Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-08-30

peculiar old ring which you have worn on your
finger ever since have known you. | noticed
II on your getting out of the coach and was
sure II could be none other than yourself"
Tom smiled al the mention ofihe ring, and
carelessly asked, who The females were who
were expected TO be at the party. Jones men.
toned long list and remarked, after he had
concluded, that he was anxious, if he W ent al
all, TO make the party as joyons as possible. for
the sake OF one young lady, MISS c., who h ad
not gone much into company for several years,
and TO whom he had taking something of a
fancy.
Al the mention of this name a cloud passed
over the face of Hines-a light cloud--such
as we see the sun smile through sometimes,
when all around is clear--faint as the Shadop S
reflected by those airy structures OF the imagin-
atson, when the brigh, Star of Hope shines out
upon lhem--and an apparent change had ta-
ken place in his mind. He sa, as if apart from
everything around him, absorbed in deep med
itation.
"What ails you Tom 2" his friend at length
spoke, +" You are SO thoughtful and abstraclcd,
that fear my request has been urged 100 ear
nes,y-if so, forgive me, and attribute il to my
zeal 10 please you first, without a proper idea
from complying
6 Il was no, that Harry" said Tom, resiving,
"for have jus. made up my mind TO accom-
pany you, but had strange presenlment 10
occupy my mind at the mention of those old
familiar Names"
"a presen,iment poh Tom, you do no,
still retain your old opinion on that subject !?
You recollec, you had p,esenliment iha. you
were going to make fortune in the SouIh."
"And have" said Tom in modes, man.
ner.
What? how ? made fortune, and never
mentioned a word to me! By-my-eyes, you
are getting very negligent Of your old friend
But you are joking %
"No. am not-I have just finished little
speculation, on some land | had purchased,
which will yield me fair income, if properly
invested. Blu, will tell you more of this some
other iime-we must now prepare for the par.
iy which | am now anxious TO visit as Span
ish gentleman-at your suggestion. guess
you had better jus, call me Don Carlos MIi-
ades 10 make the assumption appear natural"
Well, Don Carlos Miiades i, shall be,
and am glad that you will go but what was
the preseniment that made you so thoughtful,
begin 10 believe in them little ?"
:" | can't tell you now you will laugh at it
as you were disposed 10 do few minutes ago"
"No, will not-I promise YOU
Swell then, take you at your word-I had
a pre-sentiment that | am TO be married this
evening, to some one of the ladies mentioned
by you"
Harry could not restrain himself a, the men,
lion of this singular presentiment, and laughed
hearty.
Did not say you would laugh at my no
tion as you used TO call it. "And yet," said
Tom, feigning to be serious, /" | have as much
confidence in that pre-sen,iment as have in
the promises of the Gospel"
Jones laughed still more heartily at the seri-
BUSINESS with which Tom expressed bis faith,
and said ,ha, he considered TOMS belief in so
strange presen,iment as absurd as the doc
trnes Of the Koran. For" said he, Z" not
we sometimes hear of spontane.
Gus matches of this kind. still, in general, it is
The result of years of courship-and cannot
believe that any of the ladies to be present al
his party will be eager 10 join herself with an
unknown Spaniard."
" And yet believe that my pre-sentiment
will be verified"
" What, ,ha, you will be married this night
o one of the ladies you may meet at the party :"
I" Yes-so belive."
And so | can't believe" said Jones "and
ll,hough it is fools argument, am willing
o bet you cool hundred, that your invisible
nforman, has deceived you this time a. least"
Say, basket of Champaign and IT'S bet"
CAS- you like it" said Jones, 90 but you yield ..
point, by diminishing The amount of the bet
our confidence has fallen some twenty per
en," }
" Not jot--I only wish TO save you from an
Unnecessary ex,rayagance, as the bel | offer
will as we'll sustain our respective positions as q
he one you propose And now think we s
ad better prepare to set off for SIS as it is
lready dusk and in all probability the party ]
as already gathered there"
"The two young men now separated, after
greeing upon the necessary arrangements. and
half an hour afterward were on their way TO 6
le house a. which the party had already gath,
red. As they drove along, Jones grew more. ie
redulous on the subject of presenllmen's, as
ON RELAXED several strange occurrences OF that n
AZURE TO him, and although he sill held an II
lverse opinion, he did not reject the idea en- IN
rely that, 4" such things might be" and IN or n