Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-07-10


or beauty any preien>ions TO the alll-
ance, who did not indulge hope tha,
she may be the favored one. Aud
each resolved 10 appear 10 her best adj
vantage on The following Sunday.
Accordingly the church. on that day,
presented qnlte an srlay Of new bonneis
and flowers. Our young ladies' had
really ouldone themselves. Never had
Tiverson shone in such al array Of mil.
linerv. But Isabel was sill The most
beautiful glrl there; and conscious that
this would be so she DELAYED her en-.
trance until the services were about TO
begin.
The young heir sal in the old family
pew nearly opposite to that of the War
ners, and more than oace during the
sermon his eve wandered 10 the 'auti-
full being opposite. lsabel's heart beat
high with gralified pride. and her tri-
umph was complete when, al The close
Of The services, the young heir advance
ed to shake hands with her father whom
he rerognlzed, and 81 de>ignedly threw
himself in the way of an introduction
Immediately by walking home with
her.
In shor, time the young heir be-
came acquainted with the other ladies'
of Tie village. but he st!l showed de-
cided preference 10 Isabel. Probably
he paved less attenlion to Ellen than To
any Of them: AMI certainly shA was the
only mafrlageable young lady N the
village, who did not seek every deco.
rus opportunity 10 throw herself IN his
way Bun Ellen neither courled his
society nor flutred h- tastes. She
treated him frankly and conver,td with
ease and animation when they met; but
she rather shrank from than sought OPP
pnrluni,rs If meeting han.
Yet ellen felt tia. Harry Common was
one she couli love: fnr constant natiery
had altogether failed 10 corrupt the orr
gina npbleness Of his heart.
Whether it was this condnct OH the
par, OF Ellen, or gradually increasing
appreciation of her qualines, that III
duced The young heir 10 seek her sncle'
~ more frequently than al first. we
know not; bur 50 he did, and eventually
to such decree that Isabel grew Jsal-
ous.
One day a picnic party was project,
ed, 10 be held on picturesque stand
M, far from our village. The party
was tn be given by the gentlemen. and
grea, pains were taken TO conceal from
the ladies' the nature Of the preparations.
All, therefore. tina, was known was
that every thing was 10 be arranged N
the mos. elegant manner. Harry Con.
nor himself had superintendent the ar
rangpmpn's. and his taste was proverb-
ial. Every one promised themselves a
dav Of enjoyment: even Ellen entered
into the feeling of curiosity: and on the
even,ful morning. many arose an hour
before their usual tire, impatient as In
earlier years, for the hour of setting
forth.
The party was to meet at the house
of Miss Warner preparatory to embark
ing. All had now assembled: they
were waiting only for Miss Eden. Al
last she came, but not atured for the
excursion. she had just heard that a
poor old woman. whom she was IN the
habit Of assisting now and then, with
aims, was dying aud requested To see
her.
Are you not goingl' said a dozen
voices. What j. the matter!
Ellen FLUSHED, but said she could no
90 Something quite unexpected hat
occurred 10 prevent her. | have run
down. therefore, To make an excuse. =
She would not tell the reason. for shs
knew there were those present wh'
would attribute ii 10 oslen,alious beney
Oeuce.
, .Pshaw, how ridiculous! : said Isabe
| Warner, who was vexed. aside Il
| Harry Conner, she is only afraid Il
90: hnw hate such strict. Pnrllanica
notions. As If little harmless amnse
ment was wrong
III Miss Eden will not 60 hecans
| she thinks il wrong, she j. certainl
verv narrow minded; aud vi hat make
it worse is the hypocrisy winch cou
cpaIs The rue reason SILL, canne
believe she Is 81 hlgoted.
.rhere is n, other cause, YOU ma
dement, on il. And we shall be qlil
as well without her: hate such Ion
sanclimnnions faces when Others al
disposed to be merry.
Ellen happened To be nearer tina
Isabel thought. and heard these word,
her eyes filed with tears. which 81
with difficulty concealed by urnln
away. She longed. yel dreaded
hear Harry onuor's answer.
You are TOO harsh was his repl,
.Bu, surely, she ought to be able 10 q,
reason for remaining. If she is real
Mt afraid to go.
AT these words, Ellen was on Il
point Of revealing all. but she ref CT;
that her motives would be mlsrepr
scented; and besides her modes
shrnnk from speaking Of her own 60,
deeds. She felt, therefore, that s.
allowed herself 10 be misunderstood
Harry Conner; but it was with pa
that she came To this conclusions; a
The consciousness Of this. led her no
for the first time TO suspect The IT
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