The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-12-10

are married and settled, and have every reason
to be thankful that they came to the country"
"Well, Mr.. Carlton, there is no use carry
ing on the conversation farther" exclaimed
Fanny. You ask me to give you my heart
and hand 7 frankly confess have no inclina-
ton to do 500
ssBut surely you have led me to suppose you
would, /" said Frank, in tone of reproach.
s'That was when / did not think you in
earnest" said Fanny. If you had said this
before, | should have given you an answer
which might then have satisfied you.''
Nothing will satisfy me but yes said
Frank, for | believe that you have more
sense than you pretend to have
"That is to say, you think | have sense
enough to love you," said Fanny, still in
tone of banter.
eve part as friends, however, and if you
insist on coming to call upon my sister, Mrs.
Barton, of course I cannot help it only do
not for a moment suppose that give you any
encouragement"
Frank Carlton, having graduated at Oxford,
had come out a few years before to set up as
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vantage of studying under a Scotch farmer for
year, and this gave him more knowledge of
agricultural affairs than is possessed by many
of the young men who go out to settle. He
had also given his mind to the work, and what
was of great Importance, had withstood the
temptations to idleness into which so many
fall. He was also man of refined tastes and
habits, which he did not allow the rough life
of a settler to make him abandon. Captain
and Mrs. Barton were among his nearest neigh
bors. He had been for some time a constant
visitor at the house, and two little boys, the
children of Mrs. Barton, were his especial IA
vorites.
Fanny Aveling had, the year before, come
out from England and not long after her ar
rival Frank Carlton began to reflect that his
house would be in a far better condition than
it was at present. if he could place mistress
at its head. He had had no reason to suppose
that Miss Aveling was Indifferent towards him,
until the day on which the conversation which
has been described took place. He was still.
it must be owned, somewhat in doubt about
the matter. He did not suppose that she cared
for anybody else ; indeed, he knew of no visit
or at the house likely to have won her affee-
tions. He therefore, as most men would have
done under similar circumstances, lived on in
the hopes of ultimately winning her. Still
week after week passed, and though he made
frequent visits to Captain Barton's, Miss Ave
ling's manner towards him remained totally
unchanged. At length, sanguine as he was
he began to fear that he had misplaced his af-
fections He also grew distant in his manner
towards her, and he seldom paid a visit to the
house of his former friends
Mrs. Barton could not but suspect the cause,
for she, it must be owned was favorable to
Frank Carlton, and thought. that her sister
could not make a more desirable match
"What more can you require in man than
Frank possesses Fanny?" she said one day
to her sister, EE
g Yes" observed Fanny, che is honest, and
he does not smoke, and he does not use bad
language that | know of and he's very re-
spectacle; in fact, in my opinion, he is made
up of negatives"
ooh, you foolish grill" exclaimed Mrs
parton you WANT MN 10 threaten 10 leave
you forever, or to jump down the falls, or to
commit some other outrageous act, and then
perhaps your feelings would be worked up,
and you would be ready to entreat him to re-
main and be yours
"No, tell you don't care for him, that
know of, and don't know that | ever shaIl,'
answered Fanny, petulantly. 81 have made
up my mind, when he next comes, to let him
understand that pretty clearly"
AS it happened Frank paid another visit the
following day to the Barton's. Fanny GER
tainly did contrive to show him that there
were no hopes of her becoming his wife.
He would make a tour through the country,
visit Toronto, Montreal, and perhaps go down
to Quebec. Or he would make trip to the
Far West, across Lake Superior to the Red
River Settlement, and visit the small band of
his countrynen collected there. At first he
thought he would start at once, and not pay
farewell visit to the Bartons.
1t happened that Mrs. Barton, her sister,
and her two little boys, Franks favorites,
Ernest and Harry, were strolling about by the
bank Of the river. They had gone somewhere
down in the direction of the rapids, when
Fanny exclaimed that the scenery, already
tinged by the bright hue of autumn, was so
beautiful that she must stop and make
sketch.
The two sisters sat down on the bank while
Fanny, with the hand of an artist, rapidly
sketched the scene. She had to employ the
most gorgeous colors which her color-box
could supply, and even then could scarcely
give sufficient brightness to the landscape.
While she was sketching, the little boys ran
along the bank, where, moored to the shore,
they found a boat, and very naturally got into
it. Their mother and aunt did not observe
them. They got out the oars, and began to
make believe that they were rowing. Now
they pulled on one side and then on the other
Harry, the youngest tired of rowing, put in,
the oar, and began to play with the "painter'
The boat had been carelessly secured, and by
some means or other he let the painter slip
Ernest, in the meantime, who was still row.
ing, turned the boat round, and before the