The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-03-04
WISCONSIN
!. THURSDAY. MARCH 4, 1869.
: aaAsCDNE8Y IN TW0 ACTs.


ada YOU mean to say, sir, that you are
engaged to that girl?
No, not exactly. await her decision.
Then you We proposedY
esIhaye, sir as~ ~
And you We resolved to marry Miss
Cameron, and not Miss Eastwood ?
IF Miss Cameron will accept me-
Very well, sir-very well This is
y9urs graft tnde-ths your hnal duty. self
wllied ungrateful dog. IN return fer the
troAble I've had with you-the Efforts
I've made to secure for you the best
match In the country. Here Is a fine
handsome, dashlng young. WOMAN, rich.
and belonging to the first families of the
country. whom you throw aside for the
sake ofa pale-faeed chit OF clergyman ;
daughter
Father is
Don father HE, sir--don't interrupt
me-don't speak to me again i-Get out
of my sight But remember! the day
on which you marry Lena Cameron you
cease to be a son OF mine. I'll disown
you, / II disinherit you sir, and leave all
l have got to the new Orphan Asylum.
Such was the scene enacted in Squire
Chester s parlor-a scene frequently pre-
sented upon the stage ID sympathlzing
and delighted crowds-an irate father,
partly red faced and loud-voiced, with
hands beneath coat tails, Ia Pickwick,
and eyes glaring wrathfully through gold
trimmed spectacies upon handsome and
dutiful son, bent upon wedding the OBJ
jet Of his soul 5 ldolatly against his lrate
father wishes. Yet in this instance it
was not mere acting, but on the part OF
each was serious and resolute earneStness.
4 to, = r@41.A r 10,
moment in which the Squire last words
were spoken, a fair, delcate-lo looking girl
who was about entering the room, catch
ed the sound OF an angry voice, paused
an instant with her hand on the door knob,
as if hestanug to enter. And thus it
was tn she heard her own name coupled
with the threat already mentioned.
She turned then, and glded swiftly up
the stairs to her own ROOM Locking the
door, she threw herself on couch and
burying. her face in the pillows remailed
for a.longs time quiet and motionless.-
She did not weep, but when she at length
arose, her face WAS very, very pale, and
her sweet blue eyes had haggard look
OF suffering, painful to witness in one 50
young.
Seating herself at table. she drew
towards her a writing desk, and wrote as
follows:
DEAR Cousin PHIIP-Since our last
interview OF yesterday, | have thought
the matter over, and come to the cOnciu
sion that it will be best that We should
not marry Do not blame me-do not
question me even. | have reasons which
/ cannot explain; but act as l think viii
be the best for both of US LIMA.
Where is Miss Cameron questioned
Philip of the servant who handed hlm
this note
Gone to Elmwood. sir, to her aunt.
Mrs Page. | heard her say she would
stay there until her return 10 the city in
few days
An hour after, Philip Chester was on
MS way to Eiuwood. The path was
lonely leading through i sequestered
wood, and he was consequently ! httle
surprised when, at an abrupt turning, he
came suddenly lace to face with young
lady-very tall, very handsome, aud at
tired in rich riding habit, and flowing
plume. Philip lifted his hat respectfully
and would have passed, but the lady
paused full III the path before him.
Excuse me-you are Mr. Philip Ches-
ter?'
He bowed.
AHu L Stl uuSSliIiHS FdSdNDO2.
In his surprise he scarcely knew what
to say.
L did not know was not aware Of
Miss Eastwood being in the neighbor
hood
Il dare say not. You was expecting
perhaps, you and your honored father, to
behold me for the first time at the resi-
denee of my respected uncle and guardian,
Simeon Walker. Esquire. But you see
was too anxious to wait, so | concluded
to run down for day or two TO Eluwood.
on the strength Of Mrs. Page being an
ord friend OF my mother. l wanted 70
see you Mr. Chester
You do me honor, said Philip puz
zlcd to what manner to treat hcI frank
ayowel The young lady mearwtle care
Iessly played with her horses name.
| am glad of this accidental meeting,
she resumed, for | was just thinking how
itwoald be possible to obtain a private
interview.
Philip started.
i believe, continued she, coolly, that
there has been some arrangement made
concerning Us by those two odd mean
by your much honored father and my
highly respectable uncle-a little nIatri-
monial scheme if am not mistaken.
Very kind Of them, doubtless, though it
might have been kinder to have lett US
to choose for ourselves, and be happy In
our own way.
A faint CLEAN Of hope began to da8n
on Philip.
L want to tell you secret, Mr.. Ches-
ter. May trust you?'
. IF you will do me the honor, he re-
Piled, still coldly
All, see you don't like me, but will
after while. This, then, is my secret.
am in love-pray don't be alarmed.
not with you.
Thank you, he said, almost inyolun-
tarily.
With very handsome, very clever,
very worthy and deserving young man,
RESUMED Miss Eastwood, with unmoved
seriousness, but poor. And you are in
love with one equally perfect, but suffer
ing under the same stigma.
She looked at him seriously now, with
dark eyes, and he met the gaze frankly.
Now we understand each other. she
said, resuming her former tone and man
nar, and we can act as seems best for us
under the circumstances 1t won't do
to rebel openly against those two old
fogies--I beg their pardons--those wise
aud venerable old gentlemen; but We can
manage quietly to eircumvent them aud
have our own way, can we
Perhaps you have formed some plan
10 that etfect2' said Philip, half amused
and half interested
You shall hear she answered 4
am told that your dear father admires
dashlng ladies'; wants dashing daugh-
terIn-taw and mistress OF his establish
a l.