The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-12-24
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Geography and grammar were unknow
to her, while she could talk in Latin an
French, quote page after page Of ciassi
fpoetryl with beautiful emphasis, and tel
more aboutsbotany. ornithology, AN
i geology, than the most advanced schola
of the school. Besides this, she ha
> many quaint, and philosophical idea
4 which made her appear surprisingly pre-
cocious, but which were simply the re
suit Of her having been made the sol
companion and friend of man of pol
ished education and gifted mind. He
teacher went to work to systematic
her. requirements, and instruct her ii
things practiced in the society about her
! A year seemed great while to Myr
tie. The confinement to rules of ont
who had lived SO free life was, al
| times, rather burdensome; and she
welcomed the long vacation with excess
i've delight for the liberty it gave her
but mostly because her, father was tc
come back to her. He came, bringing
her many beautiful presents, which, at
first, she was too happy to regard
4 They went out and spent two or three
weeks at the cabin, in theold way, cook
ing their own meals, and rambling about
/ the country most of the time.
ls7 Myrtle's joy was sadly discounted by
learning that Mr. Fielding had escaped
from the East only long enough to make
her visit, and that he was going back
for long, long time, as soon as her
school opened. 1t made every moment
she spent with him still dearer. 1t
sounded like bell tolling at a funeral
when she was summoned back to her
studies. a 9s,s,uj
Events shaped themselves SO unex-
pectedly with Mr.. Fielding, journey
to France being among them, and a long
stay in that country. to settle an estate
coming to him from his mother, that be
did not return to Wakwaka, after the
first visit, for four years. a..
In those four years Myrtle Fielding
had grown into maidenbood-she was
little Myrtle no longer The most love-
ly and beloved of the pupils at the SEM
inary, distinguished for grace of manner
and purity of soul, the pride of her
guardian upon all occasions of public
display, and the beauty of the school,
she still pined, in loneliness of heart, for
some one to cling to, some one who
would call her daughter, and receivethe
lavish affection of her heart, which now
continually washed itself in the sands
Of vain regret. Such passionate, tear
bedewed, letters as she addressed to her
adopted father would certainly have
called him to her side, had it been, in
his. power to leave the interests which
bound him whore he was. 500
500 1t was a very dangerous state for
young lady's heart to be in, this craving
after love and confidence. Such stores
of affection, lying ready to be given
away, would be very apt to find some
body to ask for them; and, if their prop.
er owner did not appear in due time,
some interloper might receive what had
been accommodating for his benefit. Of
this danger, Myrtle herself was most
profoundly ignorant; and Mrs. Denni-
son, wise and experienced as she was,
had never given it a thought. Mrs.
Dennison's young ladies were supposed
to be beyond the reach of human weak
ness. -'i-al sr3. hrs 9i1oi4fs,
Ab, Hugh Fieldingl Hugh Fielding
where art thou while this fair child of
thy affections is blushiDg and blooming
into her sixteenth summer Hast thou
no presentiments +gal a.e
One Saturday in May, Myrtle had
permission to go out to her home," as
she still called Mr.. Fielding's place. A |
man and his wife had been put in the
cabin to keep things in order; and,
whenever the young mistress chose to
go out and spend her holiday rambling |
through her old haunts, she was sure of
a good dinner and warm welcome from
them. sa6 lg
1t was delightful day, and, as she
passed along, her satchel containing her
portfolio of drawing materials on her
arm, her heart exulted in youthful full
ness of life She had an especial object
in her walk that day She was going
to make a sketch of the scene opposite
the cabin door, taking in the lake, the
bluff bank, and the distant wooded
height, to send to her father, who had
requested it. He wished to give it to
some of his friends at the East, to con-
7ey to them a glimpse of the paradise
he had found. Shewa expecting that
opg-looked-for and hoped-for father
lome in a few weeks, to go away no
more; and then she was to quit school,
md they were to live together, and be
IS happy as of old. euo
Thinking of all this, Myrtle could
Iardly wait until she got beyond the ell |
giant residences which stretched for a
nile along Lake street, before her gay
t4 burst forth In singing and she went