The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-31
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FINm LOST WIFE: OR. THE Story 81 EsfElIx
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UW6 LOST WIFE: OR. TIE Story OF E5fELII
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have besa constant rssder OF YOUR psper for ths
past esht ysss durias which time yoa have pub shsi
ny niehy interesting storise, both from real HE an
9 us Imaginative pess Of aole writers In thu wo Id Of
aco. Nese Of tbess hosevsr surpass in interest III.
nsu paesd n my poassson oil the facts, Ihsvs taken
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world But there other consider which aiu q
%ne y pursue different Wickedoess and sropg
s art: III. sora should & .cs 70
shat mot al purity which the sanity garb Of
y there Is many noble heart crushed beue the
nsel Of Of - hsartless cppressos the great
xootstool 70 tho beauty and harmony Of his Gre
ntion What society Furnishes crime often no u,sre
shaa hs natural vengesnee of injured ana wrongsd
5naoiy. Before We condemn what appears to b the
arrers o. brother sister, We ought to know
shs story q the offence and the ssns which
n. knife, the pistol or BY passage into tue dark
waters 81 the ocean. have each q fearful his
an o. sealed ssn that nn sS ss 70
cause teaxs q sympathy to oisten their premature
graves from The syes Of all to whom tho revelation
made. Do not understand being apolcgist for
csime, for am not But do not wish to rush TO thu
pther exeue Of oondsmnug my bein to eternal
The narrative q Etss Craft Is case il point, a. you
w1 see By peruAing the accompanying manuscript In
prepaxng It. have in particular devatod from the
3ruth. livery and incident can vouch for,
layse happened TO be to some extent connected with
ns ass aS 2, tn AVS, sasas r. Seds.
dpg Witnesses in thin great city, who WILL after read.
ing what have written recognize the parties alluded TO-
1Iom facts In their own knowledge The only thing
assr " that, In some two three places may have,
perhaps too plainly indicated to the general reader the
slignanuy condemn. OF this you must judge IF IcouId
get ancvrpaper to puo h their In FULL would
owa Because, Is look It he natter suos human
dends deserve to be driven beyond the conues Of cvi
dvatiop and cut OF from Christianity which they dis
20 In the summer OF lS-Iweht to spend few weeks
With : wealthy old gentleman rssiding In Of the
most leavtiful Of the numerous lovely towns lyiog
along tho line Of poetry piring Hudson 1t was
from no desire OF that did SO, rural scenes
have few charms for me in fact tho charge recently
mado agsiost Fanny Fern by an Eng'ish sritor viz,
that ahe had not country hair in her head would
spgiy 70 me ezacty-but the Old gsatemsa aforesaid
pf my sponsors in baptism this he thought, my ps-
rents were both DEAD gave him tho right occasionally
neglected to attend when he thus summoned mo- az
1hc Gaze ct the time OF which am writing.
York az sre more durnr e doS 2, tbsr
rthsr more sndurabe to me than though il had been
with SOMEBODY from New York with whom vas &c
qua nted and 1t unfrequenty happened that met
wo ps.taa In which latter case was not at loss for
Ny sponsor whose ~ II Is not necessary for the
os 's asar can q
TgS, who having made money enough to retire from
BUSINESS, had sssted in " Determined 70 take the
his household were his housekeeper IAN eoccntric old
rnadl and Desro boy, who acted in the double capac
"weII Harry my boy,u said the old gentleman az wo
sat on the piazza each enjoy cheroot shortly after
shows you've taken haven't been
here since summer before last and hope you
he u such hurry IS usual to got away again. You
preh to be able to eooy yourself here for few weeks
very comfortably plenty OF company, numborcss beau
.iiai drives excellent pleasure BOAT, and plenty Of
-. say shall be able pass tho time very agree
ably" replied; sf 90 not am satisfied II will DO my
ransy happened since was here ssss '''' 'A''@
"fxtzaordinaryi' echoed tho old gentlemsu-"Eo, I
hate extraordinary thinzsnothng Of extraordinary
nov como to think Of it, something little extraord
nary has happened here within tho last year. :,
sAnd what L. thatf" questioned ], eagerly.
'Thy,n said he "a girl Das taLen the whole town BY
stormthat U.s. the masculine portion of she Is young
ne SS Srs ss e no.
talk that her father intends to force her to marry
nsn she don't love- Everybody says she ID ane, mo-
choice Of husbsnd. That's what call extraordinary
Atleast it Amt, it ought to be-" -
What ID the name Of this TO be sacrificed divinity -
aHsr name i Grsn,-Estelle Grant Her father moved
ssS Fl ay .s s. sss s.d
1cr TO the faced, oylooking and wealthy ees-
lie tiat gave thousand dollars to the mission fund
wien wss up hsre l4stf'' said !, inquiripgly.
"Yes," replied the old gentle nan, and took good
sverJ available ne wspapcr
VEN said l. "f should think ho would make sor-
many here give hin, the credit OF being p,
s own Oh nk Il would Ss
hard TO prove sny thing against him. lie bears excel
lcnt character That is ne owns pew in church. at-
tends divine service regularly three times the Sabbath
snd all that sort Of thing; but then he's too eustcre
never Iaughs, imiss, even; never airgs-never
my opinion shoul1 do occasionally and don't like him.
believe he's hypocrits-I may BE mistaken. hope
you see her and him both it's altogether likely, before
you 60 away and you can Judge for yourself A. for me-
doat pretns to be any Judge Of characters that is
havc set rule for judging either. I've
habit Of judging physiosnomicayor pbrenoogcay, aud
e BOTH Emory and r the ss father sau i but
do Ike the girl heroM, and think rs hard case she
se some re the
which she Is rather fond and sho often calls In to sd
nire them. But there's the bell and now let's In to
was ocly two days following this generation with
roy matter cfact good hearted old sponsor that saw
prepared myself TO take short drive, aud While tho
negro boy ion was getting the vehicle In readiness
1a,ssd sarcy along, adrng the aora beauties vhica
Sreesed every SIDE ard yccea just ahead Of
sIe recess which ssos out " from the avenue was
y wsk in that direction, when just besc1c reached
ne spo! alluded TO- ny Ola friend and yeung LADY, who
followed close behind him came directly across my
path.
"Ah, Harry, well met, nv boy This Il Mas Grant
Mics Grant, my soepegracc godson i1rry -"
She Acknowledged my presence by graceful bend Of
her beautiful peck, and blushod deeply the old gen
alsmaa introduced her. she then about instantly
tsie her departure, but the old gentleman cut of he
1etct By plAyfully blocking tho passage and remarked
IN tone OF ricasantry-
sa3tToa't run away Misc Grsnt-Hsr-y won't trrt you
Ne il IS harmless as schooboy, although lie dccs La
from thst tcf-.tc city, Now York You haven't sren!
hall your usual time IN examining your fayoftc &c
To stay and plain their beauties 10 my rodson u,
perfect isrorsDus tho subject Of lorcuuro,
Ailf thsnk you know"
81 mu1t Head geiity to the charge which my god
fater turtiT prefcrs said for the frst time ad
dressing tho beautiful creature who IN her confusion
vas endesvorrg TO adjust email bouquet Of fragrant
~ Aowcrs VII ch che held hor hand "but Il Is
nsforturc than my fault. Having boon reared In tn
city, have never examined collection Of plants