Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1855-07-12
NO 4.

be married sooner than you think of. Your time s
coming. So you may rs well buy the wedding
slippers at once What do we bid for emf Make
an OFFER 2@
Not farthng, jew l am in haste. You
need not unite the bag. You have nothing that
| would take if you would give it to me. Let
me pass on; am not going to be married / want
nothing of you.'
! Don't be too sure Of that, Master Edward Nor
ris You and l may come to a deal yet Jew
quotha! No a jew than yourself If your
/ eyes were not turned another way YOU might
see me in the aisle OF s.. Michacs church Sun
day morning and afternoon, rs regularly as your
self. Jewi IT'S an extraordinary compliment
you idle folks pay to that trampng race, that
whenever you meet body who takes care of the
main chance, and turns an honest penny, YOU
call him jew. We'll, Master Edward, You'll
see that you'll come to me for your wedding slip
pers.
/ And so saying, Isaac shouldercd his bag again
and left the path free.
| Atanothermomcnt, Edward would have smiled
at the old marl's acute observation of the diroc-
ton of his glanccs in church, and mt his perseveF-
J ing endeavor to attack a customer founded upon
that observation; but his thoughts were too pain
1 fully divided between his father and his mistress
| his duty and his love- and during his rapid walk
to st. Mchacfs reetory, he could only resolve to
! be guided in all things by the Judgment aud feel
! ing of Elizabeth.
! enc received nef lover with all the gentle self
possession, the calm and serious sweetness which
characterized her manner, and which had been
partly, perhaps, the cause, partly the result, OF
the confidence placed in her by Mr.. Sumner
his father had, to suit his purpose, forced himself
to advert to her situation and her origin in his
conversation with his son; but Edward felt proud
! y that there trace of the charity school
or the servants hail in this lovely woman who
stood before him with a simple and unaffected
propriety-in higher rank it would hqvc been
termed dignity--that would have bcscemcd pal
acc.
His distress was immediately visible to her,
and her anxious inquiries served TO introduce his
story.
we must part, Edwards as TO that there can
be no doubt or question:, said she in low steady
voice, whilst the tears trcmbled on the long firing
cs of her black ewes, and the rich color went and
came on the finely turned checks and lips, which
a sculptor would have been proud to model.-
we must part. | have always known that it
would be SO-alwayS felt, without Suspccting or
dreaming of this obstacle, that Mr.. Morris would
! find an insupcrabe objection to receiving me in
to his family. | ought, perhaps, knowing that
| to have forbidden your visits. But was encOur-
aged in nv attachment by one whom was bound
( to obey, and by whose orders have acted in this
business; and my own feelings led me but too
| readily into the error. Oh! if it were only for
! ourselves this poverty would be nothingi Young,
active ana accustomed To CAGTtioili IL "outu Dt
delightful to labor with you and for you--dclight-
! full to feel that there no superiority on your
side; except that of your respectable connection,
and and vour manly and vigorous character
! But yonr father--your kind and excellent father,
to tear him from his home, to send him i'll his old
age to serve as hireiing-he, so long accustom-
/ cd to respect and cunsidcration-to Danish him
from his friends, his neighbors, his native town!
We must not think of it. The sacrifice must be
made. And you will find your happiness, dear
Edward-we shall find our hippiness-in his re-
stored comfort and III the consciousness of hav-
| ing done our duty
Affcctonatc son, as Edward was, and deter
mined as he had profcssed himself to abide by the
decision of his mistress, he could not torbrar from
| combating this resolution. She had just asked:
Since we must part dearest Edward, were it
not wiser to shorten this paint! when an odd look
! irg note was delivered to her.
/ Elizabeth read the contents once, twice, thrice,
and remained silent and perplcxed, is if hardly
comprchcnding the meaning.
1t is very strangcn exclaimed she, thinking
aloud, and forgetting that she was not alone
very strange! What can he want Mt this houri'
'Iicr exclaimed Edward, jealous ESQ TRANCE
thing is lovers heart) of her whom he was on
the point of rasigning. 'Hc!-what he!-from
whence comes that notel
From one who must be appraised of this EVENT.
Not surely from Mr.. Sumner! No; from him
it can not be. Bat from whom! Who can have
the power so to absorb your attention at such n
moment
Elizabeth paused an instant, and then said,
gently
Come with me, and you shall know. Aitho' we
are doomed to part to meet no more, you must al
WAYS he among the most valued the most cher
ishcd of my friends | cannot afford to lose your
good opinion. Come with me and YOU sha! know
all
She tied On her bonnet, wrapped herself in a
large cloak and then passed through the rectory
garden into the churchyard. The fine old Goth
ic building, with its grey clUistcrs its graceful
porch, its towers and stecplc, rose in sonbrc
grandeur from the graveyard covered with snow
by which it was surrounded, the sUnnt almost
lost in the frosty mist Of the air; 50 that the i'm
agitation added TO the actual height, and gave
cathedral like grandeur 10 the cditjcc. \ few
yews and Expresses were c!uSterd in one corner,
and row OF stately elms, their limbs partially
covered with snow, which lay in long interscct-
ing lines, defining the forms of the branches, led
10 On iron gate which opened to 4 narrow lane,
leading TO one of the poorest and least populous
suburbs Of the town Along this lane Elizabeth
passed, >cdulously attended by Edward.
Il ought to have told YOU before said she, in
low voice, only he whom it concerns forbade
the disclosure, aud Mr. Sumner, hardly know
why, comcidcd in his desire, that, although n
charity girl, | am not, you thought,
plan. / have Il father, Il most fond aud aiicc-
tomato father, on- whom | love dearly, and one
who dearly loves me. He is a poor but indu>tri-
GUS man, following mean occupation; hut not
50 poor but that he make, me frequent presents,
and is most kind and generous to the widow in
whose cottage he lives, and whomhc mainly sup
ports. S:iii have always felt that he was no:
tit to be yuur father nor to be connected close
ly with man 50 Intelligent so well educated,
and SO respectable in station rs Mr.. Morris !
always felt that something would prevent
our union; and 50, a'a> il has turned out
Iiy this time the cloud, had so far cleared away
as to admit g!impScS of n keen aud frosty moon,
which she'd a cold, pale, desoiate light ON every
OBJECT; dwelling with tcnfod dcsola,ion on how
cl whose rugged tha;ch and windows stuffed
with rags. as well as the broken down state of
the little gate (ajar per force, since, hanging by
one hinge it would neither open nor shut) which
led into the narrow from: court, bctokc:.cd the
most sordd poverty.
! Up to this court Elizabeth passed. and knock
ing, with, It seemed, forced resolution, nj a low
door, in little ba.icr condition than the gate
which formed the outer barricade, was immcdi-
atri! admitted by an infrm Old woman into a
dark and dismal kitchen
i look for your father every minute, Miss
Ber>cy,' quoth he lettering cronc, for 'ss past
h:s time o coming in; and il yen wait till
strike a ghT, We may walk into his room, and
III kiIdlc We q 1t o FIRE; for Won tender iasscs