Nebraska advertiser., 1856-10-25

not, In the least, encourage his suit.
Possibly he might have broken up the
attachment at once, had it not been
that Aunt was very tender hearted
woman and sympathised to such an
extent withthe old fellows rnisfortunes
that she somewhat curbed the coming
tempest.
Finding this first proceeding was
not going to work much smoother than
q bunch Of fax over a new hackle, he
desisted and fsll to work, in bis own
way of course, to courting Jane. He
used to drive up to Uncle's great gate
in his buggy Of a Sunday morning,
aight, get Jane in, and go trotting off
to church. / used to tease coz. tosknow
what what her old beau talked about
on the way, but she was "mum" on the
subject, and looked very solemn when
| aud Nettie took a good laugh over
the mother Poor thing! / pitied her
after all for [ feared her delusive fancy
was only Occasioned by non-acquaint-
ance with "gayer things and younger
company"
Things went onthus for near six
months, and persuasions from self and
Nettie seemed to have no effect. One
Sunday morning in June, Thornton
met Jane and her little brother at the
orchard, and they took long walk
over the fields and meadows. Nettie
and myself, meanwhile, wandered of
to the brook that wound through the
maple grove, beyond the wild-grape
bower, to Gull wild flowers on its messy
banks, and watch the tiny fish that
sported in its dancing waters.
The lasting effect which soft words
that day spoken betweenselfand Nettie,
produced, and events founded on the
VOWS and happy moments of that fore
moons ramble, shall, 1t some future
time, be given at length, for your
lperusal, for "thereby hangs a tale. .
But to the subject direct.
On our way home some wayward OF
fanciful notion caused us to pass by
the wild-grape bower. We discovered
nothing of life near except a gold
finch sending fotrh his maten song,
until almost beneath its very shadow,
when little Albert came sauntering
slowly out, and without observing us,
went down to the edre of the pond,
near by, topluck water-cresses.
Suspecting Jennie and her beau to
be near, we stepped very lightly up to
the outer verge Of tie foliage, parted
it gently, -peeped through By
Perkingsl- there wasThornton sitting
on the bench @spangup" to the side
of Jennie, and She boxing thought
fully down upon the ground. I knew
| by his looks that he was trying hard
to sum up enough courage to 'spop
the question: for his very boots
trembled, and | nudgd N Nettie to know
what we should do. She whispered
gently in my ear to saute them with a
bear grosOu There had been an ami
NAL of that texture" reported to have
been lately seen in tie neighborhood
and [ was by no means awkward al
initiating the language of his species
, --sopuckering up my mouth, Icrouched
down and uttered mst excruciating
growll Thornton sprsng wildly to bis
feet and Jane with Ehriek fell in bis
, arms. Nettie burst firth into an un-
coHtrollable fit of loud laughter, despite
her sisters fright, whish | feared / had
made rather serious; lut the LAUGHING
had the best Of effect, for it soon ex-
! planned to them the trle nature Of the
! alarm.
t / and Nettie walked In looking
awfully mischieYous, aadwhen COZ. re
! covered from her fright, we all took /,
good laugh over the joke. But tn,
] worst of the matter was that the frigh
: or rather the protection hegave to her
settled the business, for they wen
! home mutually engaged; and that's th,
way Happened togetm SsILL-MATcH
ED CoUsIN.
West Charleston, o. Oct. 1st, 1856