Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-02-23
NUMBER g.


: aJseaiurer' '.ire considered Eye,s,, Gray nd
now be, ,ou,e II, p,,or az he wa, Ne hsd
thought IL, 10 eBbr,ces 9rofes4ira .hy
Of gentleman, III ca.s would hsys b,ch
different. But il his romantic no,ioas led
hin to pursue such an oul.uf-the way course
ss he had laid out Tor bimsclf, he must eacYse
. her, IL she forbade her child rom sharing 1t.
Under preseni circumstances, his s.lisncs
could be declined by the Besuchamp family.
she said, with her stateiies, air. And tbs
mex; minute. US Everett held her hand. ,nd
said good bye. nhe melted again from that
rigid dignity, and, hooking into The FINK.
msnly, yet gentle face e the young San,
CRIED lib.
Are you quite decided, Everett viii yos
:oke time to con.ide win y.u talk 10
Rosa about il frsll
'No, dear Lady Besuch.mp. know sl.
ready what she would coy. I hs,e quito
decided. Thank you for all yUur purposed
kindness. Believe thGt am not ansr,tsfal,
even II seem so
'Oh, Everett,-Evere;t Gray! I smi verv
aorry for you, AID fur your mother, ind Tor
ell connected with ou. Il is most unhappy
business. IL givtr me great pain, ,ihus TO
part with you,' said L'dy Beauchsmp, with
real feeling. ....s.
And so the interview ended, and so ended
the engagement
Nothing else could have been expected.
every one said who heard the state Of the
csse, and kn"w what Lady Beauchamo ksd
wished end Everett had dec ided. There
were no words to dee be hos fooii-hiy end
weakly he had acted. 'Eyerybody' quite
gave him up tOs. Wi:b his ronsntIc. irsns-
cendenta notious, .ha, uouid heeome Of
him. when lie had b.. o~n wsy to make ia
the worldi
But Everett had consolation and hep
through il all; for Rosa, The. woman he
loved, his mother, and his sister tei!e7ed ia
him, and gloried in hat other psople called
his want OF common sens. AZ, ,hoIgn tbs
horrible wrench Of parting was suffered BY
Rosa eAery minute OF parting WIS suffered
by Rosa every minute Of every day, and the
shadow o.. that dreadful, unnatural sepsrs-
ton began to hncken her life even befors
it actually fell upon her,-througa il al. she
never wsvered. When he frat told her that
he must go, that it was the one thing ,hs
held it wise and right to do, she shrunk back
atfiigh ed, trembling at the coming b!sok-
ness Of a life without him. But after
while. seeing the misery ;hat came into kn
face reflected from hers she rose b-svely
above the terrible woe, and then, with her
arms round him and her eyes looking stead
fsstly into his. she suid. 4 love you better
than the life you are to me. So can bear
that you should go.' .. .....
And he said. There can be no real sew
erancu batween those who love as We do.
God, in His mercy and tenderness. vii! help
lus TO feel that truth, every hour and eSsry
day.
For they believed ihus-rhsss two young
Visionaries,-and lived upon that belief,
perhaps. whersthe time OF parting came.
And it may be tina, the thought OF each was
very constantly, very intimately present to
the other, during the many yea's that toll
lowed. II may be that this spesies Of mem
tai atmosphere, so surrounding snd 81 CON.
minging wth'all other things more visibly
and pslpably about them. did cstse these
dreamers to be'happier in itheir love than
msny ,ex ternally united ones. whose lot ap.
pears to US most fair and sme 9th and blissfUl.
Time and distance, leagues OF ocean and
years of'suspense, are not The most terrible
Things that can come between ,Uo poop's
who love one another.
And so Everett Gray. hs mother, and his
was married to Charles Barclay. then a
thriving merchant in Montreal. When the
people at home heard Of this, they were
wisely acknowledged chow much good there
had been in that young mar. in spite OF his
rsshnees and folly in early dave. No fear
about such a mans getting on in ,'e, when
once re gave his mind to e. and so forth.
Mean while, our Visionary- But Whist
need is there 10 trace him, sep hv step. in
the new life he doubtless found fully ss ardu-
Is rs no had anticipated! That It was
very struggling, difficult, and unconqpnial
life to him can he we'll understood. These
remin iscences of Everett Gray relsts to a
long pas, time. We can look on his life
now as almost complete aud finished. and re-
gard his past as those in the valley look up
to the hin that has nothing between il and
heaven,
Many years he rem sined in Canada, work
ing hard. Tdings occasionally resched Eng.
land OF h his prosrese. Rosa perhaps. hesrd
such at rare nisrvals,-though somewhat
distorted. it may be, from their original
tenor, before they reached her. But it sp-
peareG certain that he WAS getting on In
defiance and utter contradiction Of all the
sapieni predictions there IL seemed
thai this dreamy, poeiizipg Everett Gray
wac absolutely successful in his new voea.
tion ot man OF: business.
The news tnst he had become partner
in the firu he had entered as a clerk WIS
communicated in a letter from himself 10
L.dy Beauchamp In it he, for the first time
since his departure Spoke of Rosa; but he
spoke Of her as il lhey had parted out yes-
lerdHy; and ia asking her mothers sanction
!. TO their brtrothal noW, urged, as from tFsn
both, their claim 10 have thai boon granted
at last. -.... .
Lady Beuuchamp hsstily questioned her
: daughter.
;. sYou ufist have heen rorrpsnnndiup with