The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1854-03-29
"No, no, no, here hsansS.rsa eager.

! mNo, no, no, here,r he answered eager
ly y; .scome, come away" $3.50 9-GRG j
He had almost conquered but she
glanced at Tiford, who was buried with
The doer. and the opportunity was past. ,,,
III would be rude 10 60 of in this man
ner,p she said, "and you can just as well
speak here as anywhere else" y1E o
"Ellen ! Ellen y exelaimed her lover,
"you grieve me beyond measure " sg,
"a Grieve you F" she ksid, opening her
fine eyes as 10 great surprise; "howsol"
"Are you not now casting me out your
hearl" he asked, with accents full of grief
and reproach, 10 replace me with iha, in.
soleni Virginian ~ ~
The color, which her ibceni danger had
driven from her cheeks, now rushed in
deep flush back 10 hervety temples. She
turned her face away, bU gave him no
answer for some momenle, while he stood
eagerly awaiting her reply, departing, yet.
unwilling 10 belieTe what was bul TOO evil
dent. tylt. ADJ s-tl 81.
WAS this what you wished TO say TO
me :" she at last asked, covering her con.
Iusion by feigning an indignation which
she did not feel.
But before lie could answer, Tilford,
having dispatched the deer, threw his rifle
into the hollow of his arm, and cut their
conference short.
From your looks" said he, a should
suppose Thornlon's communication must
have been serious one"
"More serious than agreeable" Ellen
replied and with one earnest look Of spr-
row and reproach, Thornton resumed his
gun and walked rapidly away.
For once jealOusly had pointed 10 the
truth. "r.
John Lowden, Ellen's father and Basil
Thornton, having been reduced in circum
stances by The pressure Of 1916, had set
out together from the Old Dominion, in
search OF a new home and for Two years
after their settlement in Illinois had coniin-
ued, as they had been in Virginia, near
Geighbors and warm friends At The end
Of that time, however disappointment, hard
labor, Agd the diseases incident 10 a new
coNnrS, brought the latter to The grave,
and his bNdens devolved upon the untried
shoulders Of bis only son, to whom, the
reader has been introduced.
Between him and Lpwden's daughter
Nellie, las she was called. she intimacy o!
childhood had gradually Opened into a
strong and deep attachment. Their union
mad been delayed, first by The death Of The
elder Thornton, and subsequently, by somt
i'll feeling, which grew up between hin
and her father, Of the farmers refusal II
Join a company Of Regulators Of which
Lowden was captain. Thornton had grow
to manhood in a community where Law
and order we're sufFemey ana-wAas. III Prin
ciple thoroughly oppuseGsto the high-hant
ed measures which distinguished the pr;
ceedings Of these self.consliIu,ed oiliceis I
Justice. LOwden was arbitrary and irasc
bile, and this refusal TO endorse his aciio
exasperaicd him the more, because it cam
from source so wholly unsupported.
SORT of peace had, however, been patche
up; Thornton sill visited Lowden's hous
ard was generally viewed as the accspe,
suitor of pretty Nellie = though thos
who knew her father well, perceived
smouldering dislike, on his par, 10 the al
rangement ..E l...-
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Things we're in this position, when abou
two months before the opening Of our sic
ry. Charles Tilford, wealthy youn
, Virginan, and a distant relative Of Low
den, arrived, in The country, aud at ono
, took up his residence atthe farm. Hahd
some, well educated, bold, and lree-a pei
5 feet master Of all athletic and graceful eS
ercses-and. above all, entertaining an
!, witty in conversation, and polished an
, agreeable in manners-hr very soon eS
e cited 'rhorntOn's jealousy. The fam
} was famed, perhaps, by a consciousness
9 Of inferiority, in those accomplishment
e which attract woman; for, although EN-
$ nenlly handsome, Thornton was diilideI
r almost 10 bashlulness.
A gradual eslrangemenI had grown u
4 between the lovers, aud Tiliord, though
G first constant, and apparently inleresle
Q visitor Of Thornion's sister Lucy, was no
never long sbtent from Nelie's sid
:. Week after week had gone BY, ,and at la
e ii was whispered that she was soon TO b
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