Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1846-09-03

Tile says he does, auo DeileVe MIN.
is he loved again!
That he did not say
Did he tell the name Of the lady?'
Yes
DO you know herl' Yes
SIS she verify of him!'
Most worthy
Has he any hope of gaining her affec-
tons! Oh! he must! he must! What
woman could refuse hing
He is determined not to try. The
lady whom he loves is above him in
every way; and as much as he has coun-
teracted my wishes, ii is an honorable
part of Charles Woodford's conduct, tina,
he intends to leave his affections unsus.
pected by its object
Here ensued short pause in the dia.
logue during which Agnes appeared,
trying TO occupy herself with collecting
the blossoms Of cape jessamine, and
watering favorlte geranium, but it would
not do; the subject was a, her heart. and
she could not force her mind to indifferent
occupations. She returned 10 her father,
who had been anxiously watching her
countenance, and resumed the converse
ton.
Father! perhaps il is hardly maidenly
to avow as much. but although you never
have in Sc, words told me your intentions,
| have We, seen and know, cannot tell
how, all that your TOO kind partialily
toward me has designed for your children.
You have mistaken me, dearest father,
doubly mistaken me; first in thinking me
fit to fill a splendid place in society; next
in imagining that desired such splendor.
You meant to give Jessey and the Iucra
tive partnership TO Charles Woodford,
and designed me aud your large possess
ions to our wealthy and titled neighbor.
And with little change of person these
arrangements may still for the most part
hold good. Sir Edward may still be
your sen in-law and your heir, for hs
loves Jessey and Jessey loves him.
Charles Woodford may sill be your
partner and adopted son, for nothing has
changed that need diminish your affection
or his merit. Marry him 10 the woman
he loves. She must be ambitious indeed
if she be not content with such destiny.
And let me live on with you, dear father,
single and unwedded, with no thought
but TO contribute to your comfort, and 10
cheer and brighten your declining years.
Do not let your too great fondness for me
stand in the way Of their happiness!
Make me not so odious TO them and to
myself, dear father! lie, me live always
with you and for you-always your owl
Agnes!' And blushing at the earnestness
with which she had spoken, she bent hel
head over the marble basin, whose wa
,ers reflected her fair image, as if she hac
really been the Greclan statue 10 which
while he listened, her fond fathers fancy
had compared her. Let me live single
with you, and marry Charles TO the wo
man he loves
Have you heard the name of the lady
in question! Have you formed any guess
whom she may be!'
Not the slightest. imagined from
what you said that she was stranger II
me. Have l ever seen her!'
You may see her--a, least you may
see her reflection in the water, at Thu
| very HOlHtHl, lOT Dc IDS idu tuO ihiihi''
presumption. the admirable good taste. t
fall in love with his cousin Agnes!'
.Fahern
And now, mine swn sweetesu do yor
still wish to live single with me!
'Oh. father! father!'
Cor do you desire that should MARI.
Charles to the woman Of his hearth
Father, dear fathern
Choose, my Agnes! 1t shall be
you command. Speak freely. Do no
cling so around me, but speak.
oh, my dear father! Cannot we
: live together! cannot leave you. BIZ
, poor Charles-surely. father, we may
live togelher!'
! And SO it was se,rled And yer
: few months proved that love had contri'
ed better for Mr. Molesworth than he ha
done for himself. Jessey, with her pre-
> tiness. and her title. and her fopperie'
was the very thing to be vain of-'f
= very thing to visit for day. But Agne
:. and the cousin whose noble character an
!, splendid talents so well deserved he
made the pride and the happiness Of h
home.