Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-06-18

iut0 my fathsrs haa6s who qui,tiy locked a. 4,
bic 10 n Hbffe itiaf nndisllirbea iof yaars tnti
at lenfth discovered it. y NHtN#
The letter ran thun my dear Jessy, hav,
spoken TO your father, and can hardly wonder
that, proud of yon ~ Ne lustlyis, he should hay.
scprnsd my humble suit Assured Of your love
can trust 10 time to overcome his obIeoiions
bat, dearest, ho told mo that which, if true, will
grevo me 10 the heart. He said that his daufh.
yer, too, would toorn me did she know that her
lover, unfrended and poor, trusted only 10 his own
ability and energy, Jessy, Is II so3 Have you al
ready lost faith 10 nc7 II not, send me one word
before I 60, that you will be true TO promise 20
love, and wait and hope. ask no more. II
shall not belong before oomo 10 claim my bride,
and then, even your father shall not soorn Tor Ri
son in-law, your fond, devoted lover, Frank stop.
ford" This letter I never received, and Frank
left our village with sad and bitter thou ehts n his
heart Of the proud village beauty who could so
soon plight and break her trotb. o' sII.I'
! Thew weeks counted from our parting grew into
montha, tho months into years. and heard nothing
from Frank. Two years amor no LEFT rs, his aged
father died, and bio mother went to London TO Join
her son, so all communication between his and or
village oeased Once London newspaper fell in
20 my hands, and read Of q trial In which the
prisoner was brayely defended by Mr.. =. Stopford
| Once, too, saw a notice Of hook. Of which he
was named the author, and the high terms In
which the critic spoke OF the work aud Of the wri
tor made me feel how far above me my former low
or was placed, and how soon one 90 humble az ny
self must have been forgotten.
Time passed on In our old farm house With qui.
et strides. My father, wrapped up In his CROPS
noticed not the shadow bis too proud fondnoss
had cast over his daughters life. IL was one sui
try evening In autumn tnat my father and / rode
over TO the market town to place In the bank there
sum of money which he had received for bis corn.
AZ wo entered the town, we noticed that a strange
exoitsment seemed TO pervsds i we'll dressed men
we're running 10 and fro with faces expressive Of
anger and anxiety and as we approached the bank
we perceived large crowd collected before t.
noisy, surginR, clamorous for the doors to be open
cd. As my father drove up the thronR made way.
and, amid silence that struck ominously upon
my heart, wO alightod. One brawny fellow pressed
forward, and with q look Of sympathy injured
"Haat much in, mpstor1" Another said; 'iFarm-
or Flower the banks brc kel they're all gone to
Meriky! while others crowded around with talea
Of their own losses and consolation for ours Con
ISOLATION my flther would none Of; without a word
he re-entered the car and it was not until he was
in his accustomed seat by tho nreside that he
seemed to realize tho extent Of our calhmity Then
with tearI streaming down bis furrowed cheek he
burst forth; "Oh, Jessy! Jossyl the money I've
been so long saving for thee, and thy grandfath-
er too--ull gouol and thought IL so safe tool
Fool that was TO trust them"
IL was In vain TO seek 10 comfort him, from that
day the old man dropped. By degrees be took
less interest 10 the farm, and suffered many things
W W heBlecttus lue consequence WAS, that the
land, badly cultivated produced poor crops u i of
course reduced the profits, so that on the second
halt year nfter our loss, my father found himself
unable as usual TO 60 to the hail With his rent In
his hsnd. The new squire-R harsh, unfeelinR
man-yexed to SEQ bis best farm going TO ruin
for want Of caro-, was only too glad TO tell my
father that new tenant had offered higher rent
for II, aud would take possession as soon as we
could leave. This news came upon my poor faith. |
or like thunder stroke, aud he strode from the
hall, yowing vengence on the squire and all that
was his.
When it became known in the village that farm
or Flower had received notice to quit his farm, in
dignation ran high, and Squire Maxwell lost
much of the popularity he had gained through |
erecting school-house and reading room, by this
exercise OF arbitrary power II was thus, sir, we
came to this cottage, which had been my mothers
early home. The change did my dear father good,
but bis spirit was broken, aud he won't about
moody and disappointed man. he never could
forgive the injustice to which he had been subject
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Concluded on MOndsy)