The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-23

with smile, as she set out for the post
office
eff you want your business well done
you must do it yourself"
The question arose i'll my mind wheth
er Miss Helen did not possess more tact
for doing business than was usual il
young ladies who had been brought uI
in affiuence.
OF course, when Miss Globose sent hel
letter to "Albert," an immediate re-
sponse was expected, and had begun to
doubt what sort of reception / should
meet with from Helen's lover, for my
position was singular one. / found
myself running away with another mans
sweetheart, not for my own benefit, but
for his ; and yet 1 might receive few
thanks for my disinterestedness.
But my apprehensions were needless.
Day succeeded day and no Albert made
his appearance. l asked Helen if / had
not better write, in order to clear up any
doubt that might have taken possession
of her lovers mind, ON account of the
part which 1 had acted toward her.
"By no means" replied she, in pen
sive tone. Il have sent him three let
ters, and if they don't satisfy him"
Here she broke down, and ended the
sentence with flood of tears.
g L will go to him." cried /, truly af-
fected by her grief.
"No, no, yUl shall do no such thing,
said she, accidentally laying two of her
taper finger on my wrist; she is not
worthy that you should take such pains
Besides, he is wretched duelist he
might challenge you. Even as it is, / am
afraid you are i'll danger. You had bet
ter leave me to my fate, Mr.. T; for
| tell you he is dangerous man.
1t was easy to perceive that Miss Clio
bose desired me to remain; otherwise
she would not have advised me to go
away for fear of the terrible Albert.
L was much puzzled to account for her
manner of speaking of her lover. Had
she really transferred her love from AL
bert to me? Vanity whispered that such
my mind, "Can l do better than to make
hay while the sun shines?" Here was
the only daughter-the only child-of a
millionaire, fairly finging herself at my
head. Ought to let slip such an OPP
portunity for feathering my nest-I, who
had found it difficult to procure such
employment as preferred, and who was
| in danger of coming to poverty? The
girl, herself, was we'll enough her looks
had pleased me from the first, though /
must confess l had been struck with the
idea that she was less accomplished than
the daughter of old Globose ought to be.
In other words, she was less fashionable
than rich mems daughters usually were.
Having duly reflected on the subject,
| made up my mind that L would offer
my hand to Helen. Accordingly, the
next time that she spoke of the trouble
she was causing me. and laughingly said
that l had got an elephant on my hands,
/ replied that, 80 far from being annoyed
by the animal, 1 should like to put him
in cage and secure him 80 firmly that
he could never get away from me.
Helen turned as pale as death, tried to
smile, but looked more like weeping,
/, rose up to leave the room, but fell
back upon the lounge, on which she had
been seated, in dead faint.
called the women of the house to her
assistance, and left the apartment, much
wondering at the effect which my words
had had upon the poor girl. Could it
be possible that she loved me SO deeply
that my sudden offer of marriage had
overwhelmed her with joy?
So it appeared. When / next met
Helen, she made no secret of her love.
She told me that she had loved me from
the moment that we met and that she
would have been perfectly miserable if l
had gone away without offering her my
hand i'll marriage.
"But / never dreamed of anything of
the kind p cried l "why did you not
tell me before ?"
"Well," answered Helen, 81 think l
did come pretty near il"
proposed our immediate union but
Helen insisted that 1 should declare
positively that / married her for her own
sake-for herself alone.
Like too many other lovers, / was pre-
pared to say anything which would
please my companion, and accordingly L
reiterated the declaration that / took
her for herself alone-though certainly
thought of her fathers money-bags at the
same time.
We married, and everything went
pleasantly for about ten days, when, on
looking over Philadelphia paper, my
eyes were arrested by the announcement
of marriage between Mr.. Albert Green
and Miss Mary Globose, daughter of FL
der Josiah Globose.
1 ran with the paper to Helen, cry
ing
"My dear, had your father ever any
other daughter than yourself ?"
"No," answered she.
"But how is this, Helen The daugh-
ter of Elder Josiah Globose is married to
Albert Green u
am glad to hear it, :" replied Helen
"but don't believe that Mary Ann 3
father gave his consent to the union. It
is probably an elopement.
but, Helen, 1 supposed that you
were his only daughter-nay, you just
asserted that you were."
81 never called myself the daughter
of Elder Globose," returned Helen "I
am the daughter of Jonathan Globose,
the miller, of Evansville"
But didn't you pretend to be the
daughter of Elder Globose ?"
"Never. i perceived that you mis-
took me for my cousin, Mary Ann, and /
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