Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1858-10-09
WHOLE NUMBER l59.



table, where his attentions were equally
pointed and welcome A fas a fefe. which
he sought, was interrupted by The entrance
! Of her father, but her manner seemed TO
beckon him on. he was almost in Iove.z
Summoning her father to his apartments by
note, end the old gentleman appearing With
/ ID the hour, the enamored one came 10 the
point with prolnptness aud selfp0ssossion
impossible ia lover under forty.
us Celeste engagedW
"She is not"
"Would Il be agreeable to her parepts ii
ColoneA Burr should mike ovcFtHhs Tor her
handY1
SIT would be most agreeable
The lady had gone TO spend some days
six miles ipto, tbe foAntTg. and tIlither her
! lover rides the next morning, with m eager
but composed mind Celeste enters tho
drawing room, though he had not asked e..
pecially for her Conversation ensnes She
is all VII an5'gayeiy; more charming than
ever, the loser thinks lie tries to turn
! the conversation to the subject nearest nw
heart; bat She with the good hulnored,
graceful malice of lovely woman, defeats
his endeavors, and so at last, quite captiya.
ted. he takes bia Ieave.
The same hour on the following morning
finds him, once more, tete a fete with the
beautiful Celeste Conversation again.
Bat this time the great question was put.
To the surprise Of this renowned Iady-kiler,
Celeste replies that she Is firmly resolved
nerer to narryi
= am verg soEEx to hear Ii. madam; I
had promised myself very great happiness,
but cannot blame your determination
She replied: no; certainly, sir, you cam
not; for reeoect to have heard you ex-t
press surprise that any woman should mar
| ry, and yon gave such reasons, and with SO
much elQquenee-as made an indesIible i'm
preston upon ny mindyD
The uisappontedsw received the re-
buff with perfect courtesy and good humor.
They parted the best friends.
Have you any commands in town, mad
ami Iwish you good morning.
| Two days passed Then q note from Ce-.
leste surprised the rejected, Informing hiua.
that she was in town for few hours, and
would be glad to see him. He was puzzled
land FASTENED to her for solution The
interview lasted two hours, in the course Of
which the tender subject was daintily touch
ed, bat the lover forebore to renew his snit,
and the conversation ended without result.
Next day another note from the lady, sent
IN from thecountry, expressing IAN unalter-.
terable determination never again to listen
tc his suit, and requesting that the sphject
might never be renewed
Late in the evening Of the same day, on
returning to his lodings, the Vice President
learned that boy had been there. three
times that afternoon to deliE.E mes
Usage to him. bpt lad refused to say from
whom it came. At last CoIonel's Buriss
servant had traced the boy to, the town res
idence of Celeste. Early the next mpraing
the message came. Celeste requested an in
terview. Post haste the Vice President
hied to the presence Of bis beloved. He.
found her engaged with q visitor, but ob;
served that she was agitated npon his en-
trance and Impatient FOR the departure Of
her guest. Atlength they were alone, and
he waited for her to state her reasons for
desiring to see him, With extreme ernbars
rassment she stammered out, after several
vain attempts to. speak, that she feared her
note had not been couched ia. terms snfficis
emily polite and she had therefore wished
for an opportunity TO- apologize. She could
utter no more. He, expecting no such mat
ter, started in dumb astonishment, with an
ab nrd halegrin upon his countenance AS
she sat deeply engaged in tearing to pieces
some roses, and he in pinching new corners
10 the rim of his hat--she all bushes and
confusiOn--he confounded and speechleSs--
the paix, he afterwards thought, would have
made capital subject for a painter. lie
was the first to recover power toaEticulate.
Denying roundly that the fatal note was
anything but polite and proper. he ofleredlic
return it, and begged to be allowed to call
the next m0Hning renew his suit. To this
she objected, but faiatly. Waving his re-
quest for g formal permission, be changed
The subject, and after an hours not unpleas-
ant conversation, took his leave.
He now confessed to Theod0sia, this
daughter, to whom the affair had been cir
cum enmstantially related, from day q. day that
he was in the condition Of a ceftai9 country
Judge, before whom cause had been too
ingeniously argued By the lawyers. Gen
tlemen Of the jury,p said the Judge, ''y0n
must cet along as veil as vou lsan. for NV
part Etn swampedp But hesapient Ehe-
odosia was not puzzled ia the least. eSho
meant,p wrote Theod0sia, from the hegin-
ming TO say that awful word, yes; but not
choosing TO say il immediately, she tqldyou
lHdt you heA ldthlsueu net VIII arguments
against matrimony, which IN French means,
please sir, 10 persuade me out of them
again" But you took 1t as plump refns-
al, and walked of She called you haek-
What more could she doi Iwonld have
seen you TO Japan before should have
done so much. =
However, the oRef Of marriage was ppv-s
or renewed The lpger was probably him-
self undecided as DO. the desirab bleless Of tbu
! match But between him and Celeste there
was always tender friendship. and 3or
many months it seemed likely enopeh tRat
at some unexpected moment the copcIaElfo
word would DO spoken.