San Andreas independent., 1857-01-17

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What spirit of love or mischief prompted
him to pass by the house in which sh,
lived Why had villainous scavenger
allowed the pile of>rnbbish to accumulat,
by the wall over seainst the window
How could he, so dull usually, have though
that by getting upon that rubbish he coulC
command a view of the room in which
Serena sat? These questions are easie
asked than answered The fact is, all
have to do with, without going into argu
ment.
Thus we sat, Serena and I, and parted
at ten o'clock with kiss for friendship
sake, and hearts as innocent of anything
harmonious, as Mrs. Partington would say
Gas the babe unborn"
slept that night dreaming of a flower
garden of tulips, that took strangely the
form of Serena slips, and | was transformed
into big bee, and whizzed around among
them with delighted wing, while the
lover OF Serena, changed into an immense
owl, sat upon the limb of an adjacent tree
and looked stupidity on the scene. What
business had he there at such time?
The next evening, for the third time
during the week, called upon Serena. /
found her in tears, and itimmediately it sug-
gested itself to me, that in all the love
tales had read tears were kissed from
the cheek, and applied this remedy with
a success that soon restored my fair sister
to condition to make an explanation of
her grief, which lay is offended PRIDE
She recovered too soon | thought, and
hoped she would cry again, but she didn t.
In fact, she laughed as she placed in my
hands the following epistle, which [ have
faithfully preserved:
False girl ague?" said /, "what does
that mean?"
" fatheless GurAyure conduct is inspeckable
bad in doom what you did on Wensday mite
God nose did luv you but yure pyaty must bee
week eft you can sett still and let a yung feller
with red hare kiss you as l see last mite must
ask you to give me back my hart and pensel
case that Civ you and to forgett that ever
maid emmy moshun to go alongst you. Faults
gurl agew, THOMAS w. LARRApEE."
Serena told me that it was Thomas way
of spelling adieu, and he was no great
shakes at spelling. She leaned her head
on my shoulder, and l thought she was
going to cry again, but when she looked
up, her eyes were beaming with fun.
cred hair" said she, running hel
fingers through my locks.
They are auburn" said I, auburn
and though | say it, that shouldn't say it
perhaps, they are very pretty auburn, too. j
"They're red" said she again.
They're auburn, = said |, waxing warm
and before she had chance to repeat the
red, stopped her mouth so effectually
that she couldn't speak it.
Thomas had come round that evening,
and thought he would take last look at
Serena from the top of the pile Of dirt, ex-
pecting to find her plunged in sorrow
He arrived at precisely the stage when the
last "red" was suppressed, and fearful
oath, for Methodist, trembled on his
tongue, which he was prevented from utter
ing by treacherous brick that gave wav
under his feet and brought him with a loud
noise to the ground This led to the de-
lection, and as he saw US looking at him
through the window, he came in, his face
as white as a sheet
" Look here" said he to me, 'syou in
terloafer, you, amt you ashamed of YOUR
self, you vile seducer and catamount, to
come into family like an ugly beacon
structer and take away my girl? And
amt you ashamed of yourself, sister Ser
ena, to let him kiss you, when Inever dared
to in my lifeD
Hence, bad man p cried [, with a
semi-frantic flourish, /" leave the abode of
innocence, or by st. Paul, I'll strike thee
to my feet and spurn upon thee, beggar, for
thy boldness. Away, nor let thy greasy
form offend our chastened gaze again p
Really The began, evidently
startled.
"No more-nomore !" cried [, furiouslv;
" away, away to the mountains brow
Herein your compact ceases, and the vile
one who'd dare the bond restore. I'd
plunge in the pool of lower Tartarus, and
rend the concave with protestations of his
cnOrmlty.
" Really I''-said he, backing towards
the door,
"Hence, direful cobbler." cried T.
"and to the infuriate winds below the
story of thy love. Bah p
He disappeared through the door, and
[ saw him not again, as John Bunyan
writes. Serena laughed prodigiously.-
As soon as he was gone, my first impulse
was to propose to take the place Of the
departed, as lover; my second impulse
was to do no such thing, and ] didn't.
The rejected lover was veneeful man.
He reported Serena's conduct at a church
meeting, which was discussed. and a COM
mlttee composed of the elder members of
the church appointed to wait upon her and
talk with her, which they did. She pro-
tested that she was guilty of nothing, for
which she was suspended for year