North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1862-12-03

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love with Dutchman 2"
Lnuev Hill turned her sweet, bi,shng
face t" er laughing Cousin to say earnestly
lie is G, rman, M"llie, and ofv>ry good
family, thougI, not noble. Father Is ver,
willing for me to marry him, SO his letter,
must have b, Ten good"
| Yes; # ever father dolized a child
Uncle Will Is that father. Well, nov, Lou
~, take pity OF my curiosity, and tell me ali
about it,"
Ma" come IN 2;' said another vnice a.
the door.
Yes, come in, and hear Lprey's Confess
ions" SAID Mr.. Lawron. And another lad,
the sister Of tie bright, merry MoIne, CAME
| ihtH the room. Tie LADIES we're the only oc-
cupants OF tie Louise at that hour, if we.x-
c"pt the servants, and having .uneregated,
iet me d'scrihe them; Mrs. Lawt"n, IN,
f"sttsS, was brunette of the brilliant, VIII
! " KIND, and her S'sier, wh, was only year
ar two younger, MISS .M>ta Hill, was like her
III face, form, auh disposition. Louisa Hill.
the visitor and cousin, was a blonde, fair ,
gentle, and petite, who, having just pAss"n
her seventeeth birthday, was announcing
herself as en- aged to be married to Rnpi
G 'tslein, professor ct language in the H
University. n
What is there to tell? 2" askA Louise,
with a little C n'clous laugh. We met, W.
] law, Th,.r.S. ha
words
Not bit of il Answer your elders
Miss Ill.," said Mrs LAwton. FIRST, who
! Is he ?"
= He is the only son of Rplph Gottslen, OF
| WIr'emburs, who was professor of lang uage.
IS his l., only in different place. He, nv
! R"lph, was left morherles, wien he was on
Iy five years old, and his sister Btrta only
three, and they were educated together by
their father fo- fourteen years. Then he
died, and having been both liberal and hos
pl'able, he left his children without anv
property, but with q most finished and re.
narkable education. Music, languages, and
sciences were the atmosphrres or their life
hui they were young, and had llved life al.
most r,clu>e. Berta was taken into the fam
lIy "t her aunt, and Rolph came to America
| tt' brought good letters from his ia hers old
friends. and soon made class Of scholars in
New York. For ten years he lived there,
and then came TO C, with the appoin,
ment of profess II in the college over which
father presldts. He has been with US for
| wear"
! "And the sister 2'
"Berta m llrried, and went TO Berlin. For
! some years they cnrresponAed, then her hus
| band removed to mnre remote part Of Gel
many, and the letters were not so frequent
Al last they ceased, until within few months,
when R"Iph has rec ircd letter, telling him
OF Berta's widowhood aud intention of com
ing to America with her little girl. Since
| then he has heard nothing. She may he
waiting to send him word exactly when to
expect her, or she may have started, and be
on her way"
What is Ter name ?"
never heard him call her anything but
Berta, and never inquired her husbands s
name. There, girls, you have all the story
Now, it is my turn to question. What in
the world, Mollie, sent you out If town at
this season?"
"Oh, we are going TO have Christmas IN
the English style. Harry can come down by
the cars, you know, every day, SD he allowed
me :" c"me here last week to get ready.
have sent out nv Invitations for the twenty
fourth, to give everybody day for rest. and
the eti.sts will stay till after New Year,
when we all return to town to gether. Write
to-day Loucy, and ask RoIph to join US. Il
is holiday time"
Oh yes, he will be delighted to come
Where is Will, Meta ?''
"Oh, he comes up and down with Harry"
said Mrs. Lawton. You must have doub
lie wedding, girls. When, Loucy 2'
Next spring. Shall you have a house
full, MoIIie 2"
"Forthe week there will be twenty or
thirty, and on Christmas Eve we give ball
How it SHOWS! meant to 90 to Da, ton to-
day for some trifes that were forgotten in
town. But we must postpone it until to
morrow. The tea-hell, girls, and there ia
Harry at the gate"
And WILL" ssid Meta, "You have no
eye for him, M"Ilie."
Never mind yours zee for two"
Christmas was near enough to make any
delay about procuring the "trfles" ncon
veni"nt, so the next morning the ladies' wrap
ped the'nselv.s in hoods and cioaks, and
started for drive to DAYTON, over the new
iy-falen snow. The air was keen. but ligh,
hearts and heavy wrappers hade II defiance
and 'he carriage rang ~ith merry voices ant
laughter mn they drove slowly through th.
deep drifts. rhs$ were yearly o mile from