Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-03-03
CHAPTER Iii.

A year passed on, and Mr.. uOllister,
warned by sad experience, had been shy Of
ladies' society; particularly cautious about
devoting himself to any special person.
but, in the second summer succeeding the
marriage of Sarah Norris, new belle ap-
peared in the Baldwin circles. Miss Ann
Chambers dawned on an admiring village
Our friend, always an adorer Of the dash,
ing and stylish in woman, was very much
captivated at first sight. Miss Chambers
was above the ordinary stature, of full
and finely developed form. She had dark,
rich complexion, dazzling teeth, raven hair,
and great black eyes, flashing like Jewels.
Then she dressed beautifully; in excellent
though rather brilliant taste; but that COR
responded with the style of her beauty
Her manners were very fascinating; quiet,
but easy and graceful. She had always
enough to say, but she never fatigued one
with liyelneSs--never made weak or trihing
remarks. All the young men were wild
about her; even Peter NanSchoonhoven,
who had come up from Schenectady for his
annual term Of ruralizing, and who was the
most redoubted hirt in the state, was dragged
at her chariot wheels in triumph But on
none did she smile so Sweetly aud encour-
agingly as on Mr. uolster; and the heart
of our bachelor was deeply moved. lie
began to think he had found the twin son!;
and that he was deeply paid for all his
years of waiting. No thought of caution
now; no fears of careless habits, shrewish
temper, extravagant tastes. The mere idea
of such things in connection with that angel
would have been PROCLAMATION.
ALL could he have lived but little while
in her native place? Could be have seen
her fathers house, so lily ordered, the large
family of poory-tended children, the moth
er worn out with labor and care, while her
daughter led life toilless as the lilies
Could we have seen the beautiful Anna in
her slatternly home-attire, and heard her
snub' her little brothers and sisters, and
even her parents, when she was out of tenn
per, as not unfrequently happened But
he could not; and Miss Chambers played
her part well. She soon inventoried the
worth of her varions admirers, and found
that with the exception of the gentleman
from Schenectady before mentioned, they
were all young men with their way to make;
and the one exception was too thorough
coquet to be relied upon. Mr.. Hollister
was undeniably the best card in the pack
Miss Chambers was well up to the world
and its wisdom; she was twenty eight if she
was a day, although to look at her fresh
and beautiful face you would never have
thought it. She felt that it beloved her to
lose no time, and she laid close though de-
corous siege to Mr.. HOLSTERS heart She
was very regular at church, and sometimes
attended the monthly concerts and the
Saturday evening prayer meetings, observ-
ing on all these occasions the most becom-
ing gravity and close attention to the SER
vices. She regretted that there was no
class in Sunday School that she could take
during the few weeks of her stay; she prais-
ed the society of Baldwin in that 1t eschew
ed cards and dancing = of which, she said,
she had formerly been very fond, but now
saw her error. She conversed about vari-
Gus preachers and styles of sermonizing;
she was always industriously employed
Yet she was never too busy to lay aside her
work sing for Mr.. HOLSTER A II misgiving
fed from his mind He knew, indeed that
she was not professor but she was so
serious, so rellgiously disposed, that be was
sure that need form no obsticle. lie ven
tured to ask bis friend Hobart's opinion,
bat that gentleman dismissed him rather
shortly; he had given his best advice be-
fore without result, Jocob must now gang
his ain gait 1t was just as we'll, for he
was too much 10 love to have needed any
rational opinion SO he declared himself
and was gracously accepted, and Miss
Chambers went home TO prepare for her