The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-07-02
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Augusta Ludlam had known Augustus He'd.
den three years, BY sight; and during all that
time abe had not employed her woman's wit in
the contrivance of . plan BY which to become
acquainted with him. She liked-the sentimen-
tai girl-to feel her heart hutter when he passed
her; to experience the hopeless longing which .
view of his figure excited when he was visible
in the distance; and to fall into an exquisite re-
verie in the solitude of her own room, after the
rapture springing from his glance when some
times they CHANGED to meet face to face in the
street
when. however, she heard he was going to
Japan, she was called to her senses. She was
going to lose him, and so she began to think she
must try to become acquainted with him.
Now, do not let anybody suppose that Angus.
ia was q girl who would, under any circam.
stances, do any thing that was not in accordance
with strict propriety. She would not There
was only one young man in the wide world
whose acquaintance she would have laid plans to
secure, and that young man was Augustus He'd.
den. Nobody but herself knew she was in love
with him, nobody, of course, WAS intrusted with
the secret that she was now trying to secure his
acquaintance, She was just as sweet and coy
girl as you could anywhere find.
She CHANGED into an apothecary's store width.
er she had seen him go. There he was having q
medicine chest put up. with view, no doubt to
take it with him to Japan. That was not the
place, nor were those the circumstances, favora.
BILE to her design. Both he and she were acaain.
ted with the apothecary. She saw Augustus
glance at her, and colored up to her eyes, where.
upon she felt her heart give several great thumps
She saw him turn and whisper to the apothe-
cary, and then she saw-still out of the corner
OF her eye, of course-the apothecary bow
to Augustus assentingly. turn toward her
and then approach her. Whereupon she
turned away and lett the store, thus leaving the
apothecary and Augustus, especially the latter,
in the l1rch.
A pang of remorse shot through her as she
walked hurredly away in the street.
Perhaps Augustus would think that she des.
pissed him. Perhaps-but, after all, was she
correct in surprising that the movements and
signs of the two gentlemen denoted a wish on
the part OF Augustus to become acquainted with
her? The horrors of that doubt, what tongue
could tell, or pen write out9
And, then, time was slipping so
Two days had passed days of misery for her.
What If he had sailed already?
No, he had not sailed yet. She found that
out.
And her woman's will provided plan for
meeting which no living soul suspected not even
her friend Maggy Weld, at whose house the
meeting took place
But such meeting rs it was She was at
0aggy's house, in the parlor, at table, where
she was engaged in looking at some photographs,
Augustus Hedden entered the room with Mag.
gy, talking about his going to Japan. :.
1.-THE vessel sails day after tomorrow, in the
afternoon" he was saying.
ut is Japanese vessel, and it will take back
several of the Japanese who have been visiting
IN this country eHe of whom, Bling by name, is
an intimate friend of mine"
"Mr. Hedden," said Maggy, interrupting him,
''Iet me Introduce you to my friend, Miss Lud-
lam"
Augusta turned. Augustus bowed coldly and
stiftiy, and turning indifferently away, went on
with his talk, addressed to Magsy.
The treatment almost broke Augustus heart.
She slipped away out of the room into the aioin.
ing apartment, where her things were, put them
on, and WAS hurrying through the hall to the
street.door to go out, when Maggy stepped into
the hall to intercept her
II must go" exclaimed Augusta.
"Why, Gus, you are almost crying!" .
81 am not!' Augusta cried out, and as she
spoke she lifted her orbs little, and caught the
glance of Augustus Hedden's eyes. He was
standing in the parlor, with his face tarned to.
ward them She hurriedly opened the street
door and went out. Alone on the street, she
hurried to her home, and then up the stairs to
her room. There she sat the picture of misery.
u.
cright day-dark as Egypt to her-opened and
rsrew, and waned. 1t was the day before the
one on which Augustus was to SAIL and to be
lost to her.
It was while she was brooding over her lot,
alone in her room, that Biddy, the servant, came
to her bursting with the following piece of
news:
ooh, mum! one OF thin Jaypanaysis is down
in the parlor, wautin' to see We :"
Japanese
What made her heart leap so?
Down Augusta walked in her sweet evening
attire, to the parlor.
There was the Japanese in full costume COD.
per.colored, thick eyebrowed, and ALL He made
low salaam after the manner of that people
when they show Difference. She looked at him
as pale as death.
'Che gar ri golla whopple a la resog geeehie
Bing," said he, and he made another low bow.
Bing!
1t was the only word she understood. Aud
that word--ah it went through her heart like
shot. Bing was Augustus friend. He had
come to her from Augustus.
"Payaga Inarka roga bi va come here, l Bing,
from Gus" said Mr.. Bfng, 'hi VA to tell dear
Gussy he go way despairiny cause not see her
gain.
Down went Mr.. Bing's head again. Up went
Augustus hand with thud upon her heart, and
over she herself was going to the hJor when the
polite Mr.. Bing sprang and caught her in his
arms.
Augusta" he said, "you have shown TO me
the utmost Indifference, when q glance might
have told Inc something"
She lifted to his face her great, dark. wonder.
ing eyes. That voice--that look, Who was
this:
81 have come To tell you" he said, tina, you
drove me from you by your rerel,ut looks ;.sd