The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1847-09-28
Volume XII.
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Pittsburgs Commercial Journal
LOVE AND WAR.
THE DAYS OF ROMANCE ARB NOT ovEl

lovers. and cruel parents, who favor mercenarv
suitors Nor are times deficient in the mate
rails for adventures-if we have no giants, en-
chanted castles, or diabolical magicians we have
steamboat explosions, rail road accidents, and
wars with the Indians and Mexicans-all quite as
formidable as those who threatened the safety of
wandering SWANS and damsels of oldentime
| We were led 10 think Of roman and all that
by the following story, narrated to Us by the her
oine of the tale, herself few DAYS since.
About two years ago, there lived in Allegheny
city, youth and maiden, who, as will sometimes
happen, had fallen desperately in love- To their
matrimonial projects, however several disagreea-
bic obstacles presented themselves in the shape of
opposition to the match among the relatives of the
parties.
Though young, exceedingly beautiful, and of
| irreproachable character, the lady was poor-a
| circumstance Of all the sadder import, since her
lover was tolerably well to do in this worlds goods
To the young man, of course, the poverty of his
mistress was no obstacle.
why should SO sweet flower as love
Depend on Fortunes shining7"
To his parents, however, the affair was present
ed in quite another lightand they peremptorily re-
| fused their consent
On the other hand, the parents of the young
lady, found insuperable objections to the sutton in
his religious predictions, and were on their part
equally opposed to the wishes of the parties
Here were distressed, lovers indeed Wearied
out and almost heart broken by these clouds upon
the horizon Of their future, the lovers, at one of
their stolen interviews, determined 10 seperate for
time, although exchanging VOWS ofeternal fdel-
ity.
/ Immediately afterwards the Young man left for
the South, promising to write regularly to his AFT
anced bride.
! Weeks, months, year passed away, however
and our heroine heard not q word from her
knight errant. Hearing nothing of him, she knew
not where he was, or if he had not forgotten his
vows, though still within her own heart she own
ed him its lord.
In the mean time the lover had wandered all
over the Southern country, equally in the dark as
to his mistress. He dispatched letter after letter
but none came in return, and he began to fear
he signing after a tickle divinity.
| At length he determined to know the worst BY
| seeking his home again Like Lord Lovel in the
song
HE hadn't been gone but year or more,
Strange countries for to see,
When langushing thoughts came into his head
His lady he'd go to see"
It was very generally known that when Lord
Lowell returned to London town. his ears were
tortured with the sounds of the tolling bell an
nouncing the preparations for the funeral of Lady
Nancy. The fatal effect of their tolling and what
the woman replied upon the knights fond heart
is notorious and duly recorded in song. Equally
distressing was the report which reached tbs ears
of our hero, on ais arrival in Pittsburgh. To no
other effect was it than that his sweetheart was to
he married in another week. and TO another
When Lady Nancy Bell died Lord Lowell laid
himself down too. and swore he wouldn't live and
he didn't. Our friend, however, when he heard
that his girl WAS lost TO him forever. took a good
hearty cry TO himself and then enlisted as a sol
der in the Du QuenseGreys, who were recruiting
for Mexico.
Here,t appeared had ended loves young dream,
the lady was to be consigned to the arms of an
other; while the lover was TO bear arms of quite
another description, in the field of war.
1t was the day but one before the Regiment was
10 leave on its long march, when weary and heavy
Of heart, hero strolling up Market street. met
no other than his loved and lost
1t was their first meeting for long. long time
! and ii was IN the street vet they were together
and that something. He began to rcproact
D her bitterly for breaking her faith: she asked why
: he had not written to her. Explanations ensueC
D her friends had intercepted his letters his friend
r had imposed upon him by the story that she wa.
+ TO he married to another
But the JOY of the lovers at this opportun,
meeting was soon dampened by the reflection tina
they must be separate again, and this time per
haps forever.
Grief and anguish took the place ofjoy, and TIT
young girl pale and desparing, looked in the face
s VI lOfeIs uul 4Oullu nope ne WIS DOuIlt
in honor and duty to go-he must give up love
home, all, for the rude shock of war. And hi
bride-she would forfeit the protection of her fam
lily and her friends by adhereing to her lover
What was TO be done Was he TO leave her un
( cared for, and exposed it might be TO want, anC
Z all through love Of him The idea was not TO b
entertained
a There was one means OF escape-of settling al
difficulties and making his girl independent of tn
II world, and that was by making her his wife.
, Anew minutes consultation decided their course
: clergymans residence was sought out and the
= were married.
The young man had considerable property il
lie his own right the income from which, in his ah
ir scence, would support his wife They were wed
N and the young girl returned no more to her homt
lie The next day but one, amid the rafting G
ir drums and the cheers of the crowd the Regimen
left; but among those who lined the wharf ho7
. many with fearful gaze looked wistfully strivin
:; 10 catch some well known figure in the martia
III throngs the decks of the vessels! Our heroin
le was there, and with heart well nigh broken sh
lie saw her husband step on board the New England
wave his cap, and look his last farewell
From that time of course they have never me
but It was our business-and a very pleasant on
it was, too-a few DAYS since, TO convey to th
ID wife letter from her husband
e, He was well, and full of hope. And when tn
e. are over he will doubtless come back to he
te bringing heart
5: with love running DER,
IS And then he'll leave her, and Lockaber no more
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