Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-24
R0S!NE'S ROMANCE.

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! drew on" rr4s from tn" great cedar
trunk, unpjun"1 the old danu5k table
cloth which envco1'd it, and spread ont
its shining folds for the admiration of
| her niece, R"sinr, that Young lady
claspcd her pretty hands and quoted
| Keats:
/ g. A thing of beauty is JOY forever"
she sail.
| Miss Magnolia nodded AMI smiled. She
was altogether unlike the large fair,
/ splendid flower after which she had been
! christened almost grotesquely unlike,
/ in fact. She was small and r"unl and
brown. as a maiden lady of decidedly
uncertain age could be. Indeed she re-
minded one of nothing SO much as lit
tie russell apple. But her heart. which
! ha been full of sentiment once, was
warm and sensitive organ still An she
took deal of interest in RoSinc's ro-
nance.
"Hes, my dear. it is thing of beauty.
| And to think | never wore 1t but twice.
Dear. dear ANA She went on StrokinS
| the primrose SATIN tenderly as mother
6trokea the hair of child.
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| RoSine.
/ Yes. pet. This was one OF the dresses
l got for my marriage. But he went
/ aWay-"m business he sad. And he
never came back.
Hastily she wiped her eyes lest tear
should stain the slllmmerlng stun she
utlh.
Is luSt the gown lor your fancy
dIe"N haII, hlirrl"i on MISS Magnolia
| "A tfI'r snort oil course, put lhere Is
| quite piece turned IN at the top thaI
/ YOU '"uid let down. lou snail 20 aS d
lady OF long ago
| Not so very long ago protested no
SINE, with laugh l5ut really, auntie,
uon liNe |" 'aNe It, II Is 100 Io'clS'
NOT iof a raihieht OIL war hehieh-
Der You are going 10 conquer lhe
DRAGON
mat Is So ana tne master shouio
nave WIFI ten lhrlce Is sle armed WHO
wears Il Pte|IE dress
ihe Zoe against whom Miss foslne
/ Nii'ie Purfo'ed arraNlhg herSe1 was the
| ohh''rat' uhcle Oh her hailuSoihe loNer'
Most promptly ana perVer7eiv IA" he OPP
| roSc' inc marriage OF MS nephew Inc
| Young lrlloN would nave IGNORED, Tue re-
iti'al OF nus fcl''tiEe We're 1t Iot liia' the
| ola gentleman iiao always peeh very
kihd ana %ood TO MN hao ll'oeeo taken
the place OF ms ueaa ia'ner 10 hlh' 90
ne ue'iaeo t'la' h''S''ie Hho"'o meet ''i'
uncle ana put MS PteJ''''ice 10 '"u''
He Is coming to meet an old TREND OF
] [ j I IL,
You know the Chartreau family VI
course you have heard they are gong 10
! give fancy ares" paii heA. iilon'h ia
! honor OF the coming out OF thclr daugh-
ter, L,ssette You VIII receive cara.
You VIII attend on VIII meet OhCie
Albert; And you VIII take ms heart by
storm
Hopefully had he planned his scheme,
enthusiastically had ne explained IT, but
/ RoSlne protested. 1t was TO be a grand
/ ball and she had nothing to wear BE
sides she qua not IKE the ruea OF plot''hS
to make person IKE her' And
Bless, you, cried tyrll' ne o'eSh
dislike you. ! don't believe ne even
| knows your name. HIS resentment IS
! general, not particular AS soon as
told him was IN love with Southern
/ Cirl-he q have to drop INTO slang, 10
fIne.) he sal square down on me IL seems
a southern GI'l ]ll'ed MN "heh he was
| young, and he Is bound to save me from
like awful tate But when he once
| sees you he Is bound to capltulate. lie
Is regular OLD brick-Uhcle Albert
But ] nave hothlng TO wear. ANA
/ what IS more can buN ureSs ior lhe
/ Clartreau balI. We Aunt MaShoila
/ and l-are poor as proVerblal church
nice.
/ But Just then MISS Magholla came TO
RoSIne reIlet IKE a regular niue larry
godmother
I rose SATIN.
RoSlne regarded her obviously delight
ediy.
Jealously she knew had her aunt al"
ways guarded her trunk 1ull OF treasures,
her Jewels her faces her rlch' S1ill' gus
| tehlng ola brocadeS
! DO you mean IT. auntle
Miss Magnolia bright old eyes wlnkcd
gerry RAPIDLY indeed.
no. my dcar. was young once my
o'l'
ana 'ha' was now hoH'he noe Caho
to he the belle oil Nine 'hartreau fancy
nreS' nai'' me propose" le'tiVity hau
pe'n ''ie Ia'h " rev 'ii'dlN ioi seNela'
weeks Inc "'e''' '"''S a''''clPat ', was
too' ''liSp'S"ee'' anu tfdl'S' 'iilllditiy
.Snteo was 'lle pLoa"-p"'c"''le l. "''' resi-
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