The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-04-30

pulled down with hostile sharpness.
If any critic falls on me for putting
inarticulate sounds in dialogue as above,
I answer with all the ins.lence I can
command at present, ssHit boys as big as
yourself" bigger, perhaps, such as Soph-
ocles, Euripides and Aristophanes, they
began it, and [ learned it Of them, sore
against my will.
Miss Haythorn's scream lost part of
its effect, because the engine whistled
forty thousand murders at the same
moment; and fictitious grief makes'itself
heard when real cannot.
Between the tunnel and Bath our
young friend had time to ask himself
whether his conduct had been marked by
that delicate reserve which is supposed
to distinguish the perfect gentleman.
With a long face, real or feigned-he
held open the door-his late friends at
tempted to escape on the other side
impossible they must pass him. She
whom he had insulted (Latin for kiss)
deposited somewhere at his feet look of
gentle, blushing reproach; the other,
whom he had not insulted, darted redhot
daggers at him from her eyes, and SO they
parted.
1t was, perhaps, fortunate for Dolignan
that he had the grace to be friends with
Major Hoskyns, of his regiment, vet
eran laughed at by the youngsters, for
the Major was too apt to look coldly upon
billiard balls and cigars he had seen
cannon balls and hnstocks. He had also,
to tell the truth, swallowed good bit of
the messroom poker, but with it some
sort of moral poker, which made it i'm
possible for Hoskyns to descend to an
ungentlemanly word or action or to brush
his own trowsers below the knee.
Captain Dolignan told this gentleman
his story in gleeful accents but Major
Hoskyns heard him coldly, and as coldly
answered that he had known man lose
his life for the same thing. ssThat is
nothing" continued the Major, ''but
unfortunately he deserved to lose it."
At this the hot blood mounted to the
younger mans temples, and his senior
added, II mean to say that he was thirty
/ FIVE you, presume, are twenty -one.
i "Twenty five"
That is much the same thing; you
will be advised by me-
s.If you will advise me-"
'.Speak to no one of this, and send
White the 93, that he may think yol
(! lost the bet"
'.That is hard, when won it,
s'Do it, for all that, sir"
Let the disbeleiyers in human perfect
ibility know that this dragon, capable o
a blush, did this virtuous action, albei
with violent reluctance, and this was hi
first dampcr. A week after these event
he was at ball. He was in that stat
of factitious discomfort which belongs t
US amiable English He was looking il
vain for lady equal in personal attrac
tions to the idea he had formed of Georg
Dolignan as man, when suddenly ther
glided past him most delightful vision
a lady whose beauty and symmetry too
him by the eyes-another look 1t can
be! Yes, it is ~ Miss Haythorn Ono
that he knew her namely but what al
apothesis !
The duck had become pea-hen-ra
diant, dazzling, she looked twice as beat
tiful and almost twice as large as before
He lost sight of her. He found he
again She was so lovely she made .hir
ill-and he, alone, must not dance wit
, her, speak to her. If he bad been cor
tent to begin her acquaintance in tn
usual way, it might have ended in kis
ing, but having begun with kissing
must end in nothing. AS she danced
sparks of beauty fell from her on a
] around, but him-shc did not see him
it was clear she never would see HIM
5 one gentleman was particularly asslduou
e she smiled on his assiduity; he was ug
: but she smiled on him. Dolignan W;
5 surprised at his success, his illtaste, h
S ugliness, his impertinence. Dolignan
: last found himself injured
t "Who was this man and what rigl
had he to go on so? He had new
|. kissed her, suppose" said Dolly. Dc
l. ignan could not provo it, but he felt tn
e somehow the rights of property were Il
7. yaded. He went home and dreamed
Miss Hawthorn, and hated all the ug
successful. He spent fortnight tryil
y to find out who this beauty was-he ne
it cr could encounter her again. At Ia
], he heard of her in this way: lawyer
:: clerk paid him little visit and col
,r menced little action against him, III t
e name of Miss Haythorn, for insulting h
h in railway train.
E: The young gentleman was shoeke
49,
ID the machine did not thoroughly comp
Q. hend the meaning of the term. The
| dy's name, however, was at last reveal
g by this untoward incident; from her nal
is to her address was but short step; a
'e the same day our crestfallen hero lay
wait at her door, and many a succeedi
day. without effect. But one fine aft
noon she issued forth quite naturally,
: if she did it every day, and walked
~ the nearest parade. Dolignan did
same; he met and passed her many tin
e,, on the parade, and searched for pity
!. her eyes, but found neither look nor r
ognition, nor any other sentiment; for
40 this she walked and walked, till all
lis other promenaders were tired and gc
then her cnlprit summoned resoluti
TO and taking off hls hat, with voice tire
et ulous for the FIRST time, besought perm
sion to address her. She stopped, blu
ed, and neither acknowledged or {
~ owned his acquaintance. He blush
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