The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-07-31
established anl crtehsife acquaintance 10

Iestablished ani extensive acquaintance u
the neighborhood.s Lie grew fond Of 50
eial gayeties.. lie cultivated all Winston
TAT every important gathering he wa
Ifnade welcome. - g t38@H f o9a ~.
AT last the winter canio, and everybody
| Knows how delightful the winter il in !
lSew England country town, where Tho
thermometer never by any excess Of ex
altation gets more that an occasional dc
gree Or 40 above the Us;sswhere ffozet
/ noses. aie to be met at every corner, aud
are deelped poiiher uucommou nor, unQr
naineptab while frozen toes are accepted
4alpost in The light Of luxury where icf
cream is Indi8solably associated with
breaklasty and where for many month";
flifc is but perpelualehiRers Mre I,aug
ford, ANXIOUS tosexperience all thege joys
came up 70 Winston in tho middle .ot
| IFebruafy 10 rcmaiq two dhys, bringing
with him baegage sufficient for three
weeks, TO which term, after much inter
chhnge Of entrcaty and expostula:ion, he
was induced 10 exicud his visit. .F
The first time he met Miss Brandon
.be tempted her with the suggestion Of Z
IsIcigh-ride Said Ire, "a sleigh-fide in
winter il seldom amiss, aud was there.
upon sharply criticised Tor admitting the
possibility Of such thing al any other
season. dtDscverF Miss Brandon con.
lscnicd. She would ride with him the
next uftetno6ng st 81
10 Tie morning dr.. Henry I.angford
gragely inspected the iauIy stable, but
found nothing therein equal to his own
idea of tlie magnitude of tie OCCASION
4 the public stable he was more success
inI. AbEsst lie contemplated Che inxuri.
anec lpagniiiaepcegQf . span. bat an ire.
sbtlble impulse subsequently induced
hin 20 settle upon q siug!e c0urscr. lOnc
horse nay be driven with one hand j
Il - difficult TO Imagine what iinpciied
him soseck with such pertiuacity as lie did
for the naTr0weat sleigh ~ the collection.
At / o'clock =. ~, the light.hcarted
young pair dashed away, rs full Of good
nataged eice as the sleigh was full Of them
land they fitted very comphcuy. bliss
Baudoa, knowing Inc country belier
thau her companion, undertook 10 point
,her way, manner Of proceeding quite
agrecabIs, 10 view of the male crcatuFc' j
total iguorubce oi localities They giided
on, turning lliiIier aud thither, until cre
long they leave lhc clustering cottages oi
Winston quite distance behind. Tor .
willie both chaltercd and laughed With ].
y.gor that put them iuto precious glow ;
but by aud-by Mr. Henry stopped short,
ID au unaccSinfiBie lh4nher, aaa Left
Miss Lucy 10 do the defamation, watch
.iug the sparkle Of her eye, or the pretty
cure oi her lip, as she threw out inces-
tsant little smart srFiekles ST fcmiulae
Wit Presently Ae observed with wopdcr
2 !alut suspicion Of aaucr trembling
Through hlu. and attributed Il 10 thcag
Fapid motion, Tecosleeung similar scnaa.
iivns ia carrier youth, caused by swing.
ing. lie mus; have expressed something
odd IN llis, eoun,epance, for, OF sudden,
Miss Lucy cut short bcr fun, and s,ibsid-
Cd iuio dim ohliyious tranquility. Just
ope minute after, il flashed upon Air.
Henry l.angiosd that he had for the past
six months been steadily and pnintcrrupt.
cdIy occupied in making i muf of him
self that the notion Of excellent friend
ship, 30 iar as Ae and Lucy Brandon were
was utterly absurd and de-
grading 10 think upon that the truth
was he loved her dearly, and tina; he
ought 10 have known il long ago, aud
should, if Ire had ever before been alone
with her, as he now found himself. Hay-
ing settled all this TO his own satisfaction,
he took courage anda bold step:
Ia5 Miss Lucy (ralhcr shakiIy) "are y6n
comfortable p "Oh, perfectly" = Not
cold ~ - No, indeed ''ase Now what he
wanted was, that she should say she was
cold; and he considered. himself q Lite
iIl.usea because she did not. But he
would not he boreft of his idea, SO gath
ering the reins in one hand, he cautions
ly discmbarrassed~the. .other,-eand sweep
ling bis arm arouDd the back Of the
sleigh, caused the vagrant member TO en-
circle the big bundle OF buffalo bandages
which contained The gentl6 form beside
him. Not d word of remonstrance, but q
silence dangerously ominous, it he had
known it. Incnherently mumbling q
repetition of the inquiry concerning com.
fort, etc, he permitted the arm to venture
upon a faint suggestion Of asqueeze.--
Thisatime the little face now sadly flushed
came round square upon him, and discon
kcerted him horribly. But With desperate
impudencc he remarked quite careiessly
and looking earnestly at a point in thu
road at distance Of halGa-mile ahead
I" Please shut your eyes a minute Dowr
/ went the lids. -.,i ,.9. !.
The calm was over, First came 2 tor
rent of reproaches, very limited as to du
ration, but Of crushing weight; then al
/ lintrnsiSe slittle ar,tNhich had ibettoi
have stayed away bsthon a dead silence
Mr.. Henry Lapgford was sorely afflicted
/ ]GIf she didn twgant me to kiss her, )" though
he, "theti why did She shut her eyes ?''1-
AS he could make nothing of it, he en-
deavored toaeffect a quiet qualification
but all encouraging response was with
held Hardly a word was vouchsafet
him, and the few he got were .by NJ mean
of a acharactcr to fill him with rapture
In the midst of his anxious argument
there came cry from the side Of TIL
rohd. s4sr9 9af .sio3asaz4 is9y7ad
Harry pulled up, and saw a melanchol.
i looking woman, not well clad, not strong
ly framed, standing with child in he
arms, by the sleigh. She asked how ia
lit waato LinyilleaaI 1n q o4sera
Ia GLOW far to. Linxille, Miss Brandon2
Inquired Harry. sI Is iadi
,Ila "Four miles s''-( rather pettishly).