Middletown transcript., 1868-10-31

other ingenious and bverslike ways Of ma.
king himself miserable
Morning rides and walks and sails to-.
gether, had now become the established
custom. At first Mr.. Sunderland accom-
panied them but after a while he stayed
at home, for one reason or another, ahn
they went alone. Out in the brilliant au-.
tumn mornings, trees and grass sparkling
in the sun like great masses of diamonds !;
under the shade of the great eims in the
soft, hazy, dreamy afternoons, on the pi-
azza in the evenings, with the moon lis
tening to their toned talk, always to.
gether, it was not strange that the old sto-.
ry was told over again in these two lives.
She could not fail to see that he loved
her, and yet, with woman's wilfulness, she
would not let him read her heart, but kept
it tight closed and waited for that whick
came sooner than she expected.
1t was lovely day. late in the Autumn:
The trees had changed their green for all
those prismatie colors which make the
woods so beautiful. The air was soft
haze, that, as the sun sank to rest, seemed
to bathe everything in food of glory.
Harvey and Katie were standing by the
side of the lake. and had been talking Of
the unusual splendor of the day. Now
that "the burden and heat of the day had
departed" cool, delicious breeze had
sprang up from the West, and caine gent
ly over the water.
Should they take a roy. the evening
was so lovely? and before she knew it,
Katie was seated opposite Harry in the
little boat, and he pulling away over the
smooth surface Of the gater, With the ca
sy. graceful motion ct Ar experienced oars
| man
ANY littla timiditg she might have felt,
vanished, when she saw his smooth, even
strokes, and heard the regular, monoton-.
Gus dip of the oars, as the strong arms
moved backward and forward.
Neither spoke for q few moments, and
Katie leaned back against the side Of the
boat, and drew her slender hand through
the sparkling bubbles left by tho-oars, and
let them drip off her fingers and break in in
to miniature rainbows.
There was little island about the MD
die of the lake, where Harvey said they
would land for a few moments, as he
wished to explore it. Leaving Katie sea-
ted at the foot of large tree, he went
round to the other side. Returning al
most Immediately he found her looking
up dreamily at the large, harvest moon,
that was flooding the island with light, and
throwing himself at her feet he looked up
in her face.
What he saw there that induced him to
pour forth the full tide Of his passionate
love for her, | do not know; but certain
it is that he did, and it is also certain that
she was not displeascd.
They went back to the house through
the soft moonlight, two as happy hearts a.
there were in all the land. Mr.. Sunder-
.anI, when he heard how matters stood
between Katie and Harvey, was surprised
and delighted; but he said Katie was too
young-.thcy must wait. But when were
two young and loving hearts ever known
to wait very long for the consumatiop Of
their happiness, if they could help it?
And SO by dint of coaxing and pleading,
they gained her fathers permission to ap-
point the ceremony for katie's seventcaHtt
birthday.
Holm Grange never looked SO beautiful
as on that bright wedding morn; and GER
tainly . handsomer or more conteDtedz
looking bridegroom, never took his blush;
ing bride away from her fathers house