The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-09-07

hers no longer ana buried her lair iace IN
her hands. and thought until her brain
ached, and at lasla a plan suggested itself.
6be could teach school. and thereby do.
fray the college expenses Of her brother.
Now comes The ordeal. Kate; and alone
10 that midnight chamber you must meer
Ii. Before the grey light Of another morn
ing lays its pencilings on that eastern sky,
whose meek Seraph stars glance in softly
at your easement, your spirit will have
come Out of the furnace. FIRE noble, he
roic, woman; or a weak, yielding mortal,
incapable forever afterwards Of high moral
achievement, or sublime stlfabnegalion.
Grea, is the sacrifice. and grand will be
the victory. Girl, with the light Of eigh.
teen summers on your brow, aud their
rose.hues on your cheek, your young
heart sill unused to the chilling ways Of
the world, how will You NEE, The trial!
The lamp shed a faint ligh, over the
carpet anu a ae light si;h; gliding Of lie paper,
and tho low, quick fOot.falls Of Kate Cliff.
ton echoed through the room, as with
clasped hands and contracted brow she
paced back and forth
On one hand gorgeous panorama
floaied before the young girl, reared in the
lap Of wealth and luxury. Asiately man.
sion beneath southern skies, with lis long
vista Of gorgeous paRlorS, and graceful
forms, and, dear wel.known faces gliding
through them, rose in a misty phsnlasna.
goria 10 her mental vision. By those
pleasant shores she saw her Life. barQue
sleeping peacefully, and then The dark
eyes ana tell graceful form Of the South.
terner, whose memory Jay so deep in her
heart, ard who had told her fathers friend
"he should pass the summer in p il
Kate Clifton was to brighten il with her
presence" rose up distinct and foremost,
aud The youSg girl buried her face ip her
face In her hands and the tears gushed
tbroggh her fingers. And then came the
other pictu5e--da& aud drsary enough,
the three brightest years Of her Young life
sacrificed in such a manner. The uncon.
genial sehnd-room; The dull patience
wearying children, and the sad heari.sick
teacher, oil unused 10 the burdens i'm,
posed upon her, rose up On ihe other side
rendered by tbe contrast sill darker aut
more dismal.
"0h. | cannot, I cannot do H." said III,
young girl, and her heart grew faint.
| And then came before her the pale fac,
Of her poet, brother, hardly year her ju
nior. and il seemed as IL his dark eye
looked pleading and reproachfully On her
She thought Of his agony thai afternoon
of his wasted fiurs. sDd back 10 her hear
came the heroic resolution TO sacrifice al
things for him.
"I will do it. the God OF my father
helping me-" said Kate Clifton.
Softly through the embroidered curtain
sireamed the morning sunlight. Softly !,
pale wierd fingers glided over the whit
forehead of the sleeping girl; but smil
born Of lofty resolves and dauntless pul
poses parted the rosy lips. Kate Clifto
bad been tried and no, found wanting.
,"Kate, do you think | will hear of sue
a sacrifice on your paf,' The bare suG
geslion cf such thing from other lips tha
yours bad bees an insult;" and the youn
mans eyes flashed and his lip curle
scornfuly a, his sisters offer. And Il,
pale.faccd woman, upon whose forehea
lay The shadow Of recent bereavement an
suffering, lifted her eyes and shook tt
head sadly as ,he said:
kate you must not think OF it,"
And Kale drew her mother from ,he Ii
tie breakfas, table 10 tue easy chair in III
bay window, and Frank and she sal dow
by il, and the young girl talked long an
earnestly TO both her auditors. She tol
them that her days would not be brigh
nor her pillow peaceful in iha, far.awa
home, haunted as she would surely be
the thoughts Of her brother r'ssuHerings, at
she drew pleasant picture Of ljtI
shady school.roou,, and happy lescht
with smiling cottage home, under who,
vine draped porlico her HoiAer and he
sell would sit in the summer evenings, al
where dear Frank could come in the "
cation; and al last won by her esrneslne
and eloquence, her sudiior assented to h,
, proposition, and Frank drew his arm
ienAy around her waist. and tear dro
, ped from the proud boys eyes on her fl
ger, and her mother placed her thin han
in The shining eurls, and murmured
iremulous tones, "Moy God bless you, IN
childW ST. -
The mex, week the furniture Of II
CGltons was disposed Of. Through Il
+ influence Of some friends, Kate procur,
, a scheh in dourishing village some tive
+ ty miles from the city. Frank bal
i them farewell for Yale, and KATE repsire
; with her mother TO the scene Of her ne
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