The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-03-19
And the lnmnIirht was mot tho onl,

gloating Just at that moment.
This narrative begins just at the In
toresting juncture when Mr. Adler,
having worked his courage rp tothe
speaking point, thus addressed Amelia.
"And now, Amelia, drrling, 1 have
but one boon to ask. Tell rae Amelia,
oh, tell, may ] call you mine ?"
%WhatIor? Why cart you call me
Amelia, MAXI" 5aiI
81 mean, will you not respond TO tho
ardent longing of my soul for unity
with n kindred being" 2"
"Kindred being? Kindred being
what ?" II
"Why will you not take me forbetNI
ter or worse, for richer or poorer2"
IF you don't talk sense III take you
for a fool. What do you mean any
way 2"
ooh, Amclial hight of my sonll
angel Of my midnight, Ineed the syn.
pathy ofa loving heart, l need the
caross Of loving hand, Amelia l
need a comforter ~
"Well don't mako such'a fuss about
IT, Max, and I'll knit you ono. Get
up or you'll bag your pants at the
knees"
"Amela, you do not understand mel
| ask you to bestow upon me your af-
fiction. Give to me the tide OF pure
and beautiful emotion that wells up in
yourAcart ard gus hosforth IN apellucd
stream from those sparkling eyes and
Edrops IN liquid pearl from those ruby
lips" ....
ooh, pshaw, what do you mean p
There's nothing stopping over around
here" .. .r..
81 mean chat you shall smile upon
my suite, and consent to be my own
/ mean that we should have single
thought, that our hearts should beat
as ono" ... ..
What's the mattor with you, any
way. You amt well. You'd bottor
take something warm and lie down."
Mr.. Adler grew desperate at this
Junction. a' ...... ...
"Amelia, / love you, and want you
to marry me. Will you ?"
"Why, certainly / will. But what's
the use Of you Hopping around on
your knees on the foor?' Look out
or you'll stick some tacks IN you"
"Come to this aching heart, 'cJacula-
ted Mr.. Adler. "Let me clasp you to
my bosom"
ooh, that's all we'll enough" said
Amelia; "but you are not n going to be
burstin' any hooks and eyes off me, if
| know it; should think not"
"Amclia, how l have longed Tor this
moment. For weeks l have dwclt ups
on the bliss, the rapture that | would
feel when Icould CAL you my own.-
Have you not noticed my detection and
despopdcncy? Havo younot observed
the passion that distracted my soul
and made mo miserable?"
ayes, but | thought perhaps it was
your corns. | noticed you had been
wearing tight boots lately"
For months have passed slcoplcss
nights, turning TO and sometimes fro
upon my couch, and last night /
dreamed that you had cast me Off, and
| woke from tho horrid nightmare, and
iound-what do you suppose upon my
pillow?"
''Was it budbugs, Max?"
| "No, darling, tearsj bitter, scalding
tears, shed--
"Wcll, you'd better be careful. If
you go to sleeping on damp linen you'll
get cold in the head and don't want
you sueeNng around hero. s|
"But now, Amelia, my cup ofbIss Is
iull. Here, let mo pledge you my
troth."
"Now don't 90 topledging anything,
Max. I'm down on pawnDrokers, |
am. :"
, "And swear eternal devotion. And
thonlot mo picture to you tho happy
: future that awaits us Wo will be
married, and flom the altar 1 will lead
you out, aud we will stray hand in
hand to tho home, the htilo thatchct
cottage which ! ,havo purchased for
you" .r.....
"That's played OUT
/ (which ?"
81 say that's played out, strayns
/. hand in hard, | want to go in buggy
| and live in brick house"
| "And there, amid tho roses anG
columbinc, with the verduro of th,
; trees and tho grassy slopes about us
| we will" ..r
; 81 go for grassy slopes. Imust have
q place, you understand, to bleacl
clothes"
"And with the gentle strcamlot mur
muring by, with the soft bleating o
= the sheep, tho lowing of tho returning
herds at dewy eve, and the sound 0
= the watch dogs baying deep-mouthe(
i, Welcome homo.
, Excuse mo, arc you going TO .hav,
I dogs2' aF .-'. ~. -.arI.aas- .
: eyes, my angela" -Ie -at.s,a. .
D Swell, all, all | ask IS that you won
+ got q yellow dog, with a bobrtall an;
: bow-legs, for Pm down on EN-"
! 81 say with all these things, will
Nature in all her loveliest form
| arounds us, wo will live through th,
= stormy years of life In our own ouie