The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-04-20

are his principles and they are my
principles, tool"
"Your principles" and Mr.. Mer
ridew, his sense of humor immensely
tickled at the sound of this fine word
that rolled off with such an assump-
ton of dignity from those rosy young
lips, burst into great laugh. That
Jackanapes of boy, to fill her head
with this reasonable stuff! But we'll
see if we cant crowd all such stuff out
with livelier things when we have
those fine doings at the Province
House Sir William is talking of.
Her principles! The little parrot,
and he lauged again.
"And you're to dance the last dance
with me, remember, Miss Merridew,
"Indeed, Sir Harry, l will not prom
Use you that. "
"You will not promise? But you
have promised. -
"Have promised What do you
mean, sir? think you are forgetting
yourself?" and Miss Sibyl Merridew
lifted up her graceful head with a
little air Of hauteur that was by no
means unbecoming to her piquant
! beauty.
But young Sir Harry Willing was
not to be put down by this pretty lit
tie provincial-not he; and 50, lifting
up his head with an air of hauteur. he
said to Miss Sibyl: Il crave Miss
Merridew' pardon, but perhaps if she
will reflect moment she will recall
what she said to me yesterday morn
ing when begged her to give me the
| pleasure of dancing the last minuet
with her tonight. "
Waving her great pIumy feather fal
to and fro Sibyl looked across it at
her companion, and answered in lit
tlesweetIy impertinent tone;
But | never reflect.
$50 [ should Judge, Madam re-
torted the youth wrathfully, "but
perhaps, - he went on, ''if Miss Merri-
dew will begin to bestow glance upon
this"--and the young fellow pulled
from his pocket gold-mounted card
and letter case, out Of which he took a
tablet upon which was written: MET
Miss Sibyl Merridew this morning on
the mall. She promised to dance the
last minuet with me tomorrow night.
Mem. Send roses if they are to be had
in the town.
Sibyl blushed rs she read this. Then
lifting the flowers Sir Harry's roses
to her face for moment she dropped
a demure courtesy and said with a
CLEAN of fun in her eyes:
''lf Sir Harry finds that it is neces-
sary for him to recall his friends and
engagements by memorandum notes,
he certainly cannot expect an I'M
tutored provincial maid who carries
no such orderly appliance about with
her to charge her mind unaided.
An untutored provincial maid,
exclaimed Sir Harry, all his wrath ex-
tinguised by her pretty recognition oil
his flowers, and his admiration of heI
ready wit; IAN untutored provincial
maid By my faith, Miss SibyI you'd
! put to shame many court dame. But
bark, what's that? AS | live, the
musicians are tuning up for the min
uet, and smilingly he held out hIt
hand to her.
"A very pretty pair" said more
than one of the assembled company a.
the two took their places in The
( beautifully decorated ballroom; ant
= as the dance progressed Mr.. Jeffrey
Merridew, watching his niece from hi
t post of observation, said to himsel
: with a congratulatory smile, "Whert
now are Miss Sibyps fine rebel prin
4 ciples?-I scarcely think they would
d stand test. "
Almost at that very moment ST
= Harry, boy as he was, spite of his on
- and twenty years, was giving vent to
little boastful talk about chose un
= disciplined rebels who would neve
S stand the test against full regimen
t of regulars. -
why" Sir Harry declared, a
u length, led on by SibyTs air of grea
., interest, eve have positive informa
ton that their troops at Cambridg
. have neither arms nor ammunition t,
z carry on a defense, and they are in
It sorry condition every way-it is i'm
a possible for them to resist us success
i fully we shall literally sweep them OF
y Che face of the earth if they attemp
it."
is "And you-the Kings troops?" in
- CURED Sibyl.
is eve, well, we have been a littl
is straitened ourselves for the munition
e Of war. ~ renlied the Young abide