!1 )'JfJjf'. "i. , ;;};< . .. / , / "' j / . / . ' i THE FLORIDA' 'MIRROR :'. .AUGUST ,15, 1885..: . , ....' ," . b tremendous fun of .everything and will turna ed to ,hear all news where you've at the foot of this DE REffltEXD QUACKO STRONG. \ days, with ;a: round face, a I you your I bank. I felt l mop of fair hair, blue eyes, and a decidedly good-for-nothing: flirt." been and what you've done'and every- ant I was lying in wait. expect In 1 Swim; dot gate wide, 'PosHe Peter, retrousse nose. I rememberthat There. was a pause and I tried to thing." She; stood pouting ,on the black dress, and in the waning light mr ., Ring de big bell, beat de gong, October gloaming so distinctly.The look forward into- the future. I bank, and he stood irresolutely beside no one could distinguish me, i fn that' Saints and Reb'rend martyrs den'will meet dar, scarlet geraniums in.the. parterres glanced at(Guy. His dark eyes were' her.'. shady corner, and there I waited Brudder Quacko Strong. glared. It was a last 'flicker before melancholy, ludicrously so, perhaps, There's really no reason why'you The night was very still. That hate: ," Sound dat bugle J Angel Gabriel! winter. ,The roses bloomed every- but I was 'touched. He looked so should dog my footsteps," I said, mag- ful corncrake was still croaking in ,: Cl'ar Tell de del elders loud and ob long heaben, where, and stocks and asters made a sincere and I felt unworthy of the nanimously; pray tell Ismay every- meadows, and I abhorred the perfume the out seats ,': Here comes high Reb'rend Quacko Strong brave show, but a feeling of autumn adoration expressed' so plainly' ,in his thing worth tell ng.. -I'm going home.' of roses that still filled the air, for in: :.d', and decay hovered in the air, and the face.I was perky, odious and,I hated' And home I went ; and all the way my mind it raised up the vision ; Turn de out, Gin'ral Michael, of guard t Arms present de line along. leaves on the trees were changing hue myself. r I wondered what those two were talk- bygone love and happiness. what f Let de band play, Conk'rin Hero," rapidly. "Are yoi] sure you mean what you ing about, and mentally scolded,myself mockery ! > For de lleb,rend Quacko Strong.. I was attired in my usual whiteflannel say?" I,asked, esitatingly. for an unreasonable feeling of I had not long to wait. I heard ': Joseph, march down wid your bred'ren, frock, somewhat dilapidated, Yes,"" he'said simply, and I knew grief which had stolen into my heart voices in the distance, and soon two s. Tribes and banners mu&t'rin strong, (I was never tidy,) and one of Guy's he/was speaking the truth. on that summer day. forms emerged from the shadow ,,::.1 Speech ob welcome from ole Abram straw hats, which. had, taken out of "And if// you meet 'prettier and That same evening after dinner I came slowly toward the seat below and ; Reb'rend ', Answer, Quacko Strong., ,the hall. As I stood by the dial on nicer girls than I am,you won't:like went and sat alone upon the stone.bal- my eyes. My heart beat thick and : Tune your harp string tight. King David the lawn a white figure lounged in at them betterjthan/ me?" ustrade overlooking the tennis lawn.I fast. I feared they might continue Let Sing de seraphs your good dancejwid" Ole: Hundred"cymbals song, the gate and made for me. Of courseit "You aref: 'the prettiest and nicest was alone for what seemed to me avery I, their walk ; but no, they stopped, and Round de Reb'rend Quacko Strong. was Guy. He was a wonderfully girl in the )vorld/' long time. The rosy afterglow Ismay, for it was she and Guy, seated t handsome boy, tall, slight and dark; "I don't// want.you, to say,that ; I melted into the blue-gray sky ; the : herself. He stood a moment glancing Angels Hear,my hear dnlcem me yell speritool hosanna song! ; with, clear cut features and an eaglenose. want you jo promise never :to love moon launched her silver boat, and round, and then threw himself at her ; i .; Halleluye'r! I'm a comin' I had always admiredhim immensely any one better than me." here and there a star flickered in the . M : I'm de Reb'rend Quacko Strong. I 'am an artistic soul and "I shall ever love any one half so heavens The corncrake was busy in feet."You are humble," she said ; "you ' t Make dat white robe rather spacious, worship beauty., ',That evening I was well i : the hayfields,'and the scent'of the roses may sit beside me if you wish, or 4 An' waistbelt strodden'ry long, painfully conscious of looking a fright, And so ,the"romance of my life be and honeysuckle in the veranda stole I haps you think that is your per- ,, :.. 