The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-05-01

alNehnoou-looAlng away from III llat3 anu
out into dark and unillumined future, and
With an unterrifed brow, and a tranquil
heart, leaning her fair cheek upon her lover s
breast and whispering dearest one /! | can
not see, but / believe The past was beauti-
full, but the future, 1 can trust-,citb thee
ond then," continued I, growing warmer as I
proceeded, think of the divine reward such
a courageous soul must share, when he, on
whose manly bosom she rests that cheek,
presses upon her pure brow warm kiss of
love, and whispers"
Peter started, as if galyanic battery had
assailed lsllssllsarirr, the room with a
bound, was soon lost in the darkness of the
street.
It was then 8 o'clock, and having waited
for his return "a reasonable time, with pa
thence, without sight of his rubicund face,
l turned into my solitary bed to dream of lq-
natics and lunatic asylums
Peter kept away for week. Sundry and
significant whisperings were ahoat, that he
was seen during that week, to enter the wild
ow Morrison's gate, with great regularity
three times day, and to disappear within
the doorway of her white cottage; and some
arch school-boy, who had an idea or two about
things, ayowed that for three successive even
ings of that week, he had Incidentally heard,
while passing the widow Morrison's parlor
window, the murmur of voices, and that he
thought, as well as he could Judge in merely
passing, that he could distinguish the tones
of Peter Patterson, and widow Morrison
daughter Mary.
These were the prevailing and exciting ru-
mors, in 'our town." during that week Of
mystery.
Thenext Saturday night just week from
our former interview-Peter presented him
self, with renj, uidt, vtci, fairly printed on
his face. 1t was even 50. Ny speech had
determined him on question, about which
he had long been hcsitating. Mary Morri
son, had upon application, 50 lie said, fillec
out the picture, I had drawn; and there stood
Peter, before me, asproudly elatedas though
he had conquered half the world, and request
cd me to be groomsman for him next day a
church
| A month from the Saturday night, men
toned N this paper, Peter and 1, sat arount
the freside of my solitary room. BY dint 0
supplication, and upbraiding, | had succeed
: ed in securing the honor of his company, 70
l one hour Just, after.tea, and that on condition
: that the apartment should be cleared of pipe
and tobacco; for his prayer was andvery PROF
: erly too, considering his new associations
: { lead me not into temptation I had b
of spite at him, for his unnatural, or rather
untimely abandonment of me; and althoug
from principle-understand me now, frol
principle, and not from necessHy-a sing
man, held the sex, somwhat in considers
ton, and had never condescended to that III
LIBERALIZATION Of them, to which many of IL
class represented, had stopped. Still l ";
out with Peter, and determined to give hi
: my views IN ertcnso, on that same preciol
evening
i Once fairly seated, I began to deliver m
self by saying Well Peter, [ suppose yol
: views have undergone quite change on son
, subjects, since-since-th Sabbath"
9s was little confused confess My impre
as sion was, that Peter had been indicted in
a the mysteries of Caudleism of course; f
n was it not standing rule with the sex?-
n True, Mary was the gentlest of beings, al
or had a decided May-day-ish temper; but VII
ut Of that? They all play the termagant, mo
IS or less, and Peter has had his letters taug
G. him, thought His eye, as he turned it u
= on me, had an expression, that rather bell
lis my theory; and when in reply to my qul
e. ton, he said, The happy change you allu
to to, my dear Hal, took place before that Sa
,of bath, and under the influence of your me
b. discerning defence of woman By-the-b
Hal, it "a pity, that with your correct vie
of on the subject Of marriage, you should {
to prive yourself of its comforts, because of
m, idle fear, to which, / was once a victim, a
II for the removal Of which, owe you ma
u thanks
to Peter had struck me a heavy blow-wh'
60 I was not looking for it, either. 7 knewtl
ell my only hope was boldness, ifnot mpuden
of So calling to my aid denunciation Of m
I'M rage, which I had laid aside. for special ]
IRE in the contest then waging, / replied,
en- EPshaw | Nonsense Peter Allow me
au- enlighten your memory, by recurring to
en- fable Of thefox. respected better things
ler you, than that having resigned your haI
the ness, you should attempt, for the sake Of &C
a. pany, to get me into the same dilemma "
ais your unfortunate self. You need notloo
md innocent" continued I, growing rather f
lad Gus, at his saying something smilingly alb
ght the little risk that my own sex had to rul
raj yielding to matrimony, and forgetting in
ow excitement that | had ever advocated t
the heresy before him. So Selling hold Of
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