The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-04-16

thereuPOn her parents went without her.jo .
s"ohly think" cried Kate, sfter a l6ugI
had passed upon some joke Of her own, up,
says iheis, going to board minister. Di,
you ever hear Of such thingi" saslv Z
"oh, ! Ises heard things worse, thai
that, returned Lindsay smiling. He "a
BY her side. and gazed into her fpce as h,
spoke. "SOppose your father should take
tiger intothe house, for Instuncei"aH 4 u
"Ho-you can chain tiger" the gtlre
turned; "but you can't do thst to minister
He will carry his hong lace just where h,
pleases, and you can't help il. But won
have its md Iitold Pa so. Why--opl,
think: a minister in the house all the time.,
Ers"Yor dOns mean whn, you say, Mis-.
Proctor" the young man said, half smiling
and half earnestly. "Why-if you holt
such feelings now. shall lOvk to see you
boarding ',he ministet. yourself one of these
4 days" .hg tisasI s71 tn1
Mel Me board a minister, I neve,
heard anything so absurd--never!' ,'. ,
A hearty iuugh followed this retort; and
Kate thought some 'or them laughed very
funnily. But the conversation took another
turn, and ere long Lindsay and Kate were
uguin iSoHversing5 together They talked
about various things; and after while the
young man told his fair companion he had
obren purchasing piece Of land in The place,
as ne thouRht OF making that town his
home.. 5000 70 -h"'i,-,- .''r"1q'g ,''n = F.
pc Il have bought il Of our friend M, Dunk
lee,'rhe said, at the, soms time drawing
paper from his pocket.lg fa .ri's 1lssss e,
" He then showed her by the deed-for
deed II was-.where the lot wss situated
Instin ctively Kate cast her eyes up at the
Head Of the instrument 10 see what his oc.
cdpation was, for she knew that it was al.
why's pat down on deeds. She read
"CHARLEs LINDSAY. Clerk" .s.aat
"Aha!-he's a clerk" she said to herself.
Sand he must be good one Aud he II
.host likely bea merchant one Of these days.
SO ran Kute's thoughts, and they we're
strangely interesting ,o'her. Several Of the
more observing ones OF the company shook
their heads knowingly, ior they saw plain.
" enough that Miss Kate Proctor was al.
ready in love. with. her. handsome compan.
'on.a And they could nOtihiak much less
Rot Lindsey tor he adhered to nut par.icu.
Jar chair which i.c happened 10 be nearest Kate
wllila Pertinaclty which surely had meaning
in it. .ag73hot ~ aea' p gaia as,a~
At half pnst ten Kate said she must 60
nome Lindsay offered to accompany her.
She accepted his - olifr, md when she did SO,
she edn"ay her 'ace So that the others
cou'd not see H. g, "-r" "r,,.ni FaE1& ia
Z Inc evening was beauiiul one, the
moon f'g y was up aug shining brightly, and the
ar soit ahd cool a"d londed with grateful
fragrance IRON ~ thousand sdewy Aowefs.
L'hosay sa'd someth'rg' about the calm and
ho'J 'hnueNce reno; o. quiet summers evening
upon 'hose At 'i,Vsl VINO were AZ peace with the
wof'd a"o themselves ana VINO LOOK up to
the u'geF ",. OF oil sood Y''h grateful hearts.
IL was not spoken sane Enormously nor yet
WIN 'ne 'eas1 outward snow OF p'ety. i'it
was thought tron che heart, warm and
pure l.,.'.. ,3 ~. ~ -7.''.'t ''F
Kate made q modest reply, and conver-
sation followed. In q short time the fair,
light hearted' girl vac in tears aid all from
pure gratitude to God for the thousand bless.
ings she enjoyed. Her companion talked
as she had never heard any one talk before.
He presented the subject to her So kindly
and sweetly, and his words were SO full Of
love and devotion, that ere she knew 1t she
found theahole theme Of heavenly goodness
opened 70 her mind ''i~ 81 COG hat,asI
From this topic he passed to the subject Of
astronomy. and Kate listened with eager
interest while he pointed out some of the con-
stella'ions' and then related to her some of;
the curious NEUROLOGICAL stories "hieh'the
anci'nts associated with them. 90 'g'1 : 's
They walked very slowly; and as Kate
discovered that her companion did not know
the most direct way, to her house, she led
him aslong way out Of the nearest route.
But home was reached at iast. and ere they
parted the maiden reminded him that her