Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-12-03


other sought her main enjoyments amidst
tangible matters; and while her husband
read Horace in his study, she was very
likely to be reducing some one of Miss
Leslie's very excellent receipts to actual
service in the kitchen. The only confdant
therefore, that Grace had was her father,
and as their temperaments were much
alike, they were very happy together
The reader will at once understand, that
in referring to these matters, we would
show the reason why Grace was endowed
with such a peculiar taste and mind, why
she loved to muse so often alone, rather
than sit by her mothers side, and chat
with her upon domestic affairs. All
Grace's ideas Of mankind had been gather
ed from her close companionship with her
father he was her model-her beau ideal
of man, noble, generous, brave and in
tclligent. These qualities she had learned
from very childhood to admire and love
in him, and she thought to herself some
times, 30, how dearly would love com
panion like him, in whose heart l could
pour every aspiring thought, who would
be sure to sympathize with me, and who
was really worthy to be loved !" With
few associates, and as we have before said,
no confdant save her father, Grace was
thrown much upon herself, and much with
in herself. But still she was cheerful and
happy, ever good -natured, and ready with
merry laugh and kind word.
"Grace," said her father, one day, "I
have received note this morning from
General Armstrong, saying that he shall
send Edward and Ernest Winslow to pass
the holidays vacation with us. The
general, as you know, was my fathers
classmate at college, and his firm friend
till the day of his death. These gentle
men, Edward and Ernest Winslow, are
his nephews, and cousins to each other,
and over whom the general has been ap-
pointed guardian, and trustee of the pro-
perty left them by their deceased parents
He says that he had much rather trust the
young gentlemen here than in the city,
and has, therefore, taken the liberty to
billet them upon us for couple of weeks.
They are from West Point, not having
yet graduated, though both arc very near
that period in their term"
at will be very pleasant, father, to have
them here, wont itp"
"Why, yes, Grace, if they are gentle
manly and intelligent, as hope"
"Of course; but General Armstrong
would not have sent them else"
"True," answered the father, somewhat
thoughtfully, "he would not" 7ara
Grace thought she discovered slight
expression of dissatisfaction in her fathers
countenunce, as he turned away and left
her. . ..-r. ..... ...... . ..s.Ef
"He could not know these young gentle.
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should he dislike to have them come"
She thought it must be in some way re.
garding herself that he was troubled, and
she resolved to be more than usually re-
served in her demeanor when they should
come, because she reasoned to herself that
her father perhaps thought her too young
and too uniformed in character to associate
much with gentlemen. Grace did not fall
asleep half so early as usual that night
but lay awake thinking about the coming
visitors. 1t was quite an era in the history
of her home for two young gentlemen
visitors to be domesticated there. And
they were cadcts-young soldiers There
was a charm in the word 'soldier," that
spite of her good judgment, pleased thu
fancy of Grace Osgood
When Grace, on the following day, ua'
introduced to two young gentlemen in th'
undress uniform of the army, she though
them both as fine specimens of men as sh,
had ever beheld And so very remarka
bly, did they resemble each other Gan i'm
preston much heightened by the effect o
their uniformity in dress), that it wa
nearly evening before Grace had Learned
which was Ernest and which Edward
Had they been twin brothers, instead o
cousins, they could not have looked NOR
alike and yet, though so similar in person
no two persons could have differed NOR
in temperament.
The cadets, on their part, declared tha
Grace was most charming and lovely be
ing Edward, with all the fire and grac
that were his characteristics, and Ernest
with that calm but deep feeling with whic'
, he always spoke of what deeply intereste