The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-02-20

But my heart grove sick with weary waiting,
As many time before; .e b. De- - -9t1 - a.
Her foot is ever at the threshold
Yet never passes Ger. rsss as 49, III
WON, OR NOT WON.
FROM PARToN's sLIFE OF BUR-"
Richmond Hill was without mistress.-
In these fortunate years it was that Colonel
Burr paid his court to one of the lovliest Of
Philadelphia ever lovely bellies, and had
the narrowest escape from second mar
riage. @
They met, "'twas ina crowd :" and each
was smitten with the others pleasant quall-
| ties. Again he saw her at her fathers ia
BILE, where his attentions were equally
pointed and welcome. A tete-a-tete, which
he sought, was interrupted by the entrance
Of lc pere, but her manner seemed to beckon
him on. He was almost in love. Summon
ing her father to his apartments by note,
and the old gentleman appearing within the
hour, the enamored one came to the point
with promptness and elf-possession i'm
possible in lover under forty.
''is Celeste engaged 2" aSr~ rfS r,es
1She is not" sf&% "a f&2 ~ s5ss-~
ssWould it be agreeable to her parents if
Col. Burr should make overtunes for her
hand ?'' sSf EE &s-Raa ~ 8Gfsf
'sIt would be most agreeable"
The lady had gone to spend some days
six miles into the country, and thither her
lover rides the next morning, with an eager,
but composed mind. Celeste enters the
drawing room, though he had not asked
especially for her. Conversation ensues.
She is all Wit and CAVITY more charming
than ever, the lover thinks. He tries to
turn the conversation to the subject nearest
his heart; but she, with the good humored
graceful malice of a lovely woman, defeats
his endeayors, and so at last, quite captiva-
| ted, he takes his leave. 80 fs
The same hour ON the following morning
finds him, once more, tete-d-tcte with the
beautiful Celeste. Conversation again
But, this time, the great question was put.
Celeste replies that she is firmly resolved
nerer to marry!
81 am very sorry to hear it, madam
had promised myself great happiness, but
cannot blame your determination. ----e-
She replied: 'sNo certainly, sir you cam
not; for recollect to have heard you express
surprise that women should marry, and you
gave such reasons, and with 80 much elo-
quence, as made an indelible impression on
my mind" al
The disappointed swain received the rebuff
with perfect courtesy and good humor.-
They parted the best friends.
s'Have you any commands to town, mad
am? Iwisb you good morning" @
Two days passed. Then, note from Ce-
leste surprised the Rejected, informing him
that she was in town fer few hours, and
would be glad to see him. He was puzzled
and hastened to her solution. The interview
lasted two hours, in the course Of which the
subject was daintily touched, but the lover
forebore to renew his suit; and the CONVEX
sation ended without result. Next day,
another note from the lady, sent in from
the country, expressing can unalterable de-
termination never again to listen to his suit,
and requesting that the subject might never
be renewed" Late in the evening of the
same day, on returning to his lodgings, the
Vice President learned that boy had been
three times that afternoon to deliver q
message to him, but had refused TO say from
whom it came. At last Col. Burr's servant
traced the boy to the town residence of Ce-
leste. Early the next morning the message
came; Celeste requested an interview. Post
haste the Vice President hied to the presence
of his beloved. He found her engaged with
a visitor, but observed that she vas agitated
on his entrance, and impatient fer the de-
parture of her guest. At length they were
alone, and he waited for her to state her
reason for desiring to see him. With extreme
embarrassments she stammered out, after sew
eral vain attempts to speak, that she feared
her note had not been couched in terms
sufficiently polite, and she had therefore
wished for an opportunity to apologize
She could utter no more. He, expecting
no such matter, stared in dumb astonish-
ment, with an absurd half-grin upon his
countenance. As she sat deeply engaged
in tearing to pieces some roses, and he in
pinching new corners in the rim of his hat,
she all bushes and confusion, he confounded
and speechless, the pair, he afterwards
thought, would have made o capital subject
for painter.
He was the first to recover power to ar
ticulate. Denying roundly that the fatal
note was anything but polite and proper,
he offered to return it, proposed that it
should be considered cancelled, and begged
to be allowed to call the next morning, and
renew his suit. To this she objected, but
family. Waving his request for formal
permission, he changed the subject, and,
after an hours not unpleasant conversation,
took his leave. -.s..sg- e I'd. -.-~-z@ -. u
lie now confessed to Theodosia, to whom
the affair had been circumstantially related,
from day to day, that he was in the condi-
ton of the country judge, before whom o
cause had been tso ingeniously argued BY
the lawyers. "Gsntlenen of the jury"
said the judge, "you must get along with
this cause as we'll rs you can; for my part,
Pm swamped." But the sapient Theodosia
was not puzzled in the least. ssShe meant"
wrote Theodosia, "from the beginning to
say that awful word, yes; but not choosing
to say it Immediately, she told you that you
had furnished her with argument against
matrimony, which in French means, Please,
sir, 70 persuade me out of them again. But
you took it as a plump refusal, and walked
of. She called you back. What more could
she do7 would have seen you TO Japan
before doing half 80 much" I"
However, the offer Of marriage was never
renewed. The lover was probably himself
undecided as to the desirableness OF the
match. But between him and Celeste there
was always a tender friendship, snd for
many months 1t seemed likely enough that
q some unexpected moment the conclusive