'Cause will take some room in glory and I began to straighten my crumpledfrock gan. When I1';was seventeen my father through the soft'air.I place?" proper For de Reb'rend 4 Quacko Strong. and push back my curly towzied gave his nsent to my engagementwith think I looked nice that night; Yes," I he .d", you were made to :".:\ What! No one at de landin'? Guy, dive were to be married not beautiful-I never could be that- be worshipped. I had read of such Guess'Pears I'll like gib sutfin dat sleepy nudder's Peter wrong wig."Don't do that, Ju," said Guy, as he when I w !s,.f wenty. The course of but as pretty as most girls. I wore a women, but never believed in them, ,xt, A' ii Fits-from Reb'rend Quacko Strong. approached; "I like you ever so much my love ra very smoothly;. Guy took white frock and a pearl necklace, and and here I discover one in a little cir better whemybu're untidy." honors at C mbridge in his third year ; my'fair hair was twisted into a heavy I have known all my life, and to wham ,; What Mv 1 a dat narrow gate am little hard gateway to move.! "Then you must like me always." I was eighteen.,then, and was taken to loop. Guy's voice roused me from myreverie. I have hardly ever given a thought: Who am dat?" says Tostle Peter "I do six days out of seven-Sun- town form y presentation. stayed "Ah, Juliet occupied all your From de parapets above. day's an exception." with Connie,. but I made not the You look exactly like Ellen Terryas thoughts." "And I look nice on Sunday slightest se/lsa.ti/ I was not sit there. Look at me." " Uncle Peter, don t you know m?- always n. pretty, you up Juliet he sighed ; yes, and she ;, ; Me, a shinin' light so long? ." and with j>ne exception, I positively He placed his hands on my shoulders ought to occupy them to the end of rt" Why Good, de ole berry Reb'rend niggers Quacko call me "Nice 1 You're a perfect object, hated and feared young men. I was and I looked into his eyes. He time. There is not another girl in the Strong. with your hair in a tail and your best conscious of bti n g- quite the plainestin laughed and sat down beside me.' world like my own love, and she is "t Dun'nu' me? de shoutin' 1 preacher? frock on. If you only knew what a the family. Little Ismay grew more "You have a queer expression in better than you, my goddess..' ,, Le far hull hog Wesleyan, too y 4 Wharn? de woods you been a loafinj;? contrast you were to Ismay, YOu'dleave beautiful every, day. I, your eyes to-night, Juliet. What is "And yet you love me best'' of all?'* > Some ole rooster's boddered you, your pew and come and sit with CH1PTER the matter Who could blame me for loving us." II. I don't know. Something is goingto ? I adore You beautiful . ; I reckon. 11"hIv'e convarted you you. are so > Hundreds ob darkies in a song. "Indeed I wouldn't-I'd choose How she is up !I" It was happen." and gracious. You are an angel, ' ri ? Dun'no me? nor yet my massa? some one civil, not you." Guy who spoke,towing was referringto He sighed impatiently. a Venus." "l ,4 I'm de Reb'rend Quacko Stro'ng.Hark Ah, you're j jealous of Ismay, and I little Ismay; crossing thesteppingstoneX l> You seem, very queer, too, Guy." And you are profane. Call me an to dat "ar cur'us roarin' don't wonder ; Hut'JL'm not going to to come to us. I sat "Do you believe in love at first angel or Venus separately, not both at ,p '" ,6 s Far awav, but rolling nigher; talk about her just now. Do you on the river bank, and Guy loungedat sight'y"Yes once." ,1 -r See de ilreflle dragon flyin' know I came home specially to see my feet. Something in his voice in many cases. Is that whatis But remind me of both. You r ; Head like night, an' mouf on fire. you you? made me glance down at him. making you sigh so ? Have you are neither saint nor sinner, but the %V 'Tis de berry king ob debbils. "I wondered what had made you "She is the flower of the flock. fallen in love with some one at first most charming combination of both." An' he it Oh dear Peter.am rushin'please right to open along; leave the river so early, but I'm not Everyone says so. Far prettier than sight 9"1"Oh If Juliet were here, she would say .