The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-07-30
CHATTER III.

Unhappy Wi..,rm Griffin, her natural pro
,ectnr, knew not all ,his time what had be-
come of his darling. Two days after she
had left the place, hr was waking up and
down before the house in lis usual manner,
hcmming and coughing. lie had never been
90 lpng at th9t exercise before.
IL rYacluird that Mr.. blrah was de-
tanning .lnue, or was III the WAY somehow
or that Anne was mischicv"u~Iy Fr"Ionglns
the ,cnsurcs Of hearing her lovrr's signal
remembering that il wHs n"ar.y the last time
that she should do 50 forever. so he hrnmed
and couShed louder. But stj,l 10 one an
swered with merry, mccktn- ITEM "nd
cough. No bright eyes suddenly p'ered
above the blind; NJ round head gave bin q
series of short, sharp mods, indicating
whether he should stay or depart.
"Well,' he said to himself, ''she il no "
more mine than her mistress; l Will Hnoch
ut the door, He did so, and was prepared
to see either Anne or Dame Darah herself ;
but he started when the door was opened by
new servant. The truth flashed upon him
at once. Mr.. Darah had done with his
Anne. aud would not keep her, even on the
grounds upon which he undertook to stay
for the coming week, namely, food and
drink, but DO pay.
| The new maid could not inform him where
his Anne had gone. She said that she had
never seen the old servant, for Der mistress
gave her to understand that she was not
GOOD for much, and invited young men
there. and that it was her (Mr Dhrah' 's) IN
invuriab!e custom to see the oId servant
safely and clearly out of the house before
she admitted the new one. saying thHf, y II
they only laid their heads together tor i've
minutes, they were sure 10 corrupt each
! other" Willnm uttered strong and an
grv word or two: said he wished his A"ne
| had left the day her time was out; bade the
maid good night, and departed.
He went at once to her father =. lie
found the miserable man scottish and maun-
dering he was incapable Of being moved by
the news Of his daughters departure, and
as incapable of giving any clue to her pres
ent whereabouts. William ran down from
the besotted creatures room, and found
himself under the dark sky, not knowing
whittier to turn for his Anne. He went
around to ali the shops where he had ever
known Anne to call. At each place they
could only tell him that they had not seen
her for the last three or four days, and that
another Young woman now came on Mrs.
/ Darah's errauds. He exhausted all the
time allowed him in this fruitless search
When he came to the place where be was to
meet the friends who had promised to give
him lift on the way home, he found them
gone: he had arrived too late, and he had
to walk the ten miles alone, miserable
man, giving himself up to fears, to bemoan-
ings, and once or twice to anger, to wonder,
and even to suspicion.
Every evening, for a week. William walked
twenty miles, from his work to the town and
back, seeking his sweetheart, regularl y Wis
iting her father and that same series OF
tradesmen On whom he had called the first
night Of his loss. But he received no tidings,
good or bad. Some times hefelt that even
bad news would be better than none, for the
hope of any good explanation of her marvel
Gus disappearance often died out for hours
together. Still he persevered in his inqui-
ry. -,
At las: the young men, in one Of the shops
he was won't to call at, began to speculate
upon his case. When he entered, they
winked and smiled, and whispered to one
another. They said they could very accur.
ately perceive uhat ,ras ,chdt; she had jill
ted him /; bat he was too great boohv to
bslisvei,. One or two OF them asked II 1t