The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-30
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1854.

and her beauty and goodness and devo-
ton to him--and at the very moment
when Lucy, after watching him out Of
sight, knelt in her little room and thanked
God for her happiness. he. standing on
the steps Of the Astor house, smoking
fine HAVANA, SAID to Tom ilun,er:--
$50 you see i, won, do for me to so
there much more. A cautious fellow like
me never ought to be caught in scrape
Hunter did see, and expressed himself
and as can't marry them both, why
mus, give up Lucy--don', you sees"
oyerjoyed that his friend had decided So
wisely, thus giving him u chance to as
prc to the fair hand Of the lady, which
he had long desired to do, only every one
knew that she had neither eyes nor ears
for any one but Aikens.
Matters beng thus easily settled the
two friends called together on Lucy, who
always smiled kindly on Hunter, because
he led her idol to her, and then leaving
Tom to ingratiate himself in her favor
alone, Grant followed his goddess from
place to place, proud to obey her ligh,est
5 order. aud crafty every caprice and whim
born within her brain.
Those who had been striving to find
the way to her heart, gave way to des-
t pair when he approached, and soon no
other cavalier burst presume TO bow a,
, her feet so completely did Aikens mo-
: nopolize her attention. He was her obe-
. dient slave--her willing slave--and while
thus ne fingered in her train, all around
a him began to predict, and some to report;
e an engagement; the naughty beauty look.
4 ed as languid and disdalntul as ever, and
J.. the worthy banker, charmed with the lol.
e ty carriage Of his future wife, stood one
e side, apparently an unin.erested specta'
O tor chuckled derisively to himself, and
IS ratified the gold coins in his pockets, il
e sardonic merriment. Inaccordancc with
j. the cautious plan he had laid down io
# his behavior Grant gradually ceased hi
n attendance upon Lucy, who saw with an
y guish his devotion to her poor but haught,
% rival.
/. 10 do Blanche Mon,rose Justice, sh,
D, was not aware Of the state oil affairs be
tween the two, having only heard th'
!. flying rumors so prevalent in New Yorl
a society. On this subjec, nothing ha'
Is been said between the two friends, an,
e believing Lucy to be indifferent to he
r. cavalier as she herself was, she quietl,
4 accepted his attention, intending, whe
ID the time came for her bridal, to dismis
!. him from her presence and mind forever
ne So, with her ignorance of the truth
as and his careful concealment of it, matter
st. drew gradually to IA climax, and poe
or Lucy, unable to bear her grief, lay was
,c ting silently away. Tom Hunter, wi'
ne had learned to feel deep interest in h.
suspected the cause Of her sickness, b'
&C the implorlpg glance she gave him, whe
&C. one day he denounced the heartless col
ed due, oil his friend, closed his lips toreve
ok on the subject.
is And never, though he ceased to ass
er. ciate with Alkens, did he reproach hin
no Respect for what he well knew 10 be Il
his wish of his beloved Lucy, forbade il
Ter first, and In after days pity for him wi
,ss was pi!iiess, taught him to forgive b
treachery and cruelty.
ha, Lucy grew more pale and wan ca
|o. day, and though the anxious care of h
,er dotlng father filled her chamber with I
Nv mos, renowned physicians, their SIX
the availed her nothing. She only smll
,;fe sadly and tenderly on him as they car
ved and went, took the medicine they pr
she scribed neekly from his hand. and /
Nv. there holding his hand fading like sne
on wreath day after day.
h,y The old man found that his boas,
far wealth could not Keep the dearest thl
,ee he had on earth by his side. and givi
no. up all business sat by his daughter s 81
mo speaking little and weeping much as
,sn, though, how sad ani lonely he must
,div when she had gone forever.
And Hunter, taught strange thous
nv fulness by the hopeless love he felt, a
red swereI all applications and transac'
! a. all necessary business for him, tha, no
and ing Of earth nigh, come to destroy
onld peace and holy thoughts that hover
svo. around that dying bed. For two no
and each day he sat by the bedside, and he
I,Ls her sweet voice call him "bfother,
all proffer, for his kindness, sisters love
h;rl. earth and in heaven, nor, after each
those precious interviews, was the str'
,oy man ashamed to 60 to his room and "
,s,d bitterly, while he prayed as he ne
WAS prayed before, save at his mothers k
,e,r, lnaj strength might be given him TO
,ha, his fearful loss, and forgive the wi
,ia,, whose studied coolness had blighted
"A - fair flower and all his happiness
ispe earth.
civ Lucy's last day on earth can'
and length, and knowing 1t to be such,
rn,or asked them 10 dress her tlstetully
,ushsd neatly, to let her hair hang in clus,e
da,, curls as it was wont to do, and to :
stairs for Aikens, ,ha, she nigh, bid him
n all farewell.
m IN They complied with her wishes
many tears : they sent Tor HIM who
yeas murdered her; and all the long alter
round she sat, leaning on her pillow, with
- ,r. old ligh. in her eyes aud the old flu
,ha, her cheeks, awaiting his coming.
: her The messenger returned. but alol
an he He was about attending the lady BIZ
: and on pleasure excursion. Inc e.
men, that had borne the lair girl ul
RI her gone cheek aud brow faded TO
,rem. " whi.eness, aud while her lathe
for a gazing a, her, unable III his tefr
n,ya Hunt.r spranp forward her