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"No; they ht talk to you and take some of my time with you away from

me" Her eyes sparkled into his for the ly Then she dropped his lapel and they proceeded

She did not put the white rose in her belt, but carried it

The Square was heaving with a jostling, goodnatured, happy, and constantly

increasing crowd that overflowed on Main Street in both directions; and

the good nature of this croas augmented in the ratio that its size

increased The streets were a confusion ofon Main Street or the Square Since nine

o'clock all those of the courthouse had been occupied, and here ated to enjoy the spectacle of the parade, and their

swains attended, gallantly posting thee

behind the ladies Some of the faces that peeped from the dark, old court-

house ere pretty, and some of them were not pretty; but nearly

all of them were rosy-cheeked, and all were pleasant to see because of the

good cheer they showed So the coe and repartee; some were openly

bashful Now and then one of the latter, after long deliberation,

constructed a laborious co

and propounding half of it, again retired into himself, smit with a