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ret lips touched tlie rim of bis great flap sorry I bad got my old eav-horee—the ereature is ; colonel, and informed him of my intentions, and | her aunt—I shall Legin to lay my hy gol
vet, scarlet lip a Morgan—back again, She gave him a cut with | asked his consent, which 1 had no doubt he would | foundation. ay my hopes on a gold
«eifring in gome of that fruit aud a cako or |lier whip when he started off hoping that would | give gladly, as he kuows that I'bave enough to)“ D.cexen 10tb, Saw the leavectaking to-dey
two, Jennie,’ said the colonel, when a fearful gap | be the last of him. K— won't see me, either, | support a wie, even without my supposed inheri- | between Jenuie and the cousin, He waclechte.
oceurred-in the conversation; ‘and tell John to|I think she shows prop-r resentment, and hope | t ¥ uncle’ eulth. (I know|mose; she, laughing. There's nothing seriovs
: bring me a bottle of wine from the further bin.’ | she will continue to cherish it, the ‘ld colonel himself will cut up well, “nd he | there.
3 ced Miss Jennie, and came in pres- years.) He} “Ihave made up my mind to go off on thesame |
ently, following a servant, who carried the cake CHAPTER x1v.—(DIARY CONCLUDED. s displeasure, | train with — and ‘the cousin, and pass a day
F and fruit, while she herself had a quantity of ha;
. on a silver salver, John coming after her, grinning, | _‘ Novemwer 30th, The cousin has come to-day ! him that my | good for Miss Will-o’the-wisp; and R— will be
i and carrying a bottle in one hand, and a peil of | I suppose R— thinks his arrival will bring me ennic’: mother when a young | set at rest, by seeing that I leave town when she
water in the other. my senses, If he is fool enough to come back, | girl, and when he learned she had a daughter like | does. .
“* What are you up tc now, Jennie? said the|be may be fool cnough to take her, and, if so, | her’in person, and bearing the same uame, liad] ‘llow R——'s face brightened when she sai
colonel. will be heartily welcome to her. jesired me to bring him her for a niece, and had | me come into the station, vaiise, silk umbrella,
4 “Mr, Chetwynd sent me his dinner, you know, |,“ Deczer 4th, Ha! ha! ha! Zhe cousin, as | promised, in the face of such an event, that all his} and wrap, all complete! She whispered some.
4 “papa, and as he does not eat what the rest of us| is extremely natural bas fallen over head and éars| worldly possessions should fall to our share, and sbing to Jennie, who pouted, tossed her head, and
ow ite her back on me, I wer! straight up to
f highly delighted with | or so at
I think a little’ solitude may be
0. I thought it would be only polite to supply | in love with Jennie, an as her labor for | showe .
him with his natural food.’ hor pains.’ He is’ devotion itself, nd she does| “In fact, the old fellow h.saset of old-fashioned | them.
5 “Tow the colonel laughed! I acknowledged | not seem at all averse, I believe that Iam act-| garnets, that once belonged to bis wife, and al “* You going away, too? said R—.
: myself defeated. ually beginning to be jealous for the first time in| gold-headed cane. Ac he was not in the habit of| ‘Did you think I could stay? I replied,
“Novauuen 32d. T went over this morning to my lite, van see the little flirt hanging on bis| specifying these articles, butalways spoke of them | ‘Iow do youdo, Miss Jennie? Realiy, one bas 19
ask R— and her sister to ride with me | R-— | arin as they walk slowly down the willow-walk to-| grandifoquently as ‘my property, the letter, | go away, if one ver wishes to see one's friends.”
accepted my invitation, but Jennie said she her- ! gether, and wonder what R—'s feelings may be. ' being blindly expressed at the very best, answered!” “* I dou't sce any of your friends,’ said Jennie.
self had something better to CUNT tock bo facthee ne
0.
“ «May Task what it is?” I
q inquired, curiously.
: “You may ask, but I may
| not choose to tell you.”
