Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-11-24
ASHTABULA o. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER a. 1860

TO him that l can be as steady. studious
and economical, as any ploddinE, money.
making old bachelor in town. | sham
hear OF your giVing up any of your accus
toned luxurics, Fanny, or makirr your
dainty hands hard and unkissable with any
Kind of work but | have already given
up play going and cigars and 1 think some
Of selling Selim.'
Never J cried Fanny. what sell
the faithful creature which has borne you
SO surely and so swiftly to me every blessed
Saturday evening in the year +? 1t would
make us zoo much like that reduced and
disenchanted couple | have somewhere read
of, who killed and cooked the very carrier
dove which had flown back and forth with
their love.Ietters
AT this moment, bright little lad Of
ten years opened the door, SAYING Sis
ter Fanny, q big bandbox has come for
you from the city,
Oh, then, bring it in here : she replied.
The lad vanished, but reappeared in a mo.
meut, with the box, which Fanny eagerly
opened, and took out dress of plain white
silk, and long white veil of delicate lace
This is dear papa's gift she said isn't
it beautiful veil, Henry =
Yes, he answered, very beautiful.
What is it made of-book-muslin p
Fanny smiled at his ignorance, assuring
him that it was of lace, aud that of su.
perior quality.
Don't yon admire the dress I? she asked.
after a moments silence.
oh, yes, greatly; bnt it is not as pretty
as the one you have on. By the way-I
think, | am sure, l remember that dress
Isn't it the very one You had on at Com
meneement, the first time l saw you ?
Yes answered Fanny, with q bright
blush ; it is rather old,fashioned, now ::
but l thought, if you should happen to
recolleet it, you might be pleased to have
me wear it tonight -.
Dearest Fanny, how good, how Just like
you, that was. have always thought this
just the lovelest dress in the world the
color belongs to you, by the right of your
eyes and, now l think of it, Fanny can't
you be married in blue g
Fanny laughed outright at this, sayirg
that the idea was quite absurd and imp osSl.
BILE. .--
My milliner meant TO have my bridal
array quite complete she said, for here is
the wreath Of orange blossoms. What
think you of this, IIenryp
Away with it = he replied there is
something stiff, stately aud exotic, in those
flowers. Do wear, instead, few just such
rose buds as those in your bosom. They
are almost white they are simple and
sweet, and they breathe Of home. You
will wear them, won't you, dearest p
Oh, gladly, for these, too, have their as.
sociation. The tree that bore them was
your first gift to me- Henry l would like
to humor you about the blue dress also, but
that is out of the question:
AS the lovers finally turned away from
the table whereOn stood the bandbox, their
eyes fell upon Willie, Fanny's young broth.
er, who was fast asleep in his chair. Hen.
ry laid hand upon his head he started
up, and, rubbing his eyes, said I am
sitting up so late because l want to fetch
Selim for you bat you needn't be in a
hurry s-.r
The young man laughed, looked at his
WHICH, anu lOlu tuG l'lu uC lulS w ~ lOl tuV
horse at once. Willie darted off to the
stable, brought out Selim, but had the plea
sure Of exercising the beautiful animal for
several minutes, in the yard before its mas
ter came forth to claim it. All that time
was Henry Lester taking leave of his affianc-
going, but never gone. He felt
in his heart a strange, sad yearning-somc
wild, inexpressibe fOreboding-a fearful
from the night without, beanti-
full and peaceful as it was-a something that
caused him to snatch Fanny again and a
gain TO his heart, as though some dread
power, unseen, but darkly felt, was striving
to glide between them, and part them for
ever.
At last, Fanny gently unwound his arms
from her waist, and took step backward.
He yielded her up with a sad smile, but
kissed her once again and said, Good nightP
Fanny raised her finger with gesture, play
fully forbiddng, and said Remember, now,
you have kissed Fanny Austin for the last
time =
Henry laughed, and Fanny followed him
to the door to see him off She patted the
impatient Selim on the neck, and whispered
to him to bear his master safely, very safely.
As Henry gathered up the reins, and
was about starting, he said, suddenly, with
a glance at Willie-'Oh Fanny, a word in
your ear = She drew nearer, and put up
her face-her lover bent, not to her ear,
but her lips, and so kissed Fanny Austin
once more Then, with merry laugh and
another good night, be dashed through the
gate and down the road
Fanny soon asceuded to her chamber, bat
she did not retire to rest. Finging shawl
about her shoulders, she sat down by the
window, aud looked out upon the night.
Then she spoke low to herself, in all the
poetry of love-'How far the
stars can see with their clear, unveiled eyes
SO high in heaven but / cannot believe
that in all the vast universe they behold
happier child of the AllFather than l."
She looked downward-she could not see
the roses, but she drank in their fragrance
and said-'as the roses sweeten all the night
air, so love sweetens life for me. Oh, gra-
cious God, / bless Thee alike for those far
rolling worlds whose light is yet on our
homes, and for the earth-brightness OF
life, and, more than all, Tor
LOve.' H s Htssa
As Fanny gave utteraDce to this solemn
ecstacy of a religious and loving heart, she
bowed ber head upon the window sill be-
a 4 l.. s..l e.