New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-01-06
NEW OREGON, IOWA, JAN. 6, 1850.

grown up.
Sill his oil feeling ofpique was up
perm st when shown into her fathers
magnificent parlor; and this combine
with his astonishment at seeing a grace
full and highbred woman announced as
his OH playmate, lent an air of coldness
and mb,rrassment to his greetings.
whether it was this or some other cause,
Kate, who was advancing eagerly, sud-
denly checked herself, colorel, and put
on all her dignity. The interview 80
inauspiciously begun, was short and
formal, and to Preston, at least unsatis-
factory. He hal expected, in spite Of
their tacit understanding, that Kate
| would meet him rapturously as of old,
forgetting that the chill had now be-
come woman. He overlooked, also,
the effect his own restraint might have
produced. Thus he returned to his
lodgings, dissatisfied and angry, half
disposed to dislike, yet half compelled
to admire the beautiful and dazzli ,g
creature from whom he had just parted.
The truth was, Preston, though hither-
to ignorant of it. had loved his old play
mate from boyhood. This had made
him feel her neglect so acutely, and
this had led him secretly to hope that
her welcome on his return would heal
the past. No wonder he went home an
cry, yet quite as much in love as ever.
Preston and Kate often met after
this, but they seemed destined to mis-
understand each other. Kate was real
~ ignorant the mischief she had done.
She had come down to meet him with
a heart full Of the memories of other
lays, and, if truth must be told, a little
nervous and anxious how he, Of whom
she had 50 often thought in secret, would
receive her. His proud demeanor had
chilled her. Nor on subsequent occa-
sisns were their interview more salts
factory. Indeed, Kate was puzzleland
vexel at Preston's manner. No one
could. at times be more interesting: yet
no one was 50 often naughty and disa-
asreeabl. Kate sighed to think how
changed he had become, and then she
was angry at herself for sighing.
Kate was accordingly as waywarl
as Preston-and who, indeed, had great
or excuse? Rich and well-born, beautiful
and high spirited, she was positively
the reignins belle in Charleston during
the whole Of that CAV winter. To a
complexion delicately fair, and per-
son of the most exquisite proportions,
she united those graces Of mind and
manner, which, in that courtly day,
were considered the unerring accompa-
niments Of high-bl eeding. Report
awarded to her numbers of unsuccess.
full suitors; but all had tacitly resigned
their claims in favor of Major Lindsay,
an English officer of noble blood, be-
tween WI ON and an earldom there was
only single life: Cray and splendid in
person and equipagc, the Major no soon
er laid siege to the heart Of the heiress,
than her less favored suitors gave over
in despair, and what between lounslng
most of his mornings away in her par
lor, and attending her abroad on all oc.
casions he speedily came to have the
field nearly altogether to himself:
The arrival of the Major anticipated
that Of Preston about month. and whel
our hero returned, he found his rival al
most domesticated at Mr.. Mopbray':
house. Jealousy soon revealed to Pres
ton the secret of his own long-hidde,
love; but it made him he 'rtily hate tn.
Major. The two gentlemen seemed per
sectly 10 understand each other. Blu
the Englishman knew better than hi
rival how to suppress his feelings, am
accordingly possessed every advantage
over him in superior case ands:lf-com
.nand. Had Kate wished otherwise
she ull not but have given the large
share of her attention to the graceful