Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-19

mans temples and his senior added, "I mean
to say he was thirty five, you, presume, are
twenty -one " '. -. =
That is much the Same thing; will You be
advised by me !'' --... - : : :
If yoa will advise me .''.r 4. 49, -.i: a.
Speak to no one of this, and send Wfrit te the
t5 that he may think you have lost the bet. -
That Is hard when won it :" '- 7."'
:. do II for all that, sir.'' .'- .' r. '.f q
-bet the disbelievers in human perfectibility
know that this dragon capable OF a blush did
TINS virtuous action, albeit, with a violent re-
luctance, and this was his first damper. A week
after these events, he was as ball. not the first
since his return, biea eate8dM. He was in that
state of Fictitious discomfort which belongs to
rs amiable English. He was looking, in vain,
tor lady, equal in personal attraction. to the
idea he had formed of George Dolignan as a
! man, when suddenly there glided past him n
most delightful vision a lady whose beauty
and symmetry took him by the eyes-another
look :. 1t can't be.'' 'rYes, it is ~ Miss
Haythorn (nOt that he knew her name y but
what an apOtheosis ..... -.-.- 80 -
] ;. The duck had become pea-hen-radiant,
dazzling, she looked twice as beautiful and al
most twice as large as before. He lost sight of
her. He found her again. She wasso lovely
she made him ill-and he, alone, must not
| dance with her: speak to her. If he had been
content to begin her acquaintance the usual
way, it might have ended In kissing, but having
begun with kissing, it must end in nothing
| As she danced, sparks of beauty fell from her
on all around, but him-she did not see hin; ;
| 1T was clear she never would see him--one gen.
| tleman was particularly assiduous; she smiled
on his assiduity; he was ugly, but she smiled
on him. Dolignan was surprised at his success
his ill-taste, his ugliness, his impertinence
DOlignan at last found himself injured
Who xyas fbfs m an ~ nd what lo
he to go on 50 ?' /" He had never kissed her,
suppose" said Dolly. DeIgnan could not
prove it, but he felt that somehow the rights of
property were invaded. He went home and
dreamed Of Miss Haythorn, hated all the ugly
successful. He spent fortnight, trying to find
out who this beauty s-he never could en-
counter her again. At last he heard of her, in
this way; a lawyers clerk paid him little visit
and commenced little action against him, in
the name of Miss Haythorn, for insulting her
in a railway train. .ur ..r~s -
The young gentleman was shocked, endea-
vored to soften the lawyers sclerk: that ma
chine did not thoroughly comprehend the mean
ing of the term. The lady's name, however,
was at last revealed by this untoward incident
from her name to her address, was but a short
step; and the same day our crsst-fallen hero
lay in wait at her dOor-and many a succeed
ing day without effect. But one fine afternoon.
she issued forth quite naturally, rs if she did il
every day, and walked briskly on the nearest
Parade. Dolignan did the same, he met and
passed her many times on the Parade, and
searched for pity in her eyes, but found neither
look, nor recognition, nor any other sentiment :;
for all this she walked and walked. till all the
other promenaders were tired and gone--then
her culprit summoned resolution, and taking off
his hat, with voice tremulous for the first time
besought permission to address her. She
stopped, blushed, and neither acknowledged
nor disOwned his acquaintance He blushed,
stsmmered out how ashamed be was how he
deserved to be punished. how he 4ras punished
bow little she knew how unhappy he was /; and
concluded by begging her not to let all the
world know the disgrace of a man, who was al
ready mortified enough by the loss of her ac-
quaintance. She asked an explanation; he
TOLD her the action had been commenced in her
name she gently shrugged her shoulders, and
said, 81 How stupid they are" Emboldened by
this, he begged to know whether or not life of
distant unpretending devotion would, after q
lapse of years, erase the memory of his mad
ness-his crime
|" She did not know
. She must now bid him adieu, as she had
some preparations to make for a ball in the
Crescent, where everybody lcaS TO be-" They
parted, and Dollignan determined to be at the
ball, where everybody was to be- He was
there and after some time he obtained an in
PRODUCTION to Miss Haythorn, and he danced
with her. Her manner was gracious. With
the wonderful tact of her sex, she seemed to
have commenced the acquaintance that even
ing. That night, for the first time, Dellignan
was in love: L will spare the reader all a
lovers arts by which he succeeded in dining
whore she dined in dancing where she danced,
in oyertaking her by accident when she rode
His devotion followed her even to church
where our dragon was rewarded by lea arning
there is a world where they neither polk nor
smske-the two capital denominations of this
one.
He made acquaintance with her uncle, who
liked him, and he saw at last with joy that her
eye loved to dwell upon him when she thought
he did not observe her. .. .....s-o
1t was three months after the Box Tunnel
that Capt. Dolignan called one day upon Capt.
Haythorn. K. N, whom he had met twice in
his life, and slightly prOpitiated by violently
listening to cutting out expedition; he 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 mysterious message. On his
return be announced, with total change Of
voice, that - Ii was all right, and his visitor
might run alongside as soon as he choose" Nv
reader has OWNED the truth; this nautical
commander, terrible to the foe, was in complete
and happy subjugation to his daughter, our
heroine. o." 49, r..... o., ....o.' : ..
As be was taking leave, Dolignan saw his di-
vinity glide into the drawing room. He fol-
lowed her, observed a sweet consciousness which
encouraged him that consciousness deepened
into cOnfusiOn-she tried to laugh-she cried
instead, and then she smiled again and when
he kissed her hand at the door it was George"
and Marian" instead Of Captain this and
Miss the other. A reasonable time after this,
(for my tale is merciful and skips formalties
and torturing delays,) these two were happy
they were once more upon the railroad, going
10 enjoy their honeymoon all by themselves.
Marian Dolignan was dressed just as before
duek-like and delicious; all bright, except her
clothes; but George sat beside her this time,
instead OF opposite; and she drank him in gen.
tly, from under her long eyelashes.
Marian" said George, married people
should tell each other all. Will you ever for
give me if L own to you-no''-- .....,.r,
4" Yes! yes"i ..H
"Well, then-you remember the Box Tun-
nell" (This was the first allusion he had ven-
tured TO it, Z" L am ashamed to say, had bet
S3 to fI0 with White, would kiss one of you
ladies" And George, pathetic externally,
chuckled within. .-t re -- ..--.. -.t