The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1859-04-15

! Whon ne eutefeu
/ Things went OF in this way numbo
Of months. Butt least an event occur
red which gave Jshua quite a start
son Of Doctor Hal the village physician
came home from'olltge, where he hat
graduated, Il was snid. with coasiderbl,
distinction. lie hs Atall, lnuk. smooth
faced fellow. withar nOre learning thar
brains. aud more vas than either lie
saw Mary In ohuR De FIRST Sabbath af
ter his return. aol lok 9 great fancy to
her, and commend fhying her consider.
able attention.
Young Hale bd hways been Mary's
particular ayersionsb had disliked him
from his boyhood: d She did not scru.
pie to nrt with ltf little, hoping 10
arouse Joshua's jetqsy, aud bring him
to the point.
l seemed TO hal Is effect; for learn,
ing that Dir. Lavuch, one Of his neigh
bors. a thriving laher, intended to give
a party, and hayidobtained an inklng,
in some way, that ia college chap, aa he
termed his rival, ioadod to take his Ma
ry, he went over Esquire Dearborn's
early next morniT end asked her him
self
Delighted at thjuccess Of her manuu-
yer, Mary gave oiliug con,elt. And
at the appointed be, much TO the cha
yrin OF tie yountollegian, who had in
tended to appropno her TO himself, she
went, accompanieby Joshua.
Alarmed at thqare possibility Of los
/ ing her. Joshua a,eared like a new man;
aud Instead Of mdng in some corner as
was his wont, noaaring to speak to her
or anyone else, hremained by her side
nearly the wholoyeuiug, scarcely quit
ting her side for moment, and then on
ly when she reqsled him to bring her
some refreshmen
Mr.. Hale. whoad viewed Joshua's at
tentions to Maryith jealous eye, heard
I this reques.. au being well aware Of
Joshua's blundlug propensites, very
maliciouNy plad q stool in his way.
Pretty soon Jo,ua came back and in
STEAD of walkmhround the stool, as any
body else woulhave dono, he stumbled
lover il, aud spwling fun length upon
the floor, lsudqthe contents Of lis hands
which cousist@ Of cup Of ,ofee. and O
plate heaped ith doughnuts, puapbin
| pie, sud varioi other eatables directly u
Mary's lap.
This unexpted feat produced quite 3
sensation. My ser up loud scream
and the rest the company rushed to-
ward her to 81 what was the matter, and
( il wac some tile bfore order was restor-
ed
When the lumk had, in measure
subsidized, Mary liked around for the un
luck, cause OF it !ut he was no where tC
be found. Morded at the Ridiculous
figure he cut, andhe merriment of thos,
/ who witnessed itae had rushed from thl
house, and nevertopped or Stacked hi
speed until he hareached his own room
and bolted the DIR, firmly resolving, n
NJ dfd so, tfat nfwould never speak o
even look alta giagain, SO long as h
lived.
Poor Mary wamuch moro annoyed a
Joshua's evident soom6turo, than at th,
loss of her dress, hich was nearly ruin
ed, and conceived stronger dislike thar
ever to the youn collegiate, whom sh
was quite sure WI Rt the bottom Of itall
She resoluiely defined his profered es
lcort at the close ( the entertainment, 60
ing home with OF of her brothers; eav
ling him the altaRtive Of attending som
other lady, or goSg home by himself.
Two Sundays Essed, aud Joshua nev
or came near her and on the Monda,
following Mary Pt on her bonnet an
shawl and went der to his house for tn
ostensible purposof having gossip wit
old Mrs. Wheat, ho lived with her so
but in reality to fii out what had beoom
Of her sometime yer.
Much to her dappointment. Joshu
was not at home, hough she saw y Goa;
tail quickly disappear through an oppo
site door as she eteied the room, whic
she shrewdly cOjectured to belong t
him
After sitting awhile and chatting wit
the old lady withwhom she was quite
tavorite, Mary arce TO so, saying, as sh
did so, "that sheguessed she would e
cross 'ots, as it Wa considerably nearer.
She accordingly passed out the bao
way. AS she ws going through th
garden she caughIR glimpse Of Joshua i
an adjo ming orchid, walking disconso
lately among the ress, laden with thoi
luscious fruit, antlookiRg as though h
hadn't a friend in he world.
He started and olored as his eye fe
upon Mary. "WR, Mr.. Wheat" sh
exclaimed, in toe Of surprise, "wh
would have though Of seeing you herel
Why. | haven't cen you Tor an age
Have you been sicR"
] "Yes-no-thats. haven't been YER
well lately" stammred poor Joshua, looL
ing as il he had hal mind 70 run away
"You don't say % You are ooldn
pale, said Mary, gith an appearance {
great sympathy, glneing misehieyousl
At his face. which was growing redde
every moment, ,nd which certainly show
ed no signs Of IL health.
"What a beautiful situation you have,
she resumed. ater a pause, looking aC
miringly around on the we'll cultivate
farm "Tbere only one thing wantin
to make you que comfortable" she az
ded slyly. "and that is wife. What
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