Indiana American., 1868-04-17
LOVERS ENGAGEMENTS.



Every town and city has its promenade,
where the inhabitsnts or visitors make it
. "their custom OF an afternoon 10 lounge
This is either especially provided. AS in
continental cities. by public gardens and
esplansdes, or else the people choose one
Of the streets wherein to make their per-
ambulations. Regent street in London,
SackvilIe street in Dublin, and Princes
street in Edinburg have bee n selected by
the respective Inhabitants for this pur-
pose Ii is in the last Of these that the
first scene of the little drama which we
. are about to describe is laid.
One sunny afternoon 10 ls6 :, Princes
street was unusually crowded. Never,
perhaps, was there more brilliant dis.
play Of spring fashions than adorned the
fair promen sders, v ho made the street gay
with their presence. Here n mother was
sedately chsperoning her fair daughters,
glsncing now and then to either side, well
Satisfied with the unusually elegant ap-
pearauce Of the dsmsels, now that the
weather was 6ne enough for abandoning
winter costume. There an infantry officer
from the castle loiiered beside couple Of
Young ladies, bending his head toward the
lrritser, ,bat.tbe soit nothings il pleased
him 10 utter might be heard with greater
.lssinctness. Sisters leaned on the sruis
vt blo,ners, fathers took care Of daugh-
tiers. At one moment cavalry oficer
i.vm Plershill dashed past on his hack,
b0wing ss be rode on 10 the various ladies
v hose acquaintance he had made at the
assemblies aud elsewhere. Open car
rIsges. With tastelully atlired occupants,
orove slowly past; aud in short our streets
appeared to contain what the newspapers
cali all the beauty aud fashion of Edin-
burg.
Amid all this gayety, there was one In
.dividusl who did not partake of IL. lie
bad already paraded the pavement several
times, and from the ANXIOUS scrutiny with
which he reviewed every lady he met, IL
was manifest be sought among the crowd
one bright particular star on whom all h's
thoughts were concentrated. aud for whom
all he Il, hs (and they were deep aud ire.
quenD were heavsd. AT length. AS he
crossed the end oi Castle street, the young
LADY he sought was seen 70 approach.
She was not alone, which appeared to
Le terrible isappointment to the ex-
eetsnt. ller mother was with her, aud
enc glance told that certain question,
tAe lssue of which he looked forward TO
with the most intense eagerDess, had been
decided against him. Eyes, the expires
tlou oi which be had studied for months,
had maniiestly been weeping.
lie passed the two ladies, for he was
too ngilaied to address lLem.
With wa'caful gaze, however, he fol-
lowed their steps, aud once OF twice was
on The poini oi osertnking aud speaking.
hut lrnsence checked hlm; for hs ielt
thaa fliOuId bis worst fears be realized,
lls tuotlohs would master him, aud the
,sssait vould be quite ridiculous 10 the
JublIe street. lhs iorbeafanee Was. NJ
ter. a time, rewarded. The ladies' stopped
Tor a s'inuie, aud having exchanged n few
wofds With Mr. Pans0n, the young ladys
father, whom they accidentally encounter
ed,-wen, ia'o mnic shop. The lover
Instantly qaiekened bis pace, passed the
old gentleman without recognition. aud
followed the two ladies inio the shop,
ua,hg succeeded, by mighty effort
Ia eeslrolIing bis feeling, the intruder ad
dressed Mrs PauSon aud her daughter ss
ono intimate with them. The elderly
ludy returned his salulation with souie de-
lrsn Of eoolness Miss pauson turned
pale aud ,rembled. They had come to
try piano, aud walked into nm inner
fvbni. Burlop.-thatwas the lovers name
followed them, proceeding which oy-
idenuy did not accord with the views OF
the mamma, for she irowned and inquir.
cd whether Mr. Burton had como to buy
music. tie replied Ia the negative, but
s,ill hovefed near them. The ruth war,
Lc WAS anxious TO speak word 20 Maria
Pansoa, without, u possible, being over
heard.
After time, they were for an instant
hidden behind cabinet piano. this was
The Instant, he selzcd Ia aud whispered.
"Be at the ruins at precisely s."
The young lady made u motion Of as
sent, aud Burton almost Immediately af
terweId took bis leave. As he turned TO
20 he encountered third person, who
had entered during his agitation quite un.
pereelved-no other than Mr.. panson,
who, on shaking hands, asked: -.
"Did you get my notey'
ef'tt'h s"eHtftt W. wv
Thea shall SEQ YOU at six"
"Punctaaliy." was the reply, and Bur-
ton left the chop.
twill be necessary 10 change the
secnes though not very great, distance
from where II was drsl laid. For tho in,
formation Of those who have never been
ia Edinburg, II may be stated that the
space between Princes street and the Gas.
tie rock Is occupied with gardens, so that
the street from which they take their
nsme has bouses on one side, the other
being bounded by the railing Of the gar
den. ~ |
AT the base OF the steep ascent which
leads from the gardens to the castle, is
picturesque ruin, half shroudcd 10 ivy,
beiug the remains OF an cutwork covering
a spring, from which the garrison in early
times was supplied with water. Beside Il |
is an slcove, made TO look ruinous by the I
/ hand Of art. This was the spot indica
ted 10 Miss Panson, la the words which |
Burton uttered in the music store; and 1
here, as the hour approached, young
man, attired in an iniantry uniform. was
seen pacing up aud down. RestIessness
and disappointment, with. violent grief.
were plainly depicted on his .couutenance
and shown in his actions. ~ ....s,l I
For moment he would pause In the
middle or the grayeled walk. as if plung. I