Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-10-27

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2 and death on the field,
! rode by her side and looked u
. at her occasionally, and though
she was looking splcndidly. ] ha
never seen her more so. Every al
titude was grace, every look wa
spirit
"Tom clung close to her. On,
would have thought be was watch
ing the very opportunity / was af
ter myself. Now be rode a few
PAGES forward, and as | was catch
ing my breath to say 'S'@L,' HI
would rein up and fall ! 4 to hi
place, and | would m" some fla
remark that made Il seem like {
fool to myself if no. to her.
"What'g the matter with you
JerryY said she, at length.
"Jerry's in love, said Tom.
81 could have thrashed him on
the spot,
"In love Jerry in love- and she
turned her large brown eyes toward
me.
"In vain l sought to fathom
them, and arrive at some conclu-
sion whether or no the subject in
terested her with special force.
"The eyes remained fixed, till l
hlundered out the old saw, Tom,
judges others by HIMSELF
"Ihen the eyes turned to Tom,
and he pleaded guilty by his awk-
ard looks, ard half bushes, and av-
erted eyes, and forced laugh.
BY Heaven! thought I, what
would l not give for Toms awk-
ardness now! The scoundrel is
winning his way by it.
"Jerry, is Tom in love"
"The naivete ofthe question. the
correctness of 1t, the very simple
ity of the thing was irresistible,
and ! could not repress a smile
that grew into broad laugh.
Tom joined in it and we ma dc
the woods ring with our merriment.
Il say, Tom, isn't that your whip
lying back yonder in the road P
"Confound it, yes: the cord
has broken from my wrist; and he
rode back for it,
d" Jerry, whom does Tom love p
said she, quickly, turning to me.
You said |, bluntly.
"Why, of course; but who is he
in love with, mean"
at was a curious way to get it.
Could | be justified 1t was not .
asking what l had intended, but it
was getting at it in another way, /
and just as we'll, perhaps. 1t was,
at all events, asking Toms ques
tion for him, and it saved me the
embarrassment of putting it as my
own. l determined this in an
instant
"Sarah, could you love Tom well
enough to marry him ?
/! Jerry; what do you mean ?,
Suppose Tom wants you to be
his wife, will you marry him ?
81 don't know can't tell
never thought of such a thing.
You don't think he has any such
idea, do you?
"That was my answer. 1t was
enough as far IS it went, but | was
no better off than before, She did
not love Tom, or she would never
have answered thus. But did she
love me? Would she marry me?
Wouldn't she receive the idea in
ust the same way?
II looked back Tom was on
5he ground, had picked up his whip,
md had one foot in the stirrup,
'eady to mount again. / gulped
lown my heart that was up in my
.hroat and spoke out:
Sarah, will you marry me?'
"Philip, she turned her eyes
lgain toward me- those large
brown eyes, those holy eyes-and
blessed me with unutterably glo-
'ious gaze, To my dying hour l
shall not forget that gaze to all
eternity it will remain in my soul.
She looked at me and look; and
it was pity, sorrow, sur !
,rise, or love, | can not tell you,
hat flied them and overflowed to-
ward me from out there immeas
Irable depths; but, Philip, it was /,
he last light of those eyes | ever =
aw-the last, the last. .
"Is there anything left in that =
owl? Thank you. Just glass :
all. You will not take any !:
hen, by you leave, l will finish it. !
Iy story is nearly ended, and l ', '.
Ill not keep you up much longer. d !,
"We had not noticed, so absor-
ed had we been in our pleasant
plk, that black cloud had risen =
4 the west and obscured the sun, q
nd covered the entire sky; and u
ven the sultry air had not called
ur attention to the coming .
= =
Gas she looked at me, even as II
he fixed her eyes on mine, a flash,
Iinding and fierce, fell on the top r
pine tree by the roadside not 7
fly Yards from us, and the crash =,
the thunder shook the founda- ;
ous of the hills.
For moment all was dazzling, q,
urning, blazing light; then sight as
as gone, and q momentary dark q,
9ss settled on our eyes. The
Orses crouched to the ground in br
rror, and Sarah bowed her head