New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-07-20
race then lay between Charley Nor
COME captain ofthe huzzars, and Phil

coshe, captain Of the huzzars, and Phi
: lip Lee, curate, II .srgt,gj.lary
1t was grand set. to--shands up,' :
can tell you. IfCharley had the han,
soonest face, and, playing with a bull,
pendant from his watch-chain, br
which had previously resided in his lee
tt'culd talk of the time "when Twas i
1.-THE Camea,' Philip had the more in
ltellectt'al expression, and had won a
[Oxford the under-graduate's 'blue rib
bon"-th Newgate prize for Englisl
verse. Charley, it is true, when we
were skating on the lake, produced
iupon the ice such wondrous "eagles" as
Audubon never dreamed of; but he
was, on the other hand, the first to own
when the frost broke up, that. Gin q re-
ally good thing with hounds, there was
not one of them could catch the Par.
son" For Phillip, though he did not
hunt in his own parish, could "go like
I Iabird out Of it, whenever he could get a
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On the night before our party sepa-
rated, we had a grand performance, Of
charades, and, in the last Of these. the
Rev. Mr.. Lee, had won immense applause.
as ferocious captain Of banditti, acting
with the greatest enthusiasm, and hav-,
ing composed for himself, with the CO.
operation Of a cork, a pair Of mustaches
which rivalled Charley's. We were K.
appear at supper, with our charade cos
tunes, and were waiting the announce
ment of that refraction, when I noticed
an extraordinary phenomenon which
caused me instantly and earnestly to
whisper to Miss O'Hara. II have
something to say to you. Come at
AM
once e{; aagl oaaa sao9 bea .r.;,l
Weipassed unnoticed from the crowd
ed drawing room into the library, still
Uttered with our theatrical properties.
Selling aaasxsr and assuming a. char
brigand's assistant,) I bade her "listenp
And she q see her now in her pretty
hat and cloak, for she had represented
in our, last scene, the young English
countess, stopped by the .robbers,) ever
ready for buriesquc and mirth -as she
supposed this to be-made answer sol /
emnly. va.aa 9aT ,ys,a#aar amoa
"Say on" 3, sarai5 gi 3ea1 E2 si
/ *Twelve years ago, Katherine o'1ara,
Iwooed and won, in the home Of. your
childhood the lady who is now my wife.
On a sweet summers eve,1'I told my
love sitting under an acacia, and upon
a garden-seat, the property ofyour res
pected sire. Hardly you, then lit
tie child, were swinging in a swing
Those same long silken Irish dlashes
dropped over those deep blue eyes, and
we never dreamed thatyou took notice
Of us, sealing in the usual manner, our
vows Of mutual love. Judge, then how
intense our agony, how complete and
awful our abasement, when, as we re-
Joined the festive throng for coffee, you.
cried aloud for all tohear: 90 ad2i9W
"Oh, mamma! those two did so kiss
each other, when 1 was swinging intac
elm!pi '-irt tan rod 80 L9ira3s olls !
10 aFor twelve years, Kate O'fIara,
the memory Of that humiliation has
troubled my indignant soul; but at last,
I am avenged-look here!" '9 on ~ -
I held before her one Of the hand
looking glasses, which lay on the table
]'near, and she was preparing to say
something in the dramatic style, as she
snatched It from me, with the proud ait
ofa tragedy queen, when her eye caught
the reflection Of her face, and il mo-
ment that fair countenance was blanch.
ed sndpale, and she stood with herhead
dropping; speechless. For upon her lip
she saw, as | had seen, the certain sign
and trace that, in some obscure corne,
behind the scenes, the race had been de