+ ; To class-leader Quacko Strong. surprised to ,hear that I was the at- Connie." I don't know-that is to say, I was all sinner-no leaven of saintli- q y # Ole Nick's cornin', I feel it traction." "Then you don't include yourself in I haven't. Are you in love, Juliet?" ness." ;I i Gettin' warmer all can about; You conceited monkey. I should the beauty competition, Juliet?" and What a question !I" I exclaimed, Don't talk about Juliet. Let me '' ,. Oh, my good, kind Kurkle Peter, enjoy boxing your ears, but I haven't he laughed. very indignantly, although I was half think of you and you only. The rest 9' Let me in, I'm all too stout time I want to' talk seriously. I of "If wish to " never thought comparing my- laughing. you me say of my life must be devoted to her. 9. To go 'long wid Major Satan I giggled outright, but he pulled my self with Connie, and she is nothing at I'm in love with you, I shan't." Through the gloom I heard Ismay's ?1+ + ? Into dat warm climate 'mong hand through his arm, and we marchedoff the side of Ismay." "I wish to heaven you were not !I" I. sobs. I could not see, as it was so ,'-, Fire an brimstone. Hear me knocking? in silence. After minute's But far the best of he exclaimed . a are vehemently.The r , M Ole church,member, Qnacko Strong. pauseI you away dark, but knew he was kissing her j opened roy mouth to speak, but he the threeJu, .blood rushed into my cheeks, and! bidding her farewell forever, and I Dat loud noise am comin'! nearer, broke in "I feel' remarks. I and BeforeI ';.; Drelille smell suddenly":' annoyed at your I sprung up passionately. each endeatiflg tenderepithet cut my , '" ;:.;' "' Nudder sercesh ?like Good powder heaven smoke.help me, Ju, you know I'm going away to- wish people would never allude to had time to make my escape, Guy heart like a knife. Slowly and noiselessly i Lord forgib dis po' ole moke. morrow?" my looks ; and, above all, that they threw his arms around me and kissed I rose from my cramped position, ' : Alters was so berry holy "Well?" wouldn't try to console me for my my lips over and over again. :My stole silently along the terrace to the k; i Singtn'i an' prayin' extra long- "Are you sorry?" lack of beauty by telling me that I am head rested on his shoulder, and my steps, descended softly, and stood be- t t Now de debbil's gwine to catch me, "No; I'm very glad. I hope you amiable (which isn't true), or that I eyes slowly filled with tears. No won- side them without either being aware Po' ole nigger, Quacko Strong.Hi will come back improved. You require have the beauties of the mind, or stuffof der I wept, though I knew not then of my presence. dat gate swing back a little, improvement." that sort. that that was the last time that my And now, goodb-ye forever, dear- "a Mighty squeezin' to git froo "You tiresome creature !I" he threw Ismay came up arid seated herself love (mine, alas no longer) would est," said Guy, and he would have Ole Everything Apollyon around howlin'am louder blue., down my hand; "why won't you be by Guy. Two more beautiful faces kiss me. risen and left her, but she clung to serious?" could not have been imagined. His "Dearest Juliet," he whispered, him and sobbed convulsively. "Yoii , d kP r' M Bang de gate goes, an' Beelzebub, "I am serious. You are asking me clear, dark and classical-her's equally "forgive me, darling. You know I must remember Juliet ; I am bound to 1', Goes Bunch along ob widout wool upon the soul his prong ob stupid questions, and I'm answeringthem