The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-12-07

such trouble about his daughter.
Adrian had taken off his patrons !
hands all the responsibility of his |
business, one of the most impor. |
tant in the great commercial city !
OF llavrn.
"Cccilc has been blessing tu
me" Coulincuurt would say, "lrom
the moment her aunt laid her in
my arms. owe tho prosperity of
my house to her, for she gave me
Adrian"
Adrian felt the deepest gratitude
to b TIA the m,r h INT and his daugh.
ter; his was n fine, generous ma.
turc, that does not shrink from ob.
legation but the sentiment he felt
Tor father and daughter, as he grew
older, naturally assumed a differ
cnt aspect. To both he was dcvo-
ted but rs he saw her expand in.
to lovcliness, both of mind and
person, he came to lovo Cccile,
lpassionately, deeply. But he con.
cealcd his passion MS he would have
hidden n crime, for ho felt it would
be the bascst ingratitudc, which is
u crimc, to seek an alliance which
was 30 infinitely beneath what
lCccilc had n right to expect.
But Cccile had not been as blind
rs her father to Adrian's feelings,
neither was sic SO scrupulous as
Adrian, for she had made up her
girlish mind to marry Adrian, and
she had by her woman's tact dis
covered his love for her.
On the day of her explanation
with her father. Cecile contrived,
on some vain protcXt-hc often nm.
ldertook commissions for hor--to
summon Adrian to hcrprcsoncc.---
She had determined to make him
declare his sentiment, for she felt
that tho timo had cone when she
would have to combat all her rela-
tions determined on her marriage,
and her father determined on keep.
| ing her to himself.
Adrian was SO timid in her pre-
senco that she felt she had to en-.
courage him so after n little in
Isigniiicant conversation, Cecilo
suddenly asked him if he had seen
the letter addressed to her father
by Col. do Lacy.
81 have"
"You know the answer !"
M. Coulaincourt has told me-"
"That would not have him
| do not intend to marry at all /; !
wish people would leave me alone"
" They arc not likely 20 do that;
you know, M'llo Cecilc, that wher-
ever you go, you excite admiration
and love-"
"Nonscnso; do you mean to say,
then, that every man who secs me
is in love with me !"
Every one who is often in your
society"
Every onol Why, Adrian,
you then, who have known me all
your life, and see mo every day,
are You in love with me 2"
"Mademoiselle, that is n cruel
question"
"Not at all, Adrian, it is an hon
est question, and demands an hon
est answer. Give it to me from
lyour heart Adrian"
"Then, Cecilc, from my heart,
ilovo you"
| "And Adrian, with oil my heart
! love you-do not 80 off into cx-
tacies of joy--our love has a great
obstacle to surmount."
"My poverty--my birth 2"
"No, your lovc--my father will
never forgive that"
" What, then, is to be done }"
"lt must be concealed from him;
this is the only way to bring about
our marriage. Trust all to mo and
we shall be happy"
Adrian's presence in the count
ing house was never ofso little use
as on that day he could not bring
his mind to contemplate dull COM
mercial details after all he had
heard that morning. The dream
he had never dared to think would
be realized had become reality.
On Cecile the interview Of the
morning had q different effect /; it
made her serious and thoughtful.
After all, Adrian was but a crea.
ture of her fathers bounty, and
that might be an obstacle, not one
that would resist a positive desire
of hers expressed in her usual pos.
tive manner, but one she could
not signify without declaring her
love for Adrian, and that would
make her father miserable, and
might perhaps utterly prevent the
success Of her plans.
4" He must propose Adrain to ma
himself, y was the result Of Cecile's
reflections.
1t 50 happened that few days
after she had taken it, a letter came
from her aunt, urging her brother
to establish her niece, and request
ling him to send her on visit OF
three months to her in paris. :"
have been nursing capital match
for her for more than a year," said
she, so pray send her." :.
snow, really, this is too bad, "
said M. Coulaincourt, "your aunt
being your mothers sister, fancIes
she has right over you; and l
can't part with you.
81 shall certainly not go. "
"Then here every one is asking
the honor of my daughters hand.