Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1854-11-23
CHATTER II.

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CHATTER II.
"She seldom smiled-and when she did.
1t was so sad, subdued and brief,
As though her mourning heart she'd chid,
And strove to smile away its grief.
The attachment between Tomlinsor
and Miss Wilson, thus far, had beer
secretly kept from her parents, tbel
preferring to make it known but few
weeks previous to their marriage day
But Mrs. Wilson, with the watchfulnes.
of mother, perceived their intimacy
and in gentle manner addressed hel
as follows: l 1tai
"Mary, for some time past l hav,
noticed rather more than friendly in
timacy between you and Mr.. Tomlinson
and. as a mother, / feel it my duty t.
give you advise on the subject. / woulc
not do aught to give you pain, but l am
not favorable to the addresses of Mr.
Tomlinson."
Miss Wilson deeming it no longer
prudent to keep the truth of the matter
concealed from her mother, replied:
Dear mother, ! hope you will for
give my rashness. hope you will
overlook my disobedience. ZIP
Their conversation was broken off bv
a ringing of the bell, and Mary hasten
ed to the door. Ta 3. -.fr
81 have message from Mr.. Tomlin-
son and wish to see Miss Wilson alone
for few moments" said the stranger.
81 am Miss Wilson. What is your
business with me, sir?" she asked.
i have,' he continued, unfortunate
ly, to announce to you that Mr.. Tom
linson, since he has lost SO much in the
misfortune which have fallen on so
many of the citizens of this city, deems
it, at present. rash undertaking to mar
ry. while circumstances Of such an ag-
gravating character continue. ] think
it would be better for you to be as calm
as possible, and wait with due patience
until a more favorable turn Of fortune,
which | anticipate will not be very
long" - .... ,-srI
Had an ice-bolt entered the heart of
that young girl. it could not have had
much greater effect. His words fell
upon her ears like the solemn knell of
her hopes, for, since their misfortunes,
she had fondly hoped that her marriage
with Mr.. Tomlinson would. in a great
measure, retrive the reputation of her
father. She could not believe that Mr..
Tomlinson would be guilty of such
duplicity, and thought the stranger had
imposed upon her. But how he, stran-
ger as he was, knew anything in regard
to their engagement was something more
than she could solve. an enigma which
cost her much anxiety and thought, for
even her parents, until that moment had
not known it. Her mother saw the
hectic flush mantle the cheek of her
child, and felt concious that something
serious would be the consequence. That
Mary loved Tomlinson was unmistaka- J.
bic; she read it in the deep blue of her
eyes; she saw it in every lineament of
her features; she discovered it in all her I
actions, and with the sympathy of a
mothers feelings, she endeavored to
console her in that, her "hour of need"
But the effect was too much for her del
cate constitution to bear She ''loved
not wisely. but too WE'LL" and. day af-
Ter day, she sat pensively surveying the
scenery before her. and silent
y reflected on her own unhappy condi
lion. 4
"Her silver voice was heard no more
She sang not, and her bn aihing lutte,
Which never knew neglect before,
Now lies alone, forgotten mute
"0r. If passing strain she rang,
So mournfully its numbers rose,
That those who heard might deem she sang
A lorn souls requiem to repOseP
One lovely autumn evening. Just as
he sun was shedding its last rosy
beams on the tips of the surrounding I
Hills. Mary looked from her chamber
and drank in at glance the I
,oldenAglories of expiring day, and |
thought how calm il would be for her !
o die as sweetly as the sun was sinking
o rest behind the hills, so that her I
memory might live like the beautious I
Wright. long after her frail body had
again. She called her moth
II to her side, and told her that she was {
lyingi At such beautiful hour, when
he day began to close, and shadows S
we're no longer broadcast from the 7
LIQUIDS. but were stretched along the I
urface of the earth by the interception
# a tree, or hillside. Mary breathsd her t
ast. c
As these precious but-heeting scenes ]
'ass like sober thoughts across the face G
'f the earth, or intermingle side by side 7
sith gay and brilliant passages of light '
e equal evsnescences. making all ten '
Ter and beautiful, which otherwise had
,eea lustrous and sparkling, they call
lp within the heart the memory Of the
,asi; and by an association We can
carcely trace. characters re-sppear ofI
riends who have passed away beforel Z