The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-08-13


Haven town, picking up passengers VIII
have sent their names to the stage Office
as it is still customary in that staid an
sober city of mineralogy, theology, an
'ologies in general. The stage Jeh
pulls up at the door of neat little cot
tage in Chapel street to take passengc
"a young lady of sweet seventeen, o
thereabouts. Before she has fairly ge
inside, Walter has noticed her, and sh
has noticed him, too. He gazes in as
tonishment at the perfect vision of love
illness before him he hasn't seen any
thing Of the kind for some years. There
is not particle of copper about her.
She, on her part, half laughingly has
regarded him very acknowledgements:
back the golded ringlets that almost
shut in her face, and takes another. look
as if to be certain that she has made no
mistake.
"Here is seat, Miss, beside me-
said the gospel preacher.
"Thank you, sir, but prefer sitting
on the back seat with that gentleman, if
he will let me-" said the most electrical
voice that Walter had listened to in
some time.
Certainly MISS" said the delighted
Bombayite; and when she seated herself
by him, she gazed into his face with a
kind of mixed up delight and astonish-
ment, that Walter actually took look
down upon himself, to ascertain what
there was about his person that appeared
to be so pleasing to the fair maiden, but
he discovered nothing unusual. The
stage rolled on towards Desby, at its
usual rapid rate of FIVE miles an hour,
and Walter and the merry maid seemed
as chatty and cosy together as though
they had known each other for years in
stead of minutes. The minister tried
to engage the ringlets in conversation,
but he soon found himself " nowhere"
She had neither eyes nor ears for any
body else but Walter; and he had told
her more about his travels, and Bombay
scenery, than he ever told anybody else
before or since.
At last they came to Derby. Their
horses had to be changed, and four fresh
skeletons were harpessed and tackled on
to the old stage. Walter handed the
gentle girl back to her own seat as grace
fully as he could have done had he new
er lived in Bombay, but always stopped
n New York. They were alone now.
The minister and the old woman had got
'ut at Der by.
well, we are off once more; how far
ire you going?" said walter as the
tage went off.
"Not quite as far as Litchfeld.-
GU say your friends reside at Pomeroy.
low glad they will be to see you"
every probably, unless they have
me, which is likely, for sup
,ose have altered some in seven years"
" Not a particle /"
The pretty maid forgot what she was
,oing to say, but at last remem bered
nd continued:
a should suppose you had not al
cred, for you said you were seventeen
hen you were last at your home, and
ow you are only twenty-three. You
lust have been grown nearly as large as
ou are now."
Perhaps SO but still, I am some.
hat tanned by exposure in an East In J
la climate"
"Yet think you will be recognized '
y every one in the little village. Do
ou know young lady in Pomeroy of t
e name of Mary Fuller?" 8
"What !, little Mary my "little 4
ife ?" as used to call her! Why
ord love you, do you know her? Bless f
er heartl Ny trunk is filled with b
nick knacks for her especial use. Dol v
now, her Why have thought of her Y
,er since went away. Young lady! v
why, she is little bit of girl; she 6
only ten years old. No-she must be d
der than that now; I suppose I shall e
i'd her grown considerably. By the il
~, are you not cold 1t is getting C
lily" Il
The delighted young lady was trying
conceal her face, which had called c.
rth Walters exclamation. O.
" Yes, it is getting colder; it is near W
dark" and so it was. Walter had p
boat cloak, and after a very little d
ouble, he was permitted to wrap it a
ound her lovely form, and somehow or hi
her his arm went with it and in the g
Infusion he was very close to her, and e,
arm was around her waist-outside HI
e cloak, though; then he had to put N
face down to hear what she said, and m
mellow those long ringlets of soft silky We
ir were playing across her cheek. HUI Il
IN nature could not and would not th
md it any longer; and Walter, the er
,dest Walter. drew his arm closer than "
er, and pressed upon the warm, rosy in
8 of his beautiful fellow traveller, a b'
,wing, burning, regular East India, m
,mbay kiss, and then blushed himself m
the mischief he had done, and then ed
tied for the stage to upset, or some it