Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-10-31

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+. Y our coffee is very fine. Do finish
your cup, dearest. This was said &
Emily, whoblushed, andreproached hin
with her eyes. La saGa fncsY
But nowewe must be off. Ideelsre il
is striking six o'clock, snd'ws shall be ths
last on the ground
The widow. saw them depart, and then
stepping into her next'door peighbor, to
tell of The love,ike expression of Frank,
winding up by declaring that She was go,
ing to marry her dear Miss Emily
was sure of it.-ana certainly sweeter
wife he could not get, nor moro worthy
of him, rich and handsome though he
was. The neighbor hurried in to tell
her acquaintances and thus, before
night, all the village heard that Doctor
Frank Howell was going to marry the
school mistress rgg1 = o.
Meantime the picnic went merrily off.
On the way to the fine old woods, in
which the party met, Frank told Emily
that he wishedsto keep the engagement
secret until the ensuing day. t=iis.
: You Willlmeet my sister here, and l
she hears of our beinglafianoed. 1t will
embarrass you too much to have the an
nouncement made to day. - 4
= Yes, yes, dear Frank, wait till to.
morrow you'll spoil the days pleasure
if you tell ALL z
The decided languagoiof Frank, on the
preceding afternoon, haducreated re-ac-
ton in Emily's favor. The sensible porS
ton of his hearers, on reflection, had seen
the folly of their prejudice; and even his
sister, who was an excellent creature in
:he main, though little spoiled by fat
terry and passion, was sorry for having
expressed herself so decided. When all
the gentlemen but Frank had arrived, it
became evident that hO had meant hun
self, when he spoke ola friend, and there
was no little CONSERVATION among some of
the guests. His sister at first was annoy.
ed to find that Frank, on his own confess
sion, was more than half in love with a
school>teacher but as she lovod Frank
dearly, and valued his opinion highly, she
always came round in the end to his
opinion, and on this occasion did not de.
part from the general rule. In short, by
the time Frank arrived, Mary was pre-
pared to be. not only civil to Emily, but to
like herif possible.
We need not say that Mary did like
Emily. No one could help liking the
sweet girl, unless prejudice close the eye
of reason. Before the day was half over,
Frank had the inexpressible pleasure Of
seeing his sister and betrothed walking
with their arms around each other. Mary
was evidently charmed with her new ao>
quaintance.
It was-a happy. happy day. The spot
had been judioously selected, in an open
bit of forest land. through which a lucid
stream, fresh from the neighboring hills,
wound in and out between borders Of the
verdant turf. The company soon broke
up into pairs, some wandering off alone,
some sitting by the brook, and others
grouped in little bands here and there
When tho dinner hour camo, all gather
ed together again; and while the ladies
sat on the grass and were served, the
gentlemen unloaded the hamper. or lean
ed on their elbows helping their partners.
That evening Mary Howell. when she
reached homo, heard Of hor brothers en-.
gagement, and to the surprise Of the mar
rator, who had expected to see her quito
indignant, answered:
+" Frank has right to choose for him.
self. Ho and are alone in tho world, 30
there arc no parents to please and as for
me, l have met Miss Saunders to-day, and
already love her as sister. She is worth
score Of the mere butterflies OF fashion.
with whom, l sayit with shame, have
consorted too much. But I will mako
her my model hereafter, and try. to be
more worthy the esteem Of the good"