Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-01-20
1- No one knew ANYTHING


about Mr.. VaIeBtin. 2sgdus nssd szs5 yea
In an hour of more than tusual loneli-
mes and trouble, she whispered to herself,
that, should Eugene pressshis suit anew,
she would consent to marry him. She
liked him. She was weary of her own
life, Gagged and crihed as she was; she long,
ed for feed em from the restraint thatpoy-
esty and widowhood were constantly inn
posing upon her; aad these combinedOpor-
ated wonderfully in Eugenes favor.n The
marriage Was strictly private; and Mr..
Staabufy's friends had mo suspicion ilat
lieshad ecerlmarried atlall uutil after she
became his wife. loreseaE: s,ll diiB gfs7aa
Hetoek her to q pleasant home, as COM
forsabIe, il nos quite as luxurious as the
one she had shared with Mr.. Falentin, and
nit that she could ask for was bestowed up
on her with generous psofusion.i Their
dwelling. awo or three miles from ihe heart
of Montreal, was surrounded with trees
and fowery shrubs ofyevery description.
Inside, there was every comfort ihaUa lir-
ing heart could suggest. The hearsl of
Hoftense awoke to,life,stolloxe, 10 happi-
ness; and to see her thus Trejoiced that of
husbandaEssG ,acasdsid ssmab st.l x ,tss
Two years iof almost unmingled bliss
went by but the the third year coinmen.
ced with some alarm for the health of Eu.
gene. Twice had Hortense seenhim draw
handkerchief from bis lips, which was
STEPPED in blood; and often his nights
we're passed in coughing until nature was
exhausted, and the morning sleep found
him drenched in the terrible swea,s which
so surely Portend consumption. Hortense
struggled against this new and terrible sor-
row. . II was the first time she had witch
cd over one so dear to her. 1t was the
first time that she had seen the effects of
this insidious disease;i and hope and fear
alternated in her breast, until at length
she hoped against all hope, and the blow
came down upon her all the harder; that
she had not schooled herself to feel its ap
proach. b ifVaisi lfzs7 g5i.i .9l.fosf fac
lssa*g .si r. - ei*3ia2* adl q sol
"Eugene do not name it, she said ;,"youi
wiii ibreakby hearth ssaa staaT o4>l'.
-5:.But sou must learit, Hortense. Il can
not stay with you long. Thank heaven
that i leave you above want. Promise me,
dear, that you will never leave this home.
Trust me, l. will be with yon in spirit
whenltae form is laid in the, earth; watch
ing, guarding, If possible, speaking TO you.'
lit WIS his hast night OH earthsssWhcn
the morn broke, his eyes were closed in
the s!umbers of death. Is ISL od g-gs79a q
Hortense wandered for months about
her beautiful home like a perturbed spirit.
There was nothing that bad been touched
by Eugene that had hot a solemn ana sa-
cred value in her eyes, The trees he lad
planted. the towers he had formed, all had
a afneaning toaher that nos one else could
understand; and yet upon each Of these,
and upon her whole heart and life, seemed
written; l"the glory has departed!"' ia 'a7i
1t is time to 90 back 10 the days of Nj.
Valentin, and see what became of the fond
and courageous advehturer. At first, he
was almost distracted at the thought of
parting with Hortence; but once the Rubi-
con passed, be became. more calm. A few
years he thought would find them togcth.
er; never to part; and perhaps they would
be all the happier for the separation. od~
Full of hope, he went to the mines Of
Australia. Day by day he wrought there,
enduring hardshps sunlleard Of before,
but bearing. them with the courage and
forti,ude of a hero.- Ever before him was
the word Hortense. 1t nerved his arm, in
the rough mines when he struck his. iron
ins the gold giving soil; it 1soothed him
when be, lay. burning with fever in, a rudel
shan,y in the. mountains; his thought by
day and dream by night was still on his
own Hortense. Not word, however, ever
reached him from her !; and he often shud-
dered at the fearful probabilities that arose
to his mind. Hortense might be sick. suf
fering; might deem him dead, or unfahh
ful; no, THAT could never be-she would
have faith in him as in the sun. Come,
what would, she would not be shaken in
her trust. But as be lay in the miserable
shed which held his sick bed, he would
have given worlds for one glance from her
eve, one pressure of her hand, to show that
he was not forgotten; and as he watched
the stars overhead, shining through the
low roof, he thought that if Hortense was
dead she would appear to him in his need.
The rude miners were too intent on gain
to watch beside his bee, and many were
the days and nights in. which be lay un-
tended. Aid came al, last in the shape of
a ehild--a young boy whose father was at
work in the mines, and whose. mother sup
ported herself and child by washing.--
Hours did little Ben Cole sit beside him.,
Watching every movement, and trying 10
give him ease; or bringing water from the
spring, he would bathe his feyered forehead
with hisilittle hands. "a tender nurse, in
deed, was little Ben, and on. his recovery,
NJ. VaIentin made the laundrsss happy by
providing for the boy. o. slniloI, i,,ss il
m. Valentin had been richly rewarded
for his enterprise a Gold had showered in
upon him In almost fabulous pfofusion; ; and
now he seriously thought Of offetutaing home.
Somewhat enfeebled By his hate illness, he
was struck with dismay Mt being again
and to find that his disorder
was the dreadful smallpox. That he lived
this, was only because bis eonsti
tuition was so excellent that even this enc
NY would not vanquisL it: He did live,
but bis own mother could not have known
him, SO deeply scared and disigpred lad
he become. With his returning strength
he set cut for home. Hortense! Montreal F!
were, now the beginning and end q his as as
One thing oniy marred lis Joy