The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-08-17

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you will not rent it, and Ill toll you what
he said"
"Tll wager this tar you were frightened
out of your senses, jumped into bed aud
covered up your head"
spcctor all in white head white il
bcckoned me from the east window con.
tinuod WIN, seriously.
Mr., Shaw looked at the boy inquiringly.
Il drew on my coat, went softly out al
the back door, crept between the pales Of
the fence, and hastenod to obey the sum
mons of the airy creature on the second
floor"
"And what did he say?" asked Shaw.
Let me into your secret and viii di
vulge mine"
Here's your tar, you rogue-go."
"Then you will not tell me :"
al know and my son knows, aud that's
enough to know"
] must reveal my secret to you, or
shall have that intangible female appearing
before me every night and that would not
be SO pleasant; such sights make fellow
feel shaky, spite of his courage
Go on, and conclude as soou as posi-
bic and Shaw showed his plano vigor.
ously'
"WelI, then, said, In the namo of God
what do you want?' Tho white figure raj
scd her arms and placed her hands upon my
head, Though could feel no weight) and
she said in voice so low could scarcely
hear it, Hail, William Burt, blessed ART
thou among boysi go to Halmau Shaw and
tell him his son Mckenzie must marry
Becky"
Before the sentence was finished, IIalmau
Shaw dropped his plane, and looked wildly
at the boy calculated, My God William
Burt, what do you moan?"
"oh, you see do know something about
Nmoyeh.'
"Tudge," said tho old man, recovering
and addressing himself to the piece Of wood
before him.
"skeptical still. See here" said VIII
drawing from his pocket ueatly-wri!tei
note, This which the apparition gave me
at parting, will prove that you know and
your son knows, but that is not enough tc
know. Listen, am sorry to disappoin
you, dear Mac, but love another better
than you, and | feel that it wonld be injus
tice both to you and myself to marry yo,
according to arrangement, tomorrow night
Please pardon me for defcrring till so lat,
an hour, and think Of me kindly if you can
| ask no more. BECKY"
/ " There, how is that Mr.. Shaw ?"
Strange" muttered the old man, walk
ing up and down excitedly. Then confront
Ing the boy, he said Give me shat paper.
"0h no | am not to let this go out o
my hands. Who knows what might hap
pen?. 1t is coming on dark now; tho devi
might catch me and pour this tar all owe!
before get home, aud tar is an awfu
thing to burn you know.
"Devil take all the ministers sons ge
out Of my shop. boy. No, come hore, Will,'
and he whispered in his ear, say nothing
about this TO anybody, and you shall heal
all about my old house soon"
VIII had not been gone half an hour whe,
Mac Shaw entered his fathers presence
He detected lis agitation, when Mr. SHAY
inquired:
How long has John Ware been dead
Something over year-l4 months III
died in April. Why ?"
You must go over and see his widow
Becky"
"Never."
Yes, but you must"
Father, havn't you got that old idea GU
OF your head yet? You have made your
self the ridicue Of the whole town for six
teen years, by keeping a foolish vow am
letting good property go to ruin. Wh
not be u sensible man, and repent of word
hastily spoken?'
/ never promised thing in my life tina
| did not fulil. When said that no won
an should ever live in that house unit
Becky was your wife, meant it, and
mean it still. You permitted her to MARI
another, and all these years said nothin
upon the subject. Now she is widow
and you have a chance to redeem that proI
erty from ruin and secure it to yourself"
"What did she write to me the yer
night before VIC were to have been ma
ried. 1t were easier to live a thousan
lives of celibacy than to so to her like
whipped dog. Heaven only knows how
idolizod her! ! said | would never MARI
any but her you have kept your say, au
l have kept mine.'
You never told me she ,9rote thcs
words before. What was the precise wore
ing of the note ?"
] burnt the note, but | remember tn
words, they burnt into my heart too deeI
ly to be forgotten am sorry to disal
point you, Mac, but love another bette
{ than you, and feel il would be inustic
both to you and myself to marry you az
cording to arrangement, tomorrow nigh
Please pardon NO for deferring to SO lat
an hour, and think Of ne kindly if yo
can. ask no more. Becky
repeated that over every night e
years, and God knows | have thought {
her kindly, though had to pray to do SO
Becky will marry you now; she see
by yopr remaining single how true yol
passion was Il you visit her again, 81
will admire and love you for your forgi'
ing disposition and constanoy.