The Wahpeton times., 1888-08-30

& Miss Cilly opened tho door tbr me-
herself. She looked very fresh and
blooming; and, though her nose did
turn up, her eyes were very pretty,
and / stopped at them and did not
examine further. Her hair, too, was
auburn in some lights, and whatever
might be said other chin, her lips were
round and soft-so were her cheeks.
So strongly was I impressed with
their beauty that I involuntarily
kissed Miss Cilly Busse, and after I
had done 80 found that I liked it.
Miss Cilly did not struggle very hard,
so ] did it again. Miss Cilly said
that was enough; SO we went
in and sat, side by side, on the parlor
sofa. If a gentleman does not want
to make immediate and desperate
love to a young woman, do not let
him sit on sofa beside her, par.
ticularly a small sofa-crede experto.
I had not been in that position five
minutes, and had not told half my
future intentions, when I discovered
that my arm was around Miss Cilly's
waist and her head on my shoulder.
Consequently, I began to feel very
bitterly at the necessity of parting
and to express myself SO enthusias-
tically that Miss Cilly was absolutely
moved to tears. In short, fancied
I was really in love and
acted accordingly. Yet, oh! the
fickleness of youth. No sooner had
l got out of the house where I had
just been swearing eternal constancy,
than l fervently hoped never to enter
it again. Once out of sight of Miss
Cilly, my feelings towards her began
to cool, and, by the time was
seated in the stage which was to
bear me away, was as impatient of
the chain which bound me to her as
l had ever been before. Her excel
lencies began to diminish, and her
little failings to loom terribly in my
imagination. / denied the auburn of
her tresses and stigmatized them as
red; while my very affection for her
gave me the opportunity to ungener-
ously discover how much ofthe beauty
of her figure was owing to whalebone.
l sat in the stage unmindfH| of my
fellow-passengers and weighed down
by gloomy reflections on mIdestiny.
After time 1 became nervoVky aware
of the fact that my. opposite aheighbor
was looking at me: Being naturally
reused by this to return the- gaze, a
sudden elevation of my eyes brought
them in contact with the glance of
two soft, dark orbs gleamin4 4.timidly
from the recess of q travelling hat.
From that instant felt thd was
gone-that I was madly love
that naught on earth should sepa-
rate me from the proprietress of
those heavenly eyes. L cast
Miss Cilly Busse from my recol-
lection, 1utterly ignored ahy tie be-
tween US, and determined to win this
angel or perish forever. How I
wished that the stage had been in
Italy, that it might be stopped by
brigands, that might spring out
and defend my fair one against over
whelming numbers, and at last, hav-
ing rescued her, fall expiring on q
heap of slain with her voice in my
dying vision. But the country was
prosaic-itwa fat, it was American,
with nothing more like a brigand
than the turnpike-keeper. There was
no chance of winning her regards by
any deed of daring, so had to SUBJ
init to the ordinary approaches to
intimacy afforded by stage-coach
travelling. was soon in easy con-
versation with Rose Mayland-such
she informed me was her name. I
found ou1 that we were going to the
same place, that we were both going
to remain some time, and that 1
mighteall. and see her if liked. fl
liked-wliAt an idea! Place q fiery
dragon, half q dozen giants, and in
Vulnerable magicians in the way, and
I would. brayely have carved out q
path to her feet.
As this world has become very
matter -of-fact, as dragons are con-
fined to pantomimes. giants are only
visible at Barnum's, and magicians
humanely will not exercise their pow
ers except for an entrance fee of 25
cents, Ibid not find the slightest diff
Guilty in visiting Miss Rose Maryland.
After repeated calls became con-
vinced that Rose reciprocated my
sentiments; for she did not appear
bored by my visits, and ] thought
that no humanity could stand two
visits q day of indefinite length each,
without being either bored or in love
with the visitor, l would have cast
myself at Roses feet and declared my
affection, but there was that horrid
engagement with Cilly Busse-how
to get released from it? thought
ofwriting myself an anonymous let
ter, derogatory of her character, and
on the strength of it breaking my
chain; but the experiment, on refec-
tion, n,appeared too dangerous and OF
doubtful efficacy. thought of
marrying Rose andf wing Immediately
to the end of the earth; but, apart
from the difficulty of getting
there I doubted the happiness
of life without cigars and newspa-
pers, shopping and new bonnets.
Suicide was disagreeable, and would
not enable me to marry Rose. In
short, reduced to despair, l tried the
very last resort left me. unbo-
somed myself to Harry Sinclair.
Harry Sinclair was very handsome
fellow and perfectly at home every
where and in every emergency. He