of course ,ou We
heard Miss josie mention hlm
No; The Doctor had not heard ally
one ,ncutlon Mr.. Jack Ripley. Aud
he thought 1t Rather strange that II
that gentleman had really COME again
IA -nuolng Miss Josephine Chase, she
she >huu.d have permitted him to pay
ha- lht ST. .isits-she who Was HIS atll.
an,ed VILE.
As usual, when he WAS not profess
sIonaIIy engaged, lie went after tea to
sec JusIr. II Was MaIm moonlight
su' nirr night; the parIor wac occu
pl,d ana close. aud the Doctor, wnIlt
waiting for his betrothed, took hlt
seat at side window wlndoW
which opened upon the pretty garden
and through which came soft, refresh
my breeze, laden with the perfume o.
| roses.
In fact, just beneath this window
was what Josie called her rose al bol
II trellis covererd with "a running
rose bush, where only last night h,
haI sat with her IN the moonlig hit ant
talked over their plans of future hap
plness.
He had noticed at the time tn u
she appeared a little absent and dis
Iuclined to talk. Could it have heer
on account of this visit ,f MIR. Jacl
Ripley? And now, AS the though
occurred, he became aware of low
| voices in the arbor. Before he coul,
rise and move away these words, il
osie's voice, slightly raised, came dis
inctly TO his ear:
i tell You Jack. no one suspects us