Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-08-04

ready to run wait and taxed TO be up stairs,
and everywhere in ten minutes, when Isa-
belle was dressing for conquest; in short,
she was, as dedi dications Of books sometimes
set forth, .shef ladyship s most obedient
most devoted servant. s; ~.s gs
- But # lam going tostelf 1you nay,s story, I
must keep you all Ifsss looking at pic
tures; 50 now to my tale, wilicirfI shall
fc@oInnlence GO IN manlier m and form the follow:
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1t came 70 pass that q certain college val;
.edicterinp and n far-of scopsin estalo
sisters, came 10 pass o few months Of his
free-agency at their fathers; and, as afore-
said, he had carried off the first college
honor, besides the hearts of all the ladies in
the front gallery at the last commencement.
So interesting! so poetic! such fine eyes,
md al that, was the reputation he left with
the gentle sex. But, alas, poor Edward,
what did all this advantage do him, SO long
as he was afflicted with that unutterable.
indescribable malady, commonly called
bashfulness?-a worse cullifier than any
ever heard Of in Carolina. Should you
see him in company, you would really
suppose him ashamed Of his remarkably
handsome person and cultivated mind
When he began to speak, you will feel
tempted to throw open the window and offer
him smelling bottle, he made such dis
tressing affair Of it; and as to speaking to a
lady! the thing was not to be thought Of
When Kate heard that this trara avis
was coming to her fathers she was unac-
countably interested to see him. Of course
because he was her cousin, and because
"a dozen other things too numerous to
mention.
He came, and was for one or two days
an object of commisseratlon, Us we'll as
admiration, Of the whole family circle
After a while, however, he grew quite do
mestic; entered the room straight forward,
instead Of stealing in sideway- talked off
whole sentences without stopping, looked
Miss Isabelle full in the face without blush
ing, even tried his skill at sketching pat
terms and winding silk, read poetry and
played the flute with the ladies, romped and
fro1icked with the children, and, in short,
as old John observed, was Gas pleasant as
q psalm book from morning till night
Divers reports began to spread abroad
in the neighborhood, and great confusion
was in the camp Of Miss Isabell's admirers.
It was stated with great precision how
many times they had ridden, walked, talk
ed together and even all they had said. In
short the whole neighborhood was full of
.4sThat strange knowledge that doth come,
= We know not how--we know not where"
AS for Katy, she always gave oil admir-
ers to her sister, er cffcio: so she thought
that of all the men she had ever seen, She
should like cousin Edward best for broth.
er, and she did hope Isabelle would like
him as much as she did; and for some
reason. or other, her speculations were
remarkably drawn to this point; and yet,
for some reason or other, she felt as if she
could not ask any questions about it.
AT last, events appeared to draw toward
La crisis. Edward became more and more
brown studious' every day, and he and Is-
nbelle had divers solitary walks and con-
fluctuations, from which they returned with
q peculiar gsolenlnityl of countenance.
Moreover, the quick-sighted little Kate no.
ticed that when Edward was with herself
he seemed to talk as if he talked NOT, while
with Isabelle he was all animation and in.
terest; that he was constantly falling into
frances and reveries, and broke off the
thread of conversation abruptly; and, in
short,had every appearance of person who
would be glad to say something, if he only
knew how. - So as l&zf 3@3 81
$50" said Kateto herself, "they neither
of them speak to ne about it should
think they might; Belle l should think
would, ,sand Edward knows am q gooc
! friend of his; know he is thinking Of
allztheatime-he might as we'll tell me, ane
The next morning Miss Kate was sittin,
i'm the little back parlor. Isabelle was gon
out shopping, and Edward was she did no
know1where.a Oh, no, here he is coming
book in hand, into the self same little room
'sNow for it" said the merry girl, mental
{ ly, ''Pn make charge at him." She look
ed up; master Edward was sitting diago
nally on the sofa, twirling the leaves Of hi
book in a very .unscholarlike. manner; h,
looked out Of the window, and then h
walked 10 the sideboard and poured ou
three tumblers' Of water; then he drew {
i chair to the work table, and took up frs
one ball Of cotton, looked it all over, an,
laidsit down again; then another, then h,
! picked up the scissors and minced up twt
or three little bits of paper; then he begul
to pull the needles out Of the needle boo
and put them back again.
sissDo you wish for some sewing, sir?'
said the young lady. after having yer.
, Icomposedly erintended these operations
| "How-----'. mn am, what?" said h
J starting, and upsetting box, stand and al
| upon the floor. s1.-'-'s'''.. 's'
|, tssN ow, cousin. r Il thank you TO pick u
thati cotton" said Kate, as the confused co
5 Elegian stood staring at the cotton balls roll
ling in divers directions. It takes some tim
! topick up all the articles in a Iady's work
box; but at last peace was restored, an
L with il came a long pause. 's-'' 80
: .assW ell, cousin,'' said Kate, in about te
1 minutes If yea' can't speak, j can; 20
q nave something to tell me, you know 20
i have. s'os195is Sis r f.ees' : - -
g "Well, kno,o l have," said the schola
6 in q tone Of hearty vexation.
i aseThefe's noneed Of beingso fierce abo,
h it, said the nIischieyous maiden: s.nor