perfect, with a complexion of pearls love you better than any other wo- her." ", Mir rable sinner name ob Strong. seriously." and roses, with golden hair and dark man." You are not !I" Could that be my o -Exchange. Oh, Juliet, why won't you under- gray, lustrous eyes. Except one," said a soft and clear voice ; it would sound strange and far -- stand? Don't you know I'm sorry to CI I hope I am not de trop," she said, voice close by. i away. "For the last two days I have '1 + ; FL01VLR OF THE FLOCK. leave you?" calmly, settling her muslin skirts," Guy dropped my hand, and I looked I suspected this, and that is why I have ; I nodded. Of course you are." but I thought Ju's voice sounded round with an uncomfortable sense of been unseen witness to this scene. '' ,lt A. PRETTY STORY OF LOVE AMONG And you must know the reason somewhat cross, and I am come tomake having been discovered in a ridiculous Guy Lorraine, you are free. I am THE ROSES.CHAPTER why, Ju. I'm fond of you." peace." position. It was Ismay. She looked thankful that I have found out this tw I. "Yes, I know that, too." More\ likely to create discord," I lovelier than ever in the pale moon- change in your love in time to escapea ; You're really past all endurance. said, impatiently.Guy light. Her face was that of an angel, I fearful fate. Good-bye !r' r x. There are three girls in our family :Must I explain everything, just as if looked up quickly, and then and her white draperies enveloped her I turned to go, but he sprang toward Constance, Juliet and Ismay-and you were a baby? I'm not fond of murmured something about the golden like a mist. She laughed gently at me and caught my hand. t f'. it is I (Juliet) who am writing this you in that way." apple. my look of dismay. "Juliet, you are angry?" t r little history. I believe-I may be "Which way?" I interrupted in- "Do you remember Paris and the I didn't mean what I said, Ju, andI "No, I am relieved. lK tt 1 mistaken-that looks have a great nocently." apple ?" asked Ismay, looking,straight haven't eavesdropping., I just Then you never loved me?" L deal of influence over some people's Guy took me by the shoulders and into his eyes. "If I had been there, sauntered up, and overheard the end He spoke breathlessly, eagerly, a fate. If I had been as good looking shook me. I think it would have been given to of Guy's speech. It seemed only nat- note of joy in his voice, and my heart AS my youngest sister I should now be You know what I mean perfectlywell. me." ural to make the remark that I did ; stood still. How anxious he was to t : Mrs. Lorraine instead of a forlorn I'm going to marry you." I was accustomed to hear such remarks it came in so well." believe that all my love, my tender- 1H maiden, gazing hopelessly toward a I made a courtesy. as these every day, and I only Guy said nothing. We three went ness and devotion, had been nothing- solitary future. But pehaps matters "I. must really tell mother that I laughed ; bud! Guy had not seen muchof back to the house together, Ismay talk- and his love, nothing. i, f A i may improve as time goes on ; the am provided for," I exclaimed ; "she Ismay during the last year, and he ing to us both. I replied in an inco- No, I never loved you," I repliedslowly !t. wound in my neart may heal and my was very glad when Connie married in stared astonishment. at the auda- herent'way, but he said never a word. and as I uttered that lie I I i feelings become blunted. Just now her second season, but I've done a cious beauty. She returned his gaze That night a dreadful,fear crept into my turned and went slowly away, and he I feel very sore.Constance great deal better. Actually, Guy, for a few seconds, and then cast down heart, and until morning I lay awake, breathed a long-drawn sigh of relief.I . is my senior by four I'm engaged two years before I'm her eyes. That was only acting. Whatever staring hopelessly, blankly, at a terri never spoke a word to Ismay, nor ' years. She married, and very well, out." Ismay was, she was not shy.I ble phantom, which grew clearer and, she to me, but I