Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-06-15

othei" "iec supply thc oihce hc1 hit pcs
of you to consider-and this is what my
heart would prompt me to say with better
acquaintance.
Yes" she said, simply but earnestly
but you are rash. dare not thus woo
fate. You heard our arrangement---my
aunts | mean--I will adopt that, We will
know each other better, before"
I" No, no." | exclaimed; "we shall
never know each other better; 1t is rash
to delay; if we postpone our designs they
will be frustrated Who is there but a
husband that can preserve you from the
passion of that bad man Your father
forgive me for thus alluding to him-but
| heard last night that he lost everything
to ON Holt, at taro-thus he is power
less to protect YOU"
Il expected as much," she said, sadly.
:. Do then give US the right to take care
of YOU
" Not now, urge me no more "
But will you decide to-day? Meet
me on the beach, after dinner, and tell me
there. Promise to meet me 2''
Yes,I will 90, if am not prevented.
| must consult Lady Grey first"
She slipped down from the chair, and
was gone in minute. | did not finish
my letter that morning, but went out to
engage a carriage and four, and make
other preparations for rapid leave tax
ing of Brighton.
Bess met me, as She promised, on the
beach. kady Grey, whose presence |
had no reason to regret was with her and
was strong advocate in my favor. She
said we could never hope to change Mr.
Conyngham's preiudices ; his daughter
was Il minor, aud still subject to her
fathers control and disposal and though
she would not advise Us, yet she would
not withhold her consent, If we concluded
to fly together After saying so much,
she kindly walked on, leaving me to urge
my cause, which was indeed her cause
also, with Bess. | succeeded so well that
she promised to marry me that night
The words had barely escaped her lips
when We met Won Holt, who scowlcd upon
me, and gave my companion a glance Of
'tif7'i unt "iihi ht'Iil'fANtit. u Htpli III
was out Of sight, left the ladies and hur-
ricd up the tlinty street to the parsonage
The old clergyman was quite willing to
come down; he had already, he said,
promised to marry a couple at No. a at
uine o'clock, and he could easily come
down an hour earlier to No 30 dcsig-
mated my own room as the place to meet
me; but We had decided that the ceremo-
ny should be performed in Lady Grey,
parIor, 4 room adjacent to Miss Conyne-
hams own. .titer concluding the ar
ran@ementS with the clergyman, and OBJ
tanning license. | hastened back to pre-
pare my luggage and send it to the depot.
At eight O'Clock everything on my part
was ready, and | sat in the large arm
chair beneath the ycntilator, waiting for
the signal thlt would indicate that Mis-,
Conyngham was ready The signal did
not come but in ITS place heard Il low
voice repeating my name. | sprang up
there stood Bcss.
5" | ann locked IN" she exclaimed in ter
ror Herr Won Holt saw II, together,
and informed my father, and he says |
shall not leave this room, or communicate
with my aunt even, until the clergyman
comes at nine O'Clock He suspects US,
you and |, OF cloPing"
Onl one moment was | eoniounlcd in
the next an eXpelieut occurred to me
but would Be-. take Advantage Of it, that
wa~ the question?
Wait moment" said, until
write note to Your aunt, Lldy Grey"
1t was written AMI sent and in FIVE min
utcs Lady Grey and her maid stood at my
door briefly informed her of the facts,
and suggested her only chance of flight
BeSs must come through the vcntiIator
The clergyman would be there in fifteen
minutes, and we could be married in my
parlor, instead of Bs>s's.
She can never do it, exclaimed her la
dyshp.
She must, firmly replied.
We'll, We will abide by her decision,
She answered jumped up, and in half
dozen words told Miss Conyngham of
the hope remaining to us; would She
avail herself of it .
Yes, was her quiet reply
The word was no sooner spoken, than |
began to cut away with my knife a piece
from the panel of the door, in which re-
yolved the axis of the vcntiator The
glas, was soon removed, and the vcntila-
tor free from incmbrancc. reached
through whispering to the trembling girl
to come at once. She sprang up without
hesitation, and in five minutes she was
safely by my side then ha>tened to
PUT back the window in its place, that the
vacuum might not excite suspicion.
Bes, had short time 10 compose her.
self before the clergyman entered. He.
began the ceremony directly, and | was
soon the husband of the loycliest girl in
the world. AS was paying my five
pounds lecture feel heard a door unlock
ed in the adjoining room, and a loud cx-
clamation, accompanied by an oath. |
did not wait for the dcnolemont, but hur-
ricdly bade Lady Grey and the clergyman
goodbye; the latter by the way, saw
going around to the performance of the
other ceremony at oclock-and carried
off Bess to the carriage We went to
London that night by rail. The next
week got letter from home with per-
mission to return. | ayailed myself of it
and brought my English wife to America,
and to this day hold in reverence the
yentilator, for by what other way could
my wife have come to mc?-London