Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-09-22

consideration. No longer restraining her
tears, she exclaimed, in an agony Of grief
and mortilication:
No, no, can never restore such a
gift as that! | can only tell you how sin
cerely | regret my objectionable careless
ness, and earnestly entreat your forgive
ness"
He stopped her by hasty gesture.
" 1t is who must ask forgiveness -
And the look of assumed sternness van
lshed from his face, while an expression Of
real anxiety showed his words to be in
earnest. Pray pardon my seeming rude
ness And see, Extending again the
note of the author" see which of US
has most reason to regret this accident
Matty looked in amazement; the note
bore her own address: it was herself
whom the poet addressed as his valued
friend. Dumb with surprise, she looked
in the beamiug face of her campanion for
explanation.
I" visited my friend yesterday, and
could not refrain from telling him of the
ardent admirer he found in our little vii
lagc lie commissioned me to deliver this
unfortunate volume to YOU as a token of
his pleasure Of possessing such an appre-
cl atlve reader"
Matty eyes were full Of grateful tears
She tried in vain to praise the author
goodness to thank DR.. Warmer fer lis
kindness.
Kind laughed he, quizzicajly. "Shc
calls me kind when for the last half hour
! have heen poa'ing indignation in tor
rents on hor innocent head Matty =
eyes sought his with questioning glance
" You would ask Why if the book was
yours, | was so much troubled by its de-
struction. Forgive me my rude trihing
OH forced me to it BY Your $tudious avoid,
ance. Anything seemed better than the
cold elvlIity YOU have shown me Of late
Stay, be continued, for Matty, fearing
she knew not what, hastily rose :" | have
something yet to say to you, and tho voice
was no longer light and mocking, but quiv-
erinG with emotion. The usually self pos
scssed man was strongly aritatcd, and the
handsome face flushed and eager MAT.
ty, ! have long loved you. Have you no
return TO make for gii, Ike this? am
very lonely. O, love me and be mine, my
darling-my cherished wife,
Dear me how silly love making look $
on paper. How would know what Other
foolish speeches were made Just then >
| don't believe DR.. Warmer himsaIE
could or would have repeated them all an
hour after. It's enough TO say he pleaded
his cause ike Il noble, truehartca man as
h. vas. aud with such success that Masty
became suddenly aware that her love was
not, and for a long time, had not been
hers to give, having long been in the pos
session Of him whom she had called her
kind triend pr. Warriner.
Mrs, Green vas half wild with pride
ami delight when she learned bis fuIGll-
ment Of her wishes, aud took, nobody
knew why, great credit to herself in the
matter The doctors practice leminishel
somewhat after his marriage. Widow
Lane and her six little ones being restore |
suddenly and apparently by some miracu.
uIous power, to perfect and uninterrupted
health Miss Amarantha's Influenza shared
in the same wonderful Improvement. Per.
haps it was well the sick were so quickly
restored for it was about this time the in
defatigable Miss Tilton became so much
ndisposed that she was heard to declare
emphatcully that love nor money should
ever tempt her to NEEDLE with doctor $
stuff again.