Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-13
Mr. Gaskoin with an arch smile.

HdL hdokOiH Will slll dICtl Sullle.-
"lf you can find Fanny id the hi
NOR, I'll undertake to answer for a
!, the rest. AS for her fortune, she
! ! have something at all events bu
!, that is subject, I suppose, you. ar
; too much inlove to discuss"
1, at is one there is no use in dis
! cussing till | am accepted returne,
slaj- Elliott; .'and ! confess that is
point am too anxious about {,
!, think Of any other.'
Prepare YOURSELF said Mrs. Gas
koin to Frances: "Maj. Elliott has
declared himself to my husband, anG
will doubtless take an opportunity b
speaking to you in the course Of the
evening, OF course, now the truth
must be disclosed, and I've 10 doubt
] it will be avery agreeable surprise
TO him.
When The tea-thipgs were removed,
and Frances, as usual, was seated at
the pianoforte, and Maj Elliott, as
usual, turning over the leaves Of her
music book, she almost lost her
breath with agitation, when the gen
tie closing Of a door aroused her to
the fact that they were alone. Mr.
and Mrs. Gaskoin bad quietly slipped
out of the room; aud conscious that
the critical moment was come, she
was making nervous attempt to
follow them, when a hand was laid on
her S, anl-r But it is quite
needless to enter into the particulars;
such scenes do not bear relating.-
Maj, Elliott said something, and
looked a thousand things; Frances
blushed and smiled, and then she
wept, a aEoWing that her tears were
tears of joy; and so engrossed was
She with the happiness Of the mo-
ment, that she had actually forgdtten
the false colo rs under which she Was
till her lover said: Il
have alreiEdy, my dear Fanny, spo-
ken on thi + subjec / TO your uncle ?
Now, 4 hen, for the denoaemd dat'
thought frances; but she had for med I
! little S cheme for bringing this
,bout, which she forthwith procedde T
10 put in execution.
but, dear Henry she said as
seated On the sofa, hand in hand,
hey dilated on their present ha ppi-
less and future plans. Dear len
y, there is one thing that has r tn
\ perplexed me, and does perHlex
ne still, little do you know,
lave been told you were engage az"
"I4deed! Who told you that?1'
"Well. don't know; bqt IN S ure
1 heard it. 1t was said that GU
we're engaged to Miss Seymour the
Miss Seymour that lives with Mrs.
Vent worth - j
ID } you know qr2'' inqui red
daj Elliott, imterruHtirg her.
Yes, | do-a little.'
"Obly a little''
"W ELL, perhaps | may say | know
Ter pr city well. Indeed, to conf fess
he truth, I'm rather in innate with
T.. T'.ra IL IS extremely for tunats.~ re- /
nrned Maj Ellio tt.
9Th len you don't deny the en-
.agem ent?" said FrancesI !
"Col Seymour, who w5s my fathers j
rieDd and mine, very kindly ex- !
resse4 4 wish, before he died, that, i
rovide I'd there was no objection on s
ither side, his daughter a nd should
e man ried; but yoa see, my dearest (
amy as there happen IS to be an !
bieetip pl on both sides, the scheme, i
oweyd rIwell meant, is defeated.
"On both sidesl' reiterate Fran S
es with surprise.
"Ye$; on both Sides answered he I
milling.
But how do you know that, when t
ou-ve never seen Miss Seymour-at !,
cast | thought you never had.
"Nei Rer have |; but | happen to a
now that she has not the slightest s
Of taking me for her hus-
and"
@Oh,' said Frances, laughing at \
be recollection Of her own violent a
to this irresistible man; t
no, after all, had taken her heart t
y storm, Il suppose you have
omehow heard that she disllked the Q
lea Of being trammelled by an en-
agelnent to person she never saw,
nd whom she had made up her )
lind she could not love; but remem-l
or, Henry, she has never seen you.