Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-01-07
VOL. VIII 81.
WHOLE NUMBER, 405.

2 what you would cali rich"
"Wsll," she resumed, 81 knew all this
j. and, if I had though. Of giving you apy
il other regards than sneh as became ou
e church connection, the improbabilities
D would have checked me, but did not
z Mr. Ashleigh (reaching out her hand) /
, tell YOU, truly, that l do not love you II
is new feeling to me. Perhaps, I do not
| very we'll understand it; nor, will you
? expect it to come like = ready answer TO q
/ short question"
"Good good" I shouted. "what a
glorious gir.! What world Of genius in
, her simple ,ruthfulne.s. What die you
say to that p
"Say to it just hold still, and hear. OF
course, you can't guess, for you didn't see
her face at that moment, nor read its mea-
ling, as did. Ah, my dear Doctor. it
was worth living better life than mine,
to witness that transfguration Of perfect
womanhood. WELL answered, you do
not love me, Elizabeth, but could you not!'
l waited long enough to read it all in her
face, aud then it came in words:
"'Mr. Ashleigh, it is in my heart to
love you, for you are very noble; as this
world goes, more than noble, generous,
without a parallel. And, sr, 1 am, rhat
| am; not unworthy Of the love you offer
me, nor incapable Of returning It. / can
marry you without a fear. Now, leave
me, please; l wish to be alone.
"And SO did L, he added nusingly; ait
seemed as if eternity had opened to me
and wanted to be alone in the universe
with my emotions.
A long pause followed, which felt, for
his hand, and eye, and voice helped me
to understand it, or will, when you get
big enough. We have reached the spot
in the road, which I wish you 70 mark
particularly, for it concerns yourself more
than anybody else, believe"
"You recollect," he began, "cur talk
that night at Toby Myers's. Well,whe:h-
er our friend Nancy got it in gossip there,
or guessed her way to all she discovered,
l don't know but it was no; long after
l knew my own secret, that she had ::
very fully. Of course, she noticed ny
visits to the glen, and / had paid pus f=a
Of them, after my return from hon: -.
February, till she knew sll they meant
One day Twas coming over, and she kasw
it, and contrive1 to have me over.ake her
near the top of the hill. Supposing that
she was coming down to her uncie's, I, Of
course, dismounted, and, leading my horse
by the bride, walked beside her didn't
like her, and 1 didn't Ike that she should
be in my road where l was go,ug, either;
but l must be polite and bear it.
"We walked on, In The mood thai you
may gless, and she occupied aud agitAted
in f.si,ion tia. w,s decidedly aiarming-
Her manner was more thla rsu.iiy i'm
pressive, touched with a little more Of
that soft seduotiveness which coarse people
common with her. Sometimes she ,s!l
suddenly silent, with an air Of troubiei
sbstracteduess, from which she would
rouse herself with sort Of impa.sioned
'ecklessness, which would soon give pla-s
again 70 turn OF tenderness, that, alto
seiher, made an o,ject of me, and shook
r.y nerves into state that put me At her
mercy.
"When she talked, it was in her style Of
glowing eloquence, with, 1 thought, III
'reased eOncea ,rativeness of conceptiou
md u'terance. She vas, in short, inspire
With strong purpose, and caught it by
.OntagiOn. L didn't know what 1t meant,
lor whittier tending but l was feeling
md believing something great o- terrible
Ii advance, and Was prepared Cor the iact
IT fancy, when i, should come.
when We reached ,he spot bade you
'otice, was electrifyed to the right point,
nd she knew 1T. She stopped suddenly,
urned full upon me, lccking, l confess,
;randiy-a little too gEandiy, to be sure
,ut still it overc2me me. Beside, she
lad taken advantage of the grouno, and
o had Inc in all respects just right for her
purposes.
- Brother Ashleigh,' - said she, with .
measured earuestness tha: made my heart
,eat, you love Elizabeth. 1 know it;
TOT do wonder that it is so. She is an
nigel of beauty and goodness. know
,er as her cousin, her erpiaymite, her friend
md sister. know her, AS n woman only
AN know another aud declare to You
hat never knew her equal in every ex-
eiienee Of heart and life Her childhood
vas purer, believe, than any other, and
he has lived q sinless life, if ever human
oul dad. Oh she has bo.ne the selfish
less, the very sins Of others, like saint
L IL