Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-08-11

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~ will never consent to yoar marriage
With William Appleton, Ids," said Chas.
Redington, with flushed look and angry
eyes. VII 3w se 1-#.
ar love Willisn more than I love
you. Why should you BE- angry This is
not The way 70 make me love you more
than Williao. u cannot be your vile
Issan - yoas friepd Yos Aese paid
me compliment shall always be CRATE.
full for, in Offering me Jour hand. 1 feel
deeply your pseterence Of me over other
and fairer maideus of your acquaintance,
aud Who know would be made happy
by such an offer. Nay, do not look dis
plsassdi Because refuse to be your
wife, i no reason that cannot esteem
you - friend"
Thus calmly, and gently, and sensibly,
spoke Ida Boyd, q sweet. besutiful girl of
eighteen, the daughter Of poor widow
to . rich young man of uncomfortable pas
sions, who had loved her long, and would
have made her bis wife for though poor,
she was sociably his equal, her father
having been = gentleman Of fortune, who
became reduced before his death, through
the failure Of bank, 70 which he had in.
vested all that he was worth.
They were standing at the garden gate,
to which he had asked her to accompa any
him, after having called to see her, saying
that he wished to say few words to her
alone. These few words were the offer of
his hand aud fortune. Her reply was that
she had been . month engaged to VIM.
Appleton. His angry exclsmations Of
disappointment called from her the words
Of remonstrance and kindness which she
addressed 70 him at the beginniug Of our
tale. ..... ......... .......
"Love or hatred!' he replied almos,
fercely. i must either love or hate you
Ida Boyd! There is no medium with me.
As for William Appleton, may the de-,
"Charles-Charles! stop where you
are. This conduct is unworthy of you,
aud painful to me" she cried. laying her
hand upon his arm, which he petshly
wtnurew rom his touch. :. If | canno,
love you Why will you hate me? Does
not this show your love for me was not
such ss would stand the tests of life p
Ida, talk not thus My love for you
would have made me die for YOU! Yes
terday, If you had bidden me do anything
'avslving the risk Of my life, would have
marched, with smile upon my lips, to
DEATH 50 that felt that you approved.
She looked in bis face. The moonlight,
cleaning through lattice Of leaves above
their heads, fell in soft splendor upon his
forehead; for bis forehead was uncovered
as be spoke to the fair objec, Of his wor-
ship. There was momen.ary silence
She broke it BY saying:
Charles, am very, very sorry for you.
PITY me not! Your pity adds poison
to the barb you have 80 completely fas-
tened in ny heart. Hate me, Ida, hate
me. That will be the mos, grateful re-
turn you can make, for robbins me of
yourself"
Char'es,' said the lovely girl, IS sp
took his reluctant hand in hers :. ear
Charles, my friend, how can you olame
me' How can you feel so 2 Love is q
mystery. | do not know Wy chose
William rather than you.n
He has known you butten months,
while have known you from . little
child"
u know it, Charles, l have always lik-
cd .ou. Do you not remember how
a>Ss 20 often given you flowers, and now
you us1 70 love to carry my heavy satch.
- " oooSs >-ue for me, and how you
gave me oiros ana >sbbi,s for pets and
named them sfter you HI. nov vou u.ed
: 70 do my hard sums for me, ana ~.
good friends we used to be p
Yes, l remember It all, Ida and We
were very happy and when We grew up
and you became 90 beautiful, l then re-
solved that you should be my wife but
then came this stranger and-and-"
Here the emotion, if not gush Of
tears, Of the young man choted his utter
ance, and he turned away without finish.
! ing the sentence.
As ] said Charles, love il mystery,
loved him a. soon as I saw him. l
don't know how il was, but our eyes no
8 sooner met than our hearts seemed to Fly
together and embrace like long absent
Z end'.'
6 The disappointed lover made no i'm
mediste reply. He walked for . few
moments to and fro before the garden gate.
There wss:a cloud visible upon bis brow,
aod . stern 6xednsss Of the lips which
alarmed her. She approached him gently
and said
Charles p
we'll, Miss Boyd"
ID not speak 70 me 20 unkindly."