The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-02-26
CHI A z. T ERi WILL


8 CcH A P TER VIII. .sgafl
r The family had returned to Londo
before Arthur Beverly go: back from hi
} mountain excursion. The idea that h
= was dying Of a broken heart was dispelle
: from the heads of his afectionate rela
tlves Immediately upon seeing him. H
, did look little graver and more manly
he had suffered, too--there was ne doub
about it--and thought his case despe
rate, and had expected to grow thin ane
to look like walking corpse, when h,
should show himself to- the remorsefu
eyes of May that is, he ever saw pro
Per to meet her again. But be had taker
the wrong way TO effect such a result
Keen, mountain air, bracing exercise
fresh fish, and brown bread, and Gotta.
gers simple fare, toe face of nature alb.
serblng and interesting the mind by its
varied and beautiful aspects. were pana.
ceas powerful enough to arrest more ia
tai disease than his. What if 1T were
misery that urged him to The most despe,
rate toll, and made him lar outstrip, his
athletic companions in scaling precipices.
and tracking torrents? In such, absorp-
ton of the physical, the mental found
rest; and the most dangerous crisis of
the disease passed, and found him, to
his own chagrin, rapidly convalescing.-
lie weighed twenty pounds more when
he returned to reproach his mistress for
the ruin she had wrought, than he did tle
day he made his passionate appeal, and
rushed from her presence, wishing lie
hight die. sagaN u
On the contrary, it was May who had
grown pale, and yet not pale only a.
little less rosy, and a little more demure. !,
She had left off many7of her girlish gay
etles, and sat more in the solitude Of her
own, chamber than there seemed any use
tor 1t could not escape the observant
eye OF a mother that something weighed
upon the spirits, or at least absorbed the4
mind of her daughter Lady LANCASTER
was inclined 10 think that May had re-
pented Of her hasty decision, was sorry
that she had sent herfcousin away in such
a mood, and was beginning to think OF a
more serious. relationship. Yet, when
Arthur returned 10 town, and she was !,
asked if she did not wish to send him
some conclllating message, she only re-
peated' g 'that it grieYed her to hurt her
cousins feelings; she wished to be. friends
with him; butsshe did not feel as 5 if she
could ever-eyer marry him. Indeed,
1e was q dear, dear brother but that was
sn.'' ..s..-...ra
They met, first in society, and then at
Zach others home. Arthur had adopted
cool manner, exceedingly polite; and
he was gentle and deprecating.
At this crisis in their, affairs, Amos
Potter arrived from Paris, and tarried
short time in London, previous to his
eturn to his own country, =
"Well, how fares the suit between
our daughter and her lover? Am
attend the wedding before I leave, or
will have to come again ?" he asked
t Lord Lancaster. a day or two after theyJ
aet
/ Heoput the question more because he {
ilshed to be considered as interested in y
is friends affairs; than because he felt
Ike consersing on the subject. alam'aa 7e4
Indeed I cannot answer you as ex- I
lictiyea 1 should desire," was the rag r
1er gloomy reply. These girls are .
lnciful creatures,l Mr. Potter, and will
ave their own,tway, whatever ii is9-1 s
ow, there's May; certainly believed A
er the most yielding and amiableiof all ia
hildren, and sensible as she was pretty ]. Ec
ct here, at the first opportunity, she has,
lsaPpolnted US all and proved as unre- , :
able as the worst. Will, you credit it !? if
he has actually refused Arthur! '',e3t 81
Refused him What; could have b
cen her motive =? . exclaimed her listen
:, with an astonishment not at all feign- le
|. At the same. time,s let, US confess s.
lat Il the flush on bis. cheek betrayed
vely interest, a..s,.5, 49,. .:-as.is,. b
" That il can no more tell than you.-
he says that she does not love him. te
I course she does, Anybody could see tt
at they were wrapped up in each 9th y,
!; and Arthur, poor boy! has beenE
ade miserable by her caprice" di
Here the father gave an account of Il i
hat had occurred since bis visitor had
IT them, and ended by asking Mr.. Pot. lii
r, since May had been wont in cid p,