The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-10-08

graduate had taken fancy to her; an
was desirous of an acquaintance.
In order to interest lawyer Gilbert, Mis-
S. had already exhausted all positive mean
of attack She had sent to his room for
volume of Byron; she doated on his poetry
it was so soft, and would be obliged if Mr.
Gilbert favored her by the loan of Child'
Harold, or Manfred, or his comedies
Mr.. Gilbert returned answer that his cop,
of Byron was sent to Miss Warmers, across
the away. .-......t
Miss Smiths compliments again: "Woult
Mr.. Gilbert oblige her by playing that love
ly air once more, Miss Smith was so delight
ed with it?'' g...- a..l .a ii.
Mr.. Gilbert unscrewed his flute, laid it OF
the table, and then returned his most res
pectful compliments to Miss Smith; but tn,
physician had forbidden him to practc,
more than fifteen minutes at time, Gndel
any circumstances. r.sr .,f..
The milliner could hit upon no other de
vice, so she gave an additional flounce tC
her dress, let down a ringet of more sub
DUNG length of hair, moved her work table
directly opposite the door, and had resolved
on a seige, the success of which must de.
pend upon her own personal attractions
when Ida became an apprentice, and was
banished to the window. u..,
During the four days that followed the
punishment intended for Ida, Miss Smith
was in fine spirits. Mr.. Gilbert not only
looked at her more than twenty times, but
On one instance he paused in the entry
passage, and took step towards the door
as if tempted to enter. But he changed
his mind, and i'll few minutes Ida
saw him cross the highway, enter the
white portico opposite, and sit down by the
young lady who was lettering the morning
in its shade. The next day it rained and
everything looked dull and miserable. The
waterdrops patted carelessly against the
and the old willow stood on the
green with its branches dropping to the earth,
like the plumage of a great bird that could
find no shelter, The moist air which swept
in from the entry, took the stiffening from
her silks, and if she closed the door, all
hopes of seeing the lawyer were at an end
for the day. She would have submitted to
the faded lustre of her goods, but when the
damp had taken her ringlcts out of the curl,
and began to chill her neck, she flung a
shawl over her shoulders, tore up bonnet
pattern to roll her hair in in, and putting on
the worst of tempers with her altered looks,
ordered the doors closed and determined to
make a miserable day of it.
A knock at the door
"Come in," said Miss Smith; "Lida, go
get the black Grape bonnet you altered yes
terday; the boy has come for it, suppose" :"
Ida had scarcely time to lay down her
work, when the door opened and Mr.. Gil
bert walked quietly into the room.
Miss Smith blushed crimson, dropped her
shawl. and seemed tempted to commence
depredations on curl papers forthwith. Ii
da took up her work again, and Mr.. Gilbert
sat down amid a torrent of compliments
from Miss Smith, and began to turn over a
volume of Byron, which he had brought in
his hand. ..
He had done himself the pleasure of
bringing the book which Miss Smith de-.
sired. "a.
Miss Smith was elightcd-would Mr..
Gilbert obige her by reading few pages,
if he was not too much engaged, she had
been informed that he read beautifully.
Mr.. Gilbert would he too happy; but the
light was so dim that he must sit by the
window-so moving his chair with the self
possession of man accustomed to have his
own way-he sat down within few PAGES
Of Ida. She did not look up, but the most
delicate of all bushes broke into her cheek,
and the young man saw that her fingers
were little tremulouS as she bent dilligent-
y over her work. He seemed busy in
for a favorte poem, and Miss
Smith took advantage of the opportunity to
let down quantity of black hair, which
-he mutilated pattern had failed to render
more than wavy, and giving her hounces a
slight shake, she drew her chair to the win
low, ordered Ida to place block for her
eet, and folding her hands with a graceful
anguor, composed herself to listen.
1t would be superhuous to say how many
lines the sensitive Miss Smith lifted her
land and exclaimed Beautiful! Exquis-
tc! Oh! how sweetn' while the reading OF
Chide Harold went on, or to give any de-
'cription of the color which glowed and
leepened in the check of our Ida, and the
pleasure which filed those soft eyes till they
,parkled like gems beneath her dropping
ashes But it is quite unnecessary to in
orm the reader that after this rainy day,
Mr.. Gilbert was a constant visitor at the
shop--that he read Childe Harold
1uite through, and when Miss Smith Solicit
ID some of the shorter poems, he looked at
Ida and answered no--he would read them
o Miss Smith, but not there. Miss Smith
vas delighted with this Indication of tete
. tete, and Ida, who heard Byron for the
irst time-though she had read more than
most girls Of her age-was quite un;on-
'cious of the compliment paid to her purity
of character in the denial Ida seldom
poke while he was reading, but it was
pleasant for an indolent and refined man
ike Gilbert To study the changes of her
sweet face. aGaH- .sls Hlss a...-8
Itwas like a volume of "unwiitten pcet-
~" which no one could read but himself.
In less than a week his easy chair was
wheeled into the milliner's room every day,
Ind he was quite domesticated among the
straw trimmings, scraps Of satin, and paste
BOARD chips that Uttered the floor. y gas.
A sense Of aristocratic distinction is re-
pleasant feeling, but in order to
,njoy it perfectly, there must be some com
'anionship. Itwasvery pleasant and agree
sble to Miss Warner to return from four
7ear's residence at school to be the richest
ind most accomplished belle Of a country
1illage. 1t was pleasant to he engaged To-
wealthy and handsnnn uniinfi nnanl LIN