“<*Don't
6 rude,’ said S SS Sh
R— tartly. , SAN ww TEN
««Fiddlesticks ” said Jen- SAREE we
nie. ‘He isn’t old enough to NAN \ AN AN
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“How old must I be to \ was looking as
, . merit such observance on your % ished to be friends
part?” x “*Sban't T see you on
agi
the train?” ehe asked.
“7 shall probably be on
the smoking-car. Of course,
after what has passed, our en-
“Qld enough to have a
musiache that doesn’t look like
a caterpillar’s back.
“R— giggled. I felt my-
self grow red.
Will you go to ride or
Lsaid shortly,
ASS Be
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CS A NS ; SSN Oey fhe 4 < < “She was the color of ashes}
‘ NES : = : hss y x she could not speak for a mo:
f = ment, then sbe faltered out
“ was jealous.’
“*You promised not to be
jealous, You understood m
motives in paying attention to
isters.” I was careful to
not?” ‘
“* Not,’ KS
“<Thank you, I feel very \
, much relieved. much o
“*Pooh! it don’t cost muc! LAR
- to hire ahorse for an hour or oe
. a NS NS
“ «I use. my own horses,’ I \
said, stillly.
«10h, you keep a livery-
\ stable, I suppose.’
“Wh
y
q en can you be ready, SA ? A 4 : putitin the plural. ‘1 trans-
; R—” Lasked, ‘a AS ? e j a é SS) ter my lain, t0 your cousin,
‘ - would you S SEE s Px t “OPA ip?
LM prefer to go?” SAS . ft i) i “ my assed
“*T don’t care if I don’t go SSS : 3 ag f Jennie without looking at her,
AS : 3 and madc my way to the smok*
at all,’ was my reply.
“R— turned sharply on
her heel,
“* You're polite!” said Jen-
nie, ‘when you first asked her
Ir.
“Decempgr 13th, Had a
charming little note from Jen-
nie to-day, 1 transcribe it, it
being too precious to lose ;
Dear Punie—Papa said
I had better address you 80, as
our families have always been
friends, How very, very kind
room, and banged tbe do :
GR What did Lcare? Tcared for of you to send me that lovely
nothing in the world but that hatetul to you!—but a8
Freon of ‘perversity, posting evcr so much Rachel's fault.
Ender her tossed hae, bad bite phe sald yon a meas if T
. ( t " hair, & ad been’a baby,
\ ing her crimson lip tl it grew “What a big diamond!
rn . al got You knew blue was my color,
Come, if you will go didwt you? I think a pin and
earrings to match would be
lovely, The ring just fits,
Yours, penitently, Jexsir,’
. ‘0 for six pounds
of chocolate creams,’ was the
s+ instant reply. “Decenpen 14th, I sent her
@> - “You ‘shall have them the pin and ear-rings by ex-
when I see you on horseback,” press to-day.. I shall get an-
Isaid, She nodded, and ran other letter soon,
out of the room, an i “Deceuner isth, Mere’s
away as fast as I could, fear- her other letter ;
ing R— might be lying in ‘ee
wait somewhere ready to de- Dean Pattie You oug
Seond upon me, a see me in the whole of rour
“T sent Ambrose over with ss ape sa loo
her horse, and presently she
trotted up to the gate, her
bright hair braided compactly
* under her little yelyet bat, an
should like you so much, Hare
you seen ay of the pink coral
they talk so much about?
Your friend, Jennie;
hope you'll forget-me-nct,
aw)
“I'm getting on pretty well
Tehing, Otis on Pretty well,
a
“When she had seon her
confectionery safely packed
rode olf, side by side—and i
wished so'we might ride for
life—and was so taken up with “‘Decemper 16th. I’ve look-
ooking at her that I was guilty ep up the pink coral, and sent
of the absurdity of ranniny @ perlect nest ‘Cf roses,
my horse’s head straight into lilies and yyhat t, exquisitely
he bands
a hedze.
“The village was full of
strangers, and we met carriage
after carriage. 1 could see
bi
¢
that will clasp those little round
ists!
