Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-07-19
!. BLOOMINGTON, IOWA, FRIDAY, JULY Is, 1914

the Market, and he is a ruined man-alI
gone-found hanging in the warehouse
Gracious Heaven = exclaimed Maria,
dropping in chair, and looking like a
corpse at the sudden communication Of i'll
tidings. poor gentleman ! s sfss
.Pooi indeed! exclaimed Archibald
bitterly sIhold a thousand pounds Of
his worthless paper, and his estate will
not yield a farlhing in the pound
! oh 'sir!' said Maria, let us ,go- and
comfort Frederick. What must his fee
lings be !
Frederick comfort him You do not
think Of your father, you ungra.efuI girl.
Can he pay me my thousand pounds =
He is beggar; think no more ofhim.'
ooh sir said Maria, you are wealthy.
This loss cannot, will not effect you. Bid
me not forget him whom you have COM
manded me to love and receive as my hus-
band.' of
Peace, unfeeling girl + cried Archi-
bald, 'nor dare to mention the son of the
man who has robbed and plum dered me.
He is a beggar, and no match for the
| daughter of Archibald Morton. Never
more shall he cross the threshold of my
| door. Forget him.
Maria did not hear his command, for
she fell as if stricken by death upon the
| floor Of the drawing room. Archibld rang
the bell, and summoning the servants, left
the forlorn and hopeless maid 10 their min.
istratons, and relreated to his accustomed
coffee house, to ascertain if there were
any hope of dividend from the estate of
Bolton.
Recovering from her swoon, and find
ing that her obdurate father had left the
house, Maria, attended by her maid. with
the boldness of despair, Immediately
sought her afflicted lover.
Her absence was unobserved ; her ODE
dience, indeed. was undoubted: but sure.
Iy, under the peculiar circumstances of
her situation. her conduct would no: be
reprehended by the severest moralist. for
The love Archibald commanded could not
be countermanded at will.
correspondence between the lovers.
was the natural consequence; at the end
Of six weeks Maria eloped, and married
the a hsahanda Of hgs dea ,unsx
ible; ne uttered no expression; but iei'
and nourished an unnatural feeling OF re-
sen,men, against his daughter and her par
amour, as he bitterly denominated the un.
fortunate. and what worldly people would
call ,hough,less Frederick. i
Months elapsed, and Archibald heard
nothing of his disobedent child; and poor
Maria, although married 10 the man OF her
fathers and her own choice, was oy no
means perfectly happy for she had been
so accustomed 10 bow rel'g'ously 10 MS
will in all things, that she consequently
experienced many qualms OF conscience at
the step she had taken; which ever and
anon passed like dark clouds across the
sunshine of her existence. Frederick, too,
was unable to obtain employment and the
little money he possessed was fast dwind-
ling away; and TO add to the misfortunes
of the young couple, Maria promised to
become mother.
Too proud and independent to sue for
help where he considered it ought natural.
" to have been proffered, Frederick tried
every means in his power to procure
means elsewhere before he solicited the
assistance of his implacable father-ln-law'
Stern necessity at last compelled HIN 10
do that which he deemed degradation.
What is your business, srl demanded
Archibald, with chilling indifference,
when by a sort of stratagem Frederick hao
obtained an interview.
Il have no business, MIR. Merton, re-
! ,,;od frederick. and no pleasure in the
annlica,ion am about to make 10 you.
Then the sooner our conference ends
the better ~.
Not go, sir replied Frederick ind'g,,
nantlv and by heavens you must anu
shall hear me y and rising abruptly ne
locked the door of the apartment
| Fear nothing, sir: you are Maria Ia
,ber and that is sufficient protection tor
YOU - ,,,o d;.o.
bedient girl, said Archibald.
! Listen, sir said Frederick. You
sanctioned my address to your daugh'e1
Won did all in your power to promote 'ne
match: and, had ii not been for my fa,n-
er,s misfor,unes, you would have gladly
sa,;ea., The agreement into which you had
| TaHuCu tAO % @#
entered
and have every right TO retract.
! you forget, sir, that this was no. :
mere con.rac. Of bargain and sale-'ha'
me affections of the parties were invoiveo'
Won are still a rich man, and Maria IS
vour only child. do not ask you 70 give
bar the handsome portion you promised
on her wedding day; but do claim some
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