The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-05-19
LOUIS 0. COWAN, Editor and Proprietor.

Agnes stood as il pe,tifed: "Ungra'eiul!
oh, faiherw =,
'sYou can't have discarded him, 10 be
sure. papa" said Jessy, always good ma
,ured, "Poor Charles! wha, can no have
doneW =.
"Relused your hand, my child" said The
angry pareni: "refused TO be my partner
aud son-in-law, and fallen IN love WIN
ano,her lady! Wha, have you TO say 10 him
nowt" ,,
"Why, really papa," replied Jessy, 'Tm
much more obliged to him for refusing my
hand, than 10 you for offering II. | IKE
Charles well for cousin, but | should not
like such husband a, all so this refusal
be the wors, that has happened, there's no
prea, harm done" Aud oil the gipsey ran
declaring lha, "she mus, put on her hao-
it, for she had promised TO ride WIN sir
Edmund and his sister, and expected them
every minute"
The father and his favori!e daughter Ie-
maired in the conservatory. =.
.sThat heart is untouched, however,,
said Mr.. Molesworlh, looking after her with
a smile.
"Un,ouched BY Charles Woodford, un-
doubledly,n replied Agnes; "bul has he
really refused my sis,er!"
absolutely"
"And does he love ano,her!"
"He SAYS so, and believe him."
as he loved in re,un!"
"Tha, he did mol say"
"Did he tell you the name OF tho lady''
@Yes.n
.'Do you know her!'
"Yes."
"ls she worthy ofhim"
"Most worthy"
"Has he any hope Of gaining her affec.
tions, Oh! he must he mast! What
woman could refuse him
"He is determined not 10 try. The lady
whom he loves is above him in every way |;
and much as he has coun,eracied my wish
es, it is an honorable part oi Charles Wood
ford's conduct, that he intends 10 leave his
affection unsuspec,ed by lis object
Here ensued short pause liz the dla.
logue, during which Agnes appeared try
ing TO occupy herself with collecting The
blossoms Of a Cape jessamine; but ii would
not do; the subjec, was at her heart, aud
she could no, force her mind ~ different oc.
cupa,ions. She returned TO her father, who
had been anxiously watching her motions
and The varying expressions OF her coun-
,enance, and resumed the conversation.
"Fa:her perhaps il is hardly maidenly
TO avow SO much, but although you have
never in set words told me your intentions,
have We, seen a-d know, cannot ell
how, all that your loo kind parliali,y TO.
wards me, has designed 10! your children.
You have mistaken me, dearest father,
doubly mistaken me; first, in thinking me
tit to fill splendid place in society; next,
in imagining that desired such splendor.
You meant TO give Jessy and the lucrative
partnership 10 Charles Woodiord, and Ge-
signed me and your large possessions 10 our
wealthy and titled neighbor And with
little change Of person these arrangements
may still for the mos, part hold good. Sir
Edmund may still be your heir, for he loves
Jessy, aud Jessy loves him. Charles Wood.
ford may still be your partner aud adopted
son, for nothing has changed that need d.
miuish your affection or his merit Marry
him 10 he woman he loves. She must pe
ambitious indeed, ir she be not content with
such a destiny. And let me live on with
you, dear father. single and unwedded,
with no thought but 10 contribute TO your
comfort, and 10 cheer and brighten your
declining years. Do no, le, your TOO great
ioudness Of me, stand in The way Of their
happiness Make me not go odious lC
them and 10 myself, dear father LIE, me
always live with you and for you always
your own poor Agnes !" And blushing a,
the earneslliess with which she had spoken,
she bent her head over the marble basin
whose waters reflected the fair image, as il
she had really been the Grccian statue, 10
which, willis. he listened, her fathers fond
fancy had compared her. ale, me live
single with YOU, and marry Charles 10 the
woman whom he loves"
| "Have you heard the name OF the lady
in question! Have you formed any guess
who she may e!"
"No, the slightest. ] imagined from
what you said tina, she was stranger Il
me. Have ever seen her
| You may see her - nj least you may
see her reflection in the water, al this very
moment, for he has had the infinite pre-,
sumption, The admirable good taste, TO ial
in love with his cousin Agnes! J"
Failier!n u r..
"And now, mine own sweetest, do you
still wish TO live single with mel"
"Oh, Father! fa,her!'
"Or do you desire that should marry
Charles to the woman OF his hearth"
"Faiher, dear father ~
"Choose, my Agnes 1t shall be as you
command. Speak freely. DO not cling SC
around me, but speak"
"Oh, my dear father! Cannot we all
live together? cannot leave you. But
poor Charles-surely, father, we may all
live together. :"
Aud so j, was settled. And very few
months proved lha, love had contrived bet
Ter for MIR. Molesworh than he had done
for himself. Jessy, with her prei'iness, ami
her title, ard her iopperies, was The very
thing to be vain of-the very thing 10 visit
for day, but Agnes, and the cousin whose
noble character and splended talents so well
deserved her, made the pride and happiness
Of his home.
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