The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-11-06
The Impromptu Marriage.

For heavens sake, Susy, be serious
if you can, for five minutes. Pray,
cease this trifing, which is but cruel
playing with my feelings, and let us treat
this subject as it deserves, soberly and
seriously"
"Well, there, them" cried the laugh
ing. black-eyed girl to whom Charles
Westerly spoke. There, there, is that
grave enough! See, the corners of my
mouth are duly turned down, and my
| eyes rolled up, and / am sober as pa
| tient who has caught sight of the dent
lists instruments. Do I suit you soi?"
it well, you witchl" cried Charles, with
q smile, gazing at the pretty face puck
cred up in its affectation of occurrences.
| But he was not to be driven from his
point, as he resumed gravely, after a
pause" The time has come, Susy when
1 feel have right to demand AN ex-
! plicit answer to my suit. You have
trifed with my earnest feelings long
enough. l have grown restless under
| fetters."
;'Shake them off, then Charley" in
terrupted the saucy girl, with toss of
her head, which plainly said, e defy
you to do it,
/ g cannot, Susy, and you know it, y
replied the hapless lover, impatiently.
"That being the case said Susy,
stake my advice-wear them gracefully,
and don't pull and jerk so it only makes
them hurt YOU"
The young man turned away, and
walked silently up and down the room,
evidently fretting and fuming internally
Susy, meantime, looked out of the win
dow and yawned. Charles continued his
moody walk.
"Oh. what beautiful bird is on the
lilac tree" cried Susy, suddenly DO
you come and see it"
Charles mechanically approached the
window and looked out.
g Don't you think, Charley" said Su-
sy, laying her hand on his arm, and look
ing up eagerly in his face; '' don't you
think you could manage to"
What, Susy?" asked Charles, all his
tenderness awakened by her manner
What?"
- Drop pinch of salt on his back ?"
returned the provoking girl, with an af-
I
know, you could easily catch it,
His answer was to turn ansrily away.
His walk this time was longer than be-
fore, and his cogitations were more earn
est. for he did not heed any of Susy's
artfully artlcss devices to allure his notice
At last he storped abruptly before her,
and said:
.'Susy, for three long years l have
been your suitor, without either confes-
sion of love, or promise of marriage on
your part. Often as | have demanded
to know your sentiments toward me, You
have always coquettishly refused me. an
answer. This state of things must cease
1 love you better than my life; but will
no longer be your plaything. To-mor-
row You are going away, to be absent for
months, and if you cannot, this very day
throw aside your coquetry, and give me
an honest yes for my answer, [ shall
consider that have received no. and
act accordingly"
And how would that be- What
would you do?" asked Susy, curiously
Begin by tearing your false and
worthless image from my heart" cried
Charles, furiously.
9. It would be curious piece of bust
ness, Charley, and you would not succeed
either" said Susy.
"I should and would succeed" said
Charles, ''as you shall see, if you wish,
cruel, heartless girl"
| But [ don't wish, Charley, dear-I
love dearly to have you love me" said
Susy.
Why, then," cried the foolish youth
quite won over again, "why then, dear
est Susy, will you not CONSENT"
Remember, I said I liked to be low
ed" replied Susy; Il did not say any
thing about loving. But pray, how long
did you say you had been courting me, in
that pretty little story of yours z"
''Three long years" replied he.
" Neatly and accurately quoted, Char
ley. But you know my cousin Rachel
was only won after five years courtship.
You don't suppose I am going to rate
myself any cheaper than she did, do you?
Suppose we drop this tiresome subject
for two years; perhaps by that time I
may be able to work myself up to the
falling-in-love point-therc is no know
ing what wonders time may effect"
If you are not in love now, you
never will be- returned Charles sturdi-
ly; "and will have my answer now or
never"
Never, them" laughed Susy. But
she had gone step too far. Her often
sorely tried lover was now too much in
earnest to bear her trifling any longer.
''Never be it then !" he cried; and
seizinS his hat, he strobe from the room.
Susy listened to his receding footsteps
with dismay. Had she, indeed, by her
| lncorrigiblc love for coquetry, lost him
1t smote her to the soul to think so. As
soon as he heard him open the front
door, impelled by feeling of despair,
she raised the window sash, and, leaning
forward, whispered:
Charley, Charley you will be at the
boat tomorrow to bid me good-by, won't
you? Surely,we are still good friends
| As she spoke she tore a rose from her
bosom and threw it to him. It lodged on
his arm, but he brushed it away as tho
it had been poison, and passed on with
out looking up-