Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1856-12-27

oil Jimmy. susan was 10 take me, anu sne
was TO be dressed in mems clothes-you
know how 1 mistook you--what great mis-
\ take j made y
| "Oh, that it could be made over again |"
said /. sincerely enough. ] then proceeded
with the story as have already narrated il,
exposing the scheme and punishment, such
as it was, of Susan, and describing the illu-
sioD---the persuasion Of its being my own
chamber, in my own boarding g-house--under
which | had entered her boudoir. "And
now, my adored creature" said j. "if eloping
is necessary let us start forthwith, and we
can be married before the cars start. 'Tis
but stopping at the first parsons or magis-
| trate's"
"But-but," murmured my mistress, with
the sweetest accents, would you really marry
me without knowing me?"
81 would will" said /, clasping her in
my arms. IL take you for better or for worse,
believng-for my soul tells me-that you are
an angel"
"O6, James," said she, meltingly, "don't
you know me? am Ellen, little Ellen,
| Cousin Ellen. Didn't you get fathers
letter2'
| Heavens what a surprising climax to the
days adventure Was l to get my name
sake's letters. father his debts, and marry his
intended wife into the bargain No wonder
the dear creature should melt so soon, to find
in me her supposed cousin and determined
husband-But how was it she could be so
deceivedf Certainly she must have known
her own cousin. And what was she going to
elope for? These questions, and various
others, which came crowdDg into my BRAIN
were, without asking them, for in fact ! was
for awhile speechless.) answered by the
| darling Ellen bersclf who, giih looks of the
most cOnfding londness, as it the matter was
quite settled murmured--
"Ant it strange that we should come to-
gether so. and that we should love without
knowing each other? But how should we.
since We have never been together since we
were children And thought you had red
hair, too How foolish And when thought
you were only Susan disguised. and wished l
bad just such handsome looking person for
a sweetheart, said nothing but the truth /;
for indeed, loved you when / thought you
were only Susan And to think that | was
going to run away from you Oh, how un-
happy should have been if had And how
happy am that | did not |"
And here my dear consin (uy cousin in
deed J threw her arms around ny neck in
the sweetest way imaginable. | returned the
caress, but expressed some Of my astoniSh.
Run away from me, indeed from your
own cousin p
"Oh, you know l thought yoa bad red hair,
and never could abide red hair said she.
And then father---f you remember father
you know he is old and obstinate. And then
that contract"
Contract" said /, "what contracts"
"Why, with Uncle John, to be sure |;
though it was not a contract, but only a
promise fer you know ever since i was
born, father and Uncle John were determined
that We should be married together, for some
of their wise reasons about the property
Now, Cousin James," continued Ellen, with
undated affection, which was the more
agreeable because these hints of the con-
tract or promise, with the wise reason about
property, struck o sudden chill in my bosom,
us suggesting some great obstacle that might
i arise TO my newborn love; NOW, cousin"
continued the dear girl, "becausc i thought
you had red hair, and because they were
going to marry me to you whether l would
or not, hated you--it was so foolish and
! wicked--but / don't hate you now. And
when we started off on this ;aunt to Niagara,
and father told me | must be married to you
here in Philadelphia, | hated you more than
ever; and when father told me that he had
.
that he expected you, and if you came
should perhaps marry you tonight l could
endure it no longer. And so | made couii,
to run away together"
And whittier" quoth ], 'were you going
And why in boys clothes!"
Oh" replied Ellen, laughing, 1--WE were
going home, to be sure, and the disguise was
to prevent our being tracked. l thought Il
would be so fine to be snng aud safe at home
while father was hunting for me in all sorts
of places; and then, after | had managed
, through friends, TO get him TO let me oil from
the contract, he would be SO delighted to fine
had not run away after all for going hom'
is not eloping, is it :"
Oh how | adored the dear, simple creature
aud how tr mbled with fear, lest alter all
| should lose her. Would she love me ST
wei. when she discovered l was not be
cousin. the betrothed of her childhood? Fo
it was evident that idea gave her pleasure
however previously dsagreeable. Must
coutnue TO deceive her? Gould l continue
to deceive her father? And could l eXpec
. her of him without deceiving himY Nigh
not their James j. Smith step IN, and snatcl
the prize out Of my grasp! Was l no
wrongipg him and them by permitting mysel
to act tor certainly hau "ssu"e"j III
character No, my namesake was rogne
/. and by ousting him, secured him hi
deserts, and the others perhaps-it could no
, be otherwise-their happiness. Besides
could | give up Ellen? She at least, though
{ ], will forgive the deceit.
3 "And here am, after all, Ellen, dearest G
my soul" said, determined upon adesperat
t move. "And now do you hate me? ?"
D NO, James it's just as father wants
"And will you marry met?
r Yes if father wishes"
. "And to-night"
: "if-if father insists upon it."
well, beloved, if he don't insist upon it,
do. Where is he 2"
oh" replied Ellen, "just over in his pal
t lor, there, nodding over his papers. lie wa
g quite angry because you were not here to r,
T! ceive him, and because you did not come q
} day" am
e II did not get in town till this Afternoon
y and of course have not long been In posse!
s sion Of his letter"
drew it from my pocket--and how
t. blessed the rascally note-holder who PR
II ventedm my returning it to the post-oince.