M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-10-18
INTERESTING ROMANCE.
From BalloU's Pictorial.
JEALOUSY AND PATRIOTISM.
A LEGEND OF THE CHARTER OAK orcoNNEcrIcu,
BY NPERLY MOORE.

T was near the close Of beautiful
i October day, in the year OF 1856,
that a man approached the town oI
Hartford, in Connecticut, by the roac
leading to New Haven. Atthat time,
the valley oi the Connecticut was
densely wooded, affordlng, at that gold.
en- season of the year, every variety ol
TINT that nature can display. The ma
pie was gorgeo1sly beautiful; the chest
nuts were OF a deep yellow; other spe-
cits of trees had put on a molly livery,
and the elms that bordered the high
way, were clothed in foliage of varied
hues, from a'liTely green to the deep
est orange, all mingling, BY the incest
grsdaiions Of shades, like the prismat-
lc colors. As he entered the main
street, "the western waves OF ebbing
day" poured flood of glstening light
upon the dimond poned easements in
the eastern fronts OF the houses, while
beyond was the broad Connecticut,
sparkling like a mirror, The over.
hanging arch was OF a lovely azure,
studded here and there with heecy
clouds, while high in zenith was the
silver moon, only awaiting the retreat
Of her eclipsing orb to shed a more
chaste light upon the lovely scene.
The young man was a fine speci-
men Of the sturdy colonists of those
days. Born IN Deerfeld, his infant
slumbers had often been disturbed by
the preparations Of his father for de.
fence, when the war-hoop of the saw
age resounded through the surrounding
forests. The rifle was as familiar to
him in boyhocd, and although he now
carried on a lam at Middlelown, he
had mol entirely reIinquisheG his fond>
ness for forest sports. We have said
that he was young, but his electric
black eye, compressed lip, and gallant
horsemanshlp showed that EveraId
" altman could both think and act for
himself, and was, therefore, well quail.
lded to represent his townsmen in the
General Assembly, then in session.
Entering the main street, even then
beautiful avenue, Everard Waltham
rode slowly along, occasionally how;;s.,
to some acquaintance, or speaking to
one OF the lads who were driving home
the COWS, kept at nearly every house,
and mingled their shrill cries with the
musical tlnkie OF the bells. At last,
however, his gaze encountered a coup.
lie, which drew half suppressed oath
from his pouting lips. Applying the
spur to his high-meitled animal sprang
to the other side Of the road, and he
had good pretence Tor neglecting to sa-
lutte them. In a few moments more he
had reached the famed hostelrie near
the site OF the present State House,
and dlsmountiDg, threw his bride to a
negro hoStler.
"Ah!" exclaimed an elderly gentle.
man, who was pacing the porch, with
pipe in his mouth, "the member from
Middletown has arrived just in time to
see the sport" r-a sar
sit matters not" replied Waltham,
with frown, for he thought the allu.
sion was aimed at the couple he had
met. Perhaps, that we may start more
ialrly next time, we should explain who
that couple were. ,-' H''
The gentleman was Lieutenant Col.
fin, a pert coxcomb, who had been
sent from the Massachusetts, Bay,
few weeks previous in command OF a
detachment Of Royal Fuslleers, .des-
lined as q body.guald Tor the new gov.I
ernor. Insufferably naughty, he KEEP,
aloof from every one, until, by chance,
he pet Henrietta MorleyosVilb whom
be had become SO intimate that, on the
evening in question, he had invited her