Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-07-06

Weithanked him for the unexpected cut,r-
tesy, and Fred whispered in my ear:NI
After all, Charlsy--tirst impressions are
In the meantime the storm continued to
4 increase in violence, and the roar of the wind.
and the rushing of the river against the bank.
as It rolled onward toward the mighty lean Il
was soon to take, made us enjoy with double
gusto our comfortable shelter; and by the
time our abundant game supper had been
partaken Of and the capacio,is fire place flied
with blazing wood, we felt not only at home,
but positively happy; while our host throw
ing off all reserve, became as communicative
/ aS an old acquaintance. eJ72 hg53TGT' hsd
| AT length, presuming upon our familiar
footing, yentured to express my surprise
that one possessing the knowledge of the world
md ofmah that lie did, should withdraw
himself 50 entirely from them, and live the
life, of the ,reclase he eyidently, did. ijH MS
| sad smile spread itself over his face, as
he replied Doubtless my friend, every man
| has a reason for the peculiar track he p,,nr.
isucs1in lifc. 4 have miho for prpfttrine the
apparently msocial and selfish ono I hayt
| chosen,, II is not, that;I am a misanthrope
for from til love my, kind,-but life has
Eceascd to hold out the alluremcnts 1t tld Some
thirty years ago, when Ishad hoped to share
it with those frsloyed.,d i ana alone in the
EweEld for no human tic remains, with me, this
! side of the grave. The last and strongest
I was torn from Inc almost within siyllt Of this
very spot,1fSnce thent have lived the life
Eyoui now observe, ,---lny books and nature al
most my sole companions :--if NAV, EXPECT
my faithful Mungo, who has shared this cab.
in with me for the last ten years. It Is wears
since have narrated the great fearful event
of my life, but it, will make the hours Of
this gloomy night pass off the more rapidly t.
you, | will once more recall them, though the
reininiscencc is the most painful I can rcfe,
| to.p iljgBil stE D. snaSiii3 gGi - niR4 eHti
n begged himy to; pardon nayh toughtlcss
inquisitiycncss, and protested against his
| recalling the past events Of his lifc, which
doubtless were Of the most sacred nature to
himself But un,nindful of my words, he
related the following stery:f, fi A.. a,s,Y',
/, will not dwell long upon the early PASS
! ages Of my life" he commenced, Mb1t vii,
come Immediately to the one great. sad and
controlling event in it, to which 7 Ihayc re.
ferred. My first strecellections are Of the beau
tifnl banks Of the Trent, in northern Stafford
shire, where l was born Twas an only child.
and my parents dying in my carly boyhood.
was left TO the guardianship of my mother !
brother, whose family cndcavored, lby their
kindness, to make me forget the unhappy
nature Of my position. But as grew older.
could not but feel deep yearnins for the
love Of mother, though my aunt almost fill
ed that relation to me. In my uncle's fami-
ly, l had for playmates their own only daugh-
ter, Evelyn, and another cousin ON nv faith.
cr's side, who was, singularly enough.
occupying precisely the same position as
myself. Like me, he was an orphan. and
under the guardianship of my uncle Browning.
His name was Arthur Smithson. He was
my senior by some two years, while INV
beautiful blue-eyed cousin, EVELYN. was a
year and half younger than L. . With all
the ardor of my childish nature, I attached
myself at once to my cousins; and during an
the years Of our childhood we were scarcely
ever apart. We grew to love each other with
an affection stronger, if possible, than that
Of brothers and sister ! for Evelyn, whom we
both idolized, seemed to come between us a
bond of love, celncntirg us more strongly to-
gether than even the love of brothers. She
was q gentle, loving child, and her amiable
character continued to develop itself as she
grew older. For about ten years we remain
ed under her fathers roof, receiving instruc-
ton from the same teachers, and studying
the same branches together, excepting some
| of those peculiar accomplishments belonging
exclusively to her sex. / But after that time.
Arthur and myself We're sent to school, away
from home, and afterwards to the university.
All our vacations, however found us at homo
in the society Of our beloved Evelyn, who on
every visit seemed to have still improved iil
all lOveliness, and all the perfections of woi
manhood. + IN l.,.-,sI =.
But let me pass over this period. As I,
became a man, learned that the love bore
my gentle cousin was indeed different from
that of brother and farther, that she re-
turned all my gushing affection. In short,
she became my wife. 1t was shortly after
our marriage, that we both learned to our
surprise and sorrow, that our cousin Arthur
had been upon the point of proposing for her
hand, little dreaming. that had ever regards
ed Ihf in any other light than that Of q sis
ter. Poor Arthur knew well how to feel
for him, well imagining what my own grief
would have becninnlcr the same disappoint-
ment. He never mentioned the subject him.
sell, and wishing us all happiness, soon after
sought to forget his passion amid the new
scenes which opened to linn in Canada. -
I" He wrote to us regularly, expressing HIM
self highly pleased with his new prospects.
and at length began to hint atrthc necessity,
now that he was established in a good pro-
fession, Of taking TO himself a wife, thus lead
ing nslt suppose that he had, finally con.
.qucrcd his early, disappointment, 9, .af
=, We had been married about three years.
when the parents Of my Evelyn, stricken BY
q fatal epidemic, died within few days Of
each other; and few days after, with view
of drawing her away from the scenes Of home,
which continually reminded her ofour mourn
full loss, proposed to make voyage to Anne
rica, and spend the season with Arthur in
his now home, upon the banks of the Niagara.
lie had repeatedly urged US to come, and now
insisted more urgently still that we should do
SO.
/" It was a balmy June morning when, ac-
cempanicd by Evelyn, and our darling boy,
(whom we had christened Arthur, after our
cousin, in the arms Of his nurse, we stood
upon the landing Of the village Of. the Chip
pewa, which you can see just yondcr across
the river" and Chambers pointed through
the little window in the directiong !" Arthur
was awaiting cur arrival, and with bounding
pulses We FASTENED into each others einbra-
ces. As he. drew the form of his foster sister
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