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

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"Oh, James, said she meltingly,
f' don't you knOag me ? am Ellen, little
Ellen. cousin Ellen. Didn't you get ia
theirs letter ?'' H
Heavens what surprising climax to
the days adventure Was to get my
namesake' letters, rather debts, and mar
ry his intended wife into the bargain No
wonder the dear creature should melt so
soon, to find in me her supposed cousin
and destined husband But how was 1t
she should be SO deceived? Certainly,
And what was she going to elope for
These questions, and various others,
which came crowding into my brain, were,
without asking them, for in fact was
for while speechless, answered by the
darling Ellen herself, who, with looks of
the most confding fondness, as if the mat
ter was quite settled, murmured-
"Ain't 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 l
thought you had red hair, too! How
foolish And when thought you We're
only Susan disguised, and wished l had
Just such handsome-looking person for
a sweetheart, said nothing but the truth;
for, indeed, loved you when thought
you were only Susan And to think that
I was going to run away from you Oh,
how unhappy should have been if had
and how happy am that die not p
And here my dear cousion, (nay cousin,
indeed y threw her arms around my neck
in the sweetest manner imaginable. l
returned the caress, but expressed some
of my astonishment by echoing her words !:
Run away from me, indeed, from
your own cousin ?"
"oh, you know I 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 contract"
"Why with Uncle John, to be sure I;
though it was not a contract, but only a
promise for you know ever since l 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 unabated affection, which was
the more agreeable, because these hints
Of the contract, or promise, with the wise
reason about property, struck sudden
chill in my bosom, as suggesting some
great obstacle that might arise to my
new born love "now, oousin," continu-
ed the dear girl. " because thought you
had red hair, and because they were GO
ing to marry me to you, whether would
or not, hated you-it was so foolish and
and wicked-but don't hate you now.
And when We started off ON this jaunt to
Niagara, and father told me 1 must be
married to you, here in Philadelphia, 1
hated you more than ever; and when fa-
ther 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, l could endure it no
longer. And so made a confdant of
that treacherous Susan, and we were to
run away together"
"And whither," quoth I, "were you GO
ing? And why in boys clothes?"
"Oh," replied Ellen, laughing, "we
were going home, to be sure, and the dis
guiss was to prevent our being tracked.
| 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
had not run away, after all /; for going
home is not eloping, is it 2" a-
Oh, how 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 l expect her of
him .uithom decefsing him? Might 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, secu-
red him his deserts, and the others, per-
haps-it could not be otherwise-their
happiness. Besides, could give up FL
len +? m a a.'a'
"She. at least" thought I, "will for
give the deceit" no 1i
And here am, after all, Ellen, dear
est of my soul,' / said, determined upon
desperate move. "And now do you
hate me 2''
"No James Its just as father wants u
"And will you marry nae %
" Yes, if father wishes"
Sand tonight 2" .
cliff father insists upon it."
"Well beloved, if he don't insist upOr
it, do. Where is he ?'' Screw
q" Oh" replied Ellen, "just over in hii
parlor, there, nodding over his papers
He was quite angry because you were