Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-12-18

shy. She was immensely delight
ed to see her friend again, and she
told him so. He ioked her about
her baby Overiures towards blu;
he reminded her of how she would
drag footstool across the room,
and by Its aid cI,mb to his knee,
and busy her small hands with bis
hair OH the pretext of making him
mice and tidy
u have grown gray since those
days. be said with a half Sigh.
Wher0upon Miss Rose declared
that she liked gray hair best.
Each seemed to please the other;
they seized in moment on each
others meaning, they appeared to
divine each others thoughts.
Il shall come again. said Colonel
ClItheroe, when the visitors hour
was over and study must begin. Il
see that you and | shall be ex'
cellent trieuds, as we were eleven
years ago.
However, he made no second
vlslC to the 'peusiOnnat, at
Neuiliy sur Seine. HIS old uucle's
illness recalled him suddenly TO
England, aud Rose ID, ,sart was
flushed young lady and about To
be introduced intO society before
shr uad The pleasure vi meetlIg
b. + Colonel again.
THIS girls lace was not 'trlctlY
beautiful, out IL 1t was charmlng
face; she was Immensely admired,
bolh by men aud wO ueu. Aud
there must be something lOvable as
we'll as loYelS iu young lady vi
seventeen, when those of her own
sex express sincere admiration aud
can praise ber whole-heartedly.
Like many other parents, Mr..
aud Mrs. Dysart seemed to regsdr
tueir daughter as little more than
o child. They scaI cely reahz-d
that others viewed her differently.
OF course, like other girls, Rose
must 20 into society .hey said,
'Out we hope it may be years aud
years before We haYe to part With
her,
Aud they were quite delighted
mat she should refuse her hrSt
three Offers OF marriage.
1t was III the spring, and Just
before her eighteenth birthday,
that the Dysarts left their pretty
Sussex home tor u furnished mouse
Id Eaton place, which they had
hired for the season at somewhat
exUrbltant rent.
To the great joy OF Rose, Calonel
ClitherOe was one of the first call
! ers. He also was in town for two
or three months, having, during
the previous year, buried his Old
uncle, and inherited the property.
My dear fellow said Mr.. Dy'
sart to him, with the familiarity
of a friend of long standing, you
really ought not to remain MI
married. Try and remember that
you are deprivlng some woman ol
auexcellent house, and a still more
excellent husband ! A man IN the
prime of llfe-well oft, good look
lug, retired from the army-where
lies the hlndranceP
Simply in this,' replied the
CoIouel. Il have never been In
love; and l should be afraid tC
marry now that l am past the age
Sr the tender passion. You see
there is no three years system III
matrlmOny. 1t has to 6e I'll
death us do part
My Dysart laughed.
sYou must not be allowed to re-
IL aiu bachelor, ny dear Clithero'
I snail look round for some Nice
woman of f,e.and thirty, aud Try
nv practlcrd baud az match max
ing.
No: don't you get married, Col
onel,' exclaimed Rose, who was II
the room. Il like you best as yo'
, best as you are. Indeed L THAI
changes are almost disagreeable
1t is pIeasanter toT things 10 60 ol
pretty much the same. | mean t
remain single all my lie 80 a
never to have to leave father aud
mother
You will be reconcllsd to leav
us when the right man and rlgh
moment arrive said Mrs. Dysar
3 You may not rhlnk so now, girl
ne.er do before they are in low
But iu all probability the time wi
come when, of your own wish an
D will. you will 90 away from u.s.
Rose shook her head.
j Il can't think 90, mother. How
+ ever let us talk of some more Il
!, teresting subject of my beiu