Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-05-02


was proceeding in strain Of high-Aown
compliment, when Nellie said, with an i'm
patient wave of the hand.
"Sparc me, sir. You. did not always
talk So"
He looked his astonishment
"Many years ago 1 answered you the
same question which you now ask.
He colorcd up to the temples. Il sur
ely do not Deserve" he then said, "to
be made jet Of
'"Neither do l make jest of you. Do
you not know mel'
IL never saw you till this summer"
"You saw me eight years ago. You
and a friend were on pedestrian tour
You met little barcfootcd girl, whom
your friend made sketch of, and whom
you jeered at and then nieknamed." And
rising, she made mock courtesy, for she
saw she was now recognized: am Cob
webs, at your service, sir y
The discomfted suitor never forgot the
look of disdain with which Nelly courtesicd
to him. His modification was not lessen
ed when, on leaving the house, he met
Clarence on the door steps. He tried in
vain to assume an Indifferent aspect, but
he felt that he had failed, and that his
rival suspected his rejection.
Nelly could not avoid laughing at the
crestfallen look of her old enemy. Her
whole manner changed, however, when
Clarence entered. Instead Of the triumph.
ant, saucy tormentor, she became the
conscious, trembling woman. Clarence
who had longcd for, yet dreaded this in
tcryiew, took courage at once, and in 8
few manly words, eloquent with emotion
laid his fortune at his NolIy's feet.
Poor Nelly felt more like crying with
JOY than anything else. But a little o
the old saucy spirit was left in her. She
: thought she owed it to her sex not to sur
ronder too easily and SO she said, archl,
glancing up at Clarence:
"Do you know, Mr.. Harvard, whom
you are proposing to l am no heiress
no highborn city belle; but only-let me
see-whatis itl-only common country
rustic" And she rose and courtssied t
him.
"For Heavens sake don't bring hat
foolish speech up against ME - he cried
passionately, trying to take her hand
, 81 have repen;ed it thousand times dali
since the unlucky moment was betraye
into saying it. Do me the justice to bt
eve that never meant it to be personal.
f "Well, then, | will say nothing m ore (
!, that matter. But this is only a whim
yours. How is it, that, having know
me so long, you only now discover m
merits -
f known you so long -
"Yes, sir demurely.
t "Known your
n "For eight years"
Good heavens ~ he cried suddenl,
his whole face lighting GLOW blind
4 have been Why did not see it before
!, You are"-
t "Cobw ebs," said Nellie, she taking th
8 words out of his mouth, her whole fac
= sparkling with glee; and she drew off an
t gave another sweeping courtesy.
/ Before she had recovered he, self, hov
a ever pair of strong arms were aroun
her. for Clarence OWNED now that he W;
r loved. Nellie, all along had half 81
cret fear, that when her suitor knew Il
!. past, he might not be so willing TO mari
i the barefooted girl as the brilliant bell
/. but all this was now gone.
o Two months later there was a ga
IS wedding at ST. Marks. month aft
n that, a bridal pair returning from the WEI
II ding tour, drove up to handsome hou
:, IN Philadelphia. AS Clarence led Nell
o through the rooms, in which his perfe
st taste was seen everywhere, she gave WI
n to exclamation after exclamation Of d
J. light,
t, It last they reached a tiny boudoir, e
le quisitcly carpeted and curtainod. A jet
r gas burning in an alabaster vase, diffus'
st a soft light through the room, A solita
D. picture hung on the walls. 1t was t
original sketch Of her, eight years befol
to now very elegantly framed, The tea
lie gushed to Nellie's eyes, and she thr(
at herselfinto her husbands arms.
j. "Ah how l love you p she cried.
r. Nobody who sees that picture suFpe'
Al its origin. 1t is too sacred subject
either Nellie or Clarence to allude to.