The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-03-31
lls Leaavsh las been SO faithful.

~ anObuSE fuldu WRIT Ills guilty cyl
rested on mine But he did not lacl
- courage must do him that justice
BY the way" he said, with insuffer
= able coelness, you should not cal
any gentleman a fellow before q lady
1T amt polite 50 - r-q-.
81 don't care whether it is,or isn't
i said, breathing hard.
- That's ano'her matter" said the
1 y%i5tuOus youth ''but I can't permit
what viii you do ?" I said with
elation. "Pn gay it again, if you
Ike" -
& Not here, I hope" said he fremb
ling.
Yes here You're q shabby, mean
feIlows alid1n give you satisfaction al
any moment, ifyou're not a coward"
Sc public an insult-three other
boys of condition heard it-could not
8 be passed by. He made the conyen.
Vstfo1af reply, which always briggs on
violence. I'D like to see you do it."
.aS"There j. the sgardeng 4ssaid in a
t1erce rapture. This door opens to
,Eita<CiiebA and Smith will see fair
p'a aBut nv ather9la"o@
"Tell it's nanny" I retorted in a
kafury Isd = Si1 p
We went out into the cool air. We
cav the bow windows at the lack and
the grotesque shadows, and heard
tWicks "thrum, thrum." The shad-
sows1went up and down as if on wires:
We "stood up to each other, near a
: rose-bush, IN u glorious uniforms.
xIfeH on him like a fury, fer / had her
WRONGS to avenge. In a second l was
pounding at him like a demon. 1t
was plain there would be only one
round, when there came a flash, a
golden amber fash. and a cry and
the captain had me by the hair and
said:
= sEhy, you little vicious imp, what
are you at ?"
ct was assumed, of course, that /
was the aggressor.)
THE bright oval face bent down close
TO nina, and that the gentle hand was
so my arm.
- What is this about, dear? Ny
poor little friend P'
III could hardly answer her. Icould
have fallen before her and w~orshipped
her, for the tone of her voice. / an
swered her with grief:
HYou were so unkind, and you dan
ced with himi'
Captain Balstock laughed aloud.
IA duel, I declare; and for you.
Ada !"
sSPPEhe smiled.
There's a galop now. Sidney, I'll
make Mr.. Wicks change it to a quad
. rifle, and we'll dance it together"
sL"Any thing to prevent bloodshed,"
EEaid the Captain.
SssOh triumph Oh joy! Oh del.
lcio1s moment as led her away.
Even nowsa yellow dress any black
hair bring back that moment, She
was mine, she would be mine; she
was true, noble, generous.
Sial am not quite pleased with you"
she said, as we took our place at the
top. "You do not trust me-"
"Oh, 1 do. do! But you do not
care for me. You like that fellow
better - RS --sn
ztWho2 Captain Bulstock T"
NO Goodman
~ don't like him at all he is a
eonceited, p~recocious little puppy"
She was mine again, she would be
EforeyerI The rest was rapture ;
Wicks became glorifed into a seraph-
ic orchestra; the room into a consid-
cradle ballroom. i could have begun
again and again, and quadrilled it all
night long
ais Then came supper a noble banquet
in a room, which for obvious reasons,
had been kept under lock and key.
st was past one A. NJ. Roast fowls
-glistened every where in their own re-
-freshing native brown, and tongues
likewise bent into their own agreeable
curve, and rich in their peculiar var
nish. Tongue, in those days, seemed
to me the Wand for which L Eould, in
preference, run personal risk of arrest
and capture. / will not p~articularize
ythe other deiicacies enough that there
was champagne at the masthead"
as a stout and cheerful doctor observ-
ed his hand affectionately grasping
the neck of a flask.
~ For the moment these delicacies
qtook away the thought of her. She
was Tot there. / wondered at it after
aytime for the conjunction of our
common nature with rich ard rare
delicacies of this sort, seemed about as
natural and inevitable as that of the
MAGNET and the bit of iron. Then it
flashed upon me, where was he, Bull
stock? Her father presently appear
ed, and said loosely, che supposed
she had gone off in a post chaise with
some one, and had abandoned him in
his old age" After supper, dancing
began again, and then she r~eappeared,
and nodded over to me, brightly and
happily. Then the orders were passed
that we were to go away.
"Going away" she cried, with her
hand on my shoulder, taking off my
.tHOh, indeed r. said our people,
zine doings altogether" Il believed
that they referred to me, and blush
ed.9- She looked confused, and tossed
her charming head. .
@Whisper, DEAR" she said to them.
MOP was the answer, in delight
EVEN. I'm 50 glad. I'll come and
see you in the morning, and tell you
about it. 800 I
eli felt that this did not quite refer !
Again 1 saw the bright face bent !