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

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'ss by her busy occupation, and her res.rv
le- demeanor, until he felt worried out Of l
life with disappointment and uncertainty
nc "Uncersaintly," said |, "what about !!
ID "What about y he answered sharpl
Of almost angriiy "what about! why, Do
to tor, what do know about her? Can 81
'e read and write -? rm hardly sure th
e sne can talk. Do you know that am
!. gentleman; or must tell you? An
u more than that, | am not quite a foo
$ either My family is fashionable; l d,
n wealthy-and | eau not marry mn unedu
. Gated wife-a woman that | must blus
: for, till grow ASHAMED even to love her
; OH Lord what shalt do ?"
do, Iii tel! you what to do. Jus
hold your tongue till you hear me an.
then hold it afterwards til; you tell youl
story to Elizabeth AMI hear what she has
to say for you have not wit enough now
to take care of yourself"
"Ihat's not very hard to say, reckon,
for 1t hasn to be felt FIRST" was his reply.
Then pausing for five minutes, he added
slowly, and do he thought, very resolutely,
ON do nothing nore about it. l must
60 home again in January to attend to
business, and (herc he drew the clothes
tight about his shoulders like a man de-
,erinined to Sleep III not be sent back to
this peniten.isry circuit again, l suppose;
so, II can forge: her, she is dropt, that s
all. But, if the good Lord thinks other
wise, why, suppose it will be brought
about somehow. Let me see-you start
for the city in day or two. Of course,
you think it safe to leave her. And,
maybe, | shall never zee either of you
again. God bless you, Doctor, I'm glad
and thankful tina: you are her friend"
Another long silence, and he turned up
upon bis elbow again. I" See here, my
dear brother Doctor you are in love with
Miss NJ. Now, don't ask your conf
dcncc-I don't want it F.; but tell me just
one thing. Ifyou marry Miss NJ, and l
rere to marry Elizabeth, would your wife
visit mine, there in that old cabin, among
those looms and pots, and rickety old
chairs, and don't know what all ?"
This brought me to my elbow decidedly;
and, tbrusting him down upon his pillow,
and laying my shut fist upon his breast,
instead Of an oath, l answered him with
ring Of the real metal Of my meaning in
every word: 'If she wouldn', she shouldn't
live with me, that's all /; 50 please don't
make special fool Of yourself"
The poor fellows eye mnistened, his
face softensd into happy smile, and lay
ing his open palms upon my temples, he
whispered, 1.-The good Lord bless you )"
OBTAINING every word as it passed his lips,
to give it all the earnest tenderness that
was yelling up from his full heart.
The next morning, l inferred that be
Fs A Is % Ssssa g ,o4 srs.e
sake of his company homevard, and 1 i.
uosivod sh-s si1.. myers mciiowed her
voice and looked more womanly than
usual when she spoke to him, at the table. !
had turned up within him that
itself to her instincts, and
made him beautiful exceedingly that morn !
ing. knew it-he had got his own
and given free wing to his idola-
Try; he had, i'll scnse committed himself
10 Elizabeth, by opening his heart to her
friend, and the poor fellow of yesterday,
was rich now in the unchecked overao wing
Of his own soul.
But, ,wasn't | i'll getty and foolish didn',
oimot tell something that nobody could
when next day | visited
Wasn't l provoked that she
wouldn't know she was queen OF new
found world, and wouldn'i echo all my
Civilizations about-nothing at all, when it
came to BE- stated in clear terms And
didn't nearly swear her to promise not
to work that winter in my absence, but
read anu write, and visit my sweetheart
aad her friends, and get well and strong
against the next spring, when should
return to set her free from my authority! !
wasn't l so glad Of everything,
and so full of robust rejoicing, that rudely
stole kiss, and felt particularly awkward
when | discovered that could ha,o had
j, willingly, and that much the better, in
he presence of the whole world Aud
and then l turned away as tear Of
gratitude and blessing glistened in her
eye, blurring the last look she should have
of me for many months, with all the
shadow Of life's risks thrown over the
prospective absence. / had my reward; l
WAS paid for all that had done and suf.
fered in ono moment-I stood clear in
the apprehension Of one pure, noble soul
the angel-life within mo WAS stirred and |