The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-01
JENNY LAWSON !:
OR,
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT,
By KATE ,surHEnLANp.

AUtH M FthOI eDlUH1s
By KATE SUTHERLAND. sss.s,
CHAPTER I.
Mark Clifford had come up from New
York to spend few weeks With his ma
ternal grandfather, Mr.. Lotion, who lived
almost alone on his beautiful estate few
miles from the Hudson, amid the richval-
leys Of Orange county. Mr.. Loften be-
enged to ono Of the oldest families IN the
e3phny and reiained large portion 81
I that aIistecfstic pride fof which fhey Wg6e
distinguished The marriage Of Ills dap, b
ter to Mr.. Clifford, a merchant Of New
York had been strongly opposed on the
ground that the alliance was degrading
Mr.: Clifford not being able to boast Of an
ancestor who was anything more than an
honest man and useful citizen. A clos
er acquaintance with his son-in-law, after
the marriage took place reconciledt Mr..
Lotion in a good measure to the union; for
he found Mr.. Clifford to be q man Of fine
intelligence, gentlemanly feeling, and
withal tendeliy attached to his daughter.
The marriage was happy one--and this
I is rarely the case when the external and
selfish desire to make "a good family con-
nection is regarded above the mental and
moral qualities on which a true union only
: can be based. zfs'
A few years previous to the time st
which our story opens, Mrs. Clifford died,
leaving one sonaad two daughters. Marx
the oldest Of the children, was in his sew
enteenth year at the time the sad bereaYe'
ment occurred--the girls were equiteyoune
He hadsalways been an active boy--eSei
disposed to get beyond the judicious re-
straints which his parents wisely sought Ia
throw around him. After his mothers
death, he attained wider liberty. HI
was still at college when this melancholy
: event occurred, and continued there fol
two years; but no bnger in correspon
dence with, and therefore not under the
influence Of one whose love for him sought
ever to hold him back from evil, his natur
altemperament led him into theindnlgence
of a liberty that too often went beyong the
bounds Of propriety.
On leaving college Mr.. Clifford conferred
with his son touching the profession he
wished to adopt, and to his surprise found
himbent on entering thenavy. All efforts
to discourage the idea were of no avail
The young man was forthe navy and moth
ing e.se. Yielding at last to the desire o
hissson, Mr. Clifford entered the usualforn
of application at the Navy Yard in Wash
ington, but, Mt the same time. in a private
lcssef to the Secretary. iniimated his Nisl
that the application might not be flsorabl.
considered.
Time passed on, but Mark did not re
ceive the anxiously looked forappointmen
Many reasons were eonjectured by tht
young man, who, at last, resolved on push
ing through his application, if personal Of
forts could be of any avail. To this end
he repaired to the seat Of government, and
waited on the Secretary. In his interviews
with this functionary, some expression
were dropped that caused suspicion 0
The truth to pass through his mind. A
series of rapidly recurring questions ad
dressed to the Secretary were answered il
way that fully confirmed this suspicion
The effect of this upon the excitable ant
impulsiyc young man will appear as on
Story progresses.
It was while Marks application wa
pending, and ashort time before his VISIT
Washington, that he came up to Fairyiew
the residence of his grandfather Mar
had always been a favorite with the oil
gentleman, who rather encouraged bis de
sire to enter the navy.
"The boy will distinguish himself,n Mi
Lotion would say, as he thought over til
matter. And the idea Of distinction in tn
armyor navy was grateful to his aristC
cratic feelings. "There is some Of th
right blood in his veins for ALL"
One afternoon, some two or three day
afier the young man came upto Fairyiev
he was returning from a ramblc in th
woods with his gun, when he met q beau
tiful young girl, simply attired, and beal
ing on her head light bundle Of graf
which she had cleaned in a neighborin
field. She wastripping lightly along, sing
ing as gaily as bird, when she came sue
denly upon the young man, over who's
face there passed an instant glow Of admir-
alton. Mark bowed and smiled, the maic
en- dropped a.bashful courtesy, and the
each passed on; but neither to forget tb
other, When Mark turned, after fe'
steps, to gaze after the sweet wild fowe
he had met so unexpectedly, he saw th
face again, for she had turned also. II
did not go home on that evening, untillh
had seen the lovely being who glanced b
fore him in her native beauty, enter mes
little cottage that stood half mile frol
Fairview, nearly hidden by vines, an
overshadowed by two small sycamores.
Onthe next morning Mark took his wa
toward the cottage with his gun. AS h
drew near, the sweet voice he had hear
onthe day before was warbliig tenderl
anold song ho had sung when he was bu
child and with the air and words so we
remembered, came gentleness Of feelin
and Above of what was pure and innocen
such as he had not experienced for man
years. In this state Of mind be entere
the little porch, and stood listening L
seyeralminutes to the voice that still fun
itself phintively or joyfully upon the ali
according to the sentiment breathed in Il
words that were clothed IN music; thel
rs the voice became silent. ha ranned "a,