Decemner 18th. Another
that my beautiful companion letter, corals are too
attracted a great deal of atten. lovely with ber blue silk.
tion; but when I saw raised Hopes YN come back soon,
eyebrows and open mouths, and b ing her something cise.
i 3%, Mooked hastily around, found » Signed, Your loving Jennie.’
that she had twisted herself “FLOWERS.” —FROM A PHOTOGRAPH, Harrah t
a3 . . - . “Deceuner 19th, Have
ridinz with ber back to the horse’s head. I re- “Deceussr 5th. I tried to catch her in the gar- | my purpose much better than a more finely writ- | bought a pearl necklace and earrings this ti
- monstrated, and she changed her position, and | den to-day, but she ran away. ten and explicit one, which I intend for a bridal-gift, together with
é rode kneeling. I threatened to ride off and leave | “‘Decenpee 6th, Have been over to ask the| “The colonel agreed with me that I had better | some very singular ornaments, which hare been
} her, when she deliberately stood up, gathered her | cousin—cuss-in 1 call him—to go gunning with | say nothing about my intentions until [ had pro-| in our family a great many generations,
skirts around her, and rode standing, likeacircus- | me to-day, Think he was afraid to go, tor be de- | gressed somewhat in my wooing, and I suggested | are of Turkish origin undoubtedly, for on each
f clined—rather impertinently, too, that he had better say nothing to his other dangh. | piece is engraved a Turkish legend, as it is called
an .
vegan to follow us, burrahing, and 1, pereciving an cemper “th. Have invited them all to a/ ters on the subject, in case I should fail to succeed | —Ladnet be Shectan /—that is, * Cursed be Satan?
elegant carriage approaching, rode oll and left her, dinner-party at my honse to-morrow, Ambrose’s | with Jeonie. —a charming sentiment, but one with which I
Gs T bad said f would do. wife reminds me of the Scriptural ‘she-bear, rob- |“ The old fellow squeezed my hand, blessed me, | cannot quite agree, What a tame world. this
“Novexnga 24th, My horse was not brought | bed of her whelps,’ she is so savage over her pre- | and assured me that I was the very son-in-law he | would be without that same sulphuric personage!
back last night, and I sent Ambrose over to in-| parations, and the fear that they may be a prelude | would have chosen if he had had privilege of |I and my family are too much obliged to him to
quire after him. He brought back word from | to the introduction of a mitress into the estab- | choosing from among all the crowned heads of | curse him as freely as our hereditary ornaments
! Miss Jennie that, when J had left her, the boys| lishment, and savs ‘young gals don’t know | Europe. seem to. ‘
made such a noise=thinking to frighten her az| nothin’ in these days.” _ | “Decewper 9th. T learned from her father| “They are of opals and diamonds, set in black
they had frightened me—that ‘the horse was| ‘“Drcesper 7th. The colonel and the cousin | that Miss i
: : onie has a fondness for jewelry. Ita! enamel, very odd, and more Egyptian than Turk-
alarmed, aud, when she jumped of, ran away. | came, but neither R— nor J—— were with them. | young woman possesses stich a fondness, a youns | ich in ‘their character. My uncle is inclined to -
i The rest of my company bad assembled, and I min, with any cousiderable amount of spending | think that the inscription has brought good luck
lars, Ihave sent Ambrose to look for him. was asking the colonel when I might iook for kis money, can soon pare his way to Ler heart, or, at | to the family; but, as everything we have gained
“Novemper 23th, I find I made a mistake in| daughters, Leonard, the cousin, informed me, least, her gratitude, with li ii
resenting whaterer Miss J—— might be pleased | with a gr , that they had sent their regrets. 1) and things.
10 do; for since that performance, she has re-| wanted Jenni “
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ing she had been in danger of | - “ Decewner 8th, have made up my mind that | told me thut she is going Back with the cousin, | have the benefit of, while I myself will
ertion, and that she was very / I will marry Jennie, I have been over to see the l who is obliged to return to his business, to visit irs?
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