Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-06-02

great sacrifice in your case. With your
face, figure, and address, it is pity if you
cannot make your mark in the world, and
especially with the ladies'
Much more he urged in the same strain,
and actually succeeded in inspiring me with
some of his own impudence, and walked
into the snpper-room with an air which
might have fitted an millionaire. Two days
passed, and although there were many love-
ly women boarding in the same house, none
seemed to impress Ned as being good
enough for me.
Why said he, that splendid beard and
moustache OF yours should command the
very highest price in the matrimonial mar
ket.'
Let not the reader suppose that l was
really so mercenary as to think only of max
ing a marriage Of convenience on the con
trary l would not have married the daugh-
ter Of a CrGsus, unless / had truly and
sincerely loved her. had pictured to my
self the lovely face and form which was at
some future time to make sunshine in n
home which / should prepare for her. and
no thought Of the wealth she should bring,
| dimmed the romance o! my imagery.
| Edward Willard had been my class-mate
at college, and firm and lasting friendship
bad sprung up between us. But while my
means were consumed in fitting me for q
profession, Ned left college to take posses
sion of a splendid fortune left him by a
bachelor uncle, and he was bent upon en-
ioying life, while he used the means to keep
his fortune entire. He always deplored my
Strengthened circumstances, and would have
shared his purse with me; but was proud,
as well as poor 4 preferred to win my way up
the activity Of life, unaded. However, /
felt inclined to humor him in this new freak
of his, being satisfied that when my power
ty was Known, no girl accustomed to wealth
would consent to share it with me.
Before the third morning after our ar
rival at Newport, as Ned and was return
ing from a sea-bath, carriage drove to the
door of the hotel, from which alighted a
portly, jocose, looking old gent, who hand.
ed out slight figure, dressed in rich
travelling robe, but whose features were hid
den by a vail Of impenetrabe thickness. A
ladies' maid followed, and then trunks anC
boxes innumerable, and iually smart look
ing darkie jumped from the drivers box
and followed the party into the house
Through him it was soon ascertained tha
the name of the gentleman was Somerville
and the young lady, his only child and heir
There, now,' said Ned is the girl fo
you, Charlie and l predict that before ont
year is passed, she will be your BRIDE
But perhaps she is old and ugly sug
gested /, and then all the money in crea
tion would not tempt me to marry her.
Nonsense, she is young and beautiful,
know it by her graceful walk and daint
ancle. | would try for her myself, onl
that l am already engaged
And she scas beautiful, and as we Ell
countered her in our walks and drives a
ways accompanied by her father, was nc
long in coming to the conclusion that ha
never seen lovlier Her complexion wa
+ dazzingly fair, but her cheek We'd with tb
j rose in color. Her hair hung in curls owe
her shoulders, and was Of rich gloss
! brown, but changing to a golden hue in th
sunlight; her eyes were brown, large an
3 ustrous. Ned managed to procure an il
% PRODUCTION, and so interlarded his converse
tion with eucominms Of his friend Carlton
who he represented as an embodiment of a
the cardinal virtues, that Miss Somervil
expressed a wish to be introduced to mC
Elated at his success Ned soon drew N
to her side, and having performed the nj
cessary preliminaries left me to follow u
: the acquaintance. This l was not slow t
do. and found the mind Of this fair maide
worthy of the casket which contained i
: Sprightly in conversation, with an arch an
most fascinating manner, found her irrest
BILE, and when l reluctantly left her, m
= heart was in a state which, TO say the leas
j. was highly dangerous. What impression
/ had left upon her mind knew not, but
y certainly had done my best.
e The morning following my introductio
: to Ida SomerviIle as lay dreaming in beC
4 Ned bounded into my room and in voiC
Y loud enough to wake the seven sleeper
t screamed into my ear,
J. You are mad, stark, staring mad,
J loose such a chance
y ), 'Chance,' echoed 1, what do you mean
why, there is your bride that is to b
" gone to walk on the beach, nobody but h
) maid with her, and you should be the
too, the very time to make an impression
,, Ten minutes later l was on my way
;, the beach, and not long in finding her
sought She was gathering shells, al
u chasing the receding waves, laughing wi
all the abandon of child. She seem
j., pleased to meet me, and Immediately e
q listed my services in carrying some of h
:, fossils, over which displayed my learnin
a whether to her edifcatiOn or not, | cam
=; saw How lovely Ida looked that morning
II exercise heightened the color in her chee
3 her eyes sparkled Yes, ladies, if you wi
to rivet the chains upon your admirers, ia
&c tan early walk with them. For that nor
20 ing sealed the fate of Carlton Heaton, Es
II NV heart was irretrievably lost, and l W
Z of opinion that the other party was near
IS in the same predicameut. Certain it is, tn
every morning for fortnight thereaft,
~ that place was a heaven to me; for there
u met sweet Ida Somerville, who bidding
y maid follow at a distance, suffered me
walk at her side, while l poured into /
H. ear the alteration of my soul. Rash, het
G, strong fellow that was, the disparity
ie our situations was entirely forgotten, ant
" only knew that loved and was belovC
Yes, had won the blessed assurance fr,