The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-02-05

alter, who was that young man that you
were talk ng with at the gate this morn
iDg?'
Edward Wright, papa" replied Jpn.
ME, not little astnni.h he'd at this ahrup' in
qury, as well as the scowl that accompaDi
I'd it.
well, never let me see you with him
again."
jennie opened her eves st'll wider.
"Why nnt2 thought Edward was
great tavnrite # yours?'
so he was until | found him ont. 7
did think a great ieal nf the young man;
tut after what has hapn ned, he shall nev-
er dark III nv door agaiiW
Dear me! what in the world has he
donp?"
Done? what ought to send him to the
pnnitpntiary-what would >prd him there
if had the law in my hands,
The sudden pallnr that sw' ut over Jen
MES face would have betrayed IL the most
Indifferent eye the true state of her afftc-
tions.
"Do you mean that he has been stealing,
papa2'
'Stealine! he has done worse than that"
"Go0l hcavrn.!' inltered moor Jennie
has he be Kill ing anytoGy?"
'Wors' than that A man that will sell
his cnuntry is worse than y murderer! and
any cne that will vote for that lying double
faced traitor, Higgins, is worse sccundrel
than hri'
is that all?' said Jennie, drawing long
sigh OF relief 81 thought it was sohe-
thing dr. adlnl."
"AlI?' eel oel her father Il should
say thar it was enough quite enough TO
sink him in tn" eSllmItinn of every hone
mar. ONce move. | say don't let me see
ynu with him again''
RI re- Mr. Stacey stamped out of the
room. banging the door at or him.
Good ctacAu| excliime Jennie. a
she picked M th contents oi her work
hnskr, that h father hal knocked over
in hi, furious x't, Il should like I" know
whpt's got in'n pa, all at once To thir k
Of his !orhidding ne TO speak to Edward
just tr ,ha =
And with flushed cheeks and flutt"r Of
delight at her heart, at the thought of hav
ing something to tell and that something
to tell and that something so strange and
mysterious, she sought the presence of I'fr
Usual confident, the fair Arah"l!a Eugenic
Angelina Stuhts, tn wlom it was duly un
folded with sundry embellishments. the
fruits Of h:r ferile irnaginqton, aud who
oui'e agreed with h r in thinking it 10 be
the strang"st thing that ever camc to her
knowledge ~
jennie" said Mr. STACEY. the next day
after dinner, AS ,aking his hat he tnrn"d to
lea-e the house, Young Wright hal the
imnulence to speak tG me again about yon;
and, ininatrs that he Cffl so by your per.
To-, all
that it can rcver b.! ] would sooner See
you in vour grave than the vie of such
man, I've lot n hpsblnA picked out for
v"u Deacon O'i}iah Pe:'irr'w is man
that will nvnn an the family credit.
Deacon P,tt;errw? Why, pa, he's more
than twice my agc!
That's the very reason why have selects
ed him. you need some one tn keep ynu
steady. lie will be- here Tomorrow even
ing, and shall expect vow to receive him
with the respect anl consideration due to
your future husband. "
Before his daughter hal time to recover
from the astonishnent n'o which thi: an
nnuncement threw her, Mr. Stacey was some
ways down the street.
well | know two thing-,' exclaimed
Jennie. putting down her foot with de
lnruinpl air; Il won't have that Stnnia
Draco" P"ttigrew, ami | will hare-Ed
warl Wright
A. she sail this. she took from her ho-
som letter from the last named individual
full Of pr testatinns Of undving love. and
mporing her to meet him at 6@ O'Clock
| that evening re reading ii Tor the fortipth
time with fu-hed cheeks and kiniling eyes.
That evening, as Jennie went to the ap
| rointpri place. which she did mt TAIL to do,
she f,,nnd Edward waiting Tor her.
Instead Of wearing his usual cheerful lock
and pleased smile, he stood lrani' against
tree. with arm folded across his chest.
and gloomy cloud upon his brow. 'Iook>
ing" as Jennie crnfi irntia'l informed the
Svurathizipg A'aHella Eugene Angel ma
Stnhhs, for all the world like tn" picture
of Rnlnrt D isinal,: in ''Tbe Brigand Of
Of III" B ack Forest.
Edward found little difficulty in persnan
ing her to leave home, and unite her fate
with his. Accordingly. the next night, as
soon as the house was still .Je nin, enve
oped in a ds,k mantrl. and h,r face con-
ceaed by a thick. closely drawn veil, stole
ont through thr back way to the place where
her lover was wai'ing.
Tie hal a covered carriage. ard, II rough
the niybt VA. dark, she could see the dim
outIine Of man upon the box.
Ibev rode two hours; mo.tly in silence:
for. now that the irrevocabe step ia.
ken, Jen'ie's courage b"gan 10 tai h. !, and
she grew de-resSrd in spirits.-shn hardly
knew why Il seemed to her that thy
would never rea h til, ir destination, which
Edward had informed her was ihr hou,e of
a clrrgyL an III an adl"ln'nR village b"f
at last, to her great feIlef, the carriage stop
ped.