Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1870-04-23
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WHERE THERE'S a WILL.


And so he is coming tonight Clara p,
Lyman Palmer asked, Standing, Just at
sunset, in the porch of NJ Townicy's fine,
! broad trontcd residence in l.. Clara
Iownley stood beside him, and very
fearful look stole into her deep blue lus-
trous eyes aG she answered the question.
| Yes Lyman. Papa received his note
this morning, saying that he would surely
| be here IN the eight O'Clock train.'
our father is as determined rs ever I.
suppose, about this affair of-of the mar
rage 7" Lyman Palmer's look was avertcd
from Clara %, %hilf hs sci cRfioPqAgcs4 qgg thG YQfds
of the other
They were delicate enough, both in
shape and hue, those hands of Lyman
Palmer's to have belong TO IL woman /; his
face, also, devoid of beard or moustach,
and glowing with the funess of healthful
beauty, cnti rely lacked, Che was only twen-
ty-two) the element of maniless 1t was II
face that Lyman Palmer's enemies-had
he really possessed any--would have been
very likely to call insipid and girlish. But
they could not truthtully have said the
same of the man himself He was every
inch what his youthful appearance failed
to show-a hi ighbred, honorable, coura-
geous gentleman.
determined - Clara Townlcy eX-claim-
ed in answer to her lovers last remark :
"Why, papa is 50 bent upon my becoming
Mrs. Livermore that he would die of rage,
| think, were my resolution known to
hm.n
And that resolution is, Clara--"
!. ITO give Mr.. Livermore plainly to un-
derstand that the times we live in are
not those which tolerate the atiiancing
of two children in their cradles, merely
because their parents happens to be friends.
And then this creature, Richard Liver
more is perfect tiend of LONELINESS, if you
will pardon my intense style Of rhetoric,
Lyman. The photograph which he sent
me, through papa, is just about the most
frighttul thing / ever beheld. lie has
passed his whole life, you know, in some
obscure place out West-all places out West
are obscure in my opinOn-and, to all ap-
pearancCs, he has the manners of a res ular
! clod. lie actually had the impudcnce to
speak of me, in his last letter to papa, as
the sweet Clara whom he lOnged so pas
sionately to behold, and whom he fOndly
believed to be a picture of wOmanly grace
and lovclincss. I've never told YOU this
before, Lyman, for fear of making you
ungOyernably angry ut your unseen rival"
"Wc ought not to be called rivals" Ly
man Palmer answered, in voice wherein
| there Tas much more dependency than
anger-"his chances are so far, far above
minc.n
nonsense LYMAN
GLOW nonsense Clara ~
| ''Do you believe in proverbs 2"
! "Why do you ask yn
! because do" Clara Townlcy's face
wore look Of very firm determination as
she spoke.
/ "To what particular proverb do you
| have reference Just now yn Lyman asked.
! "To one which says, where there's a
will there's u way | think that adage q
! remarkably true one. And think, ly-
/ man, that you and may test its truth It
we are 50 inclined"
'iYou don't mean by an elopement,
Clara, do you Omen and often have
I pleaded--,-n
"And ollen and often have | refused, :"
/ was the prompt interruption. "Of course,
| won't elnpe with you, Lyman. don't
| consider elopements respectable. shan
never marry you IL have 10 doit-there ~
| And she looked quite serious enough TO
l keep the resolution III called upon 10 do 80,
/ "lou mean, then, Clara, by coming the
mighty eloquent over your papa ~ Lyman
I questioned,
Aud got poo-poohed or our palms, 4"
said Clara, with a slight laugh, NO, lS-
man, ! mean s0mething elise. Papa ls
still aslecp, and likely IA rrmain 30 lr an
hour Besides, lac i too l,oble 10 leayo his
room this evening, lat us take u stroll
through lhe garden, anal, Whiln Nc slral.
! shall disburdea myself of = Nolghly
secret
"ls Mr. T0Nnlry AZ home -
Richard iiyUrmogu aaked lhu ahuNe qugsr
'lon vi MF roNulryh servant, aud r,-
a,lklng an affirmative wplY MAS shown
lntpa small sitting room on thf ground iipnf
"a ihe huuse
Nhir tliu man h ,saiel, awaiting lhn
apltar4nce oi hls hnsl, ae haze uu,u al
shssfys tha, h.s has and suns afs foafse