The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-26

rd to ask the consent of their parents to the
II betrothal, they were full Of uncertantie
I'd and chapgeful as April weather. The
i, was no telling who was to blame, exec,
le that Arthur was growing captious, an
OF sometimes fretful, getting out of hum,
er the moment he detected tie young Girl
st reverie, or found her stolen off by hel
l. self, her blue eyes seeking visions in til
n air. That these were the symptoms of
v lover was plain enough, but not of a
v avowed and accepted lover. 1'-'4 ea
i May, by her dreams and distractions
: did give him cause for uneasiness; and
S though she was kind and gentle as ever
+ she shrank from him when he woul
5 grow 1mpetuous and impatient Of he
b ways. She appeared TO have nervou
e dread Of his saying something to he
which. she did not wish to Hear; and tha
very dread hurried on bis determination
; to say it, She was just beginning to bt
conscious Of herself; and the half dis
coverles she was making in her own ma
ture made her timid as fawn, and gave
new look to the girlof sixteen. e asa
"Now, May, l want an explanation;
what change has come over the spirit ol
your drean!' = exclaimed Arthur, alb.
ruptly, as be walked, one August day,
into the. bower on the lawn, where she
was shifting with her eyes bent, on the
ground. You have not been like your
sell, lately; and you know you make me
miserable. perfectly miserable And he
seized her hand
why, cousin, | do not know any.
thing of the kind? How have I made
you unhappy?' And she attempted to
release her hand, as she pulled at the
hoan'eeysuckles, a'ey creeping through the las-,
tlee, to conceal her flushing cheek. a
sssBy not being the same to me that
you used to be !; cannot get look or a
word from you that is worth having. I
cannot endure lit is not kind. You
know love yau,. May-that We are not
couslns-that IdoVe you, and want you
some day to marry me; and it makes me
wretched to have you SO distant, Oh, do
not be SO any longer Dear, dearest
May, say-do yeu love me assI wish
not as a. cousin, but-as my betrothed, nv
future wife?''i - .eaat
"Of course l do not!H answered May,
bursting into tears. ~ never thought
of such thing. | love you as my dear
COUSIN It's absurd for us to talk of mar
riage,r who are but mere children.
'tOh, do not say that, May! 1 do not
talk OF marrying you now; but want
you to engage yourself to me, to promise !.
to be mine, when our parents shall think
us old enough. l thought, of course, that
you felt for me as L for you. I shall
be wretched--I shall kill myself, if you
say you do not' g .5
Chow can | promise to love. who do
not know anything about what it is?''
pleaded May, in tears. II cannot; for I
feel thatl might break promise made
when am SO ignorant of my own heart
such child. No, Arthur, do not
believed shall ever wish to marry you;
and tell you 50 now. that you need not
cherish any, false, hopes But, dear ART
hur, why do you speak of it? We are
50 happy together cousins sIacannot +
bear to see you troubled; tell me that
7ou are not And she took from his {
ace the hand into which he. had dropped
t, and kissing him on.the cheek as she
would have kissed a brother. 2 4asH
He broke away from her almost fierce
y. a
"Do not talk to me about being child! r
{ you loved me, you would not speak of
hat. Fam not boy. for I love. I am J
man l love Ike a man !; l cannot be "a
rlfled with. sfyou treat me in this way, y
shall go away. This very day " i'll Iso
cave your fathers house, and never 10
neet you again' 53i7"1 @soas u
:" Can tell you an untruth, Arthur ? y
speak asI feeL'' a vi .s3uis sa u
Then farewell, Lady May. 1 have
cen mistaken. But you need shed no :
ears for me- eroI ,Ft 49,, !,
He turned on his heel with an inimita g.
le air of pride and the young girl I I
bought, through all her distress, that She n
ad never seen an air SO become him. i h
In less than an hour, he was off on l.
for his fathers estate sixty y,
tiles. distant. The next they heard off d
i'm, he had started On a harum scarum Iii
xpedition, with a a1eouple of college s
lends, to the wild glens and mountains 81
Scotland His sudden departure could b,
ot take place without some motive being e,
'signed for 1T !; and Lord Lancaster, et
aessing from Mays manner that they Etb
adaquarreled, questioned her so closely In,
lat he forced the whole truth from. her. e
be had then the unhappiness of feeling 81