Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-01-07


ed Of the rough ridge. By the time he G
lis into my secret, as usual, I was qaiet, al
:. rational, and orderly again. A horse nj
y bear burden that will life his service in
y, the fellowship Of grateful sympa'h
c Poor fellow, be soothed me in many
lie moody hour; he understood me-aud
1t love his memory now.
u By this time my readers are beginnin
d to like me, fear, and in that proportion
!, to Withdraw their interest from the prime
n pals of my story. l will indulge the ser
: erous sentiment with a word only. NJ
letters cnue to me during the session t
the very hour. found them every Sa.
urday morning upon my plate at the break
fist table, where my good old land!ad.
persisted in placing them, to have thu
pleasure Of the explosion, which coult
not learn to master when / found then
with the right post-mark and image on the
seal. So the studies at the college, and
the pretty girls at my boarding house, did
me no mischief, and l got along like a
young bear, or man with wheel barrow
my troubles all Lctore me. The winter
was a severe one, the SHOWS deep, and the
roads in the valley desperate aud heard
scarcely anything about Elizabeth, except
tina, she was doing we'll"
. OF all the days in the year, it was St.
Patrick's day in the morning, that l was
wakened from the absorption of my own
affairs, to renewed interest in the events
of my story, by receiving brief note from
Elizabeth inviting me to her wedding, and
conveying Mr.. Ashleigh's request that l
would stand groomsman for him, with my
own sweetheart, who was to play brides
maid to her. This was all tempting enough,
but the session had not closed, and it was
impossible. l was obliged to do as the
cour,ly Mr.. Dapper did, when it suited his
business to leave church before the service
had commenced, send my "card with re-
grets" to the altar
The day after I arrived at home, I
crossed the ridge by the old route to see
tho "new married pair" 1t may seem
odd, but the thing did not feel quite so
like romance, now that it was settled and
cousummated, rs it did the last time l
travelled that same road. 1: was all ever,
like ball or battle, and the hopes and
anxieties so interesting while tho plot was
opening, were replaced now by those COM
monplace cer,ainties, which belong alike
to all new marriages, sharpened and deep
ened, indeed, in this case, by the specula-
tions of curiosity and the feelings of friend
ship which specially belonged to it.
How it had been brought about was yet
secret to me but the route has usually
lost its chief interest by the time the rem
dezvous is reached. This feeling came
down upon me like mountain mist as
crossed the hill again, in circumstances so
much altered to all the parties involved in
my story; and when met the happy
couple IL she cabin. Sith all its furniture
relations changed so greatly for the better;
and, especially Elizabeth, in new atti-
tu.c which severed the old relations, and
broke up the dependence upon myself,
which had grown so familiar to me, and go
pleasant, l confess, my enthusiasm fla tened
out q little. There she was before me in
full health, her face more beautiful even
than ever, but Of different style of beau.
fy her rich chesuut hair had been shorn
in her cOnvalesccnce to prevent its loss,
and was now confined by cap that helped
TO mark the transition from the rustic maid
en- to the married lady, with the most ex
1uisite grace aud fulness. Her new char
,c,er, with all its claims finely asserted,
sat upon her as easy as if she had been
''to the manor born;" and l felt the i'm
but l felt the difference, too,
and believe l checked my first greeting
in mid-volley, and changed i. somewhat
sharply into the proprie!ies of the new or
der OF affairs. Instead of the capers and
condolences that l had promised myself in
the consummation, We courersed and then
lined, in that same old cabin, and in u
way that l thought none Of US were exact
" accustomed to. The fashion of i. vas mt
nor vas it Virginia, and. I'm
sure it was not any nearer Tommy Bar
Io-'s style, than it was to either OF the
others. 1t was sort of compromise of
the three, and so an immense Improvement
upon the past, but, without its natural
relish. l didn't quite want the old order
restored again, but missed it.
Could have been little mean and sell
6sn, because, with oil my real generosity,
it was very pleasant to play patron 10
very pretty girl,-because ny occupation,
With its pride and circumstance, was, like
Othello's, gone,-and, because, was now