American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-11-11

her heart, for Just now the hue of her cheek
grew bright as the pink of an ocean shell, and
her rosebud lips half parted with the smile that
swept like a sunbeam over her face.
But we have left our hero standing with
mouth and eyes equally extended, wondering
very much if such flowers were indigenous to
all the groves in that region of country-won-
derng what the creature was thinking of pre-
cisely at that moment; and wondering (the viii
lain) if it would be possible to snatch a kiss
from those sweetest of lips, and escape with
IMMUNITY | know not how long he might
have wondered, had not saucy Zephyr lifted
his hat at this moment, and ''sans ceremonie, :"
bore it away.
Making step forward TO recover it, he trip
ped against a projecting root and came in no
very gentle manner on his knees beside the
sleeper. The shock was effectua; the ietty
lashes that had rested so lightly on either
check, were lifted suddenly. With a cry of
alarm the girl sprung up, but as her feet press
ed the cool grass, she turned to see the eyes of
the stranger fixed upon them, and sinking
to the ground she concealed them under her,
while a pink flush stole over her face, and her
eyes filled with tears of vexation.
Our friend all this while was fully engaged
in framing and utterng thousand apologies,
to all of which she listened in halfpouting 81
lence, till her eyes glanced from his yeXed face
to large dark stain on either knee, acquired
by their ungentle salutations of Mother Earth.
Forgetting all else, she burst into a peal of
merry laughter, waking the echoes with notes
so silvery that her pleading companion caught
the infection, and joined her right heartily
Half an hour afterward the two sat side by
side in the little nook, apparently the best
friends in the world. He was made to under
stand that she had come out to make hay in
her fathers field, and that she had selected
their shady retreat for sale a manager, where
in TO partake of her simple refreshments; and
he in his turn explained his init usion, and ac-
cepted with right good will part of her din
ner in place of that he had lost through her
means. We will not relate how he praised
the cream pie of her own making, or how they
drank spring water fiom the same tin cup, or
any Of the other minutie of their tete-a-tete.
Suffice it to say, from this time our friend
Charlie eschewed most regiously all dinner
parties, and other merry-makings, and was
seized with quite mania for rural researches s.
1t was on July afternoon, full fortnight
from the event ust recorded, that Charlie and
the country girl sat once more side by side in
the little grove. The merry girl was twning
garland and laughing as gaily as ever, but
the fiery eyes of her companion had troubled
light, and his voice an earnest tone, that be-
tokened change.
"Come, let us go-mY garland is finished
and see the sun is sinking" and, rising, the
girl scattered with sudden toss the dewy flow
ers, that half filled her apron, all over the head
of her silent companions; then lifting her bon
net from the ground, she stepped out into the
golden light; and, with hooking courtesy,
turned to go.
"Come back, Hetty-stay one moment-I
have something TO say" and as she seated her.
self again half impatcntly beside him, he re-
lapsed again into silence.
"Well, speak if you have any thing to say.
must hasten home, for | expect Henry"
"And who is Henry? But no matter!-I
fair young g,rl-loved her deeply, devotedly
Iwooed and won her. A few short days, and
she would have become my own; but, ere they
passed away, she left me for another. At that
time vowed would never love again. /
thought | never could. | thought that the
bright hopes 50 utterly crushed could never
wake again. But you have undeceived me,
Hetty; and now can you return my love? for |
do love you, Hetty-better, far better"
'Hark! bark! did you not hear that?" And
the girl tossed back the dark hair from her brow
and bent eagerly forward
'Hetty! Hetty"-and again her name echo
ed through the grove at the loudest pitch of a
manly voice-"Hetty, where are your And
the next instant young man burst into the
circle with his fine face all in a glow, and his
arms eagerly extended. With'a half scream
Hetty threw herself on his bosom, covering
him with kisses, and sobbng as if her heart
would break from very joy.
"And who is this?" said our discounted
hero, whose anger, on account of the Interrupt
ton, was in no wise lessened by the conduct
of his namorata!''
''This-why don't you know-this is Hen
ry!"
Sand who, in the name of King Solomon,
is Henry?" And Charlie waxed more wroth
as he detected something like smile on the
face ofthe young man.
"Why, Henry is-he is--why, didn't you
know it'"-and the little coquette crimsoned
down to her very shoulders-''ls it possible
you never heard'-Henry-Is MY HUSBAND.
J. NJ B. w.
The SIAMEsE TWINS. We extract from the
letter of correspondent of the South Carolina
"Spartan, the following account of Chang and
Eng, and their families: