Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1857-04-04

rs lhoagh you had met fairy in your after
noon rambl."
! at is better than fairy" cried Kitty
breathlessl,, "its IA Young man"
| "Iud.pd!" ejhruiaied, with u whistle
| "Y.s, James, she r. Piled. "and he is SO
handsonle--so agrceable--so delightful that
cant say how things might go,it he Were to
make me, some Of these days, my second
offer"
"Y"u cant impose on me in iha, kind oil
| way. sweet Kitty, so dcu't attempt It,"
exclaimed. "l'lt be hound the lmpudpnt
fellow, whom ! wont object to speaking II
bn of my mind TO- is not handsomrr or more
agreeable than am myself"
| b KITTY laughed aloud in ,erision. dies a
thousand times hand-omer than you are ~
she cried, scornfully. "and as much more
| entertaining as he il mote handsome
! Come. KITTY. dun't he too cutting. too
cruel began; but Kitty drew herself up
with dignity. Ha eH.#...
"rhey call me Katharine who do spenk to
me. sir" she said ~ HH rf
| "kn,harlne. tiddlestcks |" ] cried "Kii,y
is the pre,titst aud sweetest name in the
world. and comes mos, na, srnl 10 me--don'.
bother me with yonr ka,hnriues"
IL dare say you may like H." said Kitty.
poutIng. half anery: "but don't. LIS too
Tree. How would you like i, il persisted
in calling you jim? tecusr III call you
jim II you go on calling me- kssi,."
'i'o so If you like. ] rpphe,I;y"nnd it will
snOh sound to me like the sweetest name in
| The world But may rresunie to beg from
sciipii"n of tins wood. 4 dunls she has been
| pucountrring 7"
"llr's tall began Kitty.
'Talrr than 2 interrupted Kitty
almost annihlatrd me hy look.
"By at least half "a l,U,-aul. of an elegant
figure" SHE continued. With mafktsd rmI basis
lie WAS dressed in fishing costume, which
gr, atty became him '-
Il have an old fishing blouse up stairs" ]
muttered. sotto voce; Il think III GIT it
out" ... -
The young mans manners were uncom.
monty easy and aeniemaply aud wi,hal
perfectly respectful aud delprtniial." con,in.
urd Kitty. Having ascrrtalird my name,
he never once forget himself ST. far as to
abhrevlaie this conduct coDtrast ing favor
ably IN that respect with some nf my friends "
well, Kitty said ]. "what oihrr prrfec-
t;ons have You here? or have yuu exhausted
yonr list p Ir.
Far from it," said Kitty, Indignantly. "He
wears his hair parted down in the middle like
the part of the Edgar,io--"
"Or a Methods, parson" observed.
"a nd besides all that cont9lued Kitty,
XIV has Uaustache.- 4.J
"A las, brs, gift" said T 7; "bnt. Kitty. that
perfection. hope. will not be- very difficult of
achievement I'll begin tn.morrow. LIT me
see--tall--hantsnlne-- cable good man
nHrs-t.gun, kgur-. and II mustache! On
the whole. Kitty, think I'm very much
afraid ur my new rival"
"You have cause Kitty replied, with grave
dignity.
The next day when Ki'ty reached her
little retreat she found the stranger again in
It's neiphhurhuod. ! must do The little co.
qn-ltr the justice of conirssing that she did
look sturiied. and indeed vryrd when sh.
saw him; but perhaps thinking it too late
to retreat she advanced tinlmly. The youth
met her with many apnlugirs and plausible
preens- for his Intrusion. which she r,uld
not galnsay, while something tatlrriny in
his manner made her blushinpy divine that
the hope of again seeing her had been the
tue cause ol his Ir-npprarantr. BIZ that as
II night TIM stranger. perhaps Ia give KITTY
time to RECOVER her confidence. immediately
"" .:;. ""> IN, y" y" p"rSa, @ .. ms sl"H' ana
new adnirer. drew forth her book am W. "''
ting herself III messy corner, began To read
she, however had scarcely snccr.d,d in
hXlng her att nil"n On It's pages before The
Pe'tiii"cinus stranger rr.nrprard. and de-,
c'arihg ,hn' hShine ~a> d'dl work, aud ih.
fish would not htr. he cum,os,d!y seated
hImsrlt at Kii,y> feet. and peeped Ia know
The name o the b0uk she was reading .T,.n.
nyson's Princess" replied Knty. curly.
The imprrinrbahIr stranger declared the
book u great tavorit- of bis. and hpuuu IN
talk SO rhieltaininely of bonks and authors
That kIlty. warmed by ihe subject, forgot Ia
be dlghllrd and an animated discnuise of
'uvurIie authors ensued. Afterwards the
young man begged permission To read her n
few admirable passages from the buuk sb,.
held III h'y hand, and II so hmrp, ned tina, IN.
passages he had sci, cicd we're The very nn.s
Kitty loved hrsl he read them vel. loo and
khiys bright eye spnrkl-d vi h d.Iiph, us
the liStrned. Turning al lasl to the ,Aunlsi,e |
concluding interview between Ida aud IN.
young prince, the strangers voice, l,pc,m- |
more aud more earnest Us he read, till coming |
to the words.
Indeed we thee c'ue,
Yield thyself up; my hope ani thine are one
Accomplish thou thy umh,od and til self
Lay thy sweet hun's in mine and trust to me"
hr suddenly Hung ih.. hack ASIDE. rxclaiminp.
" 'ial words vi wards What would |
not give hr rour.ge to nttrr ihriil Ia the
'rinp love best "n earth p The stranger /
paused a m"nrnt uiid ihrn broke forth
'mp-in"nSly: This forced silence is al IN
yam the sords ! would repre>s viii cna,.
IN vain have ! strivril 10 he pndenl-
cahiions-to nllnw y"n imr-not To s,arrle
y"u-l"vely, hewiiching Miss Knharu
you are yonSrlf the object Of my
i'i"raton, to whom | wuuld say mn
Jared; ! aud thrrpupou the youth r.thp,
automatically fell on one knee and rnr,I
'r"e"edrd 10 i!ake k,tt Ii very ri,in
# his hand. -
Meanwhile Kitty had risen
nd recovering fran lief NJ
rev herself mp with dignity
''rdly know, SIR, what ynu lne
trangs words aud condurt
ave taken has made me W.
wa lnprudrnce in havir
anr's nt u str'ng,r So pr
shall ba careful nesaf to,
Al "a.