Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-06-05


|none to sympaihisc with n,e--aonei
4 whom can show The reward Of nv la
n bors, and ask her tol be proud iii me;
J, and cannot work N.
z Yol speak fceIngly, MI. Grey; can
Eil be possible that Won, the ever CAV.
lever smiling, have This darkness Of lore
|,at yoursheartf' And that question aWoke
Tall the passions of.hs nature.
'E Trust bot Inc face, lie said. sTrust
mot the smile, of al sthingsl Even the
ltpqet draws IBIS sitoile Tor d smile from
ia<I ,l1pi .se.ssasls rs
d 10 pIlls rom tie beaniy ol the sunset,
and chiIls not to think Of The coming
might !! Love you ask me, Perhaps
you think tie pennless have no right 10
such aluxury. Bat | do love; with all
my power; lerven,ly, ,hopclessly. YOU
Florence Warner you whom scorn-
ed asqthe ball room belle when | first
saw you; whom | soon learned TO re-
Ispect; whom now live to love: Your
beauty allured me, your intellect fas>
cinated me. And now, Florence, Hove
you mot with The heart only not mere
" with affection and passion, but with
, mind and soul, with intellect & thought.
| Thus have ]. the poor scholar. loved BY
none. dared 10 love you, the idol of alIl
4 have told you that / love you,and now,
farewell ioreycrP AS lie rose on his
fest and turned away. her cheek grew
crimson and then pallidas death.
l Cecil shemurmnred. He turned in
astonshment. She placed her hand up.
on his shoulders and fixed her dark fer.
vent eyes upon lis. Cecil GreyF she
repeated: and with a low cry Of Joy he
pressed her to bis heart. Then sought
the small, ripe lips, and pressed upon
them the long--lohg kiss ofpassion.
Sec, florence and from his bosom
he drew a small locket. y our hair is in
: that with my mothers. 1t wasto be my
: idol; my memory ofmy dream of you
! Fbut you have loved me-
4 An honr passed on with arms twined
about each other, and their hands clasp.
|, |, ed together, they gave themselves ur
I to their Young happiness. Suddenly i'm
!, Ipelled by quick thought. Florence ,,,,l
\! ~ ,rfss,
!, her hand from bis, and said, Us siie rost
! 10 her feet, Cecil, this must end now.'
7, !, 'Florece what can you mean 2
: i can never marry you, Cecil
/, what alls You. dcarest?' he asked
) endly fearing that she was i'll, so pale
j she grew ana trembled SO constantly
And he would have wound his arm u
j. bout her. but she, put it aside with :
;, shudder..
: Cecil Grey,I too have story te
tell; listen TO me- And she told hin,
> Of the sorrows, suferngs and death, o.
;, her parents; The miseries of want as
!. she had seen them and her own re-
: solve.
My mother died almost ofstarvation
died in garret Cecil And her voice
!. grew passionate and the uncomfortable
!, = tears burst from her eyes. do not, dc
: not speak 10 me ofiopep and she kneI
!, down before him. DO not ask me te
: marry you Could you bring me to this
7 Cecil? Could you see me die Of want
!, and know that you had done it?'
! He sunk back stunned and halfsensc
less. ltneeded the strong heart Of I
woman 10 bear The agony Of thathour
Poor Cecil Y she said, as she looked
upon him. If it will comfort you tt
y know how truly, how devotcdly low
: you; iftoeknow That my happiness il
y gone forever; that the ligh, has left my
! heart; that my Lie must be sorrow
Z know it, and she stopped down ane
kissed his forehead.
As she left the room he halfrecoyer
ed. Florence, he mnrmered, Florence
9 Farewell, Cecil she said Ont
: e look k--one long, long look on the pale
y beautiful face he loved SO we'll and lher
! the door closed.
: 1t was midnight darkness with them
= bo'h--silent. rayless and profound.
i The bright sun was cxtingushcd and the STAR
Did wander datkling in tho eternal space,
Rayless and pathlesss; and tho icy earth
: Swung blind o. blackeniag int the moonless air.
8 = - ~ 49,
Darkness had no need
Of aid from thom. sho was the universe
l @ .-- sf
2 Ill.
4 LIGHT.
! Alone in her room; Florence Wars
ncr flung herself upon the bed and wept
!. long and bitterly: Stcrnly had she be.
IL $3.50 \ =. 4 4 tse et-N ssv 4
j And she looked now into her desoIate
j heart and saw that nothing but love
(. would fill it. Then she thought Of whal
pthe had said He could conquer poverty
III and all other things if she would love
.l.him.
! i cannot lose him. she cried J: II will
!. 60 10 him q ask to share bis lot, where's
>lever and however God may cast II
j Grey, as soon as he recovered, went