The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-23

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sports which were there the chief en-
ployment of life.
1t was, perhaps, singular intatuation,
but such was the fact, that no thought of
alarm for the possible consequences OF so
close and constant an intercourse between
so handsome and gallant youth and a
maiden so lovely in herself, and so ardent
and generous in her own affections. ever
| for moment seemed to cross the mind OF
either Sir Wilmot or his sister, the presl-
ding parsonage of the Hail. SO far as re-
garded the department Of female concern
and control. They would as readily have
imagined similar danger between Alice
and the " Man in the Moon" as conceived
the idea that the young yeoman, who was
made quasi gentleman only by the kind
patronage OF B. Hall, and who was no
where else known or recognised as any
thing more than his father and grand faith
or had been before him, would ever think
of raising so bold an eye as to aspire to
such star still less that the Star could
ever cast down on such an aspiration any
other look than a twinkle of infinite con-
tempL--However, they did not think of
either boldness or contempt IN the matter
they did not think about it at all, any
more than they would concern themselves
with speculations on the possibility of that
long prophesied falling Of the skies, al
which, as is well known, so many larks
are to be caught. What would have been
the rage of the old Baronet !--wha. the
dismay of prim and stately Aunt Edith -
had they known that their Alice loved the
presumptuous peasant with all the iervor
Of her tender and generous nature-that
she was to him the object of a passion in
which was concentrated all the fiery force
of his heightened and energetic character
nay more, that Of nearly a year from
the time to which this narrative refers,
they had been self.betrothed to each other,
with all the solemnty lhat VOWS can add
10 the sacred meeting and minglc of hearts.
But so it was.-llow it had come TO pass,
| cannc, afford The time 10 tell---nov would
it much matter il could.
, One evening, after morning Of most
glorious run, in which Edward Fletcher
had me, with his frequent fortune of car
rying off the bash, while Sir Wilmot had
returned homc with one of the loX's paws
| in his cap, as a trophy and proof that he
had got in at the death, the former made
t his escape, at an earlier hour than was
often permitted, from the table at which
the Baronel dispensed a flowing and rather
uproarous hospitality to the hunt Of the
} day. The company breaking up and dis
: persng about a couple of hours alleIward
Sir Wlimot himself followed him to Alice
I parIor with a step steady enough, II is true
! for all practical purposes. but with the
habtual hale and hearty ruddinesS Of his
? complexion flushed to more than ordl
| nary hue, and his faculties not quite Sc
! clear and distinct in their intelligence as
they had been before breakfast, and as
they probably would be again ,o-morro"
morning. As he approached the the doc
$ he paused moment to listen to the beau
= it'll effect of the mntgling of tic two vol
t ces of Alice and young Fletcher, in one o
4 the fine old English duets which they
5 often sang together.
5 Bravo, Ncd-bravo, my boy y wa
t the exclamation with which he interrupted
: lhem--with slap on the shoulder Of iht
G Young man; which was much more ener
{. gelic demonstration OF affection than wou
If have been at all agreeable to less stou
II and smlworlh frame. "And as for you
i you dear liule bird, your voice is aimo,
IF as sweet as your kiss to your foolish oil
is father. Your humble servant, Madam !!
a he then added, turning round to MadaI
a. edith, with bow and flourish of mngle
le gllIanlry and gravity which were hIghl
.e comica. bat Ned, You ought to hay
~ been down therc--why they unkcnneIe
y you after you had gone, and were oil III
In full cry on the scent, with a regular tall!
le no! You ought to have been there to Sc
Iy how stood up for you. They talked
is your pride and your arms, and sotorlI
of above your station in life, and all that so
Is of thing. But stood up for yoa, that
ne dd-and swore i, was all envy, becau'
OF Won got the brush which Sir Harry Ho
I'd had vowed should be his, with that ne
I'd hunter he sported this morning,-and b
it cause you cleared so handsomely tho
he five bars which young Lord Maurice Pag
~ was comnelled after all to ret down al