Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1859-04-22

t not to be led into path which be imag
Q ined would be perhaps harder to GU
through than . rock. If it were bu
that! Half our lines run through th'
like, but be felt that her father would b.
harder than any granite, and Jenny die
!, not like, in maiden modesty, to tell hin
a that she knew better. So off to her step
d mother she sped:
It "Gustave loves me p she cried. "But
: would you believe it Of Parisian he i:
4 timid %
. Something must be done to overcome
;, that. So agreed her stepmother.
81 have thought of something, Agale,
e said Jenny, at last. "Stay in the next
, , room call papa there on some excuse
:. Gustaye is certain to follow me hither,
; leave the rest to me-"
, "But it will be snare," exclaimed the
other.
"Oue with which be will gladly be ta-
ken, believe me-" answered the wide
awake young lady. And if tits for hap
piness?"
"True, overlooked that"
So Jenny remained alone, and soon, as
she had foreseeu, the wandering engineer,
without the aid Of his cOmpasses, discov-
cred the clod of earth called d Herbecourt.
81 want tho key Of my Office, Mademoi.
selle," he said IL must work"
III want you to oblige me first, Mon
sieur Gustave."
"Willingly, Mademoiscl!e."
"You see" continued Jenny, 81 am to
play a part, next week, In charade.
Will ysu rehearse it with me p
81 do not know it, but command me,
will do my best"
ga young man is to make declaration
Of love. You must play that part
"Too willingly would l, but Low in the
charade 7"
"Go down on your knees" (Hs doesit.)
Snow grasp my hand" (FOndly pres
sed)
excellent. Now attempt to kiss it.
But l must draw it away" (Aecom.
plished to the letter
"Oh, charming" cried the young lady,
clappiug her hands, and at that signal in
rushed Agale, followed by the uneon-
scious father.
Gustave spraug to his feet, and in the
utmost confusion assured the indignant
parent that it was only an innocent joke !
AgaIe and Jenny had fed, but they
we're listening.
At the word 'joke," Monsieur d'Hcr.
becourt flew into violent passion, and, to
prove how little our theory and practice
ever agree, he-who had written work
against duelling-chaleuged Gustave!
At the idea of fighting, the ladies
thought it time to interpose. Agale fol-
lowed Monsieur d 'Herbecourt, who had
quilted the room to prepare his arms, and
Jenny rushing in, loudly upbraided Gus
tave with wishing to kill her papa.
"Do not alarm yourself, Mademoiselle,'
he said, 81 will not raise an arm against
your father; be may kill me"
As if that was her purpose in this little
scheme Of what earthly use would a
dead lover be to her who had SO much
difficulty in discovering this live one?
ga pretty expedient," she cried 'as
if there was no other way of arranging
the affair"
81 see but one," responded the engi-
neer, some that would fill my heart with
joy, but dare scarcely name it for fear
of disp,easing you"
"Never mind-name it."
"To solicit your hand in marriage"
"Oh, that does not displeass me at all i"
she exclaimed. "Tis far better than
killing, or being killed. Go and ask
papa"
At that moment, d Herbecourt entered,
with an oniuous looking case Of pistols
under his arm; he was frowning in
most determined fashion. Agals was fol-
lowing his footsteps, and without word
spoken she opened the case, and showed
him his pamphlet against duelling, which
she had placed in the case in lieu of the
abstracted pistols +! The blood-thirsty
d d'Herbecourt looked rather confused, and
here Gustave stepped forward and sOlici
ted the honor of Jenny hand in marriage
D'Herbecours, delighted with a sou.in.
law whom he already esteemed, gladly
grasped his hand, and that evening, as
Jenny sat at her window looking at the
moon, as all young ladies in love do, she
said to herself, smiling complacently,
"When . young girl wills anything
the rest was concluded by significant
nod of the head.
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