The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-05-18
A LOVE SCENE.
FROM cURER BELLS SHIRLEY. ?"

~ looked at her, Yorke; I saw IN her youth, |
and a species Of beauty. | saw powerin her. |
Her wealth offered me the redemption OF my
honor and my standing. | owed her grail !
tude. She had aided me substantially and
effectual!y by loan of five thousand pounds.
Could | remember these things? Could l
believe she loved me? Could hear wisdom |
urge me to marry her. and yet disregard eV
cry dear advantage, disbelieve every hatter4
ing suggestion. dsdain every we'll weighed
counsel, turn and leave here Young, grace
ful, gracious-my benetactress-dtt TO
me, eRGmOred Of mel used to say so to my
selt-dwell on the word-mouth it over and
over again swell over 1t with a pleasant
pompous complacency, with an admiration
dedicated entirely to myself, and unimpalred
even by esteem Tor her; indeed | smiled in
deep secrecy at her ndiUete and simplicity, in
being the first to love, and to show it That
whip of yours seems to have a good heavy
handle, Yorke; you can swing it about your
head and knock me out of the saddle, if you
choose At this moment | should rather rel
ish laundering whack!"
Take patience, Roberttlll the moon rises,
and can see you. Speak plain out-did you
love her or not? l should like to know |
feel curious"
Sir-sir, l say-she is very pretty in her
own style, and very attractive. She has
look, at times of thing made out Of fire and
air. al which | stand aud marvel; but with
out thought Of clasping or kissing it. felt
!, in her powerful magnet to my interest and
vanity; but never felt as if nature meant her
to be my other and better self. When a
question on that head rushed upon me | flung
it of, saying brutality. | should be rich with
her and ruined without her; vowing l would
be practical, and not romantic"
= a very sensible resolve. What mischief
came of it, Bob?'
With this sensible resolve | walked up to
, Field-head one night last August; it was the
very eve OF my departure for Birmingham
Tor you see, | wanted to secure Fortunes
splendid prize; had previously Despatched a
note requesting private interview. ] found
her at home, and alone.
She received me without embarrassment,
. for she thought | came on business. ! was
embarrassed enough, but determined. hard
" know how / got the operation over; but
went to work in hard, firm fashon-fright-
, ful enough, dare say. ! sternly offered my
; selt-my fine person-with my debts, oil
, course as a settlement"
1T vexed me: it kindled my ire to find
that she neither blushed, trembled. nor look
ed down. She responded-'Id doubt whether
9 | have understood you, Mr.. Moore
: And had to go over the whole proposal
; twice, and word it as plainly as A B G, before
: she would fully take il in. And then what
2 did she do? Instead of faIterng a sweet yes,
or maintaining soft confused silence, which
2 would have been as good, she started up
walked twice last through the room, in the
n way that she only does, and no other woman
n and CALCULATED, God bless nep
q & Y orke. stood on the hearth, backed by
7 the manllepiece; against it leaned, and pre-
+ pared for nything-everything. then knew
/ INV dDor1 and I kpavy
; no misunderstanding her aspect and voice.
. She stopped and looked at me. God bless
: me she pitilessly repeated, in that shocEed
q indignant, yet saddened accent; you have
| made IA strange proposal strange from you
e and if you knew how strangely you wordeo
y it, and looked it, you would be startled a
h yourself You spoke like d bTgand who dc
h manded my purse rather than like a love-
% who asked my hearth
n "A queer sentence, was it not, Yorke +
II And | knew, as she uttered it, it was as trut
as queer. Her words were mirror, in which
saw myself looked at her, dumb AM
wOlfsh she at once enraged and shameC
me. She then said, Gerard Moore yo,
rs kaot0 you don't love Shirley Keeldar =
st might have broken out into false swearing
r, vowed that did love her; but could not IL
, in her pure tace-I could not periure mysel
u in her truthful presence. Besides, such hol
low oaths would have been vain as void sh
would no more have believed me than sin
5 would have believed the ghost Of Judas ha
he broken from the night and stood befor
% her tier female hear had finer perception
~ than to be created into installing my hall
in cold admiration, for true throbbing mani
re love.
"What next happened you will sly, Nj
Yorke. Why, she sat down in the windo,
seat-and cried She cried passionately
re her eyes not only rained, but liqhtened. The
g. flashed-open, large, dark, haugh;y-upo
ch me they said, You have PANIED me-yo
70 have outraged me-you have deceived me
'She added words soon to looks. / di
he respect, did admire did like you she sait
yes as much as if you were my brother; an
yOU-yoU want to make speculation of M
r. You would immediate me 10 that milI-yoy
- Moloch =
e. IL had the common sense to abstain lro
ne any word OF excuse-any attempt at palli;
a ton; | stood TO be scorned. Sold to the de
arr for the time being, ] was certainly iniatuate
- for when did speak, what 40 you think
M SAID ? Whatever my own feelings were,
Did was persuaded yOu loved me, Miss KeeldaI
ch Beautiful was it not =? She sat quite COZ
ve founded.
-, els it Robert Moore that speaks Y
-, heard her mutter; is it u manor somethir
tai i wer ? DO you mean she asked alou
'ol. do you mean you thought loved you as
go love those we wish to marry p
lti Z" 1t a0d8 my meaning, and ] said So
9TH "'You conceived an idea, then, obnoxio
III to a woman's feeling was her answer; 'yC
nal have ammo unced it in a fashion revolving TO
AL woman's soul! You Insinuate that all Il
be frank kindn: IS | have shown you has been
cOmD;iP1tel hold nd a iroD,odasf IN