Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-02-26

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at some little distance from the parsonage
and 10 AIma's grave She had planted il
with roses, and had placed seat opposite
tOit Here, for the first time, Hcrtha spoke
Of her beloved sister, aud for the first time
Yngve felt what o depth Of tenderness wa,
concealed in her soul, and that the bitter
ness of her feelings had its root in tho
strength of her sympathy for the suffering
Of others. Yngve repaid her confidence hy
making her acquainted with his own family
circumstonces--his mother and her beauti-
fnl life. He described how handsome, how
gentle and lovable she was; how unceasing.
ly and quietly she labored for Others; seek
ing TO strengthen, to raise mp, to comfort
and how the inward peace seemed to bean
around her whole being like the glory Of a
saint
The two friends often returned TO thi:
place, and to this subject. Yngve some.
times read to Hertha the letters which be
received from his mother And the pecu
liar life and beauty which Yngve had des
cribed, breathed forth from the letters
Hertha listened to these communications
with the mingled feelings of pleasure and
pain. Sometimes her eyes filled with sweet
tears, as she contemplated this love, this
sweet relationship betweenparent and child.
Sometimes she felt painful sting in her
heart at the contemplation of beauty, a
peace from which she was SO far apart; and
the great admiration aud love which Yugve
expressed for the feminine type, as repre-.
sented in his mother, at times gave rise to
n Cpufimnnf oh tn ino Lone,
The proud mind also raised itself at times
in opposition and selfdefence
She has never experienced injustice and
severe treatment said Hertha, on one OF
these occasions; she has always experience
ed love, and then il is an easy thing to be
gentle and amiable!'
But she bluShed at the tone and the spir-
il with which these words were uttered. 4
all the more SO when Yngve's serious eve
was rivcted upon her, as if enqniring whal
it could I've which had now wounded her.
She eudeavored to avoid it by still asking
more Of his mother and his family crcdm-
stance.
The mother still lived as a widow, in the
house of her elder brother and Yngve was
not satisfied with her position there, athu'
she revcr complained; he knew that she
was not happy He looked forward til
longing To the time when he should he able
TO have home Of his own, and take hs
mother to live with him. lie talked with
childish delight Of how he would arrange
everything for her. Yngve was the eldest
his brothers, and the mother had given all
that she possessed for the education of her
sons, thai il might be as complete as posi-
ble. She was compelled, therefore, herself
to live on very circumScribcd means. Yrl
she felt herself, and all her letters testified
to this, rich in her sons aud their future
9ngve also spoke Of his broihcrs, whom
he cordially loved. They were semc years
younger Than himself, aud were only jus,
now allie fully to pr"vide for themselves,
the one AS tutOr IN II private family, the
other MS u naval officer.
Good lndSl excellent lads!' Yngve us
ed to call them, yet nevertheless they had
their faults which evidently had often
caused their brother uneusineSS. He talk
ed about them sometimes in fathely kiud
of tone, " hirh made Hcrtha one day laugh
ingly ask him, how much older he was than
MS
This I'D 10 the discovery that Yugve ami
Hertha were nearly of the same age; Her
tha only few months the elder of the two.
Yet il seemed to Hernia that she was very
old in comparison with Yngve. He was
in fact so young in soul. Life and hope
in him were in full blossom Often, indeed,
would the youthful flow Of his spirits carry
hun along into playful extravaganza. Then
he would joke and laugh at everything, and
draw caricatules of the ladies and gentle
neil OF their acquaintance, nay, even of
himself and Hertha, which made her smile
in spite of herself; aud however it might
be, even she herself became younger, as it
were, during her intercourse with Yngve.
Her heart grew brighter, so also did the
of her countenance. Many re-
marked that she began to be really good
looking, and it was ouly Mrs. Uggla who
suspected a galloping consumption from
-he heightened aud clearer color of Her
.ha'S cheek.
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