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t1etoet -Hetsn Auouku JOu Dhy pei can
fnot cost you atesr. viii write note
fol Henry. telling him Icannot keep nv
promise with him, and tomorrow Twill
throw myself al myT mothers feet and
confess al. She will. she mus. relent.i
Accordingly she took up q pen. and
hastily wrote 4 few lines 10 her lover a
every word blotting the paper with tears.
Atlenglh, exhausted by The emotions she
leaned back on the sofa 10 indulge X n
Of weeping. Long she wepi, but finally
nature stained The mastery, and like .
child. worn out by grief, she sank insen.
sibly 10 sleep. 1f n
The dawn Of day was Just beginning to
break when Mr. Wsllingford, who chang
ed 70 be an early riser. passing down the
corridor. perceived the door Of Mr.. Ben
tons psrlor ajar. with Isabel apparently
unconscious, on the sofa. Alarmed al
the sight. he entered, but finding that
Miss Benton was only a sleep, be would
have withdrawn, when his eyes were al
tracted by his name in the unfinished note
on the table, and led by an ungoverna able
curioSily, be read as follows.
II Is the will Of nv unhappy destiny,
combined with the desire Of my mother, /
must never see you sgain-neverj more
listen 10 you-never-but why utter the
word Tomorrow become the wife Of
Mr.. WalIingiord. fy then. from my sight
III is sacrifice that ! appeal 70 your
honor TO ma
Who can this gentleman be Who is
this mysterious lover Of whom have ne !.
yer heard Alas! fondly dreamed lisa.
bel, that you loved ne. but see NOW
that have been deceived and that your
mother is, perhaps, forcing you into a
union you abb
His words were cutshort by a'foCtsfall.
II was Henry leaping into window, and
and Wsllingford looked around. The RI
walls gszed at each other an instant, nor
shall we attempt TO describe their feelings
when they found that they were father
and son. Their exclsmstions Of astonish.
ment'awoke Isabel who tainted, while Al
the same instant. her mother appeared
on the scene. The insensibIe girl wal
borne from the room, and then the young
1 pltueSil us 81 lt6l
exclaimed:
My father-my father am limo
gent; pardon me- +sI
Rise, sir, said Mr.. Wsllingford, II an
no longer your father. | am your accus
er, and your judge. Why have YOU
come 10 Saratoga p
1T was absolutely necessary fol me ia
do so. Honor compelled me 10 come
and see one who's very dear to me.
Very we'll; but then you chose to pay
your visits 10 this very dear person al
moments that are equivocal-at three
o'clock in the morning for instance
| Father, since you know ALL why dc
you thus interrogaie me-"
Because II is my desire 10 know the
most minute details Of your love for Miss
Isabel Benton
| And wherefore 4
| Because she ought 10 be my wife. and
not yours Nv
Then, sir, you must know, that il il
about six months ago, in s,roll through
the Susquehanna country. whittier | wen
As an artist, and under an assumed name
met this young lady. Why tell the re
sulti We loved. / did not reveal my
real name, for / wished TO beloved TO
myself, and not as The son Of The rich Mr.
Wallingford. She promised toI be mint
ere parting. and we promised 10 write L
each other. But our letters were inter
cepted, and deeming. she bad proved lalst
Ito me, resolved to forget her, until wher
heating incidentally from a friend here
Ethat she was TO be married. though h'
did moi say to whom-my agony drove
me hi,her 10 see Ieabel, reproach her 70
per6dy1 and bid her an eternal farewell
oh father bad known all, / would hay'
suffered any thing than come hither.
Henry. said the father. wining away
tear, you have conquered. The love Q
one like me cannot be such as that o
which youag man feels The sacri6c'
4 will be less 10 me than you. Take her
and God bless YOU
| The son fell on bis fathers shoulder ant
weeping, would have refused the boon
but~Mr. Wallingford was memorable, no
would be suffer the ceremony 10 be de
layed more than a day-the ample settle
menl be made 10 bis son fully reconcil
ling Mrs. Benton 10 The match.