Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-10-27
'EIne. Begi,,uatmE of LIies or. Roll
8 ing over with a., Pretty Girl In
VI ia Stvctsun OF water. 'sJ ~ Il

Boileai, we are told, driven into his ca
rcer by the head Of tate. apd the beak Of a
turkey. AtiIla started in,life with no otl el
, cause than, an oil sword. which he
was adHroit enough TO palm off for the di
owed his polhieal career To- wetting his
stocking, and there lIeard, "the words
, Which burn" which f2alIis soul and de.
termined his course of lifeg. My running
+ away fronll,emtu arose from ininormoi.
! si6eaEio1 lie syeglliaf Sasrging. prs.ls
Fgiri 0peFH brook. .,-.....' n x. ~.
i Donald Lean and myself were good
friends at fourteen years Of age; and we
both regarded, with more than friendship,
pretty Ellen Graham. tour eldest girl'' at
school. We romped and danced together
and this lasted for such ength of time,
that it has been with feelings of bewilder-
ment that have looked back upon the
mystery Oftwo lovers continuing friends
But the time came, as come il must, and
famed IT into burning flame. .l,...-
| Well do remember how and when the
"green eyed" perpetrai ed this incendiaiy
deed. 1t was on acold. October evening,
when HELEN, Donald and myself were re-
turning with our parents from a neighbor-
ing hamlet. AS we approached ford
where the water ian somewhat higher than
ankle deep, we prepared TO carry Helen
across, as we were accustomed TO do, with
hands interviewer "chair fashion," and
thus carried our pretty passenger over the
brook.
just as we were in the middle of the
watel-which WAS cold enough at that
time to have frozen anything like feeling
out of boys less hardy than ourselves--a
faint pang of jealousy nipped my heart
| Why it WAS / knew not; for we have car
ried Helen fifty times across the brook ere
now, without emotion, but this evening
thought or fancied that Helen gave Donald
an undue preference by casting her pretty
arm abound his neck, while SIZE steadied
herself on my side by holding the cuff Of
my jacket. '-
No flame can burn SO quickly, or with
so little fuel as jealousy Before we had
reached the opposite bank, | wished Don
aid at the bottom of the sea. Being natur-
ally impetuous, burst out with
''Ye need ma hand sac gingerly, Helen,
as if ye feared ia. l can aye cary ye
lighter than Donald can halfo' yep
Surprised at the vehemence Of my tone,
omr queen iisterposed witts. sn ndmission
that we were both strong. that she had
no idea of sporinss MY f,.vr,s- Dut Don
AIDS ire was kindled, and he utterly de-
MED that was able to compete with him
in feats ofcarriage. On such topics boys
are. generally enulous, and by the time
we had reached the opposite bank, it was
settled that the point should be determined
by our singly bearing Helen across tie
ford f ~ F.nt p. fI-.
Helen was to determine who had carried
her most easily, and seoaBd with myself
privately in advance, that the one who OBJ
taihed the preference would really he the
person who stood the highest in her a1ec-
lions. This refectiousstimulated me to
every effort, and / verify believe to this
day. that l could have carried Donald and
Helen on ei;ler arm ike feathers. But
must not anticipate.
We suffered all the rest Of the party to
pass along, and then returned to the ford
lifted Helen with the utmost care. and
carried her like an infant to the middle Of
the water. Jealousy lad inspired wsrm
er love, and it was with feelings unknown
before, that | embraced her beauif iful form,
and felt the soft pressure Of her chcek
against my own. All wentswimmng'y
or rather wadingly, for a minute. But,
alas, in the very deepest par; Of the foid,
| trod on treacherous bit of wood, which
r sted, suppose, on smooth stone.-
Over rolled, bearing Helen with me,
nor did we raise until fairly soaked a.,
I need not describe the launts Of Don
aid, or the more accusing silence of Helen
Both believed that'I had fallen from mere
exhaustion, and my rival demonstrated
his superior ability by bearing herin his
arms for long distance on her homewsrd
path. AS we approached the house, Hell
en-, feeling better humored, attempted to-
conciliaie me. But preserved moody
silence. l WAS mortified beyond redress
That night packed up few things and
ran away. My boyish mind, sensitive
and irrIated, exaggerated the negation
which it had received, and prompted me to
course which fortunately led me to better
results than usually attend such irregular
tiles. went to Edinburg, where l
found an uncle, kindbearsed, childess
man, who gladly gave me place in his
house, and employed me in his business.
Wealth flowed in upon him; became his
partner-went abroad-resided four years
on the continent, and finally returned to
Scotland, rich, educated, in short, every
thing but married. .a
One evening at ball in Glasgow,
| was struck by a young lady of unpre-
tending appearance, but whose remarka-
BILE beauty and high-toned expression in
dicated mind Of more than ordinary pow
er. L was introduced to her, but the
Scottish names had long been unfamiliar
to my ear, and could not catch hers. 1t
was Helen something, and there was some-
thing in her face 100, that seemed familiar
something suggestive of pleasure and
pain. -'' 90
But we became well acquainted that
evening; learned without difficulty her
history. She was from the country, had
been educated, her parents had lost their