Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1848-10-18
''Ehis evening. 4sirlpsexelaimed Gideon,

aIIhis evening. .slrlp reclaimed Gideon
in grent alarm. seI g "a ysg'ad 8 #, gs55s.
"Yes, boy...tis very evening, How
do ~e know what will happen between th'
going down andarising ol.lhe sub?ao
.-.Fust MS muehsns We know what will
happen between this and sunset. or between
this moment and the next. l4believe sir"
..You do--do you? W ell, there is SONS
truth, afer all, in what you say, but tha
don't prove ii is no, wisesio istise time b.
the fofeluck. So insist that you go ,hi
very evening, and offer yourself = ..p4 =
fiul. str, i-haye. .hasdly spoken tel
worGs TO her since she, came here. Ysa
know she has been always engaged il
nursing the squire OF Iale. and before that
| Il-l-somehow or other, could not mus
ter courage to look at her, except when he
face was turned the other way" IT,.
"Wha, gander you are Gidl Why
| married yot mother after two meetings
and one of these was at fuEera!.'
Solomon begau this speech in tone o
triumph, but ended it with sigh. perhaps
OH account OF The person whose funerel he
had attended, that being always mealan.
choly subject of recollection. The d SOUS
sion continued all the way home, aid ended
in poor Gideon's submission. as the alter
native of lasting breach between himself
and bis G<lber He BY no means demurred
10 FaunS: on the contrary, be feli decl-
ded preference FOR her. But his heart re-
voted al this precipation.
That evening he went on his mission Of
duty and love, with feelings that Gun ouly
be realized by man just going to be haug-
ed. He felt the preposlerous folly, the
consumate impudence of the offer he was
about 10 make, for he was youth OF sense
and modesty. But he had been brought up
AT the feet OF the Gaun!iel, his father.
who, like many honest men, made himself
amends for his abjecl submission 10 Il wife.
by tyrannizng over his children. Solo
mon helpnate had The instinct Of govern
men, atoul her, aud never inlerfered with
his dominion over others, so long US he
submitted to her own.
II Gideon had only carried satchel al
his back, he nigh, have passed for an over
grown ruant, going TO school with a reas-
enable expectation Of being hogged. He
stopped every minute 10 look al nothing.
aid went four times round The old squire's
lot, before lie could find the house. AS he
was proceeding TO the fifth circuit, he was
recognised In the moonlight by the squire,
who brought him 10, and called him into
his presence. People may talk Of wild
patridges and prairie wolves, but these are
nothing to tie ski,i>hueSs of Il modest
Young fellow compelled TO make love on
compuisiou. III Solomon had only let his
great enemy. Time. hase his way, Ten TO
one all would have happened Just SIS he
wished; but he brought his old maxim 10
besr Oh The castle Cupid was building, and
demolshe d it before it was hal! finished
Gideon had already began to have dreams
ard visions and Fanny had more Than
once though, he was handsome, we'll be-
haved, sensible young man, though they
had, us poor Gideon said, hardly exchanged
ten words But folly is even worse than
lnurder-i, will not only cul al last, but be-
tray itself Ihe very first moment. There
nre seniimen's and observations altogether
above the capacity of II fool, us there are
others totally beneath that Of J mnn Of
sense. Fanny was therefore. not al'ogelh-
er premature in her conclusion.
This evening, however, Gideon talked
and acted in manner that compelled her
to believe she had altogether overrated his
lie never asked a question, or
answered. without making almost as many
blunders as words; and lie seemed to b.
talking 10 al points of the campass. in
stead Of the subject in hand. His actions
were. if possible, worse than his words; he
insisted on holding skein Of thread for
Fanny to wind oil, and a',emped TO snuff
The candle with il. Being reminded OF
his blunder, he threw the skein into the fire
burnt his fingers IN attempting its rescue,
aud fualy presented himself before her
holding out the sEutlers, with thumb III
each of the rings, for her to wind off.
1.-The old boy is in thai fellow" quoth
tie squire, who was hall.dozing in his
chair; .'he has either lost his senses, or
never had any-I don, know which,"
Fanny was obliged to rnn out of the
room. OH pIelence of getting another skein
Of thread, but in reality to laugh till she
almost died. She soon however, returned
with face as grave as Judge, and the
squire just lhen bdd og good night, Gideon
as savage as Tiger be!eagu ed in jungle,
determined to make one desperate p!unge
for life. The squire had hardly turned
his back, when he seized Fanny's hard,
devouredai, with kisses, declared his un-
quenchable love, and then stood with eyes
wide open. starting as If in as'onishrnent
u, his own in,erpidlty. The young damsel
was Il, first 50 huttered al this unexpected
assault, that she could do nothing but
snatch away the hand with which she was
sorely attempted to give him a sound box Of
ofthe ear. But few moments suficed to
rally all the modest dignity of her sex. and
she replied to Poor Gideon's words so
scornlul and indignant, That as she was
afterwards sorry for having uttered them,
we will not rescue Them from that oblivion
in which they have long since been buried.
Gideon. who had expended all his powder
in the assault. did not wait for the fnal de-
bouement, but selzine his hat, decamped
without beat of drum, leaving Fanny mi
doubt whether she was most astonlshed'
mortified, irritated, or disappointed at his
preposierous conduct. -,
1t was some time before Gideon could
make out to find the house Of his father.
whose first question was as to how he had
sped in his wooing.
"Just as | expected and deserved. SIR"