The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-02-28

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"Sho has consented az laat 20 meet
you I'm going 20 have you both
with your parents at my house for
week. Wednesday is tho day, aud II
you can't manage 10 mako her say
YES In that time, why you're not
worthy Of your godmolhor.
The surprise had made me cash my
ehiu,and 1 turned upon'hor with any
thing but an amiablc countonauoc.
81 hope she has not been annoyed
on my account" said, sarcasticaIly.
Don't urge her 10 meet me. beg.
/ wouldn't have her do anything dis
agreeable to please me-
But she did not sec the sarcasm.
Don't be angry" she said. "Girls
are naturally timid, and sho knows
how smart aud handsome you are, and
is just a little afraid of you She
thinks ever so much Of you, and is
always talking about you.
1 did't use wicked language but I
wanted TO.
you'll be thore, Of course, con-
tinued my godmother, "and look your
best BE sure to come. You'll adj
miro her so, know"
Aud she departed.
"Go voluntarily to meet Eliza,
neyerl That afternoon / packed my
trunk and fed the house, determined
never TO return or givomy godmother
a clue as to my Whereabouts as long as
Eliza awaited my coming.
Let her leave her COMPOUNDED
money where she pleases," 1 said,
apostrophizing my absent godmother.
"No one shall saddle me with a wife
against my will"
Ny cousins the Cripins, took sum-
mer boarders Their house always
could be stretched to hold one more.
Thither, therefore, / posted without
ceremony.
eve can accommodate You with an
attic room, if you'll put up with that, 4"
said the old lady. "We had very
nice room yesterday, butnow its occu-
pied. But you've lost it for a young
lady, so you won't mind"
I declared that 1 did not mind, and
I meant it; when at the tea table the
young Judy IN question dawned upon
me. A little brunette, with rose
bud mouth and hair that waved and
kinked in the most magical manner.
Miss Lizzie Smith by name, as my
hostess informed me.
That night when 1 laid my head
upon my pillow I felt that I had me
my fate. 1 did not seek to fly it.
talked with her; sang with her;
rowed with her and l drove her about
l took board for a month instead of
week.
1t was not pleasant, TO be sure, t.
receive an angry letter from home
upbraiding me with throwing ava.
my good fortune. Godmother Rich
ards was very angry and had threat
ened to disinherit me. All my owl
, fault, what harm could it have don
me to know the girl. A good deal,
thought, if it had prevented me fror
knowing Lizzie Smith. 1 wrote a
answer in which in a measure, dc
fed my godmother and said a goo
deal about youth and health, and
q disposition to keep myself, and wa
Q glad after all that it was over, and wer
+ on boating and driving as before. Br
: one day received a sudden ahock, o
Q learning that Miss Smith was coin
/, home.
r We were to part / resolved thu
o we should not be separated before
o knew whether she rally liked me we
y enough to make me happy.
;, The next day I drove her over to {
/ old fort and having reached the sp
found ourselves alone amidst cruml
o ling stones and grass and tangl'
!. bushes, just as l hoped I shout
IS Within the fort a great block of stot
r lay with moss upon it, thick and gre
% and spongy. There 1 made her Sc
l. herself.