The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1862-10-11
THAT HIDEOUS MAN.
BY EMILY !. MACINTOSH.
CHAPTER /.

you know it's your fathers wish,
Luly." ga
Only wish. auntie, not COM and
and think it is cruel for you to try to force
me to marry that hideous man -
He has been very in, dear, and OF course
-he-that is
You can't make an Adop;s of him
auntie; so don't try. And If you could he
would not be much improved in my estima.
t'on. Such an uncouth morta | never cross
ed my path! III speak to him, he colors
to the hue ofa boiled lobster, and fidcets
his hands and feet as il he was afraid wan.
ted to run away with them and his /" YES
ma'an' and no ma am are as broad and
constrained as If were his grandmother.'' -
And yet your uncle says he is very ac-
complished."
''Oh, auntie ~
Quite true, my dear. You must take
into consideration his advantages. His
mother, one of the lovcliest women whom
ever knew, died when Lionel was but Ave
years old; and his father, unconsolable,
shut himself up in that out-of the-way coun.
try place of his and never went into society
again. Lioners education has been his
whole care, and, profound scholar himself,
ne las probably spared no pains to make
his son his equal Still the entirely recluse
life was calculated to make the boy shy
and nervous. and the long, severe illness
which followed his fathers death accounts
for his pallid face"
= I hope his tripto France will restore
his health" said Luly, rather coldly.
Aud yous''
:" I cannot 60 with him." cried the young
girl, passionateiy. "My fathers will only
requests us to look upon each other as the
children Of such lifelong friends As he and
Mr. Carleton should do. He hopes we may
love each other wei enough to marry hap
PLY otherwise he does not even desire our
union. do not love him, and cannot
flatter myself with the idea that he even ad.
mires me, SO we had best part as good
friends, but no more"
At that instant the subject Of the conycr-
sation entered the room. A few. common
place remarks passed between him and
Mrs. Raymond, and then she plead ID some
household engag cement and left the room. -
The lovers, per contract. sat in silence for
some moments, and q greater contrast can
scarcely be imagined than the two presen-
ted.
Luly TIazleton was blonde Of the most
exquisite type. OF medium size, her form
was graceful and symmetrical, and her fair
curls and large blue eyes suited the Grecian
profile and fair, delicately. tintid complexion.
An expression Of animation and high intel.
lect saved her face from insipid,ty and -
she bent now over her sewing. the rich
color msntlIng her cheeks proved her EN-.
barrassmsnt. She was bat ssventeen, and
not at her ease with the lover whom she In.
tended to discard.
And Lionel Carleton, raising his dark
eyes from the floor, saw the large mirrpr
this perfect form and face. and his own fie.
ure. He was very tall, and his height was
exaggerated by the attenuation Of long III.
ness. The largo features, which won Vi
have been manly and handsome in health,
were actually monstrous in tho thin, sallow
fAce; and his dark eyes looked hollow and
unnatural with the black rims which suffer.
ing had penciled round them. They were
weak, too, and the pink tinge Of the lids,
anda certain strsining iook did not I'm
prove their beauty. A clasc.titting black
skull cap. which concealed the l',ss of hal,
sacrificed IN his illness, aided 10 the -ro,cs