The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-11-26
an qrorYmous roUEl
ID wbieb is Told a T1rilliQo story
Of Baffled crime.

0WS0G1y upon IGdl kIl dllQ Tt3e51Eu6u OudIl0S
with such manifest GOODNESS was their
aunt, Lady Mary Cunningham. She
had known Sir John slightly in her
youth, she said, as she graciously made
room for me on her sofa, and she ex-
pressed q very proper degree of regret at
his sudden death, considering that he
had not been a personal friend in any
way.
eve all have our faults, Col. Middle
ton" said Lady AEary, with a gentle
sigh, which dislodged little colony of
crumbs from the front Of her Dress "Sir
John, like the rest of us, was not ex-
empt, though have no doubt the soft
ening influence of age would have done
much, since [ knew him, to smooth acer-
bites Of character which were unfortu-
nately strongly marked in his early life"
She had evidently not known Sir John
in his later years -~~..
AS she continued to talk in this strain
endeavored to make out which of the
young ladies present twas the one to whom
Ralph was engaged. I was undecided
as to which it was Of the two to whom I
had already been introduced. Girls al
ways seem to me so very much alike, es-
pecially pretty girls, and these were
both of them pretty. I do not mean
that they resembled each other in the
least, for one was dark and one was fair;
but which was Miss Aurelia Grant,
Ralph's fiancee, and which was Miss Ev-
elyn Derrick, a cousin of the family, I
could not make out until later in the
evening, when I distinctly saw Ralph
kiss the fair one in the picture gallery,
and [ instantly came to the conclusion
that she was the one to whom he was
engaged.
asked Charles if were not right, as
we stood in front of the hall fire before
the rest of the party had assembled for
dinner, and he told me that had indeed
hit the nail on the head in this instance,
though for his own part he never laid
much stress himself on such an occur
renee, having found it prove misleading
in the extreme to draw any conclusion
from it, He further informed me that
Miss Derrick was the young lady with
dark hair who had poured out tea, and
whom he had favored with some of his
conversation afterward
Iadmired Ralph's taste, as did Charles,
who had never seen his future sister-in
law before Aurelia Grant was charm
ing little creature, with curly head
and a dimple and pink and white COM
plexion, and suspicion of an Irish &C
cent when she became excited.
Charles said he admired her complex
ion most because it was so thoroughly
well done and the coloring was so true
to nature.
did not quite catch his meaning, but
it certainly was beautiful complexion;
and then she was so bright and lively,
and showed such pretty little teeth when
she smiled! She was quite delightful.
I did not wonder at Ralph's being so
much in love with her, and Charles
agreed with me.
''There is nothing like q good COM
plexion," he remarked gravely. cone
may be led away to like pale girl with
a mind for q time, but for permanent
domestic happiness give me a good COM
plexion, and--a dimple," he added, as if
it We're an afterthought. Il feel I
could not bestow my best affections on
a woman without dimpie. Yes, in
deedl Ralnh has chosen WELL"