The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-03-19

: illness ola country .qraiden! No wonder he
y was astonished. '.s -.
"t1say, George said Hazard one morn
ling about a fortnight after: this astounding
, discovery, "what pity it is that girl is
/ heye!" ~. .4
i What girlr' !aehasdod Melville, looking
up with some airpriset
why that Miss-Miss-yaugban-
5 as. there is lady in the case, it would be
better, as you sad, to havo the society Of
one more agreeable than this country girlH'
replied the miscliievos Hazard.
go she is an angel, Fredn' =
| "But only think, George-a ,fcrmer's
t daughtcrm
:" Frederick, l tell you she would grace
a!throne!" ~.
."Well, well,o contiaued Hazard. /" it is
, astonishng't6 nae, hoy wcndah Of Lara's
, elegant manners can derive. any pleasure
ffIDm such companym 49, -.
90 prithee have done; Fsed!" intogTyp-
ted Melville, I" acknowledge my erspr and
folly-and When tell you that fondly,
Ftruly lore her; you vii! admit am sincere!
i Tell me, my dear friend, do you. think her
affections are .engagedw., :"
"Weil, Il am ATHEIST afraid, my dear
George, that they Hre," replied. Hazard,
looking very solemn,
60 -kaYns! don't distract me!'. cried
Melville. .g3ns. s.oa. in heroies Who-alsO
has gained that inestmable treasure-her
hearth"
~ an. not quite at.liberty TO say. | have
! found her exceedingly. sensitive whenever
certain name has been 'mentioned..I have
noticed herblushes. and Lara, moreover, who
is a.pretty c6frect Judge Of SUCH matters, as
sures me. she faars her affections are no
| longer her own!''
sBut you mast know who the person is
you cah sdrclttelt me yho yos suspect has
won Her. love. Frederick, what an unhap-
py wretcfI .anr!?'' oxclqinsd the lover.
." Well, this morning ipjhe suntmer-houso,
where the poor giAl had. bedp. skechng, !
picked up this--if q likeness Of the fellow |
cannot say mich fs her taste. What say
i you?" answered Hazard eat the same time
placing papdf. in the hands Ct the excited
Melville.
90 .raptur6; can,I Believe hy eyosI am I
indeed SO bleslP axclainisl the lover, as his
eye re9ied up6r sle. .yeil executed drawing
of himself. 0 my dear fellow, give me Joy
i am the TIE hsppiost maR aliee! But
what are you ooEihg.at?" =.
z 80 moth -pa-;g-5s tlisaiight Icansht glimpse
of Miss yaushaa's blue. sdress thro ugh the
trees yonder" -, !
Darting from the side df4iS friend like an
arrow through'the gre en-w9od, young Mel
vile disappeared. =.
From the moment that he decided Miss
Vaughan to be- "ratlfer anscqlis isition," Mol
Vile, nrawpsaside' Tie reserve and hauteur
which had 'hissaS theI:frst acquaintance,
exered all bis powers Of pleasing, and it is
not to bs. wogdered,at that the heart of the
unsoph histicated Bertha waisoon Won!
Howeverinterosting heiptermeaiate hours
may have been to the parties themselT ives, and
we have the authentic register Of all lovers
TO prove they we're so; We will pass on TO the
period when, with the consent Of her parents,
Bertha was horithed.to Melville,
7. The flight of Time is never SO rapid as
twhen the little god upid,keeps him COM
pany, and thus under his guidance. the days
and weeks glided on at Maple Grove almost
imporcepfibly, dlthsugh stpehgthening ng hour
ly the chain which linked the hearts. of the
lovers in chsweet mpahionship. Those
were happy moments--one thing alone ha d
power to saddon tho.brght face of Be rtha,
or cause her haart'a sigh. 1t was when
Melville would speak Of his intentions of
taking her to Europe as soon. as the happy
moment arrived whenhe might calf her his
own---tlten her thoughts would revert TO her
dear old homestead by the side Of the placid
river, which hadsheltered her childhood, and
to those beloved .ones.stih dwelling beneath
the old roof-tEees.
Before their acuaaintance began, Bertha
bad never heard the lame Of her lover men
jdoned Without some allusiar TO his aristo-
Cratic. IDEAS, and .his arrogant bearing TO-
wards those whom he considered inferior to
himself in the scale Of crestion-deas which
poor" Bertha, in 'her. Simplicity could not
understand ,sbut Of which she was unhapily
soon to behold an illustration
NowMevile was undoubtedly very sin;
eere lover, and Bertha; n'his eyes, the most
lovely ard amiable.of her sex, while lher.art
tless manners and ~.
. "wildly sweet unworldlinsss pf thought,s
charmed him even pbre than her. grace Of
person, but. tbe. rIsi-g passion, Pride, still
held sway. Wien the idea REQUIRED to him,
as it too often did, even in the presence of
the unconscious Bertha, 'that she was of
humble, origin, nor could claim @higher de-
scent than many Of The tenants upon his es-
tate, he WIS weak enough to feel shamsd and
Inundated at the fact! :. TITS was the, un-
worthy motive which had deterpiled' hun
upon taking his fair Bride to Europe. .waere
her unpretending. gehdalagy could" nst be
Known! =. ...'. .