Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-11-18
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ANNETT. THE HE1REssi
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THE sFORAGING PARTY. ui.n
A Tale az ihe Late War.
Fly =. u. INGRAHAM-,

Edward OgilyiEes Es1s vas st the J. Youngest eta of
Eve brave brothers s7ySR Who : served their
country, beth on the field and on the sea
during the last war, Theil mother was
widow of comfortable estate. who
dwell IN pleasant homestead, facing
the waters Of the Boston. Bay, Large
elms oSersiadowed, tho. roof, and broad
fields iSterpersed with, woodlands. the
property of Squire Harwood, man of
substantial wealth, who had ap, only
daaShtef of eighteen who was a belle
and an heiress.I The .sroad. from the
hopestead of the, widow OgiIyie wound
along 4he, sea, beccb with a hedge and
gree0 felds bordering it Gu one side.
and che white spark ling. sand aud the,
blue waves an: The other, The distance
between the: two mounta;ns was little
less thap a mile, and about halt. way be-
twceh was a. bridge of stone, ,spa1ping
q small riyplet that had d course Of half
a dozcp m lies from the interior. - -
It,Was about an hour before sunset,
near The close Of the war. in the month
of October, that Edward, .OgiIvic, was
crossing The bridge TO- visit Annette
HarYood, the beauty and heiress; for
the charms of the rustic belle had Ia ken
captive the young students heart. and
and every evening, for the last mont he
had directed his steps in the direction
of heF abode, E 1wartdi, was in his twen-
tieth year, of good fsure,, of;a pleasing
but somewhat didRdent address, and
with that calm mcditative aspect pecu-
liarto Students for such was this young
man,l- Annette was not, flowed without
giving her heart in return to Edward;
but the Squire. although he had obserY-
ed, With apparent indiffeEence. this mn
tuaT attachment he had q mind of His
own touchipg . matter so interesting to
the lovers themselves. -. -, = :
EdEard had got upon : the bridge
wheTs be used 70 inger few, inmates
rs he crossed torlwateh the. flowing, sea
rush Through the arch up the creek and
gaze upon its expnnse of Watersi or from
the opposite side Of. the bridge, contem-
plate The dark inlet as il lost itself amid
overha1ging trees in . dell where stood
a mill Pelopgins. sqpally to the tWo ma
EdgaiEEa bal hf paused AUS nomeh. G.ya,,1th on lie
bridge % watch the effect. Of the ppyple
light Of the western sky reelected upon
its mottled, bosom, when his eyes. we're
arrested by q sail in the, ohng. He
contihled 70 watch it for a few, moments,
and then went on his way, from time
to time glaheing seayard t! admire the
stately and slow motion of its track less
passage over the ocean. AS. be came
near the dwelling, Of Squire. Harwood,
he discovered that her course was to
wards the land, but seeing Annette on
the RiAzEa, ,ihe forgot thet vessel fhast-
en- toahcFs7fThe, meeting was more like
that Of brother and. sister thaa of lovers;
thatIi ie ii. was ,afectionatej drank q and
free, from restraint t,szn i9afIingia sIoTf =
"We4shani haye alovely evening to
walk, the sunset will be so pleasant,
said Annette, whom we would stop to
describe flour pen could do Justice to
her beautyIia,Np will however; say thai
the cOlOEIofIhers eyes, was aadeepi sse:
blue,lsaaddtheyS sparkIed likebMuxes
glaneiBgnin: the1suuiight; herr lips hat
once doubtless been pair Of cherries
stolen from Cupid, to make her moutl
the pfettieet Imodth ifmaginaBieo He
smiIewds Sunshine, fher form wnssylPh
likeASna ailodmih glwith y6ath; ?herteic,
full ofGi6sie, and every motion ,grdee
full sga fw6'E oSb9 Wasageed III uner
ed, Intelligent sadisditabIy grave, AM
was Just the maideHp to enS6are austu
de:t like Edward oOgi1vie!t 2Giie5fGi .
"Yes Annetten the air is rich witt
Roideb tiht IS and soft as y , ynne evening"
SUPPOSE wd pahiblc towards the village
and listen to the martial rrttif music Of tn
seldieiso4ks iStAey march from ith'
grodndi?'' biIos sdI al iod- lolsil isa
81 should like it Of all things M!