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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1887)
m THE WEST SHORE. .m. to them now to be what they call in our room, neglecting our lessons, "if .upernatural. The cause of my belief they should turn out to be as ugly u in this you will discover as we progress the fabled harpies?" fcUg the path of my story." " Do the Kgreeable, of course; we can After thin delivery my friend settled endure them for a week, anyway, and himself into a more comfortable posi- then work up an excuse to get away, tion ami began his story, which, without But," I queried, in return, "if they the use of quotation marks, I shall place should be as beautiful as Hebe?" More the reader, as follows: " That will make a delightful differ- Bob Paiton and I were school fellows, ence; we'll be in clover, then." at Farmington academy, during two con- Thus the time passed, with us, until secutive years, ending in the December the day before Christmas. At 10:00 a. of ISTiO. We roomed together, boarded m. of that day, the merry jingle of sleigh together at the home of a relative of his, bells at the door announced their arriv and pursued the same studies. There al. Two hours later an invitation to was a difference of but a few months in come down to the drawing room put us our ages, both having advanced well into to our mettle. At this late day I am our twentieth years. willing to acknowledge that I was fright- About the middle of December of our ened, more so than I was years after last year at the academy, Prof. Dobbins when chased by the natives, in the bush extended to us an earnest invitation to of Australia, or when struggling mtU remain his guest during the holidays, turgid flood of the Nurrambidge. But To make the invitation more seductive, when the introductions were over, Icon lie announced to us that his guests fess.that I never experienced such real would be few, and that among them pleasure as then fell to my lot No an would be two young ladies, cousins of noying, strained affectation on the part his wife. 0f y0Ung ladies all was perfect ease V e gladly accepted the invitation, and and magnetism. That they were hand like most young fellows of our years, be- some may be considered a settled fact gu seriously to speculate regarding the Elizabeth Germain, the elder, was a outcome of our prospective introduction blonde, aged eighteen. Amy, two years to the profWs young lady guests. younger, was also a blonde. Three . b1 formed a PlaQ. few months years previous to this time their mother prevu.u,, u, tbia, to go to California the had died Their father had left them iol owmg year, and make our fortunes; in care of his widowed sister, and fled i now that commendable scheme ap- to the Pacific coast to allay his grief in LiVLV J m ,daDger of to" wandering on that, or this, wild, roman n arw. for we actually began to feel tic shore. I will be brief about our love IZ! b 1Twith maWng and only say that before the end w'rtJfo1 of the h0ays, Bob was engaged to do cmnin Elizalth, d I to Amy. Mow" n IeU "f1 their 8hadow To make the matter of our choice a rioui inciLiT huhQ m Plainer 1 wN v that 1 had Miety went rlr T 8hade8 of Mtomed to leaving all matters that on countenance W r6quired Plannin& to 1 hiM7 " What shall we d A - agreeing, so unlimited was my confi- ruptly aUl m ow J . "Ur" he ab" deQce in his sagacity. This will appear vening, as we sat in a more significant light when 1 assure