Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-11-12
coINGI BLUFFS, IOWA, EpNEsDAY noVEnBEfE "a. 1850

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not bsss hex ooneeitsd aiss. We ge
outwsFdly good frienas. 81 ss1suilf.r an
niles, ~ bat VI hasad essk ~ earsiiaIl
How oflenws mass be axsaeAb1s to De,
'm pie that We daspiesI Nj must spea
Y pleasantly, and smile, when We had ratI
aS er tear their eyes out, I donN often d
z so, because aIn indspsndens anoagh /
" do Us | please. & 81
l. turned from him with Hight fangE
9 but more thoroughly angry than aver ha
a. Ehs@A vita him. 'ssd met GrsyilIe. .zsh
% asked me TO diace, took bis arm. al
:, We stood opposite Kate akd Percy in Ia
q same set, did nos look at him again
+ but chatted gaily with my partner-h
/, Astspt lpss Ny SIDE asa1a gbsss ysniug
q and | wondered that I had never know
7 before hss Fsy sgF ssahla hs was. H
J came the max dsy, and FOR many day,
z he was nay most constant and devoted
!, Iastepdant.
! One day We were riding, ana hsIasked
! me to Beoenehfs vile. &ssaEs uuexpeet-
ed; bad nos thought of such a
tEhriPgs ted him so and that did not
sahksl l..ssesed snoqgh for him 10 aAsssy
hfIa.@ Fhen dou't auswer me- now,S be
SAID ''tor perhaps you may change your
mind" "Ohl ! theaght Ii Percy would
only be as frank and straight forward ~
} | could not say that YnaId marry him.
and after 5 while / did rat want TO saw
l woaid not, for missed him when he
vas ous of my sight Still, could have
lss him 30 forever, easier than Percy
Percy, | think was not bit jeaious, but
saEnesimes he wauld say.
SIT is quite iHlpossfhss to ride or walk
with yon, Pirna, for GreviIle is always
ia my way.s
The slightest look or word from Percy
thrilled my irm,st seal, yeG eonid treat
him with indifference, even ru3tIv.
and never wislaed to treat GreyiIIe 81
ttsfFFFIiie sala ha was eSnsens TO wait aill
fknew whetAer y loved hnn. or naas iif |
had loved HIM be4s fnr. Bhere was much
good in a ratBet fully disposition. He
was warm hearted, impulsive, bat re-
peassd Of hts rorgg and rfyms vii. |
/ Ing % oa1e fotgIsen,9 One day, Iia va |
Just i've years ago, Percy came =" ID IA 10 /
the library where | was reading and |
ssissg a ., Ia
awell, Viraal, when .AalF seEbs |
married ?'' Such sublime impudeuce =
dropped my book sFsSsver!'5 | exclaim
ed decidedly.
= /" am in dead earnest, Yirna," he said
coming to- my sisa, 2@and IL VOC vail
hays such grHcslEss feilgR, |; g~in try
to be worthy of ynu.n -., =.
Here at least he Mao tcundeseanaed 10
inform nae Of bis intshtionH, and expect
cd me TO courtesy gaad say "much OBJ
lised," and bow my head TO the yoke bel
was pleased 10 offlr. An this was the
Aaraest 70 besrt aaa knew ct that mo
msnf that ! carsd eply for hin, in spite
OF my apger-ths red blood flushed from
neck TO brow, and I arose haughtily, |
saying -
<IYou think, Ar. ST. Aabyn, that am !
ready TO soosPs yoa 90 the sIighsass hint '
Allow me to undeceive you"
Then you are going to marry Gre
villa =" he questioned sadly. FsDb, Viz
ma, if twas any one else! | could give
you up easier" Isl
81 am not AWARE | answered coldly, Z
that goa own me-" am going to Aunt
EIwyn'ss 80 good morning, arr and |
swept from che room. That Is last
Time have ever seen him. You know
when / came 70 your fathers, though you
Eere only little gla. '
week after, Mrs. St. Aabyn sent for ]
ne, for Percy had gone to India, and she
lid not know when be would return, for
he was connected with mercantile firm
% Calcutta. returned Strange torsay, /
did not care for GreEille as | had, for
Ill thoughts followed Percy. IL
Still, thought If Greviiie cared go
Iery much for ms would hgve him, but 0
wanted TO test bis love. - q
One evening disguised myself rs al Il
I'D woman, and meesing him in the road y
'tfared to tell his fortune. / told him q
ew facts to strsugtheu his belief in nv
lowers, and then | told him that the lady p
lie sought 10 marriage was penuiless, bnt t
would mako aim good wife if be would a
marry without money, "bat that you IL
vouid not do" | added sharply. He g
aughed uneasily, 81 thought she hal the +
money, or all her other charms could Il
iever have made me council myself so II
ar. CT
| threw back tha hood that concealed Z"
ly features, with a mocking laugh, and al
aid scornfully. sEMr. GreTiIle, we will "
art now, aad only as common acquain- m
auces can we ever meet agaih-t an "a
lad that | know che reason that YOU hi
Fished TO marry me good evening sir. al
| went home, bot not to six down and tt
SieTe over this last trial, forI knew that as
could never have cared for him as | IN
ught to care for NAN that should be pt
y husband. Ome week after, Mra. St44 Il
,ubyn was thrown from her carriage, 70
I'D so seriously injured that she died theI ~l
eat day. Percy's agent forwarded thef th
cws 30 him, and by his orders the Oaks "a
ss SHUT up ana he remained Ia Calcutta "a
removed to my house in town, here, so
tsh Aunt Nell for q companion. That ra
all Mae, bat do you know IL was aIl w
y own indeoision and / should add pr
rlde." #yE eegg II 10
"Well, | think a.-Aubyn was real TO
Iaaa," exclaimed Mac spititeaiy, al IN
ouldn't have any one fer such asking.'s kE
- 4es, buts il was not so much the way "a
; asked me as it was my foolish assswsF, =
nd Percy would knesa TO no woman, ,wg
"Do you hear from hfn, cousin P'ssass 20
sao," answered Virginia drearsly. ps
Five long weary years, and l'hava nev-4 Fh
, heard word from him. Do YOU sg
onder thai | am tired Of life some. 20
mes ?'' na< FE pa
81 meyer thought 80, always thought sr
su was perfectly happy" III pF
Mas sal With her bead supported By hsr en
nall jewelled hand, and thinking deep 70
!, yirna looking ii The glowing Goals W
ith sad gaze, looking back fn the 40
rect, lost past. One In the aast and ~
adding Of sweet gEflhood, grand and W
aeealg /; beth supreneiy heaatssai. sr
!" Ars yosl going % see LIS pseturs, na
lis afternoon, dear Yirna f's asked AIasff :
'srting up ana rssanaing her hosd and
uak. ~ 1l'k a5 4SSsfs H@F