Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02

made her way to Captain Bellenden's
side.
What is to become of him." pur.
sue Cecil.
How tiresome' Vow he will begin
talking to gran anna, and l cha MT
haze another word from him. What q
shame mu,tered the child to herself.
it.ie az ustomed to be thwarted, en-
n u ri e. ''HOw Cecil does prose
low provoking and stupid he is ~
What is 10 be ONE OF him?" de.
nded Cecil, for the thir tine.
But he never knew. for dinner was
was stormiug lnwardiy with ba led in
iignat Oh and righteous wrath.
mere, now. | knew how it would
| c. knew that il grandmanma was
5 anding AVA there with him when
dinner was announ ed, she would tell
him 10 take her in. tho gh | know she
ought to have hal Cecil. She ought
to have had Gee |. of course She
should have left Capt. BE -lenden for
ne, and then he would have co ne up
10 me. and Icrcd me his arm oh. de
Ii. htf y
She hal never taken nybodys arm
in her life. Truth to tel. she had been
ting about in her mini, ever since
she had seen Bellenden's portman eau
sa IN the hall, the chances o. this
great event happening to her now.
Hitherto she had cen glad enough to
avoid the formal late dinner when her
gran mother had had guests at Inch
marew. he had either made her ap-
pearance with the essert. or had ore
| com monty chosen to run about till be :
time. AMI then have some sup er
brought up TO her Ole nursery. by these
means escaping 9th the company an
the ening frock. She had. however.
o. the pres ent o. aston carefully lnti.
mate her Intention OF ining late in
future. and Mrs. Camp eli, in com on
vii h the rest OF the house hold, had
been top gla to see in the hange the
dawn o. advan, ing wo anhood to make
any sort OF de ur.
so uch arranged. one soul-;tsorb,
| ing anxiety had occupied the little
girls min and th-t was in reference
To her being Eande To the dining roo Il
ty ellenden.
The more she had thought about it.
the more eag:r and an ious she had
become, as was Jerry W whenever
any desire once took possession of her
lit le exci:abc breast.
To take his arm. TO step grandly
alcng before everybody ike a real
,, lrown-uD young lady-how enchant.
ing.
she did not stop to remember that il
had never struck her As enchanting,
b t RAJ hel in Il reverse light hitherto.
1t would, at any ate, be simply heav
eniy now.
And of course it was her right to
lead the way. and do hocor to the
stranger guest in her own castle
Granny had often told hec that she
ought TO re pare to take her place. as
mistress and head Of all. ere long SO
perhaps. indeed most certainly. granny
would think this good opportunity
'or her to begin. 1t would so instruct
Capt. Bellenden in her position and her
lights, AMI make his blunder of the af.
ternoon all the more astonishing and
ridi ulous to his re objection.
He might rerform his part of the
ceremony with twinkle in his eye,
and Jerry would not have freed him
from sly rcminiscence as he and she
marched through the long gallery to.
gelher, but. carry ii OF as he might,
he could not fail to feel a little fool sh
and might be trusted to be as discree,
as herself before spectators.
Alloltnis had been carefully though,
cut during the putting on of the white
irOcsl AMI ro e-Co.Ored sash, and there
had been just enough uncerta nty
aboIt the 'e ired rrog am being car
riei OIt TO make tcclls detention
so iby irksoIre and i!i-timed since
| tine Il t oi ner eins beside him and
| away from the otHer was, she could not
heH. e ring. sure 10 tell against her
It might. or 1t might not, have done
so. The probability is that Mrs. Camp.
/ h.11 r.ye tho Su h el.t no hon p hf at "A II