Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-10-29

differently he and poor Ally might be
situa1ediEtoyards each other in a few
years. aaWhat sympathy and comparl-
ionship could exist between the high
bred., finished manaof the world, that
years residence abroad might make
theanowg inipetions youths and ,aowly
Ally Ray, the shoemaker's daughter
anda Village ssanistres2 sssPooraAliyl
one would almost have prayed that
She might soon forget hin, but no;
her early, training had strengthened her
in confidence and truth. She had new
er met with insincerity. BrougM up
in the quiet village, hef little pioils soul
meyer dreamed Of change or, falsehood
hers was not nature toforget. ''
The first letter George received from
his Aunt Mary told him Of poor J OBJ
Rays dangerous illness-he was near
dying when she wrote, and AIly's uncle
who lived in the "far west," was to come
on forher in case other fathers de ath.
Il would adopt her myself" wrote
the kind hearted Aunt Mary--"dear
little creature, / am exceedingly
attached to her, and | would bring her
up as my daughter: my boys already
love her as a sister, and you, dear
George, would not, | think, object to
her as a cousin-but her father wishes
she should go with her uncle" .i D.. e.
Poor George was almost frantic
with the news, and when he again heard
from B., Ally's father was dead, and
she, poor girl, had left with her uncle
for her new home in the then wild
west. He could gain no certain infor-
nation as to AlIv's residence. She
had promised TO let Aunt Mary know,
when she was settled, but If she wrote,
the letter must have been lost, for they
never heard from her. ~.a3 d.
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Many changes took place before
George Murry returned from Europe.
Sweet Aunt Mary was dead, and when
he visited B., on his return to his coun.
try, he found many things to sigh over.
Uncle Mills had supplied his gentle,
thrifty wife's place with an other spouse
"a stately, dignifed maiden lady he
had wooed and brought to his home,
the village had much increased. A
large MOTEL had sprung up where Father
jobs sweet little cottage had stood.
Scarcely spot remained as in those
happy days when he and Ally wand
cred through the forest.
To do HIM Justice. he still remained
unchanged in his love for Ally-it was
true that he expected to find her dis
tant from him in point of mental cul>
ture, but then he comforted himself
with the anticipation Of taking her to
lovely Italian home, and by patient
love. lessons soon making her suitable
companion. But NO Ally was to be
found-the villagers had even forgot
ten her, and he left this place with deep.
er, heavier sadness than he had years
before. Then hope danced merrily
before him-now the future contained
no anticipation of a sweet wife. Alice
and home happiness His uncle. who
had been his guardian, was a bachelor,
and resided on large plantation at
the South. He and his nephew were
much attached to. each other, and to
his home did George repair, and so
readily did he fall into the solitary
habits of his uncle's bachelor life, that
there seemed little possibility of his
heart owing another love-but who
will answer. even for their own con-
stancy7 a~''a
81 wish, you would marry, George" I"
said his uncle one day alter dinner.
They had just arrived in Washington,
in which place they intended staying a
short while during "lhe season" "a
sweet little wife,. bis uncle, continued,
''would cheer up our lonely plantation,
I wonder you have never married
handsome, wealthy, nothing to prevent
YOU" ssz5a p. sagaB0-eza1,gei
why, smy dear uncle" exclaimed
George laughing, "you should have set
me iheiexample yourself, why did you
never marryf'' 351A z ol, -
afshould have dene SO, George" re.
piled his uncle sadly, "but the only wo.
man ever loved died suddenly on the
eve of our marriage. Heigho! had she
lived, | should not now be the lonely
creature | am. I visited my friend
Morton this motninga while you were
Iazly resting alter your journey----tile
one whose POLITICAL course youso much
admire-5heI looked So happy--he was
stretched Out oncaH lounge, reading;
while bis daughters a beautiful witch,
was singing and playing away merrily,
to oheegoher old iather-+how Irwished
she belonged to me--and thenI thought
sheI would make suehpa glorious wife
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