Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1859-04-29

E which thr0 the drelry gloom Oh tiihe y eIPhs1
Shine like fair sunny spots on wild waste"
Joanna Bdilhe.
"There comes
Forever something between us and what
We deem our happiness
Byron.
CARE you so deeply absorbed in your
astronomical studies, Sir Isaac, that you
cannot welcome a friend when he enters
your apartment, or invite him to be seated?"
interrogated Thornton Briarly as he de-
posted himself in Walters bachelor chair
and pulled away at fragrant havannah
purloined from his friends cigar-case.
"Why no; not exactly, Briarly. Make
yourself at home my good fellow"
r"Better late than never l suppose is
your motto; but your invitation comes
deucedly like mustard after dinner. What
new task master, or more appropriately per-
haps, task mistress, appointed that brown
study which prevented your noticing my
entrance? l might have ahstracted the
pretty cigar-case wrought by lady Alice's
fair fingers, instead of contenting myself
with this havannah and you would have
been none the wiser.
"Not quite so absent as that; but was
thinking of that Florida trip; it can be
delayed no longer. l must attend to the
settling of that estate.
aAnd when the sun withdraws his
beams the lily may droop lis that the
secret? But why not call the pretty bios
som before you go 1t would certainly
embellish your nice establishments 1t is
fine thing to be able to crafty ones in
clinations, Walter. Here | must dance
attendance upon dame fortune, perhaps
for years before | dare WOO the goddess of
my affections to my heart and home, while
you are Independent"
"Independent! AYE there's the rub );
fig for your love in-a-c cottage romance,
sheer nonsense. must be loeahhy, and it
is this that prevents my offering the cap
tivating little mink, my hand my heart
unfortunately is hers already. With her
fathers experience before my eyes dare
not tempt my fate by sailing so near the
same charybdis." j"
"But her father had nothing when he
married, you possess handsome com
petence now, and he would have compelled
fortunes smiles had his life been spared
him. You should not yield to that inor-
dinate thirst for wealth, Walter, it IS
miserly."
"I never coveted wealth that might
hoard it, Briarly," replied Walter curtly.
"Come, do not get excited my dear fel-
low, 1 never intimated that you did
Every one is aware of your open-handed
generosity, I have profted by it myself
sometimes but spoke from a sincere
desire to promote your happiness. We
worshipers at mammon's shrine too often
let slip the true pearl of happiness in
grasping at the rainbow-colored bubbles
of prospective wealth which dazzle our
vision and blind us to our interest"
81 am not so sure of winning the pro-
voking little elf should risk all and ask
the gentle maid to share my cottage. =
She knows that | love her, but never by
word glance or deed has she committed
herself, or permitted me to suppose that
my affection vas reeiprocated l plumed
myself upon making joyful discovery
the other evening when l persisted in
reading forbidden article in her MS
and made fool of myself, The delicious
manner in which the demoiselie lowered
me from my seventh heaven of ecstacy
would be nuts to crack, for that Prentice
Of Elmsdale, Jack Watson"
"Iave you told her that you love her p
asked Thornton, surprised that any wo,
man should be able to resist the fascina.
lions of Walter Mayhue.
"'Not in set phrase but according tC
the rule that actions speak louder thar
! words, confessed il thousand times"
"But in these days Of male coquetry
when man will verge Irritation upon tn,
very brink of courtship and then retract
lady is justi6able in Withholding tn,
expression of h,r sentiments until full
committal is made by her admirer, and i
- unmauly 10 require it Of her