The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-07-11

the other, whom he had not insulted. darte,
red-hos daggers at him from her eyes, an,
so they parted.
1t was well, perhaps, for Dolignan tina
ne had the grace 10 be friends with Maio
Hoskyns of his regiment, a veteran laughe,
.t by the youngsters, for the Major was tot
apt TO look eoldly upon billiard balls, ant
cigars; he had seen cannon balls and lin
stocks; he had also. 10 tell the truth. swal
lowed good bit of the mess-room poker
which made it as impossible for Maio
Hoskyns TO descend to the ungentleman
Ike word or action, as TO brush his ow,
trowsers below the knee.
Captain Dolignan told this gentleman hi
story in gleefuI accent; but Major Hoskyn
heard him eoldly and as coldiy answere,
that he had known a man to lose his life fo
the same thing That is nothing" contin
ued the Major, shut fortunately he deserved
to lose it
At this the blood mounted to the youn sel
mans temples, and his senior added, Il mear
to say he was thirty-hve you, presume
are twenty-one.'
| 'Twenty-fve.'
That is much the same thing; will yor
De advised by me:'
| IF YOU will advise me-
! Speak to no one of this. and send White
the t3 that he may think you have lost tn,
/ bet"
| This is hard when won it.
| do it for all that, SIR
| Let the dlsbelievers in human perfectibil.
ity know that this dragoon capable of blush
did this virtuous action, albeit, with violent
reluctance, and this was was his first damp
er. A week after these events, he was at d
ball, not the first, since his return, bien en-
tendu. He was in that state of fastidlous
discomfort which belongs TO us amiable En-
gllsh. He was looking, in vain, for lady.
equal in personal attraction TO the idea ht
had formed of George Dolignan as man,
when suddenly there glIded past him a most
delightful VISION a lady whose beatty and
symetry took him by the eyes-another look
lit can't be Yes, it is - Miss Hay
! thorn mot that he knew her name J but
what an apotheosis
The duck had become pea-hen-radant,
dazzling, she looked twice us beautiful and
almost twice as large as before. He lost
sight of her. lie found her again. She
was so lovely she made him lll-and he,
alone, must not dance with her, speak to
her. If he had been content to begin her
acquaintance the usual wsy, it might have
ended in kissing, but having begun with
kissing, 1t must end IN nothing. As she
danced, sparks of beauty fell from her on
all around, but hm-she did not see him;
| 1T was clear she never would see him-one
gentleman was particularly asslduous; she
smiled on his asslduity; he was ugly, bu,
she smiled on him. Dolgnan was surpris-
ed at his success, his i'll taste, his ughness,
his impertnence. Dolignan ut last found
himself in jured:
who was this MANI and what right had
he TO 20 on soi He had never kissed her,
1 SUPPOSE said Dolly. Dolignan could not
prove it, but he felt that somehow the rights
Of property were invaded. lie sat down and
dreamed Of Miss iiaythorn.
tie spent fortnight trying to find out who
this beauty was.--he never could encounter
her again. At last he heard of her, in this
way; lawyers clerk paid him little visit,
ana commenced little action against him,
in the name of Miss Hay thorn, for insulting
her in a railway train.
I The young gentleman was shocked, en-
dcavored to soften the lawyers clerk; that
machine did not thorougIy comprehend the
!
however, was at last revealed by this unto
ward incident; from her name to her adj
dress was but short step; and the same day
our crest-talIcn hero lay in wait at her door
and many II succeeding day without effect.
But one fine AFTERNOON, she issued forth
quite naturally, as if she did it every day,
and walked brlskly on the nearest Parade.
! Dollgnan did the same, he met and passed
her many times on the Parade, and searched
for pity iii her eyes, but found neither look,
nor recognition, nor any other sentiment;
for all this she walked and walked, till ali
the other promenaders were tired and gone
then her culprit summoned resolution,
and taking Oft his hat, with a voice tremu-
lous for the first time, besought PERMISSION
to address her. She stopped, bIushed, and
neither acknowledged nor dIsowncd his ac-
quaintance. He bIushed, stammered out
how ashamed he was, how he deserved to
be punished, how he was punished, how
little she knew how unhappy he was, and
concluded by begging her not 10 let all the
world know the disgrace of II man, who was
| already mortified enough by the loss Of her
acquaintance. She asked an explanation;
he told her the action had been commenced
i'll her name; she gently struggled her Shout
ders and SAID, How stupid they are En-
boldened by this, he begged TO know wheth-
er or not lie of dIstlnct unpretendlng
devotion would, attera lapse of years erase
the memory of his madness-h!s crime.
'She did not know
'She must now bid him adieu, as she had
some preparations to make for ball In the
Crescent, where erery6ody wds to be- They
parted, and DolIguan determined to be at
the ball, where everybody was to be. He
was there, and after some time he obtained
an introduction to Miss Hayhorn. and he
danced with her. Her manner wa gracious.
With the w0udetul tact of her sex. she
seemed 10 have commenced the acquaintance
that evening. That night for the first time,
Doiignan was IN love. | will spare the
reader all lovers arts, BY which he sue
ceeded in dining where she dined, in dan
eng where danced, in overtaking her by
accident. when she rode. His devotion fol-
lowed her even to church, where our dra-
COON was rewarded by learning there is a
. world where they neither polk nor smoke,-
the two capital denominations of this one.
lie made acquaintance with her uncle.
who liked him, and be saw at last with JOY,
that her eye loved to dwell upon him, when
she thought he did not observe her.
1t was three months after the Box Tun-
mel, that Capt. Dolignan called one day up
on Capt. Haythorn K. ~. whom he had met
twice IN his life, and slightly prcpitiated by
violently listening to d cutting out expedl-
tion: be called, and in the usual way asked
permission TO pay his addresses to his
daughter. The worthy Captain straightway
began doing quarterback, when suddenly
he was summoned from the apartment by a
mysterious message. On his return, be
announced with total change Of voice.
that, 1t was al! right. and his visitor might
run along side rs soon as he choose Ny
reader has dirined the truth, this nautical
commander, terrible to the foe, vas incom-
p!cte and happy sabjugation to his daush-
Ter. our heroine.
rs he was taking leave. Dolignan saw his
divinity gliding Into the drawlng-room. He
followed her, observed a sweet conscious
ness deepened into confusion--she tried to
laugh-she cried instead, and then she
smiled again; and when be kissed her hand
II the door it wss George and 'Marlan,
instead of Captain this and Miss the other.
4 reasonable tine after this, for my tale is
mereiial and skips formalitics and torturing
delays these two were happy-they were
once more upon the railroad, going to enjoy
their haney moon all hy themselves. Marian