Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-05-12

S-IattSAOAi' A'eeN 3NAA SOt'O f-|>
gentle bel Ing who had thus been my
unsought companion-i had loEeG
her, and Der image was on my be hrt
| cannot deceive myself, sir, nor viii
| prove uhkind or ungenerous to you
No man can govern the str bn2
emotions of the heart, though he
may, if lie is wise, guard against the
cause of these emotions. Mr. " eaz,
lie, | dard not subject myself TO q
love that must be hopeless, for poor
as am, my heart is as susceptible
of deep and abiding loHe as those OF
others. Now you knowsfll.'
you are honest, at all events, said
the old man. with lout any appq Fent
emotion.
so l trust I nj y always be, re-
turned Robert.
But do you think you are wife?'
4 cohld not help my emot ions,
Sir
'And If they were so pleasant as
you haFe described, see not Why
yon should have wished for suF Fh a
thing as preventing them
RobeIt looked up into the IA be of
the old gentleman, but he mad e no
answer. lie co uld not compre bend
lis employers meaning.
'Robd drt, continued the old gdntle-
nan, it is Leila who wishes y@u to-
,ome an d help ller arrange my b buse-
lold adcounls. Would you Iefuse
leras ! pu have done me?'
Robert Wnlslow tremblel from
lead to foot. lie gazed into til + face
f his { Employer, and thought h4 de-
ectcd d kind, m Gaming smile theFe.-
Ie attempted to speak, but lis Fords
anne not forth.
Come, Gomez uttered Veqzif, Get
5 not beat around the bush any lon
er. | am not blind, and consequent
: fiiIad not TO see some thing that
1oke louder than words. / took !
ote of the gentle love that d Pnced
your eyes, and | read the Ian
llge I'll lat came up from yoir heart,
I'd StoB Bd in living characters upon
our va4ying couutenauee. Do you
oppose i should have been 50 htter-
raga rdless of your own or myI
ild's Fcliare rs to have above q YOU
caeiEsh the flowers Of afl3ction'l
ly tlnI t l might blight the m at C
cir bmth? Leila is faithful, 4 gen C
}, and loving girl, and1 if yoa love q
7 truly, you may confess TO her ?
ur enbrmohs sin oil love n
Nh. eazle,' exclaimed Robert, i 6
Bnot fomprebend-I do not. No, b
YOU would not raise such q sweet le
IA a heaven fly hope in my bos som I'd W
lsh il again. "
ITark ye, Robert said the old el
ltldnlan, ;s he took his clerk BY al
, hand, 'had | desired to hag 3 seen el
dlild married to a heartlt IS bag al
gbld, | had the chance this very 81
sinoon. That man who came here m
ak me for the hand of my child hc
,deh he has fifteen thousand dol
5 worth of gold, is yet STEPPED i1
very dregs of poverty. lie las
heart. / have watched ydnd A,
IdsB for the last five years y Tlth ln7 81
.Bt, and a week ago when you rel I'll
III a considerable amount Of mont co
tllich you needed, rather than your Of
dher should suffer a single hight s If
asindss on your accounA .yoJ 81
ved yours Elf to be possesseE q Of 4 M
lth which could never hay : beed fra
red into your Golfers ly pecula1 a
j. Nj. Durham brought nhe your NJ
wer, and when ! heard il, resoll f,c
within myself that the 81 Pn and IL,
lher, whocould so honor hi + moih+ NO
and sister, could not fail Of ma vii
= a most excellent husban| |l, Now . E
md tell all to Leila, and # she
spts your hand, you shaI most
y have hers in return Inerf, Co
't.cry about it; for you al p slprF sl th'
she will hive YOU yet. Nj
robert Vyinslow did of + Leila vs
zie his hand and heart, and 81 L !rir
lea a most happy smile as si!e mi
c him hers ii return, People tul
dered much at the affair. and ma Pc
it to a freak o 4 the ol ID th'
Is oldity. They knew , Dot -add ID lll
" could not have apprec lated IT ii pel
7 had known-the deep 7prih- sal
E Of paternal care aad kindness gu
,h governed him; nor was Mr.. sor
zie disappointed in his calcpla- riv
5. Tie same heart that had mi