Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-25

/ Oh, James," said she meltlngly
"dont you kfaov me ? / am Ellen, little
Ellen. cousin Ellen. Didn't you get ia
theirs letter POI LaI
Heavens what surprising climax t
the days adventure Was / to get my
namesake' letters, rather debts, and mar
ny his intended wife into the bargain Nc
wonder the dear creature should melt sc
soon, to find in me her supposed cousin
and destined husband But how was il
she should be so deceived? Certainly
she must have known her own cousin
And what was she going to elope for
These questions, and various others,
which came crowding into my brain, were,
without asking them, flor in fact Twas
for while speeches., answered by the
darling Ellen herself, who, with looks oi
the most confding fondness, as if the mat
ter was quite settled, murmured-
CANT it strange that we should come
together so, and that we should love,
without knowing each other? But how
should we, since we have never been to-
gether since we were children? And
Thought you had red hair, tool How
foolish And when 1 thought you were
only Susan disguised, and wished had
just such Misunderstanding person for
a sweetheart, said nothing but the truth;
for, indeed, loved you when 1 thought
you were only Susan And to think that
1 was going to run away from you Oh,
how unhappy should have been if had
and how happy am that did not 70
And here my dear cousion, (my cousin,
indeed J.! threw her arms around my neck
in the sweetest manner imaginable. /
returned the caress, but expressed some
ofmy establishment by echoing her words /:
Run away from NE, indeed, from
your own cousin ?"
"oh, you know thought you had red
hair, and never could abide red hair, !"
said she. And then father-if you re-
member father-you know he is odd and
obstinate. And then, that contract
Contract % said I, "what eontract?"
"Why with Uncle John, to be sure !;
though it was not contract, but only a
promise for you know ever since / was
born, father and Uncle John were deter
mined we should be married together, for
some of their wise reasons about the pro-
perty. Now, cousin James," continued
Ellen, with undated affection, which was
the more agreeable, because these hints
of the contract, or promise, with the wise
reason about property, struck a sudden
chill in my bosom, as suggesting some
great obstacle that might arise to my
new born love "now, cousin" continu-
ed the dear girl, " because thought you
had red hair, and because they were GO
ing to marry me to you, whether l would
or not, hated you-it was so foolish and
and wicked-but don't hate you now.
And when VIC started off on this jaunt to
Niagara, and father told me must be
married to you, here in Philadelphia,
hated you more than ever and when ia
Their told me that he had written to you
to meet us to-day, and that he expected
you, and if you came should perhaps
marry you tonight, 1 could endure it no
longer. And so l made a confdant of
that treacherous Susan, and we were to
run away together"
"And WHITTIER" quoth I, "were you go
ing? And why in boys clothes?''
"Oh," replied Ellen, laughing, eve
were going home, to be sure, and the dis
guise was to prevent our being tracked.
l though it would be so fine to be snug
and safe at home, while father was hunt
ing for me in all sorts of places and
then, after / had managed through
friends, to get him to let me off from the
contract, he would be so delighted to find
1 had not run away, after all for going
home is not clipping, is it p
Oh, how l adored the dear, simple
creature, and how trembled with fear,
lest, after all, should lose her. Would
she love me so we'll when she discovered
l was not her cousin, the betrothed of her
childhood ? For it was evident that idea
now gave her pleasure, however previous
ly disagreeable. Must continue to de-
ceive her Could succeed in deceiving
her father And could expect her Of
him sVitkout deceiving him Night not
their James j. Smith step in, and snatch
the prize out of my grasp? Was not
wronging him and them by permitting
myself to act (for certainly + had not as
sunaed) his character. No, my namesake
was rogue, and by ousting him, 1 secu-
red him his deserts, and the others, per-
haps-it could not be otherwise-their
happiness. Besides, could give up FL
len gl7 d7r
"She, at least" thought I, "will for
give the deceit" 80
And here am, after all, Ellen, dear
est of my SOUL" said, determined upon
desperate move. "And now do you
hate me %
"No James it's just as father want"
'And will you marry nae % To-
a. Yes. if father Wishes"
Sand tonight 2" @ aiia
cliff father insists upon il"
"Wen beloved, if he don't insist upon
il, do. Where is he pa t
81" Oh" replied Ellen, "just over in his
parlor, there, nodding over his papers.
He was quite angry because you were