Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-27
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the score till, with the tenth man at the
opposite wicket, and Charley facing the be-
ginning of the over, it was within Ofiel of
that of our opponents. hEveniat this seeuoit-
ing moment IL flashed upon my mind how
thoroughly English was the, scene, and how
worth a painters while to portray, -.
The horizon, at its most distant point,
was rldged by faint contrast of blue hills
| Ghe waves, lais; it were, spellbpund, In their
motion, Of giants sea-, and nearer, more
boldly countered by dark lines and masses of
| wood, that, except where they gave upon
that distant range of nsummits, ran like q
fringe round theprospeet, Flowing down
the sides and from the feet of those far emf
nences, came a stream Of rich and shining
acreage, which, at the gorge that broke the
circle of the woods, qdebouohedi sorasr to
suggest q comparison with lake Of green
and golden waters. And these, where they
undulated close around us, Who were the
center-point of the scene, became waving
| wheat and bush-dotted grassland. Summer
| and sunshine had made everything their
| own; while distant hills and spires, and,
| clustering nearer round It's wide church
| tower, the irregularlyi builtIvillage of Bat
tington, told far and near of the life. e.of the
I landscape; and we'ourselyes, a ring of sit
ting or standing groups amidst the white
tents Of the cricket-fieldAo faces riveted
upon Chetwynd--gave the picture Its finish
| OF humaninterest. nT9yo3 adt 10 VA
| II The last fieldsman had just reached his
|. place for the new over, when / heard The
Scrampling of horses ON the isward behind
me, and looking round saw the cup Of tri-
umph, so to speak, dashed from the expect
ant lips of the Peripatetic Pifllers. For at
this moment there rode into the field, late
spectators of Gumbleton's2 prowess, This
fdacee and her aunt L glanced back at
Charley, and saw that they had caught, ibis
eye just as the opposing bowler started to
deliver the first ball OF the over. The ball
came as Straight as an arrow, and Chetwynd,
excited by the sudden appearance of his
dreaded bette aoir, did not wait to play it.
Rushing out for blind swipe, he hit, as l
| expected, "over' the ball, and lost his mid
| die stump, to the aecompanimento of a shout
of victory, to which every Battingtonian
| loudest. ~ 'i''' h'S'"
By the device of dodging.behind the tall
est man, he attempted, amidst the subse-
quent confusion, to reach the tent unob-
served by the object of his alarm. But Bat
tington was generous, and insisted upon
making him conspicuous by cheering him,
and saw'with an internal convulsiOn, the
stonter iof the two ladies on horseback
beckon him with her hand to approach
| them. az I'm" W. y
Hastily donning an outer garment brought
by an officious admirer, poor Charley obey
ed the signal. L observed nun approach,
| ruetully enough, the fair invader OF his
! presence; saw her greet him with wreath
ed smiles, while, ever and anon glancing at
him from the other side of herTelative, the
real object OF his passion gracefully reined
in her impatient bay Thoroughbred.
"You see after all It is who am Obliged
that we should be here. Would you like
to kiss my hand?" " and the elder lady had
extended to him that member-5nlot very
shapely one:
;, Charley shuddered. littie 700 pup,
lic," he family gasped, aud encountered
at this moment to add to his confusion, the
arch gaze Of the owners lovely companion:
d. when Is the elopement 10 take place."
continued his interiocntor, Hand nave you
I brought rope LADDER! ~. !. ..aI,IMl
Charley was stammering some incoherent
reply, when up came GumDleton, stiil Iimp-
ing from the efiects OF ms casualty. -.W
'See dear, this is Mr.. Chetwynd's doing"
he said to the speaking lady. u,,1t,79ygg
INF; Chetwynds ID returned the iatter,
suddenly changing ner Cone OF auuress 10
the bewildered Charley. H~FilI Chetyynd
him you cruel, heartless, ugly malevo-
lent, creature" .rnfs ,OIin sIgi2i.Q,,
AT TINS moment stepped ioITara WIN
ny - iSiiu . .""7o iNoVNi -, ny ,
IN the act TO present IL 10 GumDietohs
| sympathizer. 'A i,f,a.. 91 - .-.s,,,rIo
what are you aoout!Y -exclalmed Nhar-
ley, rushing at me:
:. sAll right, man" l reloined. . This his letter
is for the niece, 1s y not Z!
"Of course, replied my friend:
"Fhen I'll give 1t TO the nece,1 inter-
rupted' handing IT up 10 Charley Is 1as iair,
and forty tormentort oJei lIi6 n 6.,an,
Hereat that iady,s 1airer companion let
her horse have his way, and rode OH 10
more distant position. H u.,o n".hi 20
a., Mt Mr. Chetwynd,9 SAID tae reclpiensof
the letter TO Charley, VINO sfood more e. con-
founded than ever--if your second ietter
is meant to recall your nrse you had pet
ter, since It has fallen lnoo my1hanos, soate
the faet verbally to my Iapnt;S pn s; ;ana she
RSi RGatsn t%e wa dEstans mt from her sde Dr. n' ~
lhWhatd" exclaimed Charley, light
breaking on himn fyou don mean 70 say
that you are the nieee ater ali, s,s ana sne not
the intended Mrs. GumDieton 7! -,
But, amidst the laughter OF us Dystand-
ers, he was of befoFethe question could be
answered, ,GW ,adt 10 $50 .9uu5I.il ghsm
co. This time Charley Ghetwynd eyinced
reluctance rather to depart from, than
TO approach, MISS nMarsGon. Long time
they stood together, till the cessation
OF cricket practice, ana Cne dark