Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1858-01-14

too, to make. such very great parade Of
his disapprobation If she did not please
him, why she pleased others and that
was enough; She would not turn over
her finger to gain his good will; So
Harry and Kitty never talked together ;
and when he went away, he never went
till the conversation fairly died out, and
the lamps looked as if about to join it,
he bowed to the old people gracefully and
easily, but to the young lady he found it
difficult to bond at ALL Conduct like
this provoked Kitty Coleman beyond en-
durance and one evening, after the spin
ster and squire had left her alone, she sat
down and in very spite, sobbed away as
though her little heart would break
Now it happened that the squire had lent
his visitor book that evening, which,
strange enough for such scholar, he
had forgotten to take with him but Har-
ry remembered it before it was too late,
and turned upon his heel. He had gone
out but moment before, and there was
no use in ringing, SO he stepped at once
into the parlor. Poor Kitty sprang to
her feet at the intrusion, and crushed
with her fingers two tears that were just
ready to launch themselves on the round
est and rosiest cheek in the world but
she might have done better than blind
herself, for her foot touched Aunt Mar
tha's tauteua and, in consequence, her
forehead the neck of Rover. 1t is very
awkward to be surprised in the luxurious
indulgence of tears at any time, and il is
La trifle more awkward still to fall down,
and then be raised by the last person in
the world you would receive favor from.
Kitty felt the awkwardness of her situa-
ton too much to speak and, of course,
Harry, enemy as he was, could not re-
lease her till he knew whether she was
hurt. 1t was certain that size was not
faint, for the crimson blood died the tips
of her fingers, and Harry's face immedi-
ately took the same hue, probably from
reflection. Kitty looked down until a
golden arc of fringe rested lovingly on
its glowing neighbor, and Harry looked
down, too, but his eyes rested on Kitty
Coleman's face Ii soul and heart are
one and the same thing, as some meta
physicians tell us, Harry must now have
discovered the mistake lie once made,
for there was a strange eommotion be-
meath the bodice of Kitty Coleman it
rose and fell, as nothing but bounding,
throbbing, frightened heart, in the wild
est tumult of excited feeling, could make
it. And then (poor Kitty must have
been hurt, and needed support) an arm
stole softly round her waist, dark locks
mingled with her sunny ones as warm
breath swept over her cheek-and Kitty
Coleman hid her face, not in her hands.
Harry forgot his book again that night
and never thought of it again until the
squire put it into his head the next morn
ing for Harry visited the squire very
early the next morning, and had pri-
yate interview, and the good old gentle
man tapped him on the shoulder and said
" with all my hearth and Aunt Martha
looked as glad as propriety would let her.
As for Kitty Coleman, she did not show
her face, not she-f for she knew they
were talking about her, the sober old peo-
pie and the meddling Harry Gay. But
when the arrant mischief maker had ac-
complished his object, and was bounding
from the door, there came good rustling
among the rose bushes, insomuch that a
shower of bright blossoms descended
from them, and Harry turned face,
brlmmlng over with joy, to the fragrant
thicket, and shook down another fragile
flower in seeking out the cause of the
disturbance. Now, as i'll luck would
have it, Kitty Coleman had hidden away
from hcrenemy in this very thicket, and
there she was discovered, all confusion
trembling and painting, and-I am afraid
poor Kitty never quito recovered from
the effects Of her fall-for the arm of IIar
~ seemed very necessary TO her forever
after.
POPULATION OF CASADA-As statement
has been published showing the popula-
ton of Upper and Lower Canada in 1851