The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-12

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have besa III, and forsosssa lissle. 20 eiys
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by yosr psolclsaey 20
81 shsll ssady ai home Just the cane, bu,
I shall not rseiss.n
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/ "Becauss ! cannot. | Do not thisk il
best,-aad-aad I viii not"
1 Another Yaass.
i .lvy, Do ysu net Ike your teacher I"
"No, Sir. lhete veU ~
The words se~msd 70 dash from her lipe.
She sprsne up asA ssaod erect before him,
her eyes on Ore, aud every nerve Quiverins
With intense excitement. He va shocked
and startled. Il vas new phass Of her
character.-s new reselatioa. He, too,
arose, and walked to the window. IL lvy
could hare ssen the workings Of his face,
there would have been revelation to her
alao. But she Vas TOO highly excited TO
notice anything. He e,me back to her and
spoke in . low voice.
"lvy, this 10 too much. This / did not
expect"
He laid HE hand upon her head - be had
often done before. She shook il OF pas
s,onately.
"Yes, I hate you. hat. you, because,
i-becauss'-
''Beosuse wanted you 70 love me ?"
| "No, Sir, because do love you, and you
bring me only wretchedness. have never
oeen happy 'ines the miserable day J ar''
"1hen, Ivy, I have utterly failed in
what il has been my constant endeavor 10 do.
''No, Sir, you have succeeded in what you
endeavored to do. You have taught me.
You have given mo knowledge and Thought,
and showed me the source Of knowledge.
But had better have been the ignorant girl
you found mo. You have taken from me
what ! oan never 6nd again. have made
bitter exchange. | was ignorant And
stupid, lknow,-butI was happy and ean.
tented; and now am wretched and misera.
Bile and wicked. You have come between
me and nv home and my father and mother,
between me and oil the bliss Of INV past
and all my hope for the future"
"And thus, Ivy, have you come between
me- and my past and my future;--yet no,
thus, You shut out from my heart all the
sorrow and vexation and strife that have
elouded my life, and GIL il with your own
dear presence. You come between me and
my future, because, in looking forward, l
see only you. l should have known better.
| There 10 gulf between us; but il l could
make you happy
~ don't want you to mako me happy. ]
know there 10 . gulf between ". i saw il
while you we're gone. / measured il and
fsthomsd It. shall not leap across. Stay
you on your side quietly; ! shall stay as
quietly on mine."
1t 10 too late for that, Ivy.-too late now
But you are not to blame, my child. Lit.
tie sunbeam that you arc, / will not cloud
you. 10 shine upon other lives 40 you
have shone upon mine and will bless yos
forever, though mine be left desolate."
He turned away with an expression on
his faoe that Ivy could not read. Her pas.
sion was gone. She hesitated moment,
then went to his side and laid her hand
softly on bis arm. There Was a strange
moistened CLEAN 10 bis eye - be turned
them upon her.
"Mr. Clerron, l do not understand you."
"My dear, you mover can understand me-"
81 know IT," said Ivy, with her old hu.
mility; "but, at least, l might understand
whether have vsxed you." 49,.
''You have not vexed me-"
81 spoke proudly and rudely to YOU. I
was angry, and 90 unhappy. shall always
be 80; shall never be happy again bu,
! want you to be, and you do not look - IL
II Ivy had not been little fool, shs
would not have spoken %; but shs was, 80
she did. w.s -
81 beg your pardon, little tandril. I was
20 occupied with my own prcconceived ideas
that forgot to syDpath,ss with you. Tell
me Why or how have made you unhappy.
but ! know; you need not. / assure YOU.
however, that you ere entirely wrong, Il
was prudish and whimsical notion Of nv
good old housskseper's. You are never to
think Of it again. never attributed such
. thought or feeling to you.''
me unhappy p" -
'Can there be anything else ?'' .
ism glad yoa think 80. Perhaps I should
not have been unhappy but for that, at Issst
not SO soon; but thss alone could never
made me so."
Little fool again She wss ike chicken
thrusting its head into = corner and think
ing itself out Of danger because il canpo,
see the danger. She had no notion ,bs,
she was giving him the least clue to truth,
bot considered herself speaking with more
than Dclphie prudence. She rather liked
to coast along the shores Of her trouble and
see how near she could approach without
knew it. :" =,
Mr.. Clerron's face suddenly changed
hsss: down, took both hsr haods, and
drew her towards hin.
"lvy, perhaps l have been misundsr.
standing you. will at least 6od out the
truth: Ivy, do you know that l love you.
that have loved you almost from the hrss,
that would gladly here and nov take you
to my hears and keep you here forever!'
81 DO not know it." fslsersd Ivy, half
beside herself.
"know il now. then! am older than
you, and seem 70 myself % far removed
from you that ] have feared to sak yos 10
s!s't your happiness to my keeping. lest
should lose 700 entirely; bat somstimss you
| Ny experience has been very different from
you're. ! en- not worthy 70 slssp you,
purity snd lovelincss. Still I would do Il
IL Tell me, Ivy does II give yes psir
i Ivy es.rioated her hands from bis, dslib.
sr.seIy drew . footssool, and kosls on 4
before him,-theo took bis hands, a. hs bsl
before held hers, gs.ed steadily into ii,
eyes, and ssid,
"Mr. cerroo, are Jon 10 sarses.i D,
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