The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-15
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you destroy my happy dream and crush
my hopes in their iasipicncY, BY saying
yous could wishathat Meshad ensser
met 81 ekage Nsass1 eafa ss
Ga could wish tlat, Mr. Ainsten,' =
Eliza resumed, sbeeause ie has lheaa thc
neapss ssq piss Of Inspiring you With zsssioas
that ca Gan never attsinsa siop Ny lifss
has long since besu decided and many
bright gallsdon hopes rpthlessly shaster-
ed ]; and ! beg that You. dismiss Che, ideas
of myself from your mind. and remem-
ber; me only as o friead. :.
Eliza here got up and ssa.sssa 9 fu-k
treat, but was Intercepted BY Arthur,
who threw himself between her and thes
door. '-'- 49, ~ So
II was was easily seen seen that She feared to
remain Longer in the room. lest her
heart should prove too weak TO resist
the siege brought against it 81 AftHur.
And he was smart enough to see thiss
He knew that the siwonan that sdelibcr-
ates is lost" and that IL he eeodld fonly
succeed in OBTAINING her for a short.
while, the tender chords of sympathy
that vibrated in her bosom towards him.,
might yield to the touch of his master
hand, and his lose find its reward.
So, firmly planted between Eiisasand
the door, Arthur passionately Iexclaimsa :
saFor Hcaycp's7sake hear me further >
just one mopept more RS. = q etatresat q You !
Oh! Eliza, # you do not t,. love " me now,
say at least that you do not hate me; and
that you will not teae6 your heart iso to 4 re-
sist the passion Sfaiin would eikindls i'm
! your precious bosom, IfsiE IS .uak15an
to love, let mine bethe happy iottetaachl
you its divine lore, ] leave tasnight..
If 1 go with no hope from yop,s I shall
remote region, where I shall seek to,
drown my SORROWS in scenes. unlike thoaa:
around YOU ,''..t Il.
Mr.. AinstotS' Eliza said, ina sSne
whose tremor' betrayed ,hersieoliags
| "even if inclined toT LISTEN to- y5ur
declaration, you could not expect me 10,
/ give you an answer now. Remember
that | never met you before last evening,
and I, therefore, ask YOU again to leave.
me."t ~ : ~ ,2t1QH sdfess SIS
Arthur, more encouraged 'thau assr;
4 SAW now that she was ,eitherEassterbible
coqpette. or loved him; The ferlaer1h
knew she was not, and. summoning b has,
aid all the cloquence he could command,
he renewed his siege .es'' 2 + s
"Iknow Eliza" he resumed, stliaf my.
declaration is a hasty one, and that I.
never met you before lust night i but
then We are not strangers in the strict.
sense of the term. I have resided
hero for over two years Your faith
er and brothers know me, and thDougln
them know you have learned that I
am gentleman. But if you viii con-.
sent to be reasonable; you shall skhDwof
me yourself If you will not reper the.
pleadings of heart yet unskilledl in. the.
art of deception; one that would spurn,
the idea of ,tritiing with, delieacy,
you shall learn all of me that You want
to know. Oh my dear, sweet Eliza,
think that it is my life T aldS.'''-: -.
hands. Can YOU coDsign it to misery,
and sorrow, and darkness foreyer2 Yea,
my adored one, are the tribunal that
shall pronounce Judgment upon my.
heart and tho love it has for ,you.,g I
await your sentence"
Authur here caught Eliza passionately
by the hand, and looked her IN the face.
full of painful and uncertain anxiety
Like prisoner convicted of sonaa
awful crime, standing at The bar Of jos
tice, pale mOtionless, and filed s4i,h
strange and conflicting emotions of fear,
awaiting the sentence of death TO. be-
passed upon him, Arthur Ainston
stood, before his gentle, adorea Eliza,