Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1847-04-07
81. RAFENNA, OHIO WEDNESDAY ApRIL7,. .l847.a

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4 How could she part from them ALL
n Most Of these she knew would die whe
1.-THE first breath of frosty Dir touched the
sland where then would be her favorite beal
eIIies! ss5 n
She would fain have persuaded her fatht
ll8o have let them. remain, and would ha,
/, Tered her next attuck of head-ache
I Slence; but on q point where health We
concerned her father was immoyable; S
THAT afternoon saw Betty conveying pt
after pot into the garden, while Alice follow
4 Led her every step.
| After the removal had been effected, tn
Iyoung belle sat down in her chamber, an
Itelt sad and desolate. Those flowers ha
been to her as friends; she had watches
every bud from its smallest germ to it
opening, md their exit left void in he
heart.
She took from an elegant Secretary ir
one corner of her room richly bound vol
ume, and began to read, in order to divert
her thoughts. In a few moments the door
bell rung. She listened to hear Betty's
step in the hall, but not hearing it, she a.
rose and descended to the door. A tall,
handsome young man met her there, bear
ing in his hand a flourishing Moss Rose. =
Every faded leaf had been removed from it,
and it stood In its messy loveliness like
some superior thing before her eyes.
"Will Miss Emburg accept this flourish
ing little token of her friends esteem?"
said the bearer as he held it forth to her.
IL knew you were fond of flowers, and de-
signing to call on you this evening, brought
this with me-"
Alice, with flushed cheek, received the
gift. 1t came from the hand of one she had
learned glove, and henceforth it was to
be to her q keepsake Of no mean value.
Edger French, the giver, was one whom
nature had richly endowed, but fortune,
tickle fortune, had withheld her gifts ol
gold. His father was poor cartman. and
had apprenticed his son at an early age to
respectable printer in the city. Young
French had early learned to lean upon
hipself-tos struggle with difficulties and
'toNsarnount thems Step by step he had
made his way, and was now in the receipt
of good wages while working as Journey
man, in one of the most respectable houses
in the city. His mind was of a high order
and had been enriched in his hours of re-
taxation by much study; his person and
manners bespcak him a gentleman-one
too, Of high moral principles and character.
lie met with Alice Emburg and loved
her. He saw in her strong native sense,
which indulgence could not entirely spoil,
and he thought that could he succeed in
winning her hand and heart, they would
serve to him as new impetus for TOLL
He knew Doctor Emburg to be man un-
aristocratic in his notions, and he thought
he would be willing to yield his daughter
to man, respectable, though not wealthy,
when he learned that she loved him.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to show her
undivided attention wherever he CHANGED
to meet her. Of her mother he knew
nothing,
Alice held the Moss Rose in her hand
after Edgar left, and wondered what she
was to do with it. She certainly could not
have that deposited in the garden to wilt
and die! No! the thought was unendurn-
BILE. She turned from the parlor door and
met her father in the hall.
"My flowers have all been removed as
you desired, my dear father" she said, shut
here is one little rose which much wish
to retain. Surely, you will not object
one, just onep' she continued beseechingly
and looked archly into his face. 1t would
have been impossible for the fond old man
to have denied her request.
"That is just the way, Ally, you always
serve me. In the first place pretend to
mind me, and at last coax me to let you
have your own way. "Yes, take the
flowers" he continued with smile, s'and
make the most of it, but remember-one,
'mly Just onep'
Alice placed the Rose in her room, and
watched it from day to day with fond de-
light. 1.-THE sun came too brightly through
he window it was shut out, and the plant
shaded. 1t was to her friend indeed.
az tne Close OF gusty Autumn day,
such an one as is often seen in New Eng
and, Doctor Emburg sat in his big arm
chair before the parlor fire. Near by him
'at Mrs. Emburg, with her feet upon al
'quab cushion, busily making a slight a.
Grafton in ball-dress which she thought
would be an improvement upon the dress
taste Around them was every
elegance Of domestic life; but the Doctor
y Ssqs evidently deeply absorbed in his own
meditation, for every now and then he
truck the ends Of his fingers against the
lrm r, Of his chair, producing monotonous
ound, and gazed straight upon the heap of
,lazing coal piled upon the CRATE. He had
'een out making professional calls all day,
md an observer might have surmised that
ONE patient was in eminent-danger, and
ne Doctor wasracking his brain for cure.
AT lanofh Mr. E..,h,,r,, ,.,o,od -, sc = T.