The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1895-01-29

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ball should catch cold. ! as-f e
sought to pacify her by promising 10
dance few numbers only. This re-
mark was very unfortunate.
"You have surely lost your rea.
son. she said. do you suppose,
you silly goose, that these dreadful
northerners have organized this af
fair in order to dance? Why, it is
merely pretext on the part of these
savages to allure all the girls TO one
place and then to carry them off. "
But mother, officers cannot
marry while the war is raging"
This seemed to exasperate her. She
called me a hopeless little fool
and said that "such people don't alb
duct girls to make wives of them. /"
"Well, mother, if they don't want
to marry us, they won't run away
with us.
"Well, you'll see, !" she said.
She didn' t prevent me from going,
however. 1t was dark when l had
finished my toilet. Acting upon the
suggestion of the officer, I placed q
red, white and blue sash about my
waist, allowing the ends to droop,
and in my hair / fastened blue col
ored comb, upon either side of which
I placed red and white rose, thus
completing a second combination OF
the national hues.
The officers escorted us to the ball.
room ! felt not little pleasure al
the thought of the fine impression ]
should create with my sash, hair and
my handsome escorts. Confidential
ly, Clio, didn't like to renounce the
belief that the other northerners had
four cornered heads, and l made UP
my mind to be pleased with the
round heads only.
Imagine my surprise-yes,I I II own
it, my chagrin-when saw that ev,
cry one of my girl friends was
adorned in red, white and blue rib,
bons. Not to please the Yankees,
Oh, no! The Confederate flag, you
know-but no, you don't knows
made up of the red, white and blue
colors. ] was so disappointed, for ]
soon discovered that my escorts were
only third in rank as compared with
some of the other officers present
All of them, however, were amiable,
and it was SO hard to believe that
they were capable of shedding sc
much blood. There was one whom ]
fancied particularly. He was won.
derfully handsome man--tall and
slender-a captain. His nicely trim.
med black mustache harmonized
beautifully with his white and red
complexion.
You should have seen him dance,
Clol Yet the most fascinating thing
about him was his large, dark, visit
full eyes, in which there was an in
describably haunting expression.
They animated, they conquered, they
killed, they inspired me. Within an
hour he had turned the head of ev-
cry girl in the ballroom, not except.
ing myself. Oh, his eyes were sim
ply irresistible, Clio! Suddenly he ap-
preached me and solicited the next
dance. Just think how unfortunate
l was in having promised it to some
one else!
Perhaps you may favor me with
the next NUMBER" urged the hand
some captain as he took seat beside
me. l don't remember what l said,
but I must have assented to his re-
quest, for presently he murmured
teasingly, Il am afraid, Miss Favre"
who told him my name, Lwonder?
-" that you will forget me when the
next number comes on"
Had I not been perfectly self pos.
sessed J. know that l should have an.
swered something ramblingly fool
ish. AS it was, I replied in quite an
easy manner that should not forget
him.
"Ah, but you will be unable to
recognize mel"
A silly, light headed girl would
have replied something like this 4;
mot recognize you? Why, l should
know you at first sight anywhere,
among thousands. But l wasn't to
be caught that way. No indeed Just
as though we were talking about the
most insignificant thing in the world,
/ leisurely took rose from my
bosom and handed it to him. saying:
"Place this in your buttonhole,
please. / will be able to recognize
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