Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1849-06-27
l. Wayne County, Indiana, June 81, ls4e.


I his features then. she would have shrehet
at the sight of his silent agony.
f Never for a single moment did I re
I greet my refusal, and since have seer
> you. and heard the dear words you hav.
:. spoken. am a thousand times glad tina
r George Dantforth went his way
The blood forsook the face of Callahan
/ the knotted veins went down, aud Left {
; paleness ghas;ly white; but he was calm
stern. even il. his expression. 1t NIGH
, have been that a shade Of pity mingled
for an instant with the sternness of his
| looks. and that a momentary moisture &c
the eye; but both passed away quicker
than they came. Before Callahan left
Ellen Summer. the wedding day was
named. We shall not dwell upon the in.
terval that elapsed before the wedding
night That anxiously expected hour
came. There was a brilliant party at Mr..
Summers. Wealth. beauty and fashion
: were there. Each determined to make a
happy night of il.
. Lovely was Ellen Sumner when arrang-
ed in her bridal dress.
Il am very happy she whispered. to
her mother as she passed into the splen-
didly lighted parlors.
blessings 90 with you to the altar. and to
your new home. But cannot help think
ing of the unhappy Dantforth.
50, mother! don't speak of him, for it
has a strange effect upon me-
'Well, let it be SO. my only childhood
bless you. Your intended husband waits
go
Ellen Sumner and Mr. Callahan passed
into the parlor where the bridal party were
waiting, attended by groomsman and
bridesmaid.
Callahan was very pale. His face be-
trayed no emotion of any kind They
stood before the man Of God. The cere-
mony was about to commence. when Cal
lamar waved his hand for him to stop.
The bridal party looked on with as,onish-
ment.
'Friends,' said Callahan, in a voice dis
tnct and dignified, before this ceremony
proceeds, let me tell you tale. will be
brief, and not trespass upon your patience
long. Some years ago. there was a poor
bow. He was the son Of poor man.
The boy was born poor-grew to man.
hood poor. and wooed fair maiden.
whose father was once poor like him. He
had hands like those Of the maiden's ia
Their, 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 her as her father had toll
ed for her mother. He told her his love,
and offered her the wealth Of ture heart,
as well the protection of manly hand.
She scorned him away. She gave him
not SO much as a kind look. or a gentle
word. He sought her again. and plead
! for her love on Bonded knee as men sue
| for the mercy of kings. She laughed in
his face. He forgave her. The poor boy
became suddenly rich. lie found gold
that had been secreted in the earth. His
joy had nearly killed him, for he SAID to
himself, now can win the fair maiden
But reflection brought wiser thoughts. He
wished not to link his fate to that OF
heartless woman, and he said, Il will con-
ceal my good fortune and win her, or lose
her, as the poor boy have ever BEEN
And yet again he sought her, with gold
enough in his possession to enrich many
persons, and he heard words which were
meant for other ears-heard. and his heart
was nearly broken. She heaped insult
upon one she supposed absent-one who
would have given his best blood to pur
chase her happiness-one who worship
ped her very idea. She called him coun-
try clown. and forgot that her own father
was once like him. She said she could
no: love poor man, and forgot that her
father was once poor man. She called
him by way Of reproach-but it was no
reproach-a vile cold-hopper. and forgot
her own father followed the plough. The
young man heard this with indign alton
and grief. Stung to the quick. he turned
away, and never saw that dwelling more,
or his native town. He went away from
the threshold of that door. to all appear
ance the poor boy of yesterday, and no
one knew his fate. He sought distant
city. He was rich--he could do as he
pleased-he applied hmseIfto study. He
toiled. and toiled by the midnight lamp.
He resolved the world should hear of him
before he died Never for an instant did
he forget the insult Of the maiden he had
loved. 1t was always present with him.
His progress was unprecedented. He be-
came an accomplished scholar, or at least
the world calls him thus. He-the poor
boy-was admitted TO the bar, and was so
fortunate to distinguish himself more than
others Of his years.
.He met once upon a night the proud
maiden whom he had loved. He knew
her at a Chancellor her image had never
passed from his mind. He met her as
stranger, and by another name. She did
not recognize a lineament Of his face.
She loved him, but he loved not her. That
was past now. He loved a modest maiden
who had watched him through fever that
followed his sudden disappearance from
Lagrange-a sinkness near unto death.
He resolved to crush the hopes Of the
| maiden who had insulted him with his
poverty. as she had crushed his, 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 mai
| den was Ellen Sumner. and the name Of
the poor boy was George Dantforth; and
George Dantforth and Callahan are one
| Ellen Sumner uttered a shrill scream.
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