The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-18

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pulse and the temptation no resistance.
This double stroke there was no with
standing, and eyer after a strange COM
pact seemed TO unite these antipodes,
by which the sins of the one were
shielded, and the face of the other
lightened with a love for the mother
less child, and lively interest in all
her fortunes.
At times a crushing sense of her lone.
illness would come TO the orphan, for
her life was not all sunshine, and in the
cloudy days she could not forget how
unprotected she really was, without a
relative in the wide world, and with
only the friends she had made among
! her ever changing schoolmates. As for
the other sex, she hardly saw face she
could admire, save at church, or in the
glimpse she had when the nun-like pro
cession, headed and hanked by teach
ers, moved in the dead march across the
pavement, or filed along the country
road upon the narrow sidewalk. But
though faces in real life might not be
studied, their pictures the sun had
painted could, and that without the in
convenience or blushing. Before these
came in vogue how dull must time have
passed to such imprisoned damsels.
! Known as an heiress, sundry beardless
youths had signalized their admiration
of her charms by heralding their own,
caught with all those superadded graces
of a struck position. But with laugh
and glance all these were put aside for
one she could not scan too often and
prize too tenderly. She had had it
since she was seventeen, with every now
and then letter from the original, who
was her guardian.
There was not so much difference be-
tween their ages as this relation would
seem to indicate. Erie Pentz was
scarcely thirty, and 1.-THE form and
/ features of sanguine temperament gave
him the look OF one still younger. Add
ed to his native comeliness and ease of
manner, was the polish caught from the
highest social life in his Southern home,
and long residence on the continent.
His very smile was captivating, and his
gentle Difference to women prepOssessed
the merest stranger in his favor.
One morning as the corps Of school
girls dragged its length along, on its re-
turn, Oily shocked the proprieties by
rushing out of the ranks and shaking
hands with passer-by, who hardly re-
cognized her, though his after glance of
admiration made full amends for his
first want of recognition. The teacher
in charge looked in dumb amaze, till
Erie Pentz, by a polite request which
had all the force of command, brushed
! away every trace of embarrassment :
Madam your most obedient. My
ward seems instinctively to seek the
protection of her guardian. If you
please we will follow after"
"Ah, certainly, Mr.. Pentz," she re-
piled, "your rights are paramount"
So your memory was better than
mine, Miss Romar,' he said, as they tell
TO the rear.
"Oh you have not changed somuch
as |, - replied Oily, while the thought of
her daily study Of his features deepened
the rose tints.
No, you have become a butterfly
since ! saw you
What an ugly chrysalis | must have
been, really" she laughed.
You translate the type too literal
ly,' said he. "Don't carry it either for
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should be ajoy forever
Just then her attention was all ab.
sorbed, watching the yacht coming up
before the wind, to which she pointed
admiringiy. "Oh, yes said he, that
is the way we came, Fay and |, to cruise
around here for a few days, and he is
letting the morning breezes blow the
cobwebs from his brain his musty old
books have left there. He has just
taken orders. You must let me make
him know you, Miss Roman, and he
shall have US for passengers some after
noon
:" Do bring him the next time you
come. Won't you stop now?' she said,
as they reached they steps Of the porti.
co, and he lifted his hat
" have not time to-day, but give my
respects to the powers that be, and tell
them am coming to take you for a
drive tomorrow, and so he left her
with little hutter in the heart, for the
/ first time stirred from its maidenly re-
pose.
Sails and drives followed each other
III quick succession, sometimes with
Mr.. Fay, but oftener without him, till
Fries " few days" heightened to fort
night. The Madame vainly limited at
Miss Romar's neglected lessons, and
even old Patsy looked blank when more
than once she had to smuggle her in
through her dominions later than the
regulation hour for retiring. At last she
spoke out: "This will never, never do,
Miss Oily What you suppose Missus
say if she knew how late you are to-
night ?"
Now Patsy don't be cross" she
pleaded " if we hadn't missed the road
we should have been home long ago."
4" Lost the road, ell if you don't take
care you'll lose your heart next, my
rose, mind tell YOU"
Z" You won't tell, will you He wants
to be my guardian always" whispered
the maiden with an arch look over her
shoulder, and tripped lightly to her
room.
Ugh what does she want for to go
marry that Southerner and her guar
dian, too" the old woman mumbled, as
she softly locked the doors, "there's a
law against it, or there ought to be-"