The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-09-07
SeIert MistaIluup.
From Arthur's Home Gazette.
THE TER'S REV ARD
Dy VIRGINIA +. TowHsKND.
CHAPTER I,


some charm potent enough 10 dispel these
shadows on your brow;" and The yaupg
lady bent over the chair, and laid her
hand carelessly on the dark hair thai
shaded he pale, intellectual forehead of
the young man. .
"And your words have done so. already.
Kate" was the reply, while The brother
drew his arm AROUND his sister, and look.
ed Up fonaiy in her face. il was a pic
lure of exceeding lovrlpess. and me sum.
mer sunshine noaled softly in through the
,ne,girdled window, and set il iu a frame
work Of gold. The scholar like contour
Of the thin and earnest face of The one,
con,rasled finely with the soft girlish fea.
lures Of the other, while the bright, brown
curs hoated over her black dress, in that
summer sunset, like tide of wavy gold.
"But Frank, something i, troubling you
something which may no, share
You csnno, deceive me. know there is
heavy weight lies upon your heart, which
our lather's death and our recent misfor.
fumes have no, lain there, Have | no,
been good sisler, and true 10 you, from
tho l.ne We lisptd oar prayer at our mo
ther's knee III childhood! BY the trees
beneath whose shadow we have played in
the sweet, bygone lime, by all the memo
ries lha, cluster around the bright hours
which sleep in The shadow of the past
and oh, by tina, grave over which the hong
grass Of this summers day is sighing, tel
me what thus troubles you!"
The pleading, pathetic voice of the girl
speaker ceased, but The glow which had
kindled, and the light which had flashed
in her brown eyes went moi ont, and the
boy:siudent drew his head down closer To
tha, loving sisters heaA, and answered
her=4-
II meant to have struggled manfully
ngains, il, Kate, and have buried all py
sorrow in ADy o@n heart, bst your watch
ful eyes have defeated my inten,ion.-
You shall know all. must leave college
and enter q store as an under clerk -
There is no possible way of .defraying th'
expenses Of the nexl thee yeasS tuition
and so aA The bright dEeaGs Of my boy
hood, All the ambitions Of my boyhood. all
the schemes Of my youth are vanished!
and the boy rose up aud continued pacing
the room with agiia,ed steps. Icannot bl
brave, Kate, when ] think of this, for
sbudder when my eyes look down III,
long, dreary prospective Of the future, will
its years Of weary and ancoBgeniai work
and sometimes, Kate, when those thoughts
crowd thick and fast upon me, have gon'
down 10 the grave yard, and stood unde
the willow tree, and The faint, paid finger
Of The broken sunlight have goated soolh
ingly over the mound there, and hav,
said (God fnrgive me, Tor was half mad
dened, would !, too. were slumberinI
berer" ...
"0h, hush, hush, Frank Did you M
think Of me and mamma when you sal
that" and Kate CljGon's sad voice sound
ed half reproachlully, as she lifted her ex
cited brother, and laid her hand on he
lips, Then she drew him to q chair, an
seated herself by his side, and spoke fon,
and soothing words to him-words Q
sweet hope and trust in the father of u
falherless. The pink and blue robes @
the sunset faded out Of the crimson, an
the stars crep, into the "sky meadows,
and when Kate Clhon pressed her lips I,
,he brow of her brother, and left him. b
was calm and ho2efll once more.
"Whs, is 10 be done!" With fulds
hands and anxious forehead. Kate CIiito
paced her room at midnight, and aske
herself this question. Before anolhc
week had taken its passage, they were ,
leave the home OF their childhood, and III
furniture il contained; was all the rap'
cious craditors had left their widowed mc
,her. Fair was the Southern home whic
had been so cordially offered Nate Cliho
by a distant relative Of her fathers. an
) the same friend had secured for der brolt
er \ situation, and with interest and ass
duty in his new employmen, would even
ually make remuneraiive one, in a larg
mercantile hrm. .........
"i'ui shall ! be happy in ht fair, &
OF hoae. among whose green savannah
passed the happies, winter ~ my III,
andkn owing that he,S ilh hispoelic tempe
ameni, and sensitive scholar, organization
will lbe daily, hourly called upon to Ell
counter so much which is dislasieful
his mind and hearil Oh, Francis, Fral
cis, can do nothing to aid yonf' mu
mured the loving sister in her perplexity an
hr'HcssuGp. And Kuh Clifton sa, dow