The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-19
MIfAWNfY.
..,,r Of Misplaced Affections.

N'' dared me to CHINO up Co her.
jc1 1D9 ~, dare to come" she called
lol &C.. You're growing too stout
a'' 'i'- y,nr face is purple and you're
ai'I'' .,sath with just scrambling
And it was true.
Z ID. ....,,..,." l said. Have you no
N'' II not enough that your
sf ... brokeu my heart. Must
as . the rest of my anatomy
.'' l.H.o,ls mirth of the laugh
III .rg ont over those gray
4 '5.. m. Of powder there would
3-a If you're not coming,
.t rest. | am going to the
.,e. my fate be upon your
-am going to the very top, too.
| WHAT a climb it was, up
..er those bare gray rocks,
+. u.lt misstep would have
living Ike a pebble into the
3D. l..o- -ery likely into eternity
U. the view from the top
y4fi the climb-and there
u-.a0.,. with her blue eyes spark
ns lair blown about her
Y.- ike wild roses, and
...a tWo-edged sword.
.. .y Well-considering,"
sink down on the rocks
... I.. wiped the perspiration
Or course, it is going
.. ..J IS really dangerous.
.atu more difficult than
Htl did you ever see any
.hat sweep of sea and
M the purple of those
........ uI'. soft haze where the
Get. Some day, Philip,
ST and paint that pic
ua.nt it with my eyes
.. ,oye it So"
umt me with your eyes
...u., asked dreamilv.
..t.. .y music Of the laughter
.a... - m tu hear-the frank,
.ut ID child.
..... .D .u ever so old by that
.uu and you'll be stout
.. gU headed. You know
...- .oiiug quite thin on top
l1,lip, when | become an
wut only beautiful pic
luUreS of stout, bald
u-tftnen; not even if they
y- Eichard.'
.... lard sometimes, but it
Sod, u let her see it. OF
aII nonsense about my
Irk as a brush all over
. uy weight was nothing
about, not in the least;
Vactly in ones second
-.m rty-and yet
tmoug my luggage, Mi
. -r reposes a big wax doll
ct Iluyler's chocolates.
- Hdly dared speak about
goa had grown up a few
- .OH slice my last visit. But
H-uo tou think you could ac-
t- N"Nuey?"
. sur chocolates, and thank
- nriJp l suppose you
us i bride, ell: But the
really bring me a doll,
...r tih' what an old silly
"u4 It was true.
Hl / had settled a CUES
mind; a question which
-.. considerable uneasineSs
H-. teal. AS soon as Mi
..-.- .Hft- grown up" | should
u'e r of marriage. 1t was
. -0uu Of course, to trouble
rH such notions-She was a
god Jesides there was Ho-
..- who had nice eyes and
a" us very fond of me. Of
uu gume little hard upon
a society one is actually
.sri boz u-tow more or less atten-
-tpu Is .ltr woman with nice eyes.
No3N cone little hard upon Homo
.y1. d. asst | had actually made up
.4,l5
. .H5 meantime, Mifawney was the
4a4s Ter Of my uncle Richard,
''r latrr,e nephew l had the honor
Ut 4r' Mother had been the widow
'l.eI taglishman when my uncle
''t-J A-r md there was a consider
es'd.e Wales that would come
'''i"N4vv altogether the arrange
'U Proposed TO make would be very
'''al'oE and ! had an idea that my
'5 aAd aunt would be highly pleased.
'lA'as ,heSe thoughts l grew very
N oal conplacent, there on the
..s watching Mifawney.
-''AF Maxwell did you really bring
Wax dol,"
Ice AitaWney, confess that l did.
'sr IT las been several months
"a' tie pleasure of seeing you.
' "aa atber a vivid recollection of
awe gjTt Ike Niobe, all tears, who
'''' 90 Kiss me goodbye, because l
III, .''l1led the skull of her favorite