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An Old, Old Story.
than ladies , and was gven rather to ride , across country than , as he said himself , to " potter about in a ballroom , amongst a lot of petticoats . " But all heroes have their weakness , and their hour !
And Harry had bis . He saw Minnie , did sad to his friend Jenkinson , commonly called " old Jinks , " " she is a very fine stepper , Jinks ! " and Jinks assenting , remarked in addition , that she seemed to be sound in " wind and limb . "
So Harry got presented , danced away with the joyous Minnie , got interested , got animated , got spooney . That evening was the precursor of many happy evenings , parties , meetings , rides , drives & c , until Harry became " very bad indeed . '' His
friends were severely alarmed ; his maiden aunts were quite excited ; his sisters laughed , and his father and mother shook their heads .
And then on the other sideMrs . Compton said " there was nothing in it . " " Minnie was young , artless , inexperienced , but it could not be thought of , " and old Papa Compton said decisively "There ' s not enough money . " Aud soon after Harry saw his " own
Minnie , " his " darling Minnie , " the " Minnie of his heart and his affection , " desperately civil , " sweet , " as he remarked to old Jinks , bitterly , to a thin , sandy-faced young man , with what Tennyson calls an " educated whisker , " who turned out to be the eldest
son of Sir Parkson Judson , a great Manchester millionare . Poor Harry Hi gheover ! it's all over with him . His Minnie was married by the Bishop of Connemara ( an Irish cousin of Mrs . Compton , ) and three other officiating
clergymen , and the " Morning Post , " gave a full description of the dresses of the bridesmaids , and the magnificent trousseau and presents of the bride , and Minnie talks oi " poor Harry Higheover , " and says it was "only a flirtation ! " Luckily for Harry Hi gheover he did not like the Frenchmen
sav" Ah e ' en est fait , je cede a la rigueur du sort , Je vais mourir je me meurs , je suis moxt . " No , he went on calmly smoking his cigar , but has " a very low opinion of women . " Oh , you young ladies , who will have
An Old, Old Story.
" only a flirtation , " remember , if you please , that on that which you reck so little of , the " Harry Hig heover ' s" of society have often , as it were , made the " east , " so to say , of their very life . I do not say that people don ' t recover
from these " illusions of young days ; " I for one , do not wish to seek to exaggerate or extenuate anything ; on the contrary , I firmly believe that it is " never too late to mend " and " to marry , " and that there are as " good fish in the sea as ever yet
were caught . " Nay , even more than this , I am inclined to believe , despite the charge of heiesy which some may bring against me in respect of "first love , " " love ' s young dream , " & c , & c ., that " second thoughts , " in iove , like
in most other things , are " best . But , bless me , how I have run on until I have to leave Lucy and Mr . Williams , still in their tete-a-tete , until our next number . "Ah , " says a young friend of mine , confidentially , " what a pleasant thing , old
fellow , a t & te-a-tete is ! " "So it is , my boy , " is my curt but sedate reply ; " especially if your ' vis-a-vis ' is pleasant and patronizing , good-looking and conformable , and ready to please and be pleased , and not unwilling to make herself generally agreeable under the circumstances . "
( To be continued . )
Two Sides.
TWO SIDES .
There is very much that is loveable , much that is praiseworthy , much that is laudable , and much to emulate in Freemasonry , in short , the percentage is very much in its favour . There is no society ever founded , beyond the bounds of contradictionthat has an order bonded
to-, gether for benevolent purposes and for breaking down the frontiers of nationalities ; there is no society that has done more real good in charity , neither is there any society in existance that has such widespread ramifications over the face of
the world for peaceable and benignant intentions as ows . The fraternity commends itself to the heart of every honest man ; there is within its bosom all that can improve , and instruct , and make a good
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old, Old Story.
than ladies , and was gven rather to ride , across country than , as he said himself , to " potter about in a ballroom , amongst a lot of petticoats . " But all heroes have their weakness , and their hour !
And Harry had bis . He saw Minnie , did sad to his friend Jenkinson , commonly called " old Jinks , " " she is a very fine stepper , Jinks ! " and Jinks assenting , remarked in addition , that she seemed to be sound in " wind and limb . "
So Harry got presented , danced away with the joyous Minnie , got interested , got animated , got spooney . That evening was the precursor of many happy evenings , parties , meetings , rides , drives & c , until Harry became " very bad indeed . '' His
friends were severely alarmed ; his maiden aunts were quite excited ; his sisters laughed , and his father and mother shook their heads .
And then on the other sideMrs . Compton said " there was nothing in it . " " Minnie was young , artless , inexperienced , but it could not be thought of , " and old Papa Compton said decisively "There ' s not enough money . " Aud soon after Harry saw his " own
Minnie , " his " darling Minnie , " the " Minnie of his heart and his affection , " desperately civil , " sweet , " as he remarked to old Jinks , bitterly , to a thin , sandy-faced young man , with what Tennyson calls an " educated whisker , " who turned out to be the eldest
son of Sir Parkson Judson , a great Manchester millionare . Poor Harry Hi gheover ! it's all over with him . His Minnie was married by the Bishop of Connemara ( an Irish cousin of Mrs . Compton , ) and three other officiating
clergymen , and the " Morning Post , " gave a full description of the dresses of the bridesmaids , and the magnificent trousseau and presents of the bride , and Minnie talks oi " poor Harry Higheover , " and says it was "only a flirtation ! " Luckily for Harry Hi gheover he did not like the Frenchmen
sav" Ah e ' en est fait , je cede a la rigueur du sort , Je vais mourir je me meurs , je suis moxt . " No , he went on calmly smoking his cigar , but has " a very low opinion of women . " Oh , you young ladies , who will have
An Old, Old Story.
" only a flirtation , " remember , if you please , that on that which you reck so little of , the " Harry Hig heover ' s" of society have often , as it were , made the " east , " so to say , of their very life . I do not say that people don ' t recover
from these " illusions of young days ; " I for one , do not wish to seek to exaggerate or extenuate anything ; on the contrary , I firmly believe that it is " never too late to mend " and " to marry , " and that there are as " good fish in the sea as ever yet
were caught . " Nay , even more than this , I am inclined to believe , despite the charge of heiesy which some may bring against me in respect of "first love , " " love ' s young dream , " & c , & c ., that " second thoughts , " in iove , like
in most other things , are " best . But , bless me , how I have run on until I have to leave Lucy and Mr . Williams , still in their tete-a-tete , until our next number . "Ah , " says a young friend of mine , confidentially , " what a pleasant thing , old
fellow , a t & te-a-tete is ! " "So it is , my boy , " is my curt but sedate reply ; " especially if your ' vis-a-vis ' is pleasant and patronizing , good-looking and conformable , and ready to please and be pleased , and not unwilling to make herself generally agreeable under the circumstances . "
( To be continued . )
Two Sides.
TWO SIDES .
There is very much that is loveable , much that is praiseworthy , much that is laudable , and much to emulate in Freemasonry , in short , the percentage is very much in its favour . There is no society ever founded , beyond the bounds of contradictionthat has an order bonded
to-, gether for benevolent purposes and for breaking down the frontiers of nationalities ; there is no society that has done more real good in charity , neither is there any society in existance that has such widespread ramifications over the face of
the world for peaceable and benignant intentions as ows . The fraternity commends itself to the heart of every honest man ; there is within its bosom all that can improve , and instruct , and make a good