The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-03

them for weeks after that night, At the
theatre, until one morning was walking in.
to my Office, thinking Of " declarations" not
in love, but in law, when her image start
cd out in my memory with more than the
distinctness OF most familiar faces. can.
not explain why this should be so, any more
than | can explain why II is that at oeca-
sional periods in every mans life there
flashes across his mind, with sort Of curd
ling shudder, u shsdOvy consciousness Of
having seen and heard all that is then pass
ing, ut some remote point Of the illmitable
past. only know that both are true.
The causes OF and the deduction from leave
to profouuder spectators. .
"Once having presented ITSELF II seemed
determined not to be exercised, and It main
tanned its position during the entire morn.
ing, pertinsciously returning TO the attack
whenever displaced for moment by assid.
uous application to the perusal Of Coke
upon Lyttleton.'
"In the afternoon OF the same day was
passing slowly down fremont street. There
had been warm sun for some days, and
the snow was disappearing. Now aud then,
when it was drifted on the roofs, the damp
ening OF the states occasioned il 10 slip from
its position, and descend in miniature ava.
lanches into the streets below, sometimes
carrying with II fragments OF ice, which,
from the last nights freezing, were clinging
10 the caves.
Suddenly one Of these slides deluged
me with snow, and lady, who had been
walking just before me for some distance,
was knocked down by fragment Of ice.
"Oi course, my first impulse was to raise
and carry her into the nearest shop the
next, TO inquire IL she was at all injured.
But the motion Of carrying commenced the
work Of termination, and the restorative g
produced by some ladies present in the shop,
soon completed it, and the same eyes ! had
seen at the theatre again met my own.
at would be usclcs to detail to you how
it happened that called carriage and ac-
companied her to her fathers house or
how pleasant acquaintance spiung out OF
that chance service OF thousand other
things you can az well imagine.
let it be enough TO tell you, what ! sup
pose you already anticipate, that q friend.
ship soon grew up between us, which, long
before the blossoms OF the following spring
had ripened into acknowledged love, and
that al unheedipg any obstacle which might
be vet up between us, we were happy as
summer birds.
For son.e years previous TO this time,
little-nay nothing-had been said by any
party in regard to the contract long before
entered into between the parents OF Louis
and Mary and the latter whose gay heart
had scarcely given il q thought until she
met with me, now began TO hope that it
had been forgotten. or, at least, abandoned
by tacit consent But causes which ! will
briefly allude to, soon brought il to remem-
brauoe.
For several months both the houses ol
Marshall and Milton, in common with a
major part Of the commercial community
had been dipping largely into extravagant
speculation, and had been losers 10 an alarm.
ing extent, though neither knew Of the
Others danger, and both retained their rep
utatiOn for wealth. Under these circum
stances, each looked 10 the consummaton Of
this contract of marriage an the most avail
able means Of avoiding bankruptcy and
accordingly Louis pressed his suit urgently
and Marshall aided him with oil bis powers
Of persuasion. was poor, and Marshall
was a--in short, 1t would have been worse
than useless for me 10 have spoken then.
And 80 the time had gone forward into
the summer. and one afternoon accidentally
brought Mary and myself together in ODE Of
l tba .,t, knnL Whila ttara OBJ
over the books, purchased one Of them and
gave il TO her. paying Tor it with bank
note Of some large denomination.
And now, let me hasten over portion
Of my lite which can give you little pleasure
in the hearing, and is certainly bitter 10
memory.
The next morning / was arrested
charged with having uttered counterfeit
money. need not tell you that was "A.
founded. knew not which way TO turn,
or what 10 say. There was the bill had
passed the day before, with the word Coun.
isrfeit written across the face by Louis
Milton, who, 10 entire ignorance Of the fact
that had passed il, bad thrown it out
when preseupd for deposit could not
deny having given il, snd, even II it could
have keen Of any avail, ] was unable TO say
whether 1t wss counterfeit or not Some
old enmi,y against my father prompted the
proprietor Of the book store 10 q viB1ictive
prosecution Of the charge and bitterly ~S
he revenged for my conviction. which fol-
lowed close upon my arrest, killed my p,or
mother"
The Old mans yoics ,rernbled. apd paus-
ing, b. nervousy knocked the sshes from
bv pip. turned away my face. and in
the ngh, Of the stars only, brushed away
the tears tina, would come In spite of ne
We'll, the trial came 90. did oil |
though, oOaId, bat eoaId not dsny ths,
hal given the note. Ii Seemed that there
oosd oe DO dOabt Of iu sparioaDe-s, and
,As prosecution vs pressed With singular
yisdie,,vtons ] vss eouvietsi and en-.