The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-08-05

aYes, Idon's deliberate long," lido j.
= There was . pause. % ,sf1o1s7 asall10
"I wish you had only been here to see faith
or before he died.. J. a. ,atrt 5H
81 wishJ might have seen hims''n ,tos
81 am sure he would never have desired 10
put you to any trouble.rIsa .fe sdf lzaieqa
"I suppose he would not have .trosbled me,
though never expected 10 do less than repay
him the money heEwas 20 good tas to lend me
but ldon,t think he would have been 20 abrups
aud peremptory o. Squire Clsmp.,,' ,,',oliom 40
syssWly, what has he done ~ 2 ytfo sfT<
"This is whati.he, has done. IA lawyer's
clerk, as supposed him to be, ealled1pon ne
yesterday morning with ai statement ee 1.-The
debt shd interest, and made . formaldemand
eeipayhsnt jIsha&oaly about hakth amount
in bank, and therefore could not meetit.-.
Then ths, ,clssk appsarediin his tms, character
40 assheriifas loficsr, drew,oas his papers, md
ssrvs4aswrifuspon me, besides tpostse 'pfo-
cess oa.shsprincipal Of lths:. SCHOOL, soas..to
attach whatever might be due to me.",mas ID
EOh, Marx, were you treaisd so2nvam EFT
,sss:Just so,-sntrapped like wild animal.. To
be sure, it was legal process, but one de-
signed only for. extreme cases, and which no
gentleman ever pits in force against another.
!. 81 don't know what this can mean. Squire
Clamp is cruel enough, know; but mother,
surely, would never approve such conduct.v &
"After all, the modification isthe principal
thing for, with what l have, and what Uncle
can raise for me, / can:pay the debt. I.have
said too much already, Mildred. Il don't want
to put any Of my burdens on your little shoul-
ders. In fact.sI am quite, ashamed Of having
spoken on the subject at all but have, so lit
tie concealmere tAatsibpopped out bef re
thought twice. .n---------
They were apgroa ching the house, both 81
lent, neither seeming to be bold enough fto
touch the tenderer chords that thrilled in uni
son. efy r ~ ss : F.....,.,..s.. IA
s"lM,ild ""Mild eed,'I said Mark, "Idon't know how
much is meant by this suit. don't know that
shall be able TO see you again, unless it be
casually in the street, as tonight, blessed
accidentD D-but remember, that, whatever may
happen, ! an..always the same that Ihave been
oDy'oUu shem haa tso hsIisa sEa hasisga1 IN
Here shis voice failed him. With such
crowd of memories, ,-of hopes and desires vet
unsatisfel, with the.crushing burden,of debt
ndpoverty,-rhe, gould not command himself
to say what this'heart, nevertheless, ached i'm
retaining. Here he was, with the opportuni-
~ for which during all his iboyhood, he had
scare ely. .dared.so hope. and yet he was dumb.
They were at the gate, under the dense shade
OF the ma?ses. ssAtsaim g5sl sors ~
s'SGood-night, dear Mildred p' said Mark. a,i
He took her hand, which was fluttering as
by electrical influence, and raised it teuderly
s''Good-night,n p he said again. haf
She did not speak, but grasped his hand with
ffrvor. He walked away slowly towards his
a,cle's house, but often stopped and looked
back at the slender figure whose outlines he
could barely see in the gateway under the
tfees.T Then, as be lost sight Of her, he re-
membered with shame the selfish prominence
he had given to his own troubles. He was
ashamed, too, of the cuwardice which had
kept ham from altering ngthsworiswhich trsm.l
bsssf On ftislips! . B,tFna moment the thought
of the future checked that regret. Gloomy as
his pwn lot might be, be could bear it /; but he
bad no right to involve another's happiness
Thus he aiternated between pride and abase-
ment, hope and detection, as many lover has
done before AID since. = e'l' - e
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