The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-14


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another note to5 his s,D Dearest Eva, 6 So Q
T. at length, eetweekS having flown
1fapidly away In this manner, he received
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lady, which ran as follows:
| "ToaW. V.'-Sir: AS it is useless to
continue correspondence in this man.
ner, 7 think it is now time for you to
throw, off your. incognito, and reveal
your true nape and position to one TO
whom you are not totally Indifferent.
Believe me that nothing inspires love
like mutual confidence. Prove to me
that have not been imprudent in an
swering your letters, by ut once inform
ing me who you are.l It is with no feel
ing of idle curiosity ask this, but
simply for our mutual satisfaction.
"Yours, &c., EVA"
To which Willoughby replied by return
of post:
to call you sol Have you not for weeks
past observed young man, with his
hair brushed back, anxiously watching
you from the window of the opposite
house2 And although you have appn-
rently never taken tho slightest notice of
him, trust that his features are not
altogether repulsivo to you. I am that
individual.
"Charmcd by tho graceful magic Of thine eye,
Day after day watch, and dream, and sigh:
Watch thee, dream of thee, sigh for thee alone,
Fair star of Clapham-may add, mine own7'
To quote, with some alterations, the
noble stanza of the poet Brownl And
now I have favor to ask you. When
ever you SEQ me at the window, take no
notice of me at present, lest my mother
should observe it. In few days she
will be going out of town, and then we
can throw off all restraint Till then,
adieu! Adieu, my adorable one, adieul
My eyes are ever on you. Your own,
s'WILLOUGHBY iVANE."
To which epistle came the following
answer:
"DEAR SIR: Your exploitation is per-
fectly satisfactory. I may also add, that
your features are not at oil rcpulsive to
"Bless herl What . delightful / little
soul she isl" CALCULATED Willoughby.
And he went out, ordered new suit
of clothes, and had bis hair cut.
"Wil'y," said Mrs. Vane to her son
the next morningg"I L wish you would do
something to Improve your mind, and
not waste your time by looking out of
the window oil day, as you have lately
done. Come aid read the Parliamentary
debates to me, if you have nothing else
The wogthy lady was rabid politi-
clan, and for three mortal hours she kept
him at thie delightful task; ut the expirn-
ton of which, time he succeeded in es-
Gaping to lis own room, where he wrote
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''DEAREsS EVA: am overjoyed at the
contents of }your brief communication.
If, as you say, my features are not alto
gether repulaive to you, may hope that
you will CONSENT to be mine-mine only?
WILLOUGHBY."
Back came the reply the next morn
ing:
DEAR WmfouaHBY: Your reply has
made me feel very happy. It is very
dull here-no society except my father
and mother. Ilong for more congenial
companionship- EVA"
In this delightful manner the days flew
onhalcy-on days, too, they were for Will
loughby, and sweetened by the inter
change of this and similar lover-like cor
respondence. On the following Mon
day morning, Mrs. Vane left town on q
visit to some friends in Devonshire, leav-
ing her son to keep house at home. That
same afternoon, one of Captain Black's
servants brought the following note for
Willoughby:
"W1LL1E: Have You any objection to
my telling my dear papa all? Matters
have now gone 80 far, that it will be i'm.
possible for either of us to retract what
we have written. Let us take papa into
our confidence. I know his kind and
generous nature we'll, and have no fear
that he will opposeiour union. Pray send
me line by bearer. EVA"
The answer was as follows:
"MY OWN EVA: Do whatever you con-
slider best. My fate is in your hands. If
your pape should refuse his consent, L
But I will not think of anything 80
dreadful! Fear not that I shall ever re-
tract. Life without you would be de-
sert, with no oasis to brighten it. Yours
until death, WI1LoUHBY."
That evening, just as Willoughbyshad
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