Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-04-29

stractlon. AT last ne stole out, as he Thought,
unobserved, on the balcony overlooking the
garden. Directly, however, a light finger
tapped his shoulder: he turned with start,
and beheld Mrs Baldwin.
"Ah!" she said, "did you think me Kate !?
Come, you have been absent-minded all the
evening: confess now it is because Miss
Balfour is not here. But you know she was
too i'll to come"
81 did not know it till came here" said
Frank, pointedly.
"Ah! that will not d." gaily rctorted his
hostess. 81 do not wish to pry into your
secrets, Frank" she said, more seriously,
:" but consider myself halfa mother 10 you.
and if you are going to marry Miss Balfour
you ought to tell me, so that might cult-
vatc her acquaintance for your sake. All
the village says it is SO. Really, | must be
growing old, for here are both you and Lucy
about to be married, when il seems but yes
lerday that you were children"
"Lucy about TO be married!-,hen, since
You say it, il must be ,rue,' said Frank,
surprised out Of his composure.
Frank" said his hostess now fully con-
vinced of the state of his heart, 'syou mis-
take. Lucy is not engaged, and if any one
loves her, he is very foolish to let another
carry off the prize until he has seriously
sought her hand. There is nothing like
frankness in these matters F: reserve and
doubt on one side may be magnifed into
dislike ON the other, and so produce equa
GOODNESS" She laid her hand on his arm
as she spoke, looked earnestly into his face
and then disappeared into the crowded
room.
"She has read my heart. The secret is
out" said Frank, his first feeling being one
of bitter notification. But the next mo-
ment hone dawned on him. "Surcly," he
said, Mrs. Baldwin knows more than she ha:
told. She is too sincere to raise hopes SHE
knows cannot be fulfilled. Can she have
discovered any thing in Lucy? What foo
have been, at any rate, to be so reserved,
he said, as in reviewing his conduct, he nov
saw wha, little his pride had suffered HIM tc
do to remove Lucy's GOODNESS. :" can bu
fail"
Mrs. Baldwin soon met Lucy, who, al
though receiving the homage of crowd o
SuitoIS, dppcdiou HP'iuO0S o"" "O
truth is she had just heard that Frank ant
Kate were really engaged.
"My DEAR" said her hostess, shave 20,
seen this new volume of poems? They are
on nv centre table, and she adroi,ly led he
forward, for she saw Frank, at that moment
standing there. "Ah! here is Mr.. Richie
he knows the author WE'LL" and with Still
further tact she thus managed to draw TIT
two lovers into conversation on subject IL
which she knew Frank would shine, IL OF
any. Nor was she mistaken a, the success
of her plan. Frank had suddenly ,egaine'
his old ease Of manner, and Lucy, utter
momentary embarrassment, likewise lost al
restraint. Before the evening was spent
every one was talking Of the new filtration
between Lucy and her old playmate.
But it was no Irritation. Lucy was TO-
frank tu couuet with her lover, and his cvi
dent affection for her was soon rewarded b.
the promise of her hand. Many and worth
were her other suitors, for, while the vail
and foppsh sought Kate Balfour's socis'y
the most cs,imabe young men of the villa g
had long preferred her. So true is it tina
real worth, though at first it may be over
looked, must eventually win It's reward.
would he we'll if all remembered this o.
COMING OUT.