Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-13

i tea ;hything youltke; but remen
It Der, ,he1 Still thinks me Fanny Ga
I. kpin' -
But my Gear girl, I cannot PEI
e NIT tia deception to be carried ;tn
e further; it has lasted too lon
7 already,P + said Mr.. Gaskoin.
a "0nl3 tonight" said Frances.
1T is not fair to Maj. Elliott,
urged Mrs. Gaskoin.
; ';0nlj tonight! onlytd -niglt!' re
] terated Frances Il ThereI he'
coming; / he ear bis step in the hall
let me dua this way!'. and 50 saying
she dari4d out of door that led t
the back stairs, and .disapp cared.
! She PAS refused him. said Mrs
! Gaskoin. q confess am amazed >
But Alj Elliott met them with Z
mIling fiIce. "Nhat has become Of
/ Flances?'P said lie.
"She rhshed in to us in a state Of
violent agitation, ,nd begged we
would tel u You t hat she is not well,
and IS gol e to her room. | IN afraid
the result Of your interview has not
5een-what We expected"
"On th4 contrary" returned Mai.
Elliott, ''y9u must both congratulate
me on my good fortune
SILLY el'l!' said Mr. Gaskoin,
shaking His friend heartily by the
hand. II see what il is; she IS ner-
y vou8 about a little d bceplion we have
been praelf fsing on J Gu
''A deceptionr'
why, You see, my dear fellow,
when / tol4 Frances that you were
Ginning hei ie, she objected to meet
ihg you
Indeed On what accopnt?'
g Non h; We never suspec ted any
tling g?' saiIl Mr.. Gaskoil, scarcely
r4prf fssiug lis laughter.
"'Suspecied anything? NJ
'It'has Hever BY chance Occurred
t9 you that this bewitching niece of
mine is
"Is what3'
Your be Irothed lady, for exam .
rle, Frances Seymour"
Maj. Ell liott's checks ard lips
turned sevef fal shades palcl;; but the
c.indles woI b not lighted, and his
friends did Tot remark the change. F
"Frances Seymour he echoed.
This is Ihe precise state of the
cake, | assg Re you;' and then Mr..
Giskoin proceeded 10 explain@how
thk deception came TO be practised
i gave in I'd it, )" he Sid, though l
70 oInot like jdsts of that sort. because
dhought, IS my wife did, that you
gcFe much more likely to take a fan
y 10 each OF Der, if YOU did not know
'hp she was, than if You met under
II the emb4 4rrassment of fsuch an
.wkward rel4Eiop.' . IA
During thfs little discourse, MAJ
lI Fott bad Il lme 10 recover from the
he dek; and b bEin9s Il man Of resoIute j
al hness and CAT selfpos kession-
gblch quali.i$s, Iby ihe way, formed
t4nsideIabld el ment in his attrac-
ii hs--tbe re Fnalnder Of The evening
Vi 44 passed vi itbdut any circumstance !
Ai$llated to awaken the suspicions
q bis host anE Il Il ps!ess, further than |
ia + a certai b gravity of tone aud
nE hner, whe1 they spoke of Fran
e ekI led them to apprehend that he
i not altogether pleased with the |
ef that had been practised.
s 1--WE ought to have told him the 4
n nbment We sa " that he was pleased
iii b her; but, foolish child, she would i
Ist let US Said Mr.. Gaskoin to his {
.iFq.
"She must make her peaco with /
i h to-morroF,' returned the lady; t
"a t, alasl VIII en- they came down 10 a
rfakfast on he following morning, |
I4j. Elliott v tas gone, having left a t
II lines to d xcuse his sudden de- 4
allure; which, he said, he had only s
n nlicipated byI a few hours, as in any {
ade, he must have left them that af- i
srh9on. It
1 BY the sam mornings post there v
rrbyed a lett Er from Vincent Dan f
AMI addressed to Miss Seymour fl
ISL contents W bre as follows; P
4 fSIY DEAREsr r, DEAREST FRANCES II h
Iiduld have WI itten to you ten days t
Sd TO tell you the joyful news--you l
ttle guess VII lat--but that | had ep- t
hid for an ex tension q leave OF ir- L
s9E p,leate e9ars, and expected {
ydry hour to get il. But they have L
sfRsed me, be habged TO them So S