Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-09-08
Well, 60 tell Dick to get the black

Immediately. a .a
Bot you will be alone said he.
oh! th0t is nothing. | can sit a: your
window and await your return
And you will be glad to see me com.
ing!' asked the doctor, a glorious thrill
rushing through his veins. . a.
The lady was silent. ...
oh, do not mind saying so. for pity IS
sake!' he cried. Say you will have a
smile and a pleasant word for me when
| return, and can gallop over the hills
with a new heart --.. .7-
My dear, kind sir, you certainly value
a smile and pleasant word most highly.
Surely, | shall smile when see you
again. Is there any great favor in that,
sir!'
Il don't know" said the doctor, max.
ing pause, and mu sing; 'buta cheering
smile and bright face at ones favorite
window, and pleasant, kind voice, as
one enters benumbed with cold, are very
charming to contemplate. Upon my
word, they revive ones spirits wonder
fully, madam.
The lady was silent. and the long
lashes dropped on her delicate, rose-tint-
ed cheeks.
Before taking his departure, our hero
opened the doors of his choice library
to his rair guest. He laid before her his
objects of vERTU. his drawings, skulls,
fossils, and curiosIties Of all descriptions.
Some splendid paintings were uncover.
ed, aud the lady found herself in a suite
of rooms, surrounded by objects worthy
the attention of connoiseur She dis
covered that her shy and dflidenl host
was a man of no mean talents and &C.
quirements. His tongue seemed sud-
denly loosed when conversing on his la-
vorise topics. lie forgot his bashfulness
and was al entertaining and highly cul.
tivated amateur. s-s .as. ama.. ra
Now these rooms are al your service,
madam. Pray command everything
have. My servants are ready to obey
you. Just make Yourself at home, and
you will confer a favor said the doctor,
drawing on his gloves. #
Thank YOU, sir; you are very kind
But you will not leave while | am
away?' said the gentleman. DO not
scruple TO remain here. shall return
in abou, two hours, and | hope you will
allow me 10 offer my house and all it has
in it TO you, so long as you can remain
contented.'
Again she thanked him, but she did
not say she would stay.
Poor DIR. Hinton could scarcely tear
himself away. He feared the fair vision
would vanish in his absence, and he lih-
gered yet little while near her. Final
ly, he went, and in two hours he return.
ed, 10 find his inamorata gone! He was
not naturally passionate man, but this
made him furious. Ha! all the fine, e.
laborate castles he had reared within The
last twenty four hours lay at his feet a
shapeless mass! He had been elevated
but to be dashed down; he had been
cheered only TO feel a deeper gloom
He must return to the old routine, and
live during the long, long hours, unloved,
unsoothed, uncheered. He ranted and
,aved, cursed the hour he was born, and
also Mrs. Higgins and child. He threw
down his fur cap, and crushed il with his
boot heel as he would a viper. He
pulled Dick by the ears; and when old
Sally, according to custom. civilly asked
him what he would have for dinner, he
babe her get QUIZ Having composed his
nerves in this mastery and scientific
manner, he deliberately sat down and
resolved 10 be as miserable as he posi-.
Bile. "
The snow lay cold and unmoved upon
the bosom of the earth. All nature was
concealed. Night came, and with tai.
so came the blue devils to haunt and
harass our bachelor until bed time. Oh,
he was so supremely miserable; and dur
ing the long, still hours, such thoughts
as these came marching up like spectres
10 beguiie him in his sadness: 1T is not
good for man 10 live alone. Behold how
| exc out life! The sands drop slowly,
and each hour brings its own discomfort.
| see men, no more formed or fitted to be
loved than I, surrounded by hale lads
and blooming lasses, and the idols of
sweet, confding creatures, who carry a
heaven in their gentle bosoms. see
brutes beloved by angels. see all hap
py and surrounded by tender ties but
myself. Oh! | despise myself! | wish
1 was dead and decen,ly inferred this
very minute!' ....-.. ~.
Thus he sat and mused, all solitary
and alone, and was on the verge of sui
eide. Had gentle wife but ran her fin
gers through his nair. or pra,lling boy
but climbed upon his knees, there would
have been none of this. No murmers
against tate; no wish for oblivion,
Morning, noon and night the form of
this my ysterious visitor haunted the bach
elor. He had sketched her a hundred
times, and his jealous heart treasured up
every grace and beautiful line which dis
linguished her above all others O: her
sex. The large flashing eye; the lip,
and the changing dimple which coyly lay
near it: the raven tresses, and softly
arched brow; ! the peculiar sang froid;
the easy and graceful address, spiced
with little piquant bcldness, which, OF
all things on earth, he admired; the i'm
perious toss of the hauohtv head and the