Year: 1874


and swept past his ungracious chum,
to take the seat the old lady had oc-
cupied, enjoying the little episode ex-
ceedingly.


The young lady was intelligent as
we'll as pretty, and chatted with Har-
ry as if she had known him for years.
After a while he would 60 and see how
his friend was getting along SO, ex-
cusing himself, he left the pretty May,
and returned to the former.


who is that handsome girl?' was
the FIRST inquiry.


She is the old lady's grand daugh-
ter replied Harry very complacenty.


Introduce me, will you?'


Indeed l shall not do anything of
the kind


why not'?'


Because ] do not feel priviledged to
take any such liberty. l have just
been introduced myself


She is the handsomest girl I have
seen this long time, and if you don't
introduce me, 1 will manage in some
way to make her acquaintance see if |
don't


Il hope for your own sake that you
will do nothing rude


Don't be concerned about that, /
beg of you. But l do think, Maddox,
that you might introduce an old chum
like me. She is deuced pretty, too.
Why her eyes shine like stars


Yes, and she's fully as agreeable as
she s pretty. / never met a brighter
or more intelligent girl. Sorry l did
not feel we'll enough acquainted to in
troduce friend. Good bye, Sam
something really magnetic about the
young girl. 1 feel drawn toward her
in way that is incOmprehensible, so
1 will bid you goodbye, and go
back to enjoy her society once more :
and with a provoking smile, Harry
left his companion, who could only
enjoy the privilege of looking at the
attractive little lady.


He watched the two in quite dis
consulate manner, for, to tell the truth,
he had fallen desperately in love with
May, and envied Harry every beaming
glance and smile she had bestowed up
on him. She was going to visit in the
very town in which the young man
lived, so that our hero had the plea.
sure of her society for several hours,
during which time their acquaintance
ripened very rapidly, and when they
parted, May gave him cordial invita-.
tion to visit her, which he accepted with
evident delight and very soon took ad
vartage of.


The young lady was visiting hel
aunt, a Mrs. Cook, who knew Harry
by reputation, and go welcomed him
graciously to her house. He soon be-
came frequent visitor, and then offer
ed to give his friend, Sam Burleigl
the introduction he had for some tint
desired, and which he now accepted
becoming thereupon more constan
caller than Harry himself.


One evening a number of younl
people were called in Mrs. Cooks ele
CANT parlors, when the conversation
happened to die out for while. Ma,
proposed that each should tell story


The proposition met with genera
approval, and was carried ON will
great zeal and enjoyment by all con
cerned laughter and applause prov
ing the success of each narrator.


When it come Mays turn she CAV
full and lively account of the Incl
dent just related, repeating the con
versation of the young men almos
word for word. Harry's face gre,
redder and redder, and would certain
Iy have betrayed him, if May ha
once glanced in his direction, but sh
, carefully avoided meeting his eye.
Sam, in the meantime, instead G
growing red, grew very pale, for in thi
sudden disclosure of his rudeness, h
read the downfall of his dearest hopes
, and excusing himself soon afterwar
he took his leave, feeling angry an
: mortified enough.


The next morning he called. brigh
and early at the Office of young Mao
dox, and saluted him with the excli
! nation.


2 Il say Harry, that was pretty mea
! trick you served me!
: what do you meanp


why, telling May Stanton all tha
S ridiculous story
? Il never told her one word about i
9 and am just as much in the dark {
4 you are


Yea never told herl Who in tn
i world was it then 2


Il have not the slightest idea, bl
S l must say that my curiosity is a goo
y deal excited about it, and am goin
d around this morning to ask her.
g well, l have received my cong
4, that is avidant enOu0h and | supDOj