The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-14

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one but me. answered David lecid-
edly, and since you are so kind as
to take an interest in the affair, will
tell you the truth about IL. She was
unreasonable enough to expect to sad
die me with the care of her old father
and mother 1islii 1Yg3s s.! if5 -a3g
;. Sand you couldn't afford TO take
such charge. Well, I'm glad you
told me, for that is easily settled.
Rather than have two young people
be disappointed, I'll raise your salary
at was just that" said David, *the
bearings have little property of
their own-but she had some fine-spun
notions about the matter and wanted
to take them into the family" a SID
e Oh!",- said Mr.. Burch, and he
paused abruptly, seemingly intently
occupied, in punching little holes in
the ground with his gold-headed cane.
.One shouldn't be hasty in AFFAIRS of
so much importance" said he at last.
Perhaps you may induce her 10 re-
consider" aao a} aoil4offr o7;f
. g 1t would be of no use to try," said
David, q for you might as well under
take to move the sun, as to move Sal
lie Dearing when she once gets set
upon anything she fancies to be her
duty o5 .aidye. .zta5ntira5aL lilo.
f"hVery unreasonable, truly" said
Mr.. Burch, but there was d touch .of
sarcasm in his tone.--tsf.And you can't
think of yielding yourselent ao. aij
=" Never, sir, neyer.") Eano-san .j !
80 Well, YOU shall have the Alderney
all the same, for / suppose you won't
sell your place ~ '2sGlo eaifoH 10
[ "NotiI sir,lnor buy rope to hang
myself with, neither.H Hind gan. II slsg
.91Mr. Burnhlaughed, andras he walk
ed away,lhe said to himself, 81 guess
the heifer will console him for his
loss. ~ q III aTa7f sIadtosI Ii5d5i -Hli
David did not indeed buy a rope.to
hang himself, but he slipped his neck
into the matrimonial moose in the
course of fewn1nonths, and moved
into his new house, precisely ashe had
planned to do-the. only difference be-
ing that Jennie Burns was his bride
Instead! of Sallie Dearinga odgu4 VII
o Sallie, meanwhile, was not left en-
tirely without consolation, for if she
had lost lover, she had gained a
friend, and that friend was no less
parsonage than Mr.. Buich. h.anige Of
4 She was much surprised one day, on
opening the front doorIing answer to
the great brass knocker, to behold him
standing on the step, and hs ahorse
the igate--about as much
rs You would be- if the
statue of Washington which adorns
the square at Washington should dis
mount from its rampant lsteedand pay
you visit. u aao sdit 91f.tsf 9A3
He extended his hand smilingly,
and inquired for her father and moth
er, upon which Sallie invited him in.
He said he had been trying to obtain
some of the old English strawberry
plants-he had the 1Iovey's Seeding
and the Bartlett, and in fact almost
every other variety-byt the old Eng
lish had become very rare, and he
was told that Mr.. Dearing had it.
Upon which Mr.. Deaiing said that he
had, and that Mr.. Burch was welcome
to some. And then they fell into a
long conversation about horticulture
in general and Mrs. Dearing treated
him to a glass of her elderberry wine.
So he staid an hour or more, and
though he addressed but a few words
to 'Sallie, his hazel eyes were upon her
ever while he talked to her father.
And so upon one pretext and another
he continued to come, until at last he
came without any .pretext at ALL LEI
The old people. valued his society
on their own account not a. little, but
more because, as they said, the COM
of a cultivated, gentleman
like Mr.. Bufch was such an advantage
to % young girl like their daughter.
AS for Salfie, she regarded him as a
dear brother; or at least she thought
she did, until her old friend Mrs. Bur-
dock-the same who was SO. scandal
lied by the Fpink ribbons" destroyed
the illusion. 1t was one afternoon in
early June, when Mr. DearingH slept
in his arm chair, his wife darned his
and Sallie sat stitching
away upon some pretty piece of nom
sense-which; truth to tell, she was
much addicted to adoing-that Mrs.
Burdock stalked in like some gaunt
and grizzly 'Fate.H After discoursing
a short time about the lateness OF the
season. the prospect for crops, Mrs.
1oIdCh JIculuatlD; duu nAEst DEOWHS
broken; legr-she came at last ito the
subject uppermost in her mindJ and
which had; been. the.real motive of her
can.n oAn 2nidtyuf dtiw -1iE1r ioH
$50 Mfr. Burch is going to be mar
ried,nishe remarked, looking okeenly
at sallie: That yeung waman gave q
little start, which caused her to prick
Der finger and stain her work with
blood, and let us hope that she derived
a momentary' satisfaction from the
fancy that the cambria was Mrs. Bur-
dock and the needle a dagger. She
did not,ihowever, look up or make
any reply. but her mother said in the
most common place way in the world ;
ID seTs he! Who's the ladys"' 4I'" a4 ~
Q i"That hain'tbeen found out, but he
is fixin' up his house with the bcauti-
fullest new things. l made an arrant
there and saw 'em myself. It. must
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