Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27

AS well rs L liked ner; anu II see was ue-
tcrmined to declare me in love with some
body it must be with herself. l cannot be
certain that these were the words of
speech, but they were certainly the inten
ton. Judge then, of my horror and con- !
then draw forth her pocket-handkerchief, /
and then in a voice broken by emotion,
reply:
That she had long thought l cared for
her little. but that the shock of SO full an
announcement of my feelings was try
ING; that she reciprocated my affection
and that she was ready to do for me s.ll
that she had stated before, of which : he
now gave an enlarged and improved di
ton. That my heart must tell me W hat
hers felt 1T that moment, and must paI don
all inaccuracies of expression; where IpOn
she suboidcd into her pocket han' lker
chief
believe | did the correct thing i be-
ieve | kissed her hand-I have hea rd her
say that l appeared enraptured: 1t may
be; cannot say anything about it. | re-
member nothing between the concl usion of
her speech and my finding myself leaning
exhausted against a fence 4 qua rter of u
mile off. Then the whole hor, id truth
burst upon me. With no intenti on of do
ing so, with no idea but of singl blessed
ness and peace, had become II, engaged
man, another persons property and that
other person a young woman.
went to bed and dreamed that | had
successfully cmigr,ted to the Sandwich
Islands. There had just WOO ed and won
du,ky bride. when he featur es changed
into Miss Cillv BuSse. who gr r,sped me by
the hair, and bearing parch ment inscrlb-
ed - breach of PROMISE hurried me again
into w:kcfulness and misery.
When one has been Isirti' ,ularly happy
the night before the probab ility is that the
next morning will bring with it Il vague
sense of misery but ther, is the concu-
sion. that if YOU 90 to bed particularly
wrctched YOU are pretty certain to wake
in tolerable good spirits tn. morning after.
When | opened my eyes and looked my
sorrows full in the face, did not feel So
thoroughly dsmaved as before. and was
further encourae ed by receiving summons
to leave Lilyville at once, on important
business | would be out of the way 1t
any rate. and who could tell what might
turn up? At any rate, | on hit to bid good
bye to Cllv Bus>e.
Miss Cillv opened the door for me her
self. She looked very fresh and bloom
ING and, though her nose did turn up
her eyes We're pretty. and l stopped ri
them and did not examine further. llel
lips were round and soft-so were hel
cheeks SO strongly was impressed witt
her beauty that involuntarily kissed Mis-
Cilly Bu>Sc and ;f,cr | had done 50,
found that liked it. Miss Cilly did no
struggle very hard, >c l did it again. Mis-
Cilly said that was enough; 20 we went II
and sat side by side on the parlor sofa. If
gentleman does not want to make lmme
diate and desperate love to Il young wo
man, do not let him sit on sofa besd
her particularly Il small sof;l-crcde tIptr
to. | had not been in that position tv
minutes. and had not half tod my tutur
intentions, when | discovered that my
arms were around Miss Cilly's waist, an
her head on nv shoulder. Consequently
| btran 10 teel very bitterly at the neceS
,ity Of parting. and to express myself s.
enthusiastically that Miss Cillv was absc
lutely moved TO tears. ct. oh. the fick le
ness of youth. No sooner had got Out {
the house, where had just been swearin
Il eternal constancv, than tcrvently hope
t. never to enter it again. Once out OF sIsl
,t of Miss Cillv, my feelings toward her b,
r, ran to cool. and by the time that | W;
> seated in the stage that was to bear II
- 1 80
,e bound me to her rs had ever been BE-
fore.
ct sat in the stage. unmindful of my ie
II low passengers, and weighed down [
i'll gloomy reflections on my destiny. Aft
$ !, time | became ncrvou>lv aware of II
$ fact that my opposite neiEhbor was looi
X inr at ne Being naturally aroused
of thi, to return the same. 4 sudden elev
I'll ton of my eyes brought them in conta
n with the glance of two soft, dark ort
lid cleaning limidly from the recess OF
in travelling hat. From that instant | f,
| that | was gone-that WAS madly
llv love-that nauyht on earth should sep
rate me from the proprietress of tho
all heavenly eyes. | cast Miss Clllcy BUS
5 a from my recollection. | was soon
ID easy conversation with Rose Maryland
Mt, such she informed me was her name.
of found out that we were both going to l
~ main some time, and that might call a
see her if | liked. | did not find t
NJ slightest difficulty in visiting Rose Ma
-ed land. After repeated calls | became &C
vinced that Rose reciprocased my sen
m mcnts; for she did not appear bored
full my visits, and thought that no human
cir could stand two visits a day, of lndehn
the length each. without either being bored
the in love with the visitor. | would la
ar cast myself ut Roses feet and declared I
t | affection. but there was that horrld {
lisS gagement with Cilly Busse-how to
sal released from it. Reduced to despai
on tried the last resort left to me. un
ere somed myself to Harry Sinclair. iIal
.ful Sinclair was Il very handsome fellow :
uld perfectly ut home everywhere and
her every emeryencv He used to visit NJ
dis Mavland, in company with me, pretty
ecu ten, though Rose and he did not seem
ing talk Il great deal to each other. "he
lold told him my unhappy predIcament
title pulled his cigar very Nlolently-so nj
title so that the smoke made him hack :
iece cough violently. He had quite rccove
nat bv the time got through. however. ;
{ of he cave me the result of his meditatiC
rom =: NV dear Greene my name is A
me- mis- Greene" must admit that you
bout in Il fix 1t is not SO strange to be in l.
our with one girl and marry another-that
last ours rather oftener than you imagl
bout But to get engaged without meaning
ex- on one evening, fall in love with SO
lone BODY else the next day, and get out of
diff first engagement the next weck-that
COL will require gencral>hip. We will
nay however. am going down to LiyN
we're tomorrow, and will eElmine the stat
was the premises. You hold yourself read
ont- come down when write for you; til
ming all. BY the way, Greene You had be
we not commit yourself with Miss Mayl
llv's until you are clear of this scrape.
cter we're you l wouldn't call there just nc
COM As Harry was going to act for IN
love. disinterestedly, of course l could do II
IS; if ING less than take his advice in thi:
ould spcct, us well as other things, thoug
Knew went sadly against my inclination.
one imp.tience with which awaited u
She patch from Harry was augmented by
any usual daily occupation being taken a'
mon A week passed with no news; two /
,ould days of anxiety dragged themselves alt
7hich but ON the 10th received i note W
'hese aroused me 1T once. 1t said:
be- Dear Greene: Come down at once
'ress- quietly; all is right SO far. When yo
Then rive l will give your instructio Is.
o my Yours, II.
ne H. That evening Harry went again I