The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-01-13

"''Na'' walked INTO The parlor. "A large
daguerreotype case lay on the table |
Opened 1t, and looked into the dark eyes
OF Wallace Treat. Then | took up a
small but most exquisite engraving Of
sunset on the Rhine; on the margin were
tha initials WI Alter duly admiriug
ths' turned to An elegantly bound vol
ume Of Bryant's poems. Gu the fly leaf
OF this was written, by
WALLACE
TO his beloved ELISE HART.
Ny amazement, for the moment, auite
took away my breath. While was en-
deayorlng to FEEL all those few words had
revealed To me, AN eager wel-knowu call,
'Matre.' brought me to my feet, and FL
l'se and were IN each Others arms.
oh! | am SO lad that you are come,
darl'"g, aud the l;ule dimpled fingers
strokrd my checks fondly. I have long
e! every night Tor month past to see
yo"' more than you can imagine; Matte
nave great serre, To tell you'
: have guessed it ALREADY, Ellie said.
smiling iai sadly, half archiv, AS pom.
ted To the open hood.
She started quickly, and her cheeks were
Imcarnadmed with brushes.
L didn't know THAT wac on the table
! u""ght | carried it up s,anc How
VERY Careless of mer
'D'nt mlnd 1t now, dear. have on,,.
learned the secret II futile sooner than
otherwise should. St down nere now and
tell me all about it,
And + i>e did. She drew low :: ,oI
to her tee'. and arerting her face, 50 that
| mIght not see the bushes that covered
It, she whispered how Wallace Treat had
Won her heart.
Next S"p'emh.r. Matte, shall be his
wife, and You and Agnes shall he nv
hrid-s,naids.
80 soon, daring? And vou love him
better than all the world beside =
She turnei her head quickly, au, her
eyes made me AN answer before her Iips
dld. Better than all the world beside,
Matte"
1t was soon noised about Moss Glen
that ELISE Hart Was the bride elect OF
Wallace Treat.
She was f.vori,e throughou, the vii
lag", and Wallace, notwithstanding his
pr'dc ami reserve, won our hearts with
that w"ndrou. smiie of his, So there were
blessings aud pray ers lIraped Oh the bright
head al Elise Hart.
Daring the next mnnh | met her and
her hclrolhrd several Times, both ut her
residcr.ce and M, own.
NaIiaces watchtul tenderness, the love
that revealed itself III every word aud ac:.
must have satisfied the heart of any wo.
man, and 1t WAS not strange | thought,
EIises life will be like u song-a Sum.
mer song, t" the end.
The last time saw the two. ..ogether,
p"fore but you will know that soon
enough!
|, was at her mothers, and th. August
day hal been very bright, but toward
evening It had grown damp and chilly.
ELISE had one Of those delicate organ
H'tI"ns which are so sensitive 10 eleinrn
tai Influences. She had n severe head
ache. There were no guess but myself
and Wallace, and she laid her head on
his shoulder. ! see il there now, for il is
picture bound up and laid away in the
silence oi my heart. The golden curs
swinging round The pale. ,weet face, the
look o. quiet faith and happiness. resting
on every hn.ament, even 10 the holf clos
ed eIelIds, chained rv.gaze all that even
ing. | remember Wallace informed us
that Doctor Russell was expecting niece
"f his, from New York, the next dav, and
that size was considered quite belle, and
WAS coming up, he resumed. To restore
the roses she had lost in the gay elies Of
the last season.
She will be lonely up here in the coun.
try, said Elise, opening her sleepy eyes
We will call OH her Matte, when she
comes
The mex, Sabbath, when the doctor and
his family entered the church, the 'coun
Try folks stared Of course, with no little
curiosity, at the city belle. She WAS
brunette, Nth large, brilliant eyes, aud
thin features. did not think her hand.
some, and ! believe the secret Of her ut
tractiveress lay rather in her character
Il hal we'll nigh written her ar,) than
her face.
But there WAS a fascinating elegance
and refinement IN her slightest movement
and with my intense admiration for these
my ewes wandered quite too often from
the minister TO the city m,iden.
That week, ELISE and | called on her
We found her elegant, piquant, accom-.
PI'shed, aud little, a very Kllle palroni.
zing.
Our intended call Of twenty minutes
heightened in'o one or two l.ours. There
must have been something strangely fss
cinating IN the conversation Of laura
Mead.
A few days subsequent 10 THIS call, El
llse passed the evening At our house,
Wallace bad engaged to meet her there
in the evening. Night came. and he, usu.
ally so punctual, WAS not there with it.
Elise laughed off his nonsppearance, but
| could see her spirits were restless and
troubled.
At last presented himself, but it was
wearing toward nine O'Clock.
ELISE met him with An eager, wal
i