The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-11-17
AN OLD MAIDS ADVICE.
fTH9yi Tear, Won q Husband for
6 ,,q.s aslT*k Maud Oakley. !

Buifborough-by-the Sea. CHEEKY, good
3natuzed) and good-looking. his private.
means were limited, If they existed at
:2Ak and his pay was insufficient to en-.
n able him to indulge any of those ex-
pensive tastes witch lure young men
from the mi]der delights of tea and
tennis. ~ lie, neither hunted in winter
uort play ed polo /. IN summer; ard he
was always ready to, dance half the
oight a. the Bunborough balls. He
aseailys was very nice man indeed;
every one agreed that he would make
q very nice husband for anyone of
the young ladies of Bunborough to
tosskhom he might finally determine to
66er himself; and for two years he dis
stsihpted his favors freely, but with al
,ss.sadat Absolute impartiality. .5>ss
3 3 There is safety in numbers and the
sN0owards know it, :, said Miss Graysou,
saof the Valley CottAge;to Maud Oakley,
slwho had been unburdening her soul to
ter. Miss: Graysoh was the kindest of
elderly ladies where young peoples
love Affairs were concerned, and Maud
Oakley had known her since: she
MAUD, not Miss Grayson) was baby.
Fl. 'GowArds!'' said Miss Grayson again
under breath, and Miss Oakley shifted
deprecatingly. She had been talking
TO Miss Gray son for an hour, and had
told her sympathetic listener a good
deal that was, in the language of the
vulgar. ''stale news" Miss Grayson
was quite aware (all scarborough
might have told herr that Capt Jumpi-
son had quite recently shown dis
tinct Preference for the Oakley family.
He dined there whenever he was asked
and had won Gen. Oalley's confidence
by delicately expressing unbounded be-
lief IL his stories-not always an easy
Atask; he had been most attentive to old
Mrs. Oakley during supper time at sew
eral balls, and his visits to the house
for five o'clock tea had not been limit
ed by invitations issued to him or con-
fined to those occasions when Gen. and
Mrs Oakley were at home; but there
sWsre two Miss OakIeys, and to which
sof themACapt. Jumpison intended his
attentions to be devoted was a ques-
ton which Bunborough-b by -the-Sea
would have liked to have answered. 1t
was not strange, however, that the
public were puzzled when Maud Oakley
had had to confess to Miss Grayson
that She had no very distinct idea
whether her sister Geraldine or herself
was preferred by tho man to whom she
had unreservedly lost her heart,
though she admitted she had her fears.
Geraldine has Or. Coverdale," said
Maud. She would be quite happy
with him." f..
''Quite So" said Miss Grayson. 1T
never rains but it pours'
Maud wondered whether it had ever
poured" with suitors in Miss Gray
sons young days, and said nothing.
Cant we make DR.. Coverdale pro-
pose to her?" said Miss Grayson.
ssa'.And Geraldine accept him?' added
Maud douhtfally. Miss Grayson was a
notwithstanding old lady, but even
she seemed to consider the project i'm
practicable.
Ibid you ever try booboo with any
one?'' said Miss Grayson.
''What?" said Maud.
= s'.Kooboo.I boohoo, boohoo," cried
Miss Grayson, excftedly; and an elder
~ lady who had selected the precise
moment to be announced by Miss Gray
sons pretty little ,parlor maid very
nearly turned and fed. She came in,
however. and her impression that Miss
Grayson had gone demented was con-
frmed by the apparently imbecile
laughter, with which her greeting was
received.
Maud rose to leave, and Miss Gray.
son, who had recovered her presence of
mind sufficiently to inquire after her
newsvisitor's husband (he had been
: dead seven years., accompanied her to
the front door. ,-,---,--..-~.
Don't you understand, you silly
child%' she said, kissing her affection
ately on the doorstep. Cry, cry, cry
your eyes out; not one of the wretches
In q bakers dozen of them can stand
tears" And the kind old lady returned
to pacify justly indignant widow;
while Miss Oakley walked home, with
2 light breaking slowly in on her as
sne pondered the some atenigmatical
ld.ice she had received s y
Meanwhile Capt: Jumpison was
s.riding down the finty road leading
from the barracks to Bunborough as
It he troa on air. He scarcely knew
how he had transferred him
self from uniform to his new
est multi; but between his beating
the tweed coat which formed
its outcrInost covering he could feel the )
communication which had that after j.
aATgn AlAered the course of his career
1gfdreyElA.s On her ma esty.s service it |
lad arrised, and ION her majesty's
service" it informed him he. was ex-
spected 20 proceed forthwith to q some
what distant portion Of her dbminions, t
where, in return Tor salary exceeding
his widest dreams, he,was to perform !!
sdnties Is to which She still felt vague.
Mntsthey pfpbably included the s.dispen-l
ssatio1, 81 s,bstantial justice with Law
tsh hand to sundry swarthy fellow-sub-
jects and the instructions at the male |
portion Of them in the nse,,of, obsolete
weapons and the Yevolutions 81 an I'M. !
proved 1riles s. ssss
The climate well, every rose has Its
thorn, and Government House and his
:ociety would reconcile Geraldine Oak
ley TO . bprnting THERMOMETERS and : 1
diet epf 9pinlne. She could have her
sister to stay with her r. she felt lone.
~; no was quite fond OF Maud, though
of course she did not care for him; did
she not always retire when he came Ia
sAs. and leave him alone with her elder
s,istss snd alwAJp refuse 10 give him
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