The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-07-07

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You must give back this mans letters
and presents and then you will be my
own darling Patty again !" and he press
ed the hands he held in his own.
"NO,l cannot give them back to him. "
"Why not ?"
ooh, | can't, but | will tell him am
going to marry you, and ask him to go
away"
''No, you needn't tell him that. II
you can't return his letters and ask for
yours, we never can be married ~ and
he dropped the hands he had been hold
ing.
'Then you needn't marry me, Mr..
Cutter J" she retorted coldly.
"Good-night, Miss Lane, when you
agree with me l shall be happy to call
again." he said, calmly, and closed the
door behind them.
Patience could not deny that she had
mlsused her lover: but she would see
hlm IN the morning she thought, then
she would apologize to him and do as he
wished and she tossed in her sleepIess
bed all night, thinking how pleasant it
"OoiN W. w up OulS, GuCIE uiSI
love quarrel. But Joshua did not come
the next morning, all the forenoon she
waited for him, but he came not; and
as the afternoon wore away without his
coming, she got tired of Der Portland
beau, he grew tedious to her, SO think
ing to please Joshua, she gave him his
letters and sent him away. After sup
per she decided to walk over to his faith
er's house, see Joshua, and tell him what
she had done.
Gle packed up his chest and went off
in the packet this morning, saying he'd
write in few days." Mrs. Gutter re-
piled, when Patience asked where her
son was.
"Where did he go?" asked the girl.
81 don't know. Didn't he tell you he
was going?"
ono"
"He didn't? He is no son of mine
then; he never can come under my roof
again -
'tDon't say that, Mrs. Gutter; we had
a quarrel"
ooh quarrel, did you 90
eyes, and l was wholly to blame"
CIV ell, l thought no son Of mine would
go off without saying goodbye to his
betrothed. But what did you quarrel
about %
Patience recounted to her, word for
word every particular in no ways
screening herself or blaming Joshua,
and when she had completed her story,
she INDUCED herself in a good cry.
ooh, don't cry, Patty" said the good
hearted lady, 4 pity you, but tears won't
bring him back to you'll"
SO Patience dried her eyes, and said,
perhaps he had gone to CAMDEN to see
about getting vessel for fishing for
he was intending to go as "skipper"that
S eason.
And Mrs Cutter said, "perhaps So"
So young Patty waited for him, and
every evening she went to the wharf
when the packet came in, to see if it
brought him; but he did not come,
though she still waited and watched.-I
One day his mother received a letter
from him, it was dated Boston: he told
her that he had shipped for Liverpool,
and would sail the next day, he wished
to be remembered to Patience. But she
did not dare to tell her, for the villagers
shook their heads and said that she was
crazy. All the summer she went daily
to the warf to look for him when they
told her that letter had come from him,
that he had gone to Liverpool, and that
he sent remembrances to her. Then she
n tho Urap IF IT,, g.,
months she remained in her chamber,
with hundred mementoes of him, many
of them trinkets that he had given her
when they were children together. But
as time sped away and he did not come
back, she went into the village again
she looked older, silver was mixed with
her hair, and her brow was wrinkled
but she seemed happy except when wit
Messing the annual May morn sports.
Meanwhile her lover had gone to Liv-
erpool as second mate of the good ship
Juno, Of, and from Boston. After the
ship arrived al Liverpool, and while she
was lying in the dock preparatory to
discharging her cargo, the consignee
came aboard, bringing with him, his son
a boy of ten summers. The bulwarks
had been unshipped in either gangway,
TO facilitate the breaking out Of the car
go. The consignee went into the cab
in with the captain to look over the
ships papers, leaving his son upon deck
playing with dog which belonged
aboard Joshua Cutter was sitting aft,
upon the taffrail, watching the boy at
play, who was alternately chasing, then
running from the dog with loud peals
of boyish laughter; they had chased each
other forward and aft, and around the
capstan and caboOse several times, when
the boy, springing suddenly to the star
board side, amidships, ran overheard.
In an instant, and even before they
could pass the word " Boy overheard"
Joshua had sprang into the water after
him. The father came on deck in time
to see him catch his son as he was again
sinking, seize the rope that was thrown
to him, and bring him safe on board.
"You are noble fellow p said Mr..
Jordan, the consignee, overpowered
with gratitude at the safety of his own
child. "Take this" and offered Joshua
a purse of gold.
Z" No, sir, l thank YOU" replied the
young mate
"Why not? you have saved my boys
life"
g Yes, sir, but it was only my duty !"
The merchant could only utter, +" A
noble fellow A noble fellow p as he
pressed young Cutters hands, and went
ashore with his rescued son. A few
hours after, an invitation was brought
aboard for the captain and Joshua to
dine with Mr.. Jordan.
"Ihis is the brave man who saved