The Kanzas news., 1858-06-12
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The Impromptu Marriage.

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The Impromptu Marriage.
"For Heavens sake, Susy, do be serious
if you can, for five minutes. Pray, pray
cease this tri1ing, which is but cruel playing
with my feelings, and let us treat this sub
ject as it deserves-soberly and seriously"
'aWell, there, thenP' cried the laughing,
blaek-eyed girl, to whom Charles Westerly
spoke. "There, then, is that grave enough?
See, the corners of my mouth are duly turn
ed down, and my eyes rolled up, and I am
as sober as patient who has caught sight
of the dentists instruments. Do suit you
so?"
''You suit me anyhow, and you know it
well, you witchi' cried Charles, gazing,
with a smile, at the pretty lace, puckered
up in its afectation of occurrences. But
he was not to be driven from his point, and
he resumed, gravely, after pause. ''The
time has come, Susy, wben I feel I have a
suit. You have trifed with my earnest
feelings long enough. / have grown rest
less under my fetters.''
'"Shake them off, then, Charley!" inter-
rupted the saucy girl, with pretty defiant
fy you to do it,
s'I cannot Susy, and you know it, re-
piled the hapless lover, impatiently.
''That being the case,'' said Susy, e.take
my adVice-wear them gracefully, and don't
pull and jerk so; it only makes them hurt
you"
The young man turned away and walked
silently up and down the room, evidently
fretting and Tuning internally. Susy, mean
time, looked out of the window and yawn-
ed. Charles continued his moody walk.
"Oh, what beautiful bird is on the lilac
treeP' cried Susy, suddenly ''Do come
and see it,"
Charles mechanically approached the win
dow and looked out.
'Don't you think, Charley" said Susy,
laying her hand on his arm, and looking up
eagerly in his face; "don't you think you
could manage to
'.What, Susy dear?" asked Charles, all
his tenderness awakened by her manner,
"What?"
>''Drop pinch of salt on his back" re-
turned the provoking girl, with an affecta-
ton of simplicity; .'for then, you know,
you could easily catch it,"
His answer was to turn angrily away.
His walk this time was longer than be-
fore, and his cogitations were more earnest;
for he did not heed any of Susy's artfully
srtless devices to allure his notice. At last
he stopped abruptly before her and said:
''Susy, for three long years have been
your suitor, without either confession of love
or promise of marriage on your part. Of
ten as I have demanded to know your seRti-
ments towards me, you have always coquet-
tishly refused me an answer. This state of
things must cease. love you better than
my life; but will no longer be your play
thing. Tomorrow you are going away to
O distance, to be absent for months, and if
you cannot, this very day, throw aside your
coquetry, and give me an honest 'Yes,' for
my answer, / shall consider that have re-
ceived no. and act accordingly
"And how would that be? What would
you do?" asked Miss Susy, euriously.
Begin by tearing your false and worth
less image from my hearth cried Charles,
furiously.
.It would be curious piece of business,
Charley; and you would not succeed either, %
said Susy.
"I should and would succeed" said
Charles. cas- you shall see, if you wish, cru
el, heartless girl!''
'.But d S:sh, Charley, dear-I love
dearly to have you love me-" said Susy.
"Why, then," cried the foolish youth,
quite won over again, "why, then. dearest
Susy, win you not consent?''
Remember, said I liked TO be loved, :"
replied Susy; 81 did not say anything about
loving. But, pray how long did you say
you had been counting me, in that pretty
little speech of yours?S'
"Three long years. replied Charles.
'.Nea1y and accurately quoted, Charley.
But you know my cousin Rachel was only
won after FIVE years courtship. You don't
suppose am going to rate myself any cheap
er th&a she did. do you? Suppose we drop
this tireseme subject for two years; per-
haps By that time I may be able to work
myself up to the falling in love point-there
is no knowing what wonders time may eff
fect.'
''1f you are not in love now, you never
viii be" returned Charles, sturdily; "tand
will have my answer now or never. +"
:. "Eever. then," laughed Susy. But she
had gone step too far. Her often severely
tried lover was now too much In earnest to
bear her tEifing any longer.
..Neyer, be it theni'' he cried; and seiz-
ing his hat, he strobe from the room
Susy listened to his receding footsteps with
disnay. Had she, indeed, By her incorri-
eible love of coquetry, lost him? It smote
her to the soul to think so. AS she heard
him open the front door, impelledsby feel
ing Of despair, she raised the window sash,
and, Leaning forward, whispered,
s.Charley, Cbarleyi you viii be at the