Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-14
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swear I mean No Harm If had r would
not have stopped Won. Don't vo,, see pn
She was ali of n tremble. moor little thing.
but Me saw tfe force az INV argnnefifF
"Oh. sir.n she said. 81 see Won are a man:
bnt what does il all mean? Why did Won.
dress so?n '"'0'7 10 9'5RHo'tl'i 70'pI
/ : / told hertbe story. as brief "A possible.
and exacted from her promise ofthe most
sacred secrecy. ~. .,... -,
/ then went outside of the door and wait!
ed till she hadiarranged her dress: when she
called me in again. She had heard of me
from Maggie and wanted to hear all; the
particulars; so | sat down by her, and had
long talk which ended i'm mutual feeling
of friendliaess and old aeouajntanceship'
quite wonderful to people meeting for the
first time. Inst as we started hack to the ma
vilion, said that must relieve nv mind of
one burden. TfTi'1'rN1( .NC'ST 'o'Nt'I1-7,
"And what is tbatey she asked., ,n,a,,yA
''Those kisses. You Thought L was Mag
gle Lee or YOU would not have given them.
They were very sweet. but [ suppose I
must give them back.''r q Tfe7h 7f-fR97o
And did. FuuJ EagBl fn au,J
She blushed a. good deal, but she did not
resist, only when got tbrou0h. she olanced
up timidly and said: 7''e'P VI e'''sTn
1-"T think you are real naughty. anvhow..,
When returned, i found LAWYER Binby
had quite recovered from his dizziness. and
all hands for sumner. which was served in
the bah room. .JfI AT between Rimbv and
Jennie. and made love h, both Of1 tbem in
turn: to one as MapSie Lee. and 10 the other
as myself After suDper. at which / aston
ished several bv eating rather more bearti5
ly than Young ladies GENERALLY do. we had
more dancing, and hinted pretty strongiy
to Mr.. Bimby. that / sbopid ike tn frv
Finding il rather drv amusement m danta
with INV own kind. / soon Abandoned thst
pleasure. and persuaded Jennie To stroll off
Into the moonlight with me. We found the
grove charming place, full of pieturesaue
little. corners, and rustic seats, and great
grey rocks leaning out over the river. On
one Of these latter little bench was placed,
in nook sheltered from the wind, and from
sight. .. h' ). .-........ .'sIl
Here we satinthe full flood of tire moon
light, and having Just had dinner, I felt
wonderfully in need of a. cigar. Accord
ingly, went to a little stand near the
ballroom, and purchased several from the
wondering women who sold refreshments
Then returning to the seat by. the rocks,
gave up all fears of the incOgnitO, and rev.
eled in the pleasures of solitude-the fra
GRANGE of my cigar-the moonlight--and
little Jennie's presence. .......-'''. '.
How long we sat there heaven only
knows. We talked, and laughed, and sang,
and looked in each others eyes, and told
fortunes, and performed all the nonsensical
operations common amongst young people
just falling in love with each other, and
might have remained tn here until the month
of August, In the year of our Lord eighteen
hundred and tifty-seven, for aught know,
had not the carriages been sent to convey
us home, and the rest of the company be-
gan to, wonder where we were. -. n
This wonder begat questions, the Qties-
tions fears, and the fears a search, headed
by the valiant Bimby. They called, and
looked, and listened, but our position down
in the sheltered nook among the rocks, pre-
vented them from hearing us, or we them.
AT length they hit upon our path, and all
came along, single file, until they got to the
open space. ~ r. . a.. Do .l-tfass5W
Then they saw sight. m .,. -.4 ~
| was spread out in free and easy posi-
tion, my bonnet of, and my hair somewhat
towzled up, putting away in very unlady
like style, at.a highly Favored Coneha.