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Am, Va; SOmeWUat HcSltatlngIy.
1T is ,in,en, Amelia, as have reason to
suspcct-,o 6et,..cre rather let me say, for sus-
ricion is not the WORD TO Use toward you-is
it that you cannot like Mr.. i'dor on ac-
count Of qualities IN another persoi:
Amelia made no reply.
Then, my child, you love Henry Wider
Mother, could l love HIM without his
avowal Of affection for me =
your own heart will tell you that, Amelia.
Has Wilder ever offered himself to you 2
Never, Never, mother
ut is strange said Mrs Wilbcrson, sthat
neither your father nor have seen this
But it was not strangc-neither father nor
mother looked on 10 see what was going for
ward in the active scene where the young
and innocent heart of their child was open to
every impression. They heard her narra-
tive of the days conversation and evenings
amusement; but where there is neither
coqutery nor ariilice the young female has
no conference with even n mother, upon that
strange confusion with which her heart is
agiiated, as it begins to love.
'Does Mr.. Wilder love you, Amelia
Il think he does
why then has he not avowcd il p
perhaps the difference between his posi-
ton and that of fathers is the cause
But, Amelia, his position is as good now
as was your father at his aye
THAT may be true, mother but he is
very proud, you know-and very, very
bashfu,' added Amelia, blushing deeply.
Amelia said Mrs Wiberson, Il have
received from Mr.. Tador direct offer for
your hand. He thinks he is acceptable, and
he knows, $50 he says,) tia, he can make
you happy. He has been constantly in
company with Wilder, and seems never to
have suspected an attachment between you
part Of Mr.. Wilder.-Hc presses his sun
with great earnrstness, and will look for IA
reply from me this afternoon
Amelia turned pale at the proposition, and
yet was not wholly reare,fnl. No woman
ever received such an offer from n resprcta-
BILE man without d sense of pleas,Ire-of
gratitude indccd-sef love is grallfied, even
though the love for another is for a momcn,
disturbed
Mrs. Wilberson pressed The suit of her
client with the earnestness of patron, and
yet without the authority Of parent. She
set forth the advantages of the match, and
the probable comforts which it would ensure;
while she gently limited, to alarm the pride
of her daughter, that it would be source of
modification to her TO find that she had re-
fused so desirable AN offer for the sake of
constancy TO a man who had never ann0un-
ced his intentions or even his wishes TO her,
and might, for aught she knew, fulfil mar
riage engagement with some other lady, be-
fore the month was out.
Amelia was distressed; and having made
some reply to her mother, asked lime TO con-
slider the proposition. Let me- said she,
have one week in which to make up my
mind
'And at the end Of that time,' said Mrs.
Wilberson. Mr.. Tudor may depend upon
our answer 7
He may
Almost every evening during this impor-
tant week Tudor and Wilder were, with
others, at the house of Mr.. Wilberson and
poor Amelia, with an aching heart. weighed
the merits of the two young men, hoping
that Wilder would relieve her from The po-
sltion in which she was placed.
On the evening before the answer was to
be given, the two young men left the house
together, and Tudor in the fulness OF his
heart told Wilder what he awaited on the
CO ming morning.
Wilder passed a sleeplcss night. The
next morning no addressed note to Amelia,
in which only the following lines were pen
ned. I'd
Miss Wilberson l ask only two days s
|
and if do not prove that deserve you,
relinquish all TO Tudor. b
Henry WILDER.
Mrs. Wilberson was astonished 10 hear at
the end of the week, her daughter DESTROYS
again to postpone her answer; but the letter
of Mr.. Wilder seemed TO warrant the re-
quest, and she excused her daughter to Tu-
Mr.. Wilder did not present himself at the
house Of Mr.. Wlberson until Monday eve-
ming. There was company in the room du.
ring the whole evening, and il was observed
that Wilder was SO agitated that he scarcely
uttered coherent sentence. He evidently
sought an oppOrtunityto speak to Amelia.--
He asked for Mrs. WIlberson--sho had reli
red. ..
Tie next morning, as Wilder was on hi
way TO Mr.. Wilberson's, he met Tudor $
WHO in vain attempt 10 talk of some com
mon Place subject, revealed his secret tina
he had that morning been accepted at Mr.
WiIberson's at least said he, : am pa
ced on probation
But YOU arc not well, Wilder
mo, n sudden wRsc,ion of the heart.
} will leave you ''o'7'7