Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-02
IIAPTER v.
"CAN YOU TELL THE MEANING OF
tLOWERS2n
He gave me 4 ro 20.

FLOWERS?'
He gave me 4 ro-e
And he said. Can yoI veal
The alp labe. Gewy-e ed Flora in 81 .,.
80 Gaintily tinted. and ch-rIningly ssente
To write over VALLEY aud Incai?''
1t Was Just as well that Cecil did not
see.
! e was a grave young man, wit b
somewhat ponpous not ons on most
sub ects. and in Partic lar very exact
views with regard to lropriety and de-
cOrum.
Although lie was found o his own
sisters, he ne, er rom ed with them.
nor made fun with them, nor gigg.ed
with them behind bachs His ests,
when he made any. Were solemn az
fairs. TO be duly appreciated and re
ordcd-but they were no ireemasOnry
| with him And, in ouse uence. how
ever kind. and attentive, and consid
crate the elder brother aud Cous r
/ mi ht be. he was in their ne arts. per-
haps. more respected than beloved. ant.
| wild little Jerry drew away, as by in
stinct. from Be'lenden's touch whep
| the door opened.
For herself, she was not in the
least offended it needed good deal tc
put Jerry on her dignity as she had
been put that afternoon: b I she felt
| intuitively that Cecil would have
looked askance upon the little byeplay.
Accordingly she now stepped up To
him with the best imitation of her
grandmother's reception manner
which she could assume. and, more
over. with her small round face so de
| murely II ade up. that he must have
been a rogue indeed who would have
ventured to asso late it w.t. pIlllng
| Of curls or the like.
Bellenden's gay words were ringing
in her ears neverthe' 'ess, and she was
| fin to have so e more them. and to
get away from young Raymond as soon
as she could: although. up to the pres.
ent time, the annual visit OF her cousin
had been something to be looked for
ward to, and counted upon, and he
b lnSelf had been ute the parsonage
of the hour. Now. and all at once. he
was cast from his pedestal. He was no
| longer the first and. from being the
| rst he had not e.on descended TO a
| secondary place, but was hurled 10 the
| depths. a nobody. an incumbus all
that the little lady by his side wanted d,
| being to cut short bis opening sen
| ten es. and slip back to the seat in the
| W ndOw. wherein sat her new iriend.
| quiet enough now looking down upon
| the fOwer-beds below, and think ng Of
| nothing less than of making an i'm
| ! ressiOn upon susceptible. child SD
| heart.
| Jerry thought he looked be autiful
sitting there, his handsome prof G
| distinctly cut against the sky outside,
and his fine easy figure hall in, half
] out of the open oasement. as his chin
I rested on his arm on side. She did
| not know how bit she felt-for she was
/ 81 hot hnr
| was a difference even between the suit
OF mo lest black worn alike by Cecil
| and bv this stranger. Ce il was par
ticu ar to a degree about his clothes
| but, somehow, the tout ensemble oi
| the other was just missed by him. and
Jerry knew t. Poor little inuocen,
| thin =. her heart gave its first thrOb Ol
q lew aud unknown nature as she
| watched that shaply outlined, strongly
| made, graceful form sitting so quietl.
| there in the twilight All In mo
| ment, as we have said, Cecil became ,
burden intoleratle.
! well, Jerry, and what have yol
! been about latelv:" began he, as un
! conscious as q babe. ami in the usua
/ compreh ehensive style wherewith re
lations and intimates are fond of &C
| costing each other after absence
Riding auch-eh? How's the Fly
| ing Tutchman? Or hive you got {,
new pony by this time?'
| "Macalister is looking out for one
| He saws it will be best to wait for the
| Falkirk Trvst." replied ..erry, hoping
that the sub ect was now disposed of.
The Falkirk Tryst? Oh, l Iemem
| Der. n sort of market eh:" and Ceci
settled down Il on it comfortably il
spite of her concluding tone. ''And SC