The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-08-28
A oourtship of Aaron nurr.


They met twas 10 a crowd : and each was
smitten with che others pleasant qualities
Again, he saw her at her fathers table whore
his attentions were equally pointed and vel,
come A fefe-a-feie, which sought, was inter
rupted by the entrance Of the father hut her
manner seemed 10 beekon him on. lie was
almost In love. Summoning her father 10
his apartments by note, and the old gentle,
man appearing within the hour, the enpmor,
ed one came 10 the point with promptness
and sefpossesson impossible In lover un-
der forty,
"ls Celeste engaged P"
"She II not"
"Would il be agreeable TO her parents II
/ Colone! Burr should make oyertures for her
/ hand P"
"ll would be most agreeable"
The lady had gone % 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 hc had not asked especially for
her, Conversation ensues, She IL all wit
! and gayety more charming than over, the
/ lover thinks, lie tries to turn the eonycrsa-
| ton TO the subject nearest his heart but she
with the good humored, graceful malice Of
lovely woman, defeats his endcayors, aud 80
at last quite captiyated, he takes his leave,
The same hour on the following morning
iinds him, once more, fcte-a-tefe with the
beautiful Celeste. Conversation again. But
this time the great question was put To the
surprise Of this renowned -lady-killer, Celeste
replies that she is firmly resolved nepcr 10 mar
-
81 am very sorry to hear IL, madami | had
! promised myself great happiness, but cannot
blame your determination"
She replied "Ccrlainly sir, you cannot for
| reeolcct to have heard YOU express surprise
that any woman should marry, and you gave
such reasons, and with soNmuch eloquencc,
as made an indcliblc impression upon my
mind"
! The disappointed swain received the rebuff
with perfect courtesy and good humor They
parted the best friends.
"llayc you any commands to town. madam
/ | wish you good morning"
Two days passed. Then u. note from
Celeste surprised the rejected, informing him
/ that she was in town FOR few hours aud
would be grad TO see him. lie was puzzled,
and hnstened to her for solution. The in
tcryiow lasted for two hours, in the course
I which tho tender subject was daiHtrty
touched, but the lover foreborc to renew his
suit, and the conversation ended without re-
suit Next day another note from the lady.
sent in from the country, expressing AN un.
alterablc determination never again 10 listen
to his suit, and requesting that the subject
might never be renewed Iaic in the even
ing of the same day, on returning to his
lodgings, the vicc-prcsident learned that a
boy had been three times that afternoon to
deliver n message to him, but had refused to
say from whom il came. At last Colonel
Burr's servant had traced the boy to the
town residence Of Celeste. Early next morn
the message came; Celeste requested amin
teryicw. Post haste the yce.prosidcnt hicd
to the presence OF his beloved. He found
her engaged with visitor, but observed that
she was Agitated upon his entrance, and inn
patient for the departure Of her guest. At
length they were alone, and he waited for her
TO state her reasons for desiring to see him.
With extreme embarrassment she stammered
out, after several vain attempts to speak, that
fearing her note had not been couched in
terms sufficiently polite, she had therefore
wished for an opportunity to apologize. She
could utter no more. He, expecting no such
matter, stared in dumb nstonshment, with
an absurd halCgrin on his countenance As
she sat deeply engaged in tearing to pieces
some roses, and he in pnchng new corners
in the rim OF his hat--she all bushes and
confusion, he confounded apd speechless-the
pair, he afterwards thought would have made
n capital subject for painter. He was the
first to recover power to artculatc. Denying
that the fatal note wos 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 morn
ing and renew his suit. To this she object
ed, but faintly. Waving his request for
formal permission, he changed the subject,
and, after an hours not unpleasant convcrsa-
ton took his leave.
He now confessed to Thcodosin, (his daugh-
teri to whom the affair had been Gil cumstan-
TALLY related from day to day, that he was in
the condition of a certain country judge, be-
fore whom cause had been too ingeniously
argued by the lawyers. Gentlemen of the
jury" said the judge 'you must get along
with this eatts e It's we'll as you eeHj for my
part, I'm swamped" But the sapient Theo-
dosia was not puzzled ip the least "She
meant" wrote Theodosia, "from the begin
ming to say that awful word, yes; but not
choosing to say it Immediately, she told you
that you had furnished her with arguments
against matrmony, which in French means,