Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-22

lighted parlors
May you always be So Ny dearest !
blessings go with You to the altar, end tel :.
your new hone. But cannot Lsap tlinksss
ing Of the lhappy Dantforth.' IS
%, mother! don't speak OF him, for n .hsa
"a strange effect upon me.' s:
well, let tt be, so, my cnfy -child yCtdf
bless you, Your intended hpskaaa Waits
.-go. IA
Ellen Sumner and Mr.. Cali lsaid1er pssseda
into the parlor where's tlIs
waiting attended by groSnsnaaas afdBfl
MAJ
callamar was very pale. His facs bSs
strayed no emotion of any kind. They st,od.
before the man Of God. The ceremony was
about to commence, when Cal 'amar viewed
his Land for him to stop. The bridal pare
ty looked on with astonishmeat. g.,
fFfiends;' said Callamar, in a voice dis
tinct and digniied, before this ceremony
proceeds, let me tell you tale. / will bs
brief, and not trespass on your patience
long Some years ago there was poor boy.s
The boy was born poor-grew to manhood
poor, and wooed fair maiden, whose fa-
ther vas once poor like him. He had hands
like those of the maiden's father, and he
had noble thoughts and generous nature.
He wooed the girl. He showed her his
strong hands, and told her he would toll for
ber as her father had toiled for her mother.
He told her his love, and offered her the
wealth Of true heart, as well as the pro-
lection of manly hand. She scorned hif4
away. She gave him not so muck as kind
look, or gentle word. He sought her a.
gain, and plead for her love on bended
knee. as men sue for the mercy OF kings.
She laughed in his face. He forsave her.
The poor boy became suddenly wealthy,
He. found gold that had been seerettd in the
earth. His JOY had nearly killed b m, for
he said to himself, now can win the fair
maider.' But reflection brought wiser tho'ts.
He wished not to link his fate to that Of a
heartless woman, and be said, L will com
ceal my good fortune and win her, or joss
her, as the poor boy have ever beeR.' And
yet again he sought her, with gold enough
in his possession to enrich many persons.s
and he heard words which wers mesnt for /.
other ears heard, and his heart was near
ly broken. She heaped insult upoh one she {
supposed absent one who would have giv-ts
en- his best bloud TO pnrets her hsbpiness
one Mhos wofshipe her very idea. She !
called him country -clewn, and forget that
her Auinal athexap laiHt aid !
she could not love a poor man. and fOsgot
that her father was once a poor n an. SLs
called him by way Of repr5ach-b but il was
no reproach-a vile clcd-hopper, and forget
her own father followed the plough. The
young man heard this with indignation ard
grief Stung to, the quick, he turned away,
and never saw that dwelling more, or bis
native town. He went away from the TIRES
hold Of that door, to all appearance the poor
boy of yesterday, and no one knew bis late.
He sought distant city. He was rich : hs
could do as he peased-he applied himself
to study. He toiled, and toiled by the n IL
night lamp. He resolved the world should
hear of him before he died. Ne,ei for an
instant did he forget the il suit of the maid
en- he loved. 1t was always presant with
him. His progress was unprecedented. He
became an accomplished scholar, or at least
the world calls him thus. He-the poor
boy-was admitted to the bar, and was for
tunate to distinguish himself more than 9TH
ers Of his years.
He met once upon time the proud maid
en- whom he had loved. He knew her at a
glance-for her image had never passed
from his mind. He met her as a stranger.
and by another name. She did not recog-
nize a lineament of his face She loved him,
but he loved not her. Tha, was past no,o.
He loved modest maiden who had watch
ed him through fever that followed his
sudden disappearance from Lagrange
a sickness near unto DEATH He resolved
to crush the hopes Ct the maiden who had
insulted him, with his poverty, as she had
crushed has, years ago. He sought her out
he won her, which was now an easy task.
for he was rich and honored. The name of
the maiden was Ellen Sumner, and tho
name of the poor boy was George Dant-
forth; and George Dantforth and Calla-
mar are one.'
Ellen Sumner uttered shrill scream and
fell to the floor insensible. As George had
gone on with his history, the hope that had
pla yed upon her face faded into blank des-
pair, and unconsciousness had come to keep
her heart from breaking.
For one moment, George Dantforth look
ed upon the beautiful creature lying there
so Ii eless, at his feet, and putting his hands
over his eyes, he rushed out into the open
air. In one month from that night, he
stood at the altar with another, no less
beautiful, and no less loving; and moro
than all, with woMAN's HEART. She loved
him as poor boy, and he welded her as .
rich man,
Ellen Sumner never loved again. She
rememb bered the terrible lesson Dantforth
had given her, and from that tiwe was q
better and humber woman. Her pride
was utterly crushed.
Dantforth and his charming wife still re-
side in the Quaker city, and are, as the old
proverb has it, happy MS the days are long,
The moral of this tale is so palpable that
a line of comment is uncalled for. We
know our fair readers will never think light
ly Of man who wears round jacket and
home-spun greys. Life is thing of change.
and he who is down to-day, may bs up to-
morrow.
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