Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-01-07
SrIrrt Nig:rllnnu,
Beloved, Betrothed, Betrayed

"Come, Charles, if you design giving
me an introduction to Miss Legarc this
evening, l want you to do so quickly
If one who possesses SO much of that
leluty Of character, SO well calculated
TO adurn a woman, as you represent this
lady, look upOn rather as cnbarrass-
ing One so rough and unhcwn in his
manners as myself, will hardly prove an
interesting associate. But as you have
promised lIer and myself that we should
become known to each other. let us at
tend to it.
Stop, stop, Harry" replied the one
he addressed. Il will go chccrfnlly, and
will 20 now, since you seem from your
conversation, to be forming a resolution
not to go. One word, however, in re
gard to Miss Legarc. As l have before
told you. she is handsome, intelligent
and accomplished. She possesses dis
position, which l know you will concur
with me in saying, is amiable, when
once you see her. As for yourself you
need not be uneasy in regard to that,
have already revealed to Miss Legare
who you are and what you are. How-
ever. ludl IL IClC bOI lhClc 81
come along and you shall see her.
And away they went. Taking ad-
vantage of their absence, gentle reader,
We will take the liberty of learning
something of the character so unccre-
moniously introdu, cd to you.
Charles Clarence, then, was a young
man of rare endowments. He possess
ed mind fully competent to embrace
within its scope the most intricate sub
jccts. His father being possessed of a
liberal fortune, was not sparing in his
efforts to enrich Charles mind with
learning. lie was accordingly sent to
one of the first colleges, where, after
years of toll and study, he had received
diploma, and returned to his home for
the purpose of entering upon the prac-
tice of medicine.
Harry Huger, although of fine and
we'll cultivated mind, of noble and gen
erous disposition, did not possess those
l,eeuniary advantages with which his
friend was blessed. He was of poor
parcntagc, and his education was neccs-
sarily limited. His father had placed
in his hands a good trade, which i'll its
proper use, promised Harry fortune.
He had, indeed, commenced business,
and his prepossessiDg manner and gen
tlcness of disposition soon brought to
his side host of friends. Harry lived
a days journey from the spot where
our story begins, and which was, in fact,
the residence of Charles. He was call
ed thrice to visit an aunt, and soon be-
came acquainted with Charles. 1t was
not long after these two spirits met, that
a friendship, firm and lasting, was form
ed. The place in which these persons
were introduced to the reader was at
the Office of Charles, in a beautiful lit
tie village, situated upon the margin OF
the Shenandoah, which winds it's way
through the Valley of Virginia. In
the course of their conversation, Charles
had frequently spoken to Harry of a
young lady of his acquaintance, and f.
nally determined to give him an intro
duction to her.
Having thus briefly described our he
ro, and the location of the events we
design relating, we 60 on to finish our
story. Harry was introduced to Miss
Legare; and soon, almost impercepti-
by to himself, was the silken cord en-
twined around his heart. In short, he
found, as he said himself ''she was all
his fancy had painted her" He was
not slow to reveal to her his emotions,
for he was ardent in his temperament,
u9d was happy to learn from herself
that this regard was reciprocated. 1t is
needless to traverse the pathway that
every lover was trod before he reaches
the fatal point where the fatal question