The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-05-05
LOVE AFTER MARRIAGE.
By N4RT e. 5. GIBSON.


No l50ting had preceded the marriage II
was merely mS7Yiage dc ooqreaaslce-bo,a u
parties understood and regarded It 50. It was
rot they that were married, bht tie brosd lands
and fertile estates Of their parents. Strange
that any man, and much more, any Yoaianj
could stoop to so false an act! But hugh Grand
son might and would have loved his beautiful
bride, had it rot been for the stately GOODNESS
of her demeauor he had been unsoiled by
contact with the world, and longed for happi-
ness and homo. Alice Charlton cared little
for either, amt still less for him. In her first
girlho0d she had plighted her faith to one who
left her sOr time aS1G cd IN a iar-off lana of
gold died before one word cl message could
be sent to her he loved-died alone and among
strangers, and was buried where her tears
could never moisten the turf Oh his breast
hey told the tidIngs to Alice, little dream
ing that the lonely adYenturer had been aught
I'd Her She vas m herOWn elegant home, sur
rounded BY brilliant circle of guests, while
Hugh Grandson leaned over her chair, ard
bent his a9Iirug eyes upon her queenly face
and form She heard the speaker through;
the rich color died slowly out of her cheeks,
leaving her white and stern; her lips shut
firmly as if they would repress shrek ofago.
ny ner large dark eyes wandered round the
groAp with gaze Of passionate despair. The
wondering looks of eli around recalled her to
herself, and baking graceful apology for her
sudden abstraction, she played ter part so sue
cessiuliy, that no one guessed the secret she
guarded with Spartan like firmness.
Not anti she was alone in her chamber, did
the storm burst forth. She mOurned &s she
had loved, most deeply and passlon&tely, but
to the world she seemed unmoyed. little
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padent of oltspoken a iInifat:on and love- she
Seemed but eehng was nnash enable in her
exclusive circle, and none knew, or cared to
know, that tne heal44 os&lng within her breast,
was heart o. stone.
4 year PASSED away. The father OF alice,
seeing that she was in 10 way inclined TO
choose one from her many loyersI choose for
her, and seieEied iiugh Grandson his future
sun iii law. The young nan was emily too ca
ger aSld H;iilips 10 accept the fair hand Offered
Eln, but when her iathec or0ught HIM 10 Ter
as an acknoN edged Ioger she shocked all bis
raptures and SAID coldiy--
Mr.. Grandson, let Us have perfect under
standing. do not love youi gcCer snai
love" look of pain slot over her CAIN ;iIce as
she repressed the word again. SIZE paused
for moment, and then weht-oi with her cold
dark eyes bent full upon his facv.
''But my father wishes US t. n&rry-your
parents wish it-you wish it. and | am not op-
posed to the measure. But beg you to un-
derstand distinctly that, while l give a wiie's
duty you must never look for her love or blind
submission. From the moment we leave the
altar, our lives must be separate, though our
home is one. On these conditions, and these
only, | will give YOU my hand. Arc they ac
cep,ed?"
The young fnan stcod for moment beWil-
dered. There was no mstaking her words or
manner. Those clear dark eyes, that scornful
lip and naughty brow: assured him that one
had spoken the TRUTH and no love was there /;
but he iIad long cherished passion for her,
and hoping thai bis fervent love might win
some angcaon III return. wh5n they were one
in the =, es Of the world, he clasped the small
fair hand in his, raised it to his lips, and an
swered
81 acospt And It shall be the study of
my life 10 make YOU appy.'
BE it so, was her unnoved reply, and then
she left him.
The engagement was soon made public, and
all ewes were euriously scanning the happy
pair. They could find no fault with The IL
conceived devotion of the lover; and the calm,
unlnoyed way in which Alice received his at
tention. or listened to his whispered words,
was acknowledged to be the very perfection Of
high breeding "a queen could not he more
TRANQUILITY selfpoSsessed," was the general
verdict, as all looked eagerly forward to the
bridal
/. L came ere long, on bright sunny spring