The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1863-04-02
C0URTiaG IN The DARK.
ga lmcst divine, Ell 2"

A. Il lady ut that moment entered the bal
room. The above observations were mad
| by a couple of gentlemen who stood di
rectly In front of me, and who had seel
| the fair creatures face.
| am very susceptible to- female beauty
and therefore M curiosity was slight.
aroused at the mention OF something al
most divine
| "Ah good evening, Ned" said ny
friend Bangs, coming in and tapping NJ,
on the shoulder. Ibid you see Miss
Leighton 7"
Miss I4eighton-the lady tbat JUS
now came in %
sYes, don't you know the Leighton's?: =
s.No"
s.,S ny, my boy, Miss Leighton is the
most splendid woman in tewn--the belle,
IN fact. Shall l make you acquasnted q
Certainly"
was soon making my prett;est bow, be-
fore the lady aforesaid. She had dark,
iauguishing eyes, that could speak the
language Of the heart much more eio-
quently than the tongue fine complex
ion-rose and lilly blended; a voice az
sweet as your loved ones, and a torn
gotten up from the softest cotton, etc.
BY the way, what would the ladies do
were it not for bottom But didn't think
anything Of that kind at that time. l
was doing my utmost to make myself
agreeable to that being, who, robed IN
something soft and gauzy, which DO not
know enough about 20 even tell the Eane
OF, seemed to nie--if may use the eS-
preston part blood angel.
Then [ was hying-she had wings. or
seemed 20 have-over the smooth floor,
with this fair one leaning upon me, to
the seund ofthe music that, IN my ecstacy,
seemed hesvealy. !.
| passed delightful evening, and at
last had she pleasure Of helping Miss
Leighton into her carriage, aud securing
smile and sweet "Goo3 nj isht" ss the
carriage rolled away.
Next morning saw Bangs, and my first
words were:
"Who is Miss Leighton p !.
"yVhat, my coy, has Cupid been up to
his old tricks -
.-Never mind-answer the question y
Neil, then, Ida Leighton IS John
Leighton's daughter. The old gentleman
IS wealthy, has a fne house in town.
Miss Ida has sister, older than she, who,
as their mother Is dead, takes charge OF
the household affalrs and does the mother
Iy for her sister; who, considering that
she IS an orphan, ought 10 have the pro-
tecsion Of some nice young man like your
.eif No one as yet has been able to
find the tender spot in riiss. Ida's heart.
"Twenty sought her hand 10 gain,
And twenty sought her hani ia vain,
Were out aad didn't come again,
In the~ordinary fashion"
"Im going 10 call upon her to day"
said l.
Beware Don't get entangled in the
inches Of her net, for she'll laugh 1t you
then"
don't make re faint t-hear.ed.
"Weil, go on, you have my best wishes, "
and Bangs turned away aud went Whistling
down the street
An hour afterwards l vas sitting in
Mr. Leighton drawing room. Ida look
ed "a lovely rs upon the previous evening
and the contrast between her sister Sally
and herself added, GO not doubt, 10 her
charms
Sally was at least thirty years Of age
She had looked at her face in the mirror
so iDdpV times ana tTiSu TO Hlakg eHeT
immense mouth into small one, that she
had 1T last settled it into an aggravated
puck er, and her sharp nose hung over it
as some giant might bend over To look
into the crater Of Vesuvius.
] did pity Sally, for | knew her face
must have felt uncomfortable
Ida was. very social, and when | arose
to 20 l felt that had made 80 ippression
upon her heart. l told Bangs SO.
"Really, now, Ned, l wust confess that
can't see it." be said, taxing out his
cigar case aud proceeding 70 light a
weed.
You can't bat can. Don't you sup
pose | can tell 7"
"Well, no.. You see, my boy, that
woman understands her art TO perfection
You'll! slip ur in your calculations, and
take the arseisic- train for eternity"
..You are cutie cool about It."
eyes; have had several friends 40
the same road, aud I'm getting used to it.
I afways warned them"
Bangs wasn't congehiai, as least that
time, and so I left him and sought the
solitude of my chamber, -
Soiit0kle ! Bridget was washing and
dusting, aud had turned everything in
The loom topsy-turgy.