Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-13
FAYETTEVILLE TENN, THURSDAY, lRRIL IS, 1854

l. 7 write to you, my darling, 10 te
) you hat its all right mean be
tween you and me- I'm not yer,
: good hand at an explanation ON pa
Y pei, education in the art Of com
: position having besn somewhat neg
lected; bpt you must know hat ols
Elliott. whom your dad wanted yot
TO marry, is our senior mhjor Well
when | came down here to meet
Poole, as l had promised = his. gov
Il ernor keeps hounds, you know; a
capital pack. tool was rs dali as
ditch water; ! was, ] assure you; and
whenever there was nothing going
4 on, | bsedto take out the verses you
wrote, and the music you copied for
me, TO look at If; and one day, who
should come in bat Elliott, who was
staying with his governor OH the
West Cliff, where the old gentleman
has taken house. Well. you know,
IL told You what madcap fellow
Poole IS; and what should he do bat
tell III lott that l was going stark
mad for a girl that couldn't have me
! bccal;se her dad hall enpa0e1 her tn
somebody else; and then he showed
him the music that was lying on the
table with your mamie on it, Sn you
may guess how Elliott stared, ansl all
the Questions he asked ME about you,
and about our acquaintance, and cur
loye-inrking, and all the rest OF it
And, Of course, l told him the truth.
and showed him the dear lock of.
hair you gave me- and the HttIe
notes YOU wrote me the week ran
up TO lomlon; for Elliott's an hoaor-
able flIow, aud knew it was all
right And 1t is al right, my Par
ling; fJr lie says he wouldn' t stansl in
the way of our happineF IS for the
world, On marry a w6mafl whose af-
fections were not all his bwn. And .
.hd Il speak to your aunt for US, and
get il all settled as soon as be comes
back" Sc Ste.
Tho Manor dronrpd fran, rd7rI
Frances Sey-mour's hands. She
comlr ebeaded enough 'pf Maj. Ell
liotts character TO see that >aII was
over But lor the unfortunate Jest
they had practised on him. an explan-
alton would NECESSARILY have ensuerl
The momehi he mentioned Vineent's + !
name TO her; but that unluclsy da-
eePtion had complicated the mischief
beyond repair 1t was TOO Iate now
10 tell him that she did notIAo Vim /,
cent; he would only think her false
II fck!e. A womal who could net
IS she had Cone, or as she appeared :
e have done was no wife for Henry
Elliott
There IS no siyiag, but it IS just !
lossib!e, tllat IN entire c9kfdence :
laced n AIr. Gask Din might baye ! !
I'd to 3 harpior issu E; but her own :
That her Q YIN position WIS J
bcr "Reminiscences ANA :
ler pride, closed her lips, II er :
lIeuds saw tbatthere was Something :,
,rone; and when Il fey lints from
III Elliott announced his departure q
Of Paris, they concluded that some i
irange mystery had divided the :
sVels, and cloadel the hopeful fu-- :,
uro that for q short period had :,
,rpmised 50 brightly. i
Vincent Dunbar was not . man TO :
'reak his heart at the disaproint- !
nent Which, it is nfedlsss to sny, !.
waited him. Long Wars afterwards, ! !
.hen Sir Henry Elliott was not only :
nafried, but had daugh coming +
ut in the worlQ, he, one day al a : :
inner-party, sat next to a pale-faced, !,
liddle-aged lady, whose still beauti- :
al feature es, combined With the quiet
lmost grave elegance Of her toilet, Il
ad already attracted his attention in q
he drawing-room. Ii was Il countc- n
ance Of perfect serenity; but 40 OBJ. Z
e wing eye could look at it without x :.
e4ling that there was a serenity not =
drn Of Joy, but of sadness "a calm y
bat had succeeded a storm IA peace =
on By a great battle. Sir Henry =
1t pleased when be saw that the q
Of the dinner-table had a
laced him beside this lady, and they p
ad not been long seated before he p
ook an opportunity Of adaressihg 4
er. lier eyelids fell as she tprab bd =
0 answer him; but there was a sweet,
lournful smile on her lip-a smile ;,
hat aweke strange recollections, and \
lade his heart for a moment stand b.
t;il For romo minrfcc he did pot II