Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-26
lHAT COUNTRY COUSIN.
lis EwkEa-1rcss Wasn't So Cr-
pleasant, After Al

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60S~ and with the air % one uho
would hs a hone in society. -eachea
Eo-tea iowau1 evening by the Fitch
burg railroad lie protested AZ oue.
o. a hote- not wishing IA intrsse upoa
rs relatives n that late hour. and took
q comfortable supper Afie- this be
rad the evening papers. ard then went
U-- for 4 lelsureiy stroll On Washing
ten street On his Wzy he passed n
W-lsuoEn establishment AID II being
"A uarm evening. decided 10 20 in and
have an icecneam
lie accordingly ordered one. and.
while waiting Ia have deserved bad an
opportunity 10 look about him a little
and AXE a i~eisureiv surrey Of the con-
Wauy lerbleL These were chiefly
Ia ard 10 those who are a. al IA
mliar with BBstoa ladies' I need q
say tina; the faces Ee1 very weu worth
igszing A.
Oar heros sfteatiou- however. Eas
chiear attracted 70 tEo y0uux ladies
who IA q the table nsarest his Own
They were apparently about the same
age which osaId not have varisi much
from s-htea- Both too we-e quite
attractive in personal appearance
Tasy we're e-oarersing together II
cutie n animated strain On a variety
q Subjects Il leagth one said-
BY the way. Emma have | told vou
about the visitor Ne are expectings-
va said the other
It's 4 cousin from the countrywide.
IssPPo@ VII b. a perfect rustic in
every respect such fun a. | expect 10
e cut CT him
HIM, It / . young gentleman.
thea. AIIce
Its = young man am afraid his
manners would hardly entitle him 10
ths designation
w hat ! his Nance
Jeremiah 0nthauk- I expect he
vii want u 70 cal him Jerry
The other young lady laughed HIS
name i rustic enough certainly she
said You must Be sure 70 give ne
chance 70 SEE him Mustn't keep him
al 20 yourself. Alice
IdOat intend to- I want some
body else 70 eEiOy the fun
DO you know how he looksr
No. but ! can imagine In the first
place lie + tall and awkward. not
knowing What 70 do with his hands
aud feet wearing coxhide boots and a
full suit Of blue. including swallow
tails studded beautifully with brass
buttons There. what Do you .ay 10
that picture
Emma laughed
u SAP this she replied that II he
AZ al nsEer your description. he vii
be decided accession 10 our society.
When DO you expect hiuF
Tomorrow Uncle wrote thai
Jerry - he calls him. vii probably
arrive al that time
4 guess l shall make Al errzrd 70
drop IN by that time
do % By al means
With these Eouus they r1se from the
table ard left the store
The Young man had listened 20 their
conversation Eith an air Of Mingled
amusement ard vexariOl Not 70 keep
the reader n suspense ne sill tell
him Wh2- lie has probably 1-mi-d.
thai the chance listener % The Z
ladies' mar was no-s other than
Jeremiah Onthznk himself he waS
quite the reverse OF tie picture which
his cousin had drawn. being. a. re
have sid very gentIema1ly. both in
dress and address He vas born in
Vermont where his father. \ o
hu1est farmer still lived. but lad en-
loved The advantages OF education in
4 college IN the eity OF New YORK
where lie had had an opportunity %
uingls II society This fact vas Quite
unknown 70 lis cozs n fact thev
were not first cousins. although the II
6e1uise relationship Vas nos, CIR
~yenieutly expressed by thai term
Hitherto the tEO families had known
but Little Of each other
Il viii pay her OF said the youag
Ean l. himself Eith ! quiet smile
The next morning be visited a
ready-12Gs clothing establishment