Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-10-28

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nd country niSh scnoois use To sane sexs
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fh1tips Interest IN L1raA wo a moeo
quicker ossehpmsnt ne Nd nsa no pfeJR
dcss 70 overcome; oesadss' tns eye = mnfs
eaSiiy apprpecnea ann ssAAaea saan ne M
teascf, ana i<c,a nan sccspkaoay hiAsd many
"a eye more sxAeisng Than toe yocns farm
ga There we're pretty girls N homes nesf
hayn fsrin, AMI more 10 me Village near oy.
oas nons q serm sefe-~eii, tone we're e.
Aesiy n&e Luela fnss'p stndifsi n-f lace u
wzs nsisn-f i.5tiiaih h.'f oseeian. and ne was
5otis@i I" confess that tfae proportions OF Der
features we've a"t " goa - those 81 SONS
girls N the neignnlfno"l her hgure sug-
bsengta, and yet whatever she did was
gracefully dahe, and her attire, Hhethsr pam
o. costly. seemed part Of herssf-A peculiar
ny that ne had nevef opss~vsd among g1o
born 10 the VICINITY
he soon discovered that she did not Know
sverything. but whatever shs aid kno" sns
tnAkoI OF % 9hbsy tnat ne could not nsip en-
1oyns tins position OF listener sec aih not
oft6n show earusstne,~ about anything That
+ 70 him vas more than uinins, but when she
od go our Of ner cust1niAfy nioci Tor mo
nssnt or tro she vas ==satiy, he could THINK
of no other word that would do II Justice
He aad GOT liked her manner TO Dis own
mother, Tor at hrA the giri treated thst esti
mshse woman a. servant, Ar aid II In the
manner which makes most servants detest
most young ladies. but had she not after
ward, with her own tiny fingers, made new
Sunday bonnet tor Mrs Hayn and had not
his mother, In genuine gratitude. kissed bert
Should he bear malice for what his mother
hsd forgivsns
The young man merely admired and 70
npsetet Lucia. q that he was very sure. he
gard more tender he would have blamed
himself for first because love Implied ma
trimony, which he did not intend To venture
into until he had seen more Of the world and
Ps' H~t" b'if" w ~os'o~". "''-'Jt .~s~>~~' 80
did not Imagine that any such sentiment
would Ia reciprocsted He came Of family
that through generations OF bard experience
bad earned To count the cost OF everything,
svsn the affections, like most Of the better
country peopis IN the Older states He had also
an asersion To marriage between persons OF
different classes Lucia was to him an &C
quaintance--not even q friend-whom he
highly esteemed. that was all.
His father thought differently, and one
day when the two were in the woodland be-
longing 10 the farm, loading a wagon with
wood 70 lie stored near TIE house FOR winter
use, the Old man said, abruptly
''l hope you're not CROWN too fond OF that
young woman, fhilf'
No danger. the youth answered, prompt
~, though as ne raised MS head ms eyes did
not meet his fatbers
gu seem 10 know VINO mean anyhow.
sAin inc oiu man. a'ter throwing """ther
stick OF WOOL upon the wagon
Not much trouble 10 do that' fhil 70
plei. hefes only one young woman
,tolentIv Then the father s,ohed
.sTbat's one of In. sigma
WHAT'S a sigut-sign Of whatr' said Phil.
affecting wonder not quite skillfuIIy
..When .tber.'s onlv ons Young woman, ito
. .iyn thu Young man WIN tb,nSs so ia bkslv
n consider her the onlv one worth thinkin,
about
son nshawp exclaimed Phil attacking
tn. woodpiIe with great industry
nEasv old how. tvaxnt tho woodnile that
-aid il Brsc. I'M your head. you'ye done
,otbins, u, he ashamed Of Resides vour old
father c,, ~a ,hronyb tina hack NJ vour
haad anvbo,y he's t.,.n uracticin' at II ever
since vou wers born
Phi seated himself on the voodn,e looked
in the direction where bis father was not and
,.id
81 like I.uc,. very much She's a new
face. she's different from the girl, alput
here Sb,t. son.bodv nav To talk To and
aha can tall .Iou, soneshino tssides crons
and ,,ws. and who ia sick. and last Sunday,s
.rrmop and nert months saving society
That. ALL
.v.r s.t, a.. nh, man ~, ,o-rY
..su, r,,.,, do.,s IL, E,ongh 70 havs mad.
,,,iIi,on. :, &c., ,,a,,he. ,hn,,,,t and snoii.d
,,illio,, - ,,o.,d or.s ',
Phil was silent for . moment; then b.
aid, with q laugh:
Father, | believe you're as Dad as old
Mrs Tripsey. whom mothers always laugh
Ing at because she Think mans in love II
b sees her daughter homo from prayer meet
ing"
"Pr'nps So my ooy-pr'aps-and MAYBE
a. bad as you, for every time there's bad
thunder storm you're afraid the ightnngD
strike the barn. Do you know whyi It's
because your finest colt is there. Dc you seer
Phil did aot reply so the old man COP
tnued:
IN make II clearer to you. You're M
finest colt: there's more lightnings in girls
eyes than | ever saw in the sky, you don't
know when it's going to strike, and when 1t
hits you you're gone before you know it."
Much obliged. III re to it that keep
myself well insulated, said Phil
Nevertheless, Phil studied Lucia whenever
he had opportunity her face when
she read her fingers when they busted them
selves with fancy work her manner with diff
fcrcut persons, as it changed according 10 her
idea of the deservings Of those with whom she
talked At church he regarded her intently
from the beginning Of the service e its end
analyzing such portions Of PRAYER. HYMN. or
sermon as did not seem to meet her views
an. ,onLsi ,rors ,hsn .n ;,,s.an, a. o,h.-
Young women in the Ignorance NJ b;s ras
culine heart wondering which OF the features
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