The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1862-01-25

strangely anger moved aproud woman
how willing she gives up all hopes of
happiness, rather than seem to yield to
one who sighted her love. | could
not bat suspect that it was for my sor-
row, not for her own JOY, that Kate had
sought these new bonds" sW
Perplexed and bewildered, has,
tened into the street. Led by instinct
rather than reason. my steps turned to-
wards the stage Office. The evening
coach was about starting and my old
acquaintance Ben, was on the box.
With no purpose except to be near her
l loved, / jumped up beside him. For
an hour We rode on in silence. At
length Ben's patience began to totter
on its throne, and he turned to me with
the polite inquiry, Lost your grand
mother sqnire?" The cold winter air
and the sensation Of motion somewhat
aroused me and tried to talk as usual.
Ben, doubtless suspected the cause of
my trouble, and in q moment be re-
marked
We've got the chap inside, what's
going to have the coloners darter-
likely looking fellow he is tu.'' s,eisa
He had led up to my trumps.l A
lawyer could not more cunningly have
caught the train of witness thoughts.
The confidence i had refused to my
best friend, / gave, without reserve, to
one had seen but once before in NV
life., In a few words l told him my
whole story.
"Well, that's bad" said Ben, "tu
devlish bad. The feller isn't much
arter all. If you'd stuck to the road,
you'd come in fust, but you are dis
taneed now, any way. What do you
mean to do; Pm too heavy for cap
size. you know. I'll try to leave the
chap on the rord, if that will accommo-
date" . ev n- =
"Do it Ben," said /, vainly endeav-
oring to grasp his immense hand and
[ will make your fortune" PCS
We'll, l must do my duty, but if
Jones does get out, my stage wont be
kept waiting all day for him, that's sar-
| tim" ~ 3aE ma4f
The possibility of anticipating my
rival made me delirious with hope, as
before had been stupid with despair.
"A thousand wild plans rushed to my
thoughts, and each seemed certian of
success. A thousand moving phrases
of love and repentance seemed written
in light before my eyes. But they fed
as suddenly as they came, when re-
| fiected how little promise there was
that Kate, angered, slighted, and appa-
rently forgotten, would take me back
to her heart-would abandon her new
love for my angry Jealousy. had Just
enough reason within my control, to
enable me to suspect that l was making
a fool Of myself. t = + - :. <aI ;,
But even in despondency, l could
not resist being amused at the pertina-
city with which Ben drove up to every
tavern on the route, and by his FIVE
minutes here, gentlemen" and now
and then "a best o liquor" tried to
bribe Mr.. Jones to rest his foot once
more on solid earth. But Mr.. Jones
was not to be moved But he was a
fixture. An old traveller would some
times put out his head to suggest that
we were in a new road, but Ben's an
swer was ready-"W always goes
round here Wednesdays" checked
the remonstrance.
/ Little impressions as these made on
Mr.. Jones, Ben was at last overcome
by them. Every descent added to our
load at least one glass of brandy, no,
much affected by the few drops OF
water, which, for the looks of the
thing" as he sail, he scornfully dashed
at it. The frequency of his libations
would have been a statistic to the
| Washingtonians, if such there were in
J Those days. He afterwards Informed
me that be meant to get drunk, and
leave me to do as pleased with tn,
stage, as; he knew that his bosses
would sooner pardon that than any ap
parently intentional neglect of duty
. somewhat suspect that Ben was al
ways easy of conviction as to the pro
: priety ofataking another glass; but j
lit was bis purpose to get eminently
Ifuddled, seldom have human plans me-
: with SO perfect success. After for
tune had saved us from many an immi
nent danger, sleep wrapped him sbou
r like cloak, and / assumed his Office
5 with a determination to carry out hi
, plans that he might have been an ex
/, ample to Mr.. Tyler. 2'@ : ~
$ Our delays had consumed SOM
! hours, and it was now quite dark.
a knew that Mr.. Jones could see nothin,
from his position, and made up M
q mind that he should 60 to Plymouth
Once, only, he gave signs of vigilanc
. by putting out his head and bidding tn
: ldriver to stop at Col. Russell's. g In
a deed I will, quoth Findlay."
< From my rides and walks with Kate
e / knew every inch of the roads 70
II miles. In a Christian spirit, i drov
ii slowly and steadily, in order that NJ
d Jones might be able to indulge any il
/. clination he might feel for repose. is
ri Itwa eight O'clock when we rsache
e the house. Through'the bare branchs
/? of the elms l could see the lighted VII
Z dows, and especially, l noticed. on
IS candle burning above the hall, whe'
% it had doubtless been placed at sunse
N to marshal Mr.. Jones the way he WI
70 not going with my permission. Aft.
g, some toggering l reused Ben's hanf
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