know my sister knew ' the year after she came out. I was Guy was leaning against a tree, tried to talk to Guy as I did whenwe more distinct every moment. And I my falsehood and my secret is safe in .t fifteen at the time and little Ismay looking very sulky. were alone. Then I used to chat- had not even the relief of tears. her keeping. : :-' .. only twelve, and the next five years I'm quite in earnest," he growled, ter by the hour together, rigamarole, Thank God, that horrible state of They were married, and they areSometimes : : :, were the happiest period of my life. but if you're only going to make fun as he used to call it-a one-sided con- uncertainty did not last very long. happy-at least she is. I k The Lorraines were our oldest and of me I'll go." versation on every imaginable topic, The agony of the next two days was look up and see Guy's eyes fixed on dearest friends, and Ismay and I You are going-that is to say, which I knew interested and amused almost too much for my endurance ; me in a way which recalls the past, ia c studied with the girls under the same you're going to-morrow, but not just him, although he rarely spoke but was but when the last, crushing blow fell, but this is only my foolish imagination - governess, at their house. ,:My father this minute, Guy." quite content to listen in silence. ButI it was not so painful as those frightful for surly he can only look back t was the Squire of the village where "Oh, Juliet and do you really felt somehow constrained with that doubts. It stunned me, but I knew with amusement to 'the time when he s t we lived :Mr. Lorraine was the rec- love me ?" graceful white figure before my eyes, the worst ; there was nothing, either preferred me to the Flower of the t tor, and there were no other families "I don't want to say yes and I and when I looked at Guy he was evil or good, that could touch my heart Flock-London Society. i t :t of any consequence within five miles. ,don't want to say no." looking at Ismay and had apparently after that. i : I think I began to live my life whenI But you won't go marrying any forgotten me. I rose to my feet ab Let me pass over the next forty- Notice. was sixteen. It"was October. Guy other fellow while I'm away?" ruptly. eight hours. I said I was ill and remained Notice is hereby given, that it is the intention - L Lorraine had left Rugby and was going "There's no other fellow that I .Where is Juliet going ? ",, asked in my own room. I refusedto of the City Council of Fernanthna.to from, into residence at Cambridge. We know of. I'll write and tell if levy a special tax, after thirty days young you Ismay of Guy. He raised his eyes see.Ismay; she made my head ache, date, upon all taxable property within the ones had been spending a month at one turns I said. On the of the second the : up. languidly. evening city limits, for the year 1885, for purlf f fof t the seaside under Fraulein's protec- "And you're the sweetest girl in the "Are-you tired of the river?" day I went.out. It was, growing dark, Water-works and fire protection ; the tion, but the holidays were at an end world?" amount of tax not to exceed 3 mills on "Yes, and I turned to 'go. He and I crouched down beside the bal- The fund a ., now, and I felt somewhat gloomy as I Guy, I'm positively growing vain.I arose also. ustrade in the Italian part of the garden obtained State valuation from this of the special property.tax is to be used wandered.alone in the rectory garden. wish Fraulein thought the same." Aren'you coming, Ismay ?" which ,was laid out in terraces. in the boring of an artesian well or wells deemed on x t To lose Guy and begin lessons tomorrow Will you ever be in earnest Juliet No, and I'm vexed with, you; for Below my balustrade, a bank sloped a point in; the city, which may be 1' 1 It :was too bad. ? I know you'll never marry'mewhen leaving me. It's nearly a year since down some six feet or so to another most advisable.. GEO. E. WOLFF, City Clerk. i -\ -1't" I was a medium sized girl in those you're grown up. 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