The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-12-21

MISS BeC1e dDESF neS1f3Js1s &ft8f3
WIS lump IN my throat and q singing
in my cars; was deucsd1y afraid Of the
mad beasts myself, bat then she wanter
to go, SO added: Well, Perhaps aftar
al they nay be little auieter soon.
And, Tom, you do really think
them safer
Certainly I do, and Bet does, too.
She's not bit afraid. Thatdecidedxn ma.
sfTom Jones II spoke with deapaoz6z1-
nifty. I knew that monent what they
felt who saw the tuznbrn ready to bear
them to the hungry knife Of the first
revolution Tom Jones, VIII 20, c<
course. But, Tom, pray do not use that
horrid differentiation Of your cousins
name. There are some subjects too
sacred for the proclamation Of slangy con
densation, and your cousin name Is
Bully You'll 60 them" interrupted
the irrepressib1e Boonerang. I'm wheel
'en round the block and bring 'ezn ii
cool, you-Bet
He bounded down the stairs, sprang
into the sleigh, seized the reins, and. al
the men jumped from the horses' heads,
was off with furry Of SNOW and
hurrah from the crowd.
am not a dab at the classics, Sc VIII
not say how, having plunged Like Chr
thus into this gaping sleigh hide. now
sat like Marius, amid thu ruins Of my
wardrobe But did tumble all its con-
tents into the middle Of the foar ard
then sat among them, hopeless Of cram
ming into my small valise half enough
for this all important Xmas visit But
she wanted to go! l was to risk my
neck for her sake by her side. Delicious
thought So Just as the bells again
jingled at the door jumped upon my
distended portmanteau, sprung the 1ock,
and answered Tom with yell as wild
as his own.
Now, perhaps I should explain that
Tom Jones and / had always been chUns
Residents of the same village and chill
dren of intimate friends, we had thnxnbed
the same algebra, robbed the same or
chards and been hogged by the same
pedagogue In fact, we had never been
two weeks apart until his appointment
to West Point, FIVE years before. had
separated us Toms persevering industry
IN running bounds to '.Cozzens, and his
assidnous course of Benny Havaas, had
scarcely been thoroughly rewarded, for
his graduation third in his class count
ing from the bottom made him e breTeE
second lieutenant in the Tinted States
Boomerangs- It had found mea dignided
but patient lawyer in the incipieut me-
tropolis of Piketon- Happy chance had
thrown Tom at the arsenal near by, and
had introduced his chosen friend to the
family circle of his Uncle Blythe
There / soon became ami de maison-
Mayor Blythe-he was the revered chief
magistrate of Piketon-was brother
lawyer, and man of high social and
literary renown- He had capitally
chosen library, warm heart. q cele-
brated cook and a rare assortment OF
such wines. And then--hemt like Jeph-
thah OF old, he had lone fair daughter
and no more
But such daughteri
Bette Blythe was Just turned Of 10,
and the most perfect mold Of female form
divine OF medium height, just plump
enough for perfection Of rounded outline.
and with the tiniest models of feet and
hands that ever fell to the lot OF woman.
her face was still her chiefest charm
Not regularly beautiful, with scarce
feature in it that would have been pro
nounced fine under critical analysis, there
was yet an Undesirable witchery in
that face, orin the character reflected By
il, that bound me hand and foot from the
first week knew her. Those rich. dark
oval lines, with heavy bands of glossy
hair, seemed to command, rather than
ask, second look. And who could look
twice and forget
There YVES merry devii Ia her eye-
large, languid and black as sloe-that
drew a timid mans heart right up into
his throat and kept it kicking there with
forty horse power. And then the face
was but an index Of the sprightly bat
sound and web stored mind her father
had seduously cultivated during long
widowerhood. And the steady, tender
CLEAN that sometimes replaced the mis-
chievous twinkle In those eyes could only
have been drawn from the well spring Of
pure heart.
With the first month Of our acQusin-
lance began to believe cared for Bet-
tie Blythe; with the second believed
loved her, and with the third / knew
it for certainty. On the fourth month
I had told her / adored her wildly; and
for three subsequent ones had come,
again and again. to the very threshold
Of q repetition. Gentle and wumanly.
she had at first told me gravely- the rest
of the face de1nure. while the eyes danced
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