Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-05-29
Chuite agistellang.
How Harry Fell in Love.
BY JAMES II. DANA.

ALI the girls in Flowerdale were in love
with Harry Vernon that is to say, they
admired him excessively, and were ready to
fallin love, if he should lead the way
Fannie Somers, the little witch, was tho on
ly exception. Merry, dancing aud pretty
as fairy, it was question whether she had
ever thought Of love /; if she had never talk
ed Of it. a -.a Ir.S -t
Harry's father was Senator IN Congress-
and he himself was d young lawyer Of bril-
liant talents, finished education and hand
some fortune. 1t was known that his faith
er wished him to marry, and did not, o. is
often the case, insist on his selecting On
heiress. The now grayheaded statesman
had made q loye-match in his youth, and
still worshipped the memory Of his wife he
had too early lost. LET your heart choose,
my son, he said. Marriage without true
affection, holds out but poor show for
Most Of those, not directly interested in
the event, thought that Isabel Fortescue
would carry off the prize. She was deci-
dedly the belle of the village. Having re-
ceived her education at fashionable semi
OF which she could not boast Besides, the
idmiliOo vi CinOu anu pOItcSCuC Hdu Ubeu
the leading ones in the county for two gener-
atoms and gossip said that the union of
the two fortunes and ofthe united influence,
would give Harry a position almost unri.
vailed.
Certain it is, that Harry visited Isabel
very often. Those who envied her accused
her Of maneuvering to win him. 'Throws
herselfin his way continually" said one.-
kth.l cn,,bnJx, ~ o,snl
girl make loue sabarafaasaly2,' 10 - She ought
she has tried hard enough" Nevertheless,
fact, that some of these very young ladies'
such are the infirmties Of human nature
did their very prettiest to out maneuvre
Isabel and get Harry for themselves.
Harry had not seen Fannie since she wa
child. 1t was only month since she haC
left school and returned homo again. anc
circle was at picnic. Here her blooming
laugh had been the theme of admiration b!
the beaux; and envy Of the bellies. Harry
had been her partner in dance or two, and
in common with others, felt itwould only b
civil to call upon her. So the morning af
OcT luo HiC-ulC u0 bdlilCu lOEtu u ul0k6
round Of the village girls. "-
He first visited Isabel. She was recliniu,
in fauteuil, charniingly dressed and read
ing novel. All she could talk about wa
her fatigue. Yet, she looked bewitchingly
it was ineontsstible, in the subdued light 0
that sumptuoas parloE with elegant pic
tures on the walls, boquets of flowers al
about, and an atmosphere of exquisite re
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much tempted to be in love- He stai,
nearly an hour, when he had intended t
stop only for u few minutes; and would moi
perhaps, have gone then, ifother gentleme
had not dropped in.
houses Everywhere he found the youn
ladies dressed to receive compsny. Som
were reading novels some had book {
poetry open before them and oae, wh
had q pretty hand, was coquetishly knittin
a purse. Not one Of them had anythin
serious to do. Most of them affected, hk
Isabel, to be quite languid, and talked ss.i
the fatigue Of the day before bad near
killed them. . l.A 2t1r.iH,+ hTD 6iil
When Harry reached the pretty, but un
pretending cottage where Fannie reside
with her widowed mother, he found th
hall door opened to admit the breeze, an
80, just tapping at the parlor entrance, b
entered, bowling. In the shaded light
the COOL fragrant room he could not, 70
moment, see; but he noticed immediate
q ly that no one answered his salutation, an,
/, directly, he beheld that the apartment vi
! empty. just then, however, fresh liqui
y voice, as merry % bird in June, was hear
warbling in an inner apartment Harl
listened awhile charmed; but finding tn,
his Knocking was not heard, and recogni
ing, as he thought Fannie's voice, fnal
made beld to 60 in search Of the singer.
Passing down the hall and through anoth,
open door, he suddenly found himself in Il
G kit6hen, large airy apartment, scrupulou
" clean, with Fannie, al the end opposi
b him, standing before adough-trough, knea
4 ing -four and carrolling like lark.
1t was . picture an artist would love
o paint. Fannie's face was seen partly
profile, showing TO perfection her long lash
|. and bringing out in relief tho pouting ii
aud round chin. The breeze blew her brow
ourls playfnlly about, and occasionally qui
: over her face, at which time she wou
throw them back with pretty toss of h
head. Her arms were bare, and round
Or whittier or more taper arms never we're !; tn
Z fairly put to shame, with their, rosy pea
ness, the snowy -four powdered over thei
As she moved with quick step at her .tas
her trim figure showed all its grace, and b
d. nest ankle and delicate foot twinkled in al
: out. For while she did not observe Harr
!. 1t was not till she turned to pgt down I
: dredging boz, that she beheld him. !.
,s Most Of our fair readers, We suppos
!. would have screamed, and perhaps have r
n Al Id