Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1845-08-20

Tomorrow to. seek my kindred mind, +
one inhabits earthH ~ ,s u.
Old Boiling tnrned away and souaIt
bis wife and daughter. They wei
his only solace when he came worsfA
in the battle of words with his uncod
ernable child, 4! ,,.ss.
stsa 10 Il sra al -------.t Z.
gss CHAPTER III.
Marion with all his stern will, ala
hatred for heartificial world .sseealkd
70 act with consistency. lille &:
scorned the sway ot fashion, kis
Of III pg5rod him !; I3ll 4 az!
out that forced manner which onIy in
consciousness Of wrong. His costume,
if clean, was not always strained to
that peculiar nicely which shows fash
ion to its best advantage, without ref
erence to bodily advantage and ease.
Sometimes with only loose scarf
thrown round his manly form. he
would laugh at weather and ridicule,
give smiles for sneers, and indifference
for open assault. He had often roamed
from his native Savanna to the widest
haunts amid the AlIeghanies, and re-
yelled for weeks in caverns and for
ests. He loveda tornado track better
than the Aowery path. the cataract bet
ter than the sweetest earthly music.
He enjoyed thunder tempest as a
treat, and when he could stand on a
rocky pinnacle and watch the lightning
play around, Marion, could for a
moment live in his element of thought.
But the incident ofmy story must
now be told. The reader is quite pre-
pared. qfor its romantic return, and
shall proceed with brevity TO compass
it. Marion allowed Arin to press his
hand ere he started on his wife seek
ing excursion, Eyes ] even dare to say
he allowed her 10 kiss him, but if he
did ] know those proud lips curled i'm
afterward. -.
fyou will go, God bless YOU" she
said. .''
II wiH whether He bless me OF not
II will because I must. Farewell,
sister, he replied. '''-
"My son." said his father; "come
back soon, you shall have inheritance.
Do no wrong. +'' vs-,s ~
"Wrong exclaimed Marion, "show
ne one mortal who says that | lever in
IN act did wrong, and will not leave
he spot" g} a'5sa s Tsa.s fSa
"Hal / have you, my Schild; you
wrong your father, your mother, your
lister, in thus going away on this un-
'eard hunt. Now are you notin hon
" bound to keep your word, aud not
cave this spot?" I'd g.a aa5ra et .r.s
"Ha! youhave me? do you say have
vronged you in doing what l have moi
lone! If an unaocomplished future
las wronged you already, then ! am
vronged by the terrible wife whom !
lave not yet ound.-Farewell."
Marion left Palmetto with the sole
Of discovering congenial
mind in woman's person. The rea-
ler must know he went far on such an
,rrand. This must be borne in miad,
or my space will not allow length
med jargon about many clmes,' and
sunny SOUTH and many other lands.
He paused at the end of six months
n city, where the very crown of
ashton prevailed, and where the spirit
,fimative life in all its sickning flimsi-
less held sway. He strode Through
he streets with his own dignity, and
loon became observed Of all. One
would not have discovered the slight
,st semblance Of eccentric conceit in
lis bearing, for he seemed what he was
md acted consistently with what he
o He would enter the market
,lace, as though il were an animal
how, and while he studied the charac-
ers of the multitude as he would have
nused beside a bee hive, not a thought
If self, or care fort the opinions of
'thers, distracted his unbending nature.
)ne day as he sat with barred breast,
nd naked arms in tile shade of
to cool himself after the VIC
snt struggle consequent on the humb-
ing Of a refractory horse, which had
brown and mastered its rider, Marion
vas observed by city police func-
lonary.
"Get upp, growled the offices, 81 ar
est you as vagrant."
"You are a fool TO suppose that be-
ause my scarf is Questionable, that
have no. money replied Marion
uietly. aig essobas 3s, .a NJ
The officer bit his lip. g
"How much money will save me
rom arrest2" inquired Marion taking a
alf eagle and passing il slowly toward
i'm. The officer cast a few glances
round, and reached forth his hand for
ne gold. {. ..s.e .@ sIt@ Y
"fll let YOU off" said he, in a tone