Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-25
AN ADVENTURE IN THE WRONG
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never could stand a woman's tears.
who can ? And those Of the beautiful
stranger cut me to the very soul, while
they completed the fascination of my spi-
rit. 1t was all over with me in a moment.
felt that had suddenly fallen in love
with her, and none the less deeply for
knowing no more who she was, and what
were her qualities, than if she had lust
stepped down from the moon and fallen
in love, too, to that pitch of desperation,
the point of magnanimity. So, down /
dropped on my knees again, and again
seized her hand, which she vainly tried
to snatch from me while l, not doubling
her tears were, in part, at least, owing to
the interruption of the elopement, and
conseqent fears of losing her lover, ener-
getically repeated my offers of assistance,
declaring, on the word of a gentleman.
that 1 would faithfully carry her. to the
arms of her lover, even, l added, in a
rage of zeal and despair, if 1 have to blow
my own brains out the moment after.
Sir" said she, hastily, al have no
lover; was not going to run away to a
lover"
Heaven be praised" cried 1, /" for
now you can run away Vth me. Ma
dam, l am gentleman, and man of
fortune, single, unengaged /; and l love
and adore you. My name is James J..
Smith" Here she jerked away her
hand, but jumped and caught it again /;
for, though she started from me, it was
not a start of displeasure. On the con-
trary she blushed and trembled. and
looked pleased was sure she did-and
she grew more pleased the more told
her how much adored her and when
l presumed, on her growing affection, to
throw my arm round her waist, she began
to smile and giggle in fact, I thought She
was going into Mysteries, which is proof
of overpowering feeling when, oh ! sur
prise and mortiication-she burst into a
laugh exclaiming,- -" Oh, it is too ridicu-
lous. But pray CO." she added, hastily ;
for if Susan should return and find
you"
"No fear of her." 1 cried for left
her safe locked in her room along with
Jimmy. I took care of the traitoress and
her confederate"
Z" You did! '' said the beauty, looking
establishment and inquiry. "Perhaps,
them" she continued hesitatingly, as
you won't CO." (oh, what an enchanting
way of telling me might stay no won
der kissed her ! but it was wonder how
well she bore itD Gas you won't go, per-
haps you will tell me how you came to
lock her up, and who Jimmy is, and how
you got into this house, and this room /;
for am very curious-and-" a5-.ahr
You have right to know all about
it. It was all blunder, the happiest
blunder that ever was made. You must
know" said /, "I thought this was my
clearinghouse, Mrs. E-'s.''
"No," said the beauty, sweetly, cit is
Mrs. F---'s.' 1s 90 =,
al shall love Mrs. F. as long as I
live. made the mistake the moro rea-
Oily, because, being beset by the police
for knocking down a rascally fellow, who
had insulted me in the street. did not
like to tell my. charmer of the arrest, lest
she should conceive some suspicion of me.
1 attempted to get home through by-ways
and the garden-gates Susan let nue. in
she was waiting for that rascally Jimmy.
her sweetheart, who was to pretend to
conduct you to the cars"
"oh. no, said my mistress, :" ne
i yer heard OF Jimmy. susan was 10 take
me. and she was to be dressed in mems
clothes-you know how 1 mistook you
what a great mistake made %
"Oh, thatitco be made over againl''
1 said /, sincerely enough. then procee-
ded with the story as have already mar.
rated it, exposing the schemes and pun,
ishments, such as it was, of Susan and
describing the illusion-the persuasion o.
its being my own chamber. in my owr
/ boarding -house-under which ! had en-,
tered her boudoir. ''And now, my ado,
red creature" said !, elf clipping is ne
cessary, let us start forthwith, and we car
be married before the cars start. I'll.
but stopping at the first parsons or ma
J gistrate's.' ..-a,i -. -.
But-but." murmured my mistress
I with the sweetest accents, would yot
{ really marry me-without knowing me p
would, 1 lciu, % said I. clasping hei