Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-11-11

zEs1 Uil:fIif4 GEi f.. t4yRslkfia 4 s..afI aSf1
self; and in coming to this resolution, her
mother felt very much as she would haye
done il, cruel necessity had obliged her ID
throw her darling overheard at sea, to take
her chance on single plank. 3 b aEs
cisAPTHn m. /, b
Mary had never walked ott alone ID sher
life. But The fine had iiow come als9C
she must brave the dangers of the streets.
Her mother desired her. to go down to
Stewards, but fortified her with many di-
rections and cautions as to keeping on the
right side of'the street, and looking on all
sides before crossing. 5zai .s@'.slf, '.a.5
She was rather pleased with the novelty
and performed her errahd very we'll, tho
with somewhat Of the tinid and suspicious
air ofa deaf and dumb person, who walks
in crown but not of it. On her return a
beautiful large dog attracted her attention
as she was crossing the street, and the next
instant she was knocked down by a passing
carriage, driven at the furious rate SO COM
mon among us. ''' !a@'f 'et %" }A
The blow was slight, but it frightened
her excessively, and she was taken up and
put into another carriage by the gentleman
to whom the dog belonged, before she fully
recovered her consciousness. As soon as
she was sufficiently collected to name her
address, she found herself on the way home,
bewildered and amazed, but not so unhap.
py as might have been expected. 1t was
an adventure, and the gentleman was
very gentlemanly and not very old.
Arrived at her fathers door, Mary, in
all simplicity invited her protector to come
in, an invitation which he did not fail to
accept. Mrs. Austin, who had yet scarce.
ly begun to expect>her daughters return,
was confounded at the accident, but vet
more SO at the sight ofthe handsome young
man. She thought of certain old stories
and fairy tales, in which the very means
that are adopted to avert the DEGREES o
fate only operate to secure their fulfill
ment. She saw, as in magic mirror, all
that would follow from this unhappy rem
contre, and she would scarcely be civil to
poor Philip Wentworth, who looked very
innocentand inofensiye, and haaded Hi
card with an air which said, "you see dear
madam, you have nothing to fear," while
Mary related in her artless way the terri
BILE adventure. y4E ,7F
The protector made his call very short,
and Mrs. Austin did not invite him to re.
peat it. But Mary did, and he promised
quite readily. a'tat >.-.-.s
"How could you do SO, Mary9" sale
Mrs. Austin. y1
"Why, dear mother, thought you had
forgotten it, said Mary; "and he is sc
pleasant" @
-f''l- - #sa CHAPTER Iv. a
Things went on after this, Just as nigh
have been expected Mrs. Austin's wors
forebodings were realized Philip Went
worth hscontinued to visit Mary, and Mary
evidently liked him although she was no
the girl to fall in love undutifully withou
leave. Some young ladies read novels a.
some old ladies read "Domestic medicine, :
for the purpose Of studying symptoms AM
discovering the true causes Of their owr
feelings. But Mary had read few novels
and those not Of the description Of which
love forms the staple, so she had heard Tit
tie about symptoms, and forgot that she hal
any feelings The education went Of
very much as usual, since the sad conse
quences oftrusting her out alone, had fully
convinced Mrs. Austin that she had beer
premature in allowing her to think for her
self. She never went to balls, and. not of
ten to parties and saw not much society 9
any kind; but when she did go out, it was
really odd to see how often she happened to
meet Philip Wentworth q
4 Now any young gentleman who should
have shown an especial liking for Mary
would have been disagreeable to Mrs. !. Aus
tin, at least when Mary was so young; an an
Philip Wentworth was particularly un
pleasing, because he had his fortune to
make inthe first place and also, because
secondly he evinced quite too much dispo
sition to consider Mary as a free agent anc
to see and act alone. Every possible OBJ.
stacle was thrown into the way of their
intercourse, except absolutely forbiddine
Wentworth's visits. This step the respec
tableness ofhis connections, and his owr
unexceptionable character forbade; at leas
Mr.. Austin would not hear Oft. There is
no knowing what Mrs. Austin might have
done if she had followed out her own ideas
OF prudence. But in the midst of her per
turbations, and when she got SO far as tt
lose halfof every nights sleep in cogta
tons as TO ways and means Of preserving
Mary from the saares Of matrimony, PhiliI
Wentworth was obliged to make Journey
to the far south. He called to say fare
we'll, and Mrs. Austin almost groaned a
loud to see the look Of undisguised regre
with which Mary gave him her hand a
parting. Mary was ali artless child, ant
she lay silent on the sofa half the evening
after Philips departure, and then openei
the piano and played several voluntaric