Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-10-19

} upon her couch. In vain she wooed re
turning slumber, and the blue-veined lid
J trembled as they lay on the young fai
cheek. She gave herself up to thought
and the vision of the young hunter came
before her, and she wondered why she
; had not seen him since their meeting
J The thought seemed to trouble her, and
she rose and paced the floor restlessly
) playing meanwhile with the silken tasselS
of her dressing gown.
At last, approaching the bell-rope. she
summoned her maid. and ordered break
fast TO be brought to her own room, and
AS the widow had not yet left her couch,
Lena slipped her coffee and ate her toast
alone. The hours erept on. and the young
girl. impatient and solitary. longed for her
mother 10 waken, that she might have
some one to converse with and once she
approached The door and tapped sofilr,
naming the hour as she dill so. bu. Tie
widows only answer WAS. Don't dis.
,urb me yet-why are you up 80 early ?''
and ,h"n- sunk deeper into her pillows.
ani prepared iOr another nap.
As there was no prospect of society at
home. Lena donned her riding habit. and
|
alone. left word with her mother thai she
would not return till sunset, and rode
away.
The road which led from the village to
Morgan Manor. was one of the widest
and most romantic imaginable.
The Wallawau. (Signifying creeping
silver which had retained with its Iudi
an name all its pristine wild and varied
scenery. flowed on its winding way close
TO the right of the road. Sometimes its
course was broken by some cluster of
rocks. over which it would leap. in a
laughing cascade, and then its white foam
broke up into little frothy islands and
hoated away TO calmer tide.
! The foliage which clothed the banks
was rich and luxuriant in the extreme.
and many wild vine twined Itself loving
ly around some sturdy oak in its long
embrace while round the roots of the
gnarled trees. the water gurglcd and
murmured, as if in anger that it's flow
should be TINS impeded. On the left
hand rose high aud rocky hills. from
whose gorel sides the wandering water
fall trickled musically down through the
bright green moss which seemed spread to
cheer and soften lis rocky path to the
| flowing river. In the holIows the deep
ravine gaped its black jaws fearfully, as
! if ready to swallow whosoeYer should en-
| ter therein.
| Few could pass this romantic and beau
titul road without being deeply Impressed
with the might and grandeur OF these
works. upon which the Almighty had set
His seal and as Robert Grant hastened
to the Manor the day after Miss Tattle-
TONS party, he felt "a delight and enthusi-
asm as he gslloped along, which he rare
ly experienced to such an extent.
9" Pm SO glad you have come" said
Alice, extending her hand as Robert alight-
ed, while a frank, joyous smile rested on
her lips. 81 have much for you to do, %
she added laughingly, as they turned to
enter the house. "but have a great deal
to talk about
81 am quite ready to listen," returned
the young man, turning his beaming eyes
full upon her face ''perhaps more ready
to listen to your voice than to keep pace
with the scratching of your goose-quill,
which you remember was my voluntary
promise last night when l left you
"Yes, recollect," said Alice, smiling,
and at the same time blushing little,
bat you must first come aud congratu.
! late mamma on her improved health this
afternoon-she is well enough to be down
stairs"
| Aad throwing open door, Robert pas
sed with his cousin into the same old
fashioned room which we have once be-
fore described.
Mrs. Freeland received Roberts affec-
| ~ al, uirh
ness, and Alice's young heart seemed
ready 10 bound ont of its prison at the
| Joy she felt in once more having her mo-
/ ther down from her sick room, which she
now so rarely left.
! This room in which they were now
congregated. opened upon a bright green
lawn al the back OF the house As the
( lay was warm, the door stool open, and
the noun ain rose il fail view before them,
and .he roar a. the wafrris!! came gently
IN ~iin So; sunshine. len ling an air oi
:href.unes, ani bII-urnr-- 70 al Ni.hin.
90 NoN no-uer. >iII \ I1r, ,dyiy. =
..GI -s.as - slsr tt,ocGt >'ne work, bua
yon may teiH lin II .n 'cl As sou ike.
without fear nj ia errapdus INN. because
rv has nothing 20 do bul copy. aud he's
one that can readily do two things al
once. you know"
"Take care. cousin mine. that you do
not promise to" much in my name" re-
turned Robert with a smile.
/ No danger of that" said Alice. You
will entertain mamma with what choice
morsels OF gossip You may have heard
concerning last nights party. while you
exercise your skill in penmanship on my
foolscap. Eh, what say you to you
task ?''
That I'm ali meekness and submis
sion,'' replied Robert, with serio-comi,
expression Of countenance.