The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-04-30
ALBANY, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 80. 1870.

ton; he told her of the action that had
been commenced IN her name; she gently
shrugged her shoulders, and said, "How
stupid they are!" Fmboldened by this,
he begged to know whether or not a life
of distant unpretending devotion would,
after lapse of years, erase the memory
of his madness-his crime.
| She did not know !
| She must now bid him adieu, as she
! had some preparations to make fer a ball
! in the Crescent, where everybody was to
be. They parted and Doiignan deter
mined to be at the ball where everybody
was to be- He was there, and after
sometime he obtained an introduction to
Miss Haythorp, and be danced with her.
Her manner was gracious. With the
wonderful tact of her sex she seemed to
have commenced the acquaintance that
evening. That night, for the first time,
Dolignan was in love. l will spare the
reader all o lovers arts, by which he sue
ceeded in dining where she dined, in
dancing where she danced, in overtaking
her by accident where she rode His
devotion followed her even to church,
where our dragon was rewarded by
learning there is world where they
neither polk nor smoke-the two capital
denominations of this one.
He made the acquaintance with her
uncle, who liked him, and he saw at last,
with joy, that her eye loved to dwell up
on him, when she thought he did not OBJ
serve her.
1t was three months after the Box Tun-
mel that Captain Dolignan called one day
upon Captain Haythorn, r. N, whom he
had met twice in his life, and slightly
propitiated by violently listening to a
cutting out expedition; he called, aud in
the usual way asked permission to pay
his addresses to his daughter. That
worthy straightway began doing quarter
: deck, when suddenly he was summoned
: from the apartment by mysterious mes
: sage. On his return he announced, with
) a total change Of voice, that sit was all
right, aud his visitor might run alongside
as soon as he chose" My reader has di-
: vined the truth; this nautical cammand-
r er, terrible to the foe, was in complete
and happy subjugation to his daughter,
our heroine.
As he was taking leave, Dolignan saw
i his divinity glide into the drawing room
lie followed her, observed a sweet con
sciousness which encouraged him; that
/ consciousness deepened into confusion
u she tried to laugh, she cried instead, and
then she smiled again, and when he kiss
ed her hand at the door, it was George
and 'Marian," instead of Captain this
: and Miss the other. A reasonable time
# after this (for my tale is merciful ant
it skips formalties and torturing delays,
IS these two were very happy-they wer
IS once more upon the railroad, going to en-
e joy their honeymoon all by themselves
% Marian Dolignan was dressed just as be
n fore-duck- like, and delicious, all bright
g except her clothes, but George sat besid
,e her this time instead of opposite; an
c she drank him gently from under he
!! long eyelashes. "Marian," said George
k "married people should tell each othe
t all Will you ever forgive me if owI
1t to you-no-'
II eyes, yes.H'
"Well, then! you remember the Bo:
a. Tunnel" GhIs was the first allusion b
L. had ventured to IT'D ''I am ashamed
g. say l had bet se3 to e10 with White,
er would kiss one of you two ladies' an
N George, pathetic externally, chuckle
b within.
a. ''I know that, George; I overhear
le you," was the demure reply.
s. "Oh, you overheard me. impossible.
it "And did you not hear me whisper
d. my companion? made bet with her.
Ill ''You made bet! how singutar VIII;
i, was it?"
: "Only pair of gloves, George"
IS; Eyes, know, but what about it?'
ly "That if you did, you should be m
as husband, dearest"
lis "Oh!-but stay-then you could NJ
at have been so very angry with me, Low
why, dearest, then, who brought TIL
bt action against me?'
or Mrs. Dolignan looked down.
II. II was afraid you were forgetting m
,at George You will never forgive me-
n "Sweet angel! why, here is the Be
IF Tunnel!'
.lv Now, reader-fe. no! no.! no sui
no. thing! You can't expect to be indulg'
~ in this way every time We come to da
ret place-besides, it is not the thing. Co
r,s slider, two sensible married people
m. such phenomenon, / assure you. to-
bo place. No scream issued in hopeless
,er valry Of the engine this time!