The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-06-10
CAMILLA'S MISTAKE.

Il
am an American; suppose 1 may
call myself regular Yankee; and 1
live in my native country, to which 1
trust am no disgrace. had friend
once, and his name was Nicholas Lynn
berleg. l loved him like brother,
and l thought he loved me, and per-
haps he did-untn we both fell in love
with the same woman. couldn't
hate him even then, Notwithstanding
that he was a much better looking
man than l am, much more agreeable
in society, much more fascinating and
much more wealthy.
Nicholas was tall and we'll formed.
The ladies said he was perfect Apollo
in form, and Pm inclined to. believe
that he was, although, as 1 was never
intimately acquainted with the original
Apollo, l can't be positively sure.
Nicholas wore black hair, glossy and
curly; and he had pair of beautiful
dark eyes and a Grecian nose. But
his goatee Gas the 'imperial' is some
times called) was what did it. Yes, it
took an uncommonly stout-hearted
woman to face that goatee unmoved.
l reside in the pretty town of Vrugo
and so does Nicholas Lymberleg. My
name is Roderick Lushington. 1 am
an orphan aud so was my father be-
fore me. 1t ran in the family, you
see. We are all predisposed that way.
AS my beauty is ''of that toverpowering
kind, whose force description only
would abate," as Lord Byron once said
of female relation of mine, long since
dead, don't think will expatiate up
on my personal charms. No. my dear
madam, don't ask me-don't, 1 beg of
you. l should blush myself to death,
l know, if l even attempted, I'm so
modest.
But do wish you could have seen
Miss Aurora Rubilyps! She was love-
ly-ay, beautiful! Oh, how can 1 de-
scribe her? Why, the fact is, my dear
madam, can't.
believe that have given you to
understand that loved Aurora Rubi-
lyps; but you can never know-nobody
will ever know, except the heart
broken writer, how much 1 loved that
young, innocent and beautiful Great
ure.
made proposal of marriage to her
one day in May.
Aurora" said 1. "methinks you
must have discovered my feelings for
you ere thisP"
'Roderick," said she, ''methinks 1
have"
Then won't enlarge upon the sub
ject."
No, don't, Roderick. for 1 have
already listened to fourteen declara-
tions of love to-day. and it's beginning
to get monotonous."
'Fourteenr'
Fourteen, my dear. Your friend
Mr.. Lymberleg, among the rest laid
his heart at my feet"
'And you''-
II told him that was another's. :"
she said, finging herself into my
bosom.
MY heart ran DER with royal bliss
My joys were fully ripe"
Oh, this was too much, too much
happiness. 1t couldn't last. 1 told
her so but she would not believe me.
'Then quickly name the day." l
urged, for something tells me that it
is dangerous to delay. You are beau
tiful and you have many lovers, be-
sides the fourteen already disposed Of.
Perhaps there may be one who may in
duce you to be false to me-"
'.Neverr' exclaimed Aurora. You
little know how the Rubilyps love.
Our family are peculiar in that re-
spect."
And so is mine, my dear; but the
safest way is for US to marry as soon
as possible"
NO" returned Aurora. Gas you
seem to doubt my constancy. to pun,
ish you, our wedding shall not take
place until next September"
begged, but she was as firm as
rock.
why, Roderick. dear" said she, %
want to test your constancy as we'll a:
my own. l am going to put you or
probation for four months and then, il
you have been true to me all the time,
we'll be married."
Then she kissed me and went home
happy, though with vague fear O.
something that had tendency tc
dampen my Joy considerably.
l met Nicholas the next morning il
the street. He held out his hand anC
smiling, said: ''We'll be friends still
Roderick."
| Anu why uOGs dShou.
"True-why not? 1t isn't your faul
that she couldn't love me-"
'Of course not, Lymberleg. dit
everything in the world to make he
love you, but she wouldn't. Such, m.
dear friend, is the perversity of he
SEX" said, sympathetically.
.'Yes, 1 know" Then he sighed
And you are the lucky man, Lushing
ton. I-I-wish you Joy"
And without another word he turneC
on his heel and walked away.
Perhaps the reader never visited
Glamzhell Beach. No? All, I though
not. You see, it isn't very famous a
summer resort. and it isn't at al
fashionable, but it's very nice plac
to spend the summer at, and its soil
tary hotel is pretty well filled durin
the summer months.
went down there about the middl
of last July. Mr.. Rubilyp's famil
was already there. and that was wha
attracted me, of course; but what SUI
prised me was that Lymberleg shoul
90 down with me, too, as one woul
naturally suppose that the poor felloN
would want to keep away from tn
woman who had rejected him. Bu
perhaps he merely wished to show he
that he still survived her refusal, ths
he could still be happy and that h
lately wounded heart beat as regularl
as ever.