Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-14

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, with whom the world abonnds. The result
was conversation between himself and Van
drest, in which, utterly bewildered and despair
ing, poor Reuben declared his hidden and trea-
sured love, first with the shrinking timidity Of
man who sees his inmost heart rudely laid
bare, and then with the firmness given by
consciousness that there is in that heart moth
ing for which an honest man need blush.
eI am sorry for you, Mr, yandrest,"'' said the
blunt yet not. il-meaning citizen. "But it is
impossible that you can ever hope for Coras
hand.p ..,4 ..,.,
J., oWhy impossible?" said the young man,
recovering all his just pride and sclfposses-
sion. II am not rich; but have anunspotted
name, and the. world is all before me-. Do you
i object to my profession /"
sBy no means; a musician is an honorable
man, Just as much so as a storekeeper."
AT. any other time the very complimentary
n. comparison would have made Reuben smile;
hut now. he only answered, while the. color
Il deepened on his cheek, "Is it because of my
early ife2 Ny fathsr was of good family; but
il, may be- you would blush. to. remember that
your daughters husband once served in a bar
hers shop?",~ ~. "a Wa. .sss-tl 80
+, .HMy dear sir" said Mr.. Dacres; 'iyod forget
we are Americans, and talent and wealth are
our only sristocraey The frstyou undoubted-
ly possess but without the second;you cannot
marry. Cora; !; and there is no chance of'your
ever -becoming,a rich man. '- III
~will yoh let me try 2" eagerly cried Van
drest. '',s't'"
tie would be of no usei you could not suc-
| ceed."' ".i' ~.
man impetuously. "0nly let me hope.
would try anything to win Cor" "
| And in this earnestness of love did Reuben
pursue his almost hopeless way. He had
pledged his word that he would not speak of
his love to Cora, that he would not try to win
hers-this her father imperatiyely demanded;
but Mr. Dacres also promised that he would
leave his daughter free, nor urge her to accept
any other husband during the three years of
absence that he required of Reuben Vandrest
outward seeming of ordinary acquaintance;
but was it likely that love so deep and abb
sorbed as that of the young musician should
have been entirely suppressed by him, and
nnappreeisted by her who was its object? They
parted without any open confession; but did
not Cora's heart follow the wanderer as he
sailed towards Europe?-did she not cali up
his image, and repeat his unmusical NAME as
though it had contained world of melody in
itself?-and did she not feel as certain in her
heart ofhearts that he loved her, as if he had
told her so a hundred times?
When vaudrest was preparing for the voy-
age, he accidentally found the long-forgotten
note of the stranger musician. 1t directed him
to Paris; and to Paris he determined to pro-
ceed, as all Europe was alike to one who knew
not single soul on the wide expansc of the
old world. lie arrived there and found in
his unknown friend the kind-heartcd and tall
ented Swede, who on the death of Paganini,
had become the first yiolinist in the world
Ole Bull.
The success of the young American was now
made sure. The great yiolinst had too much
true genius to fear competitors, and no mean
jealousy kept him from advancing the fortunes
of vandrest by every means in his power,
Reuben trayersed Europe, going from capital
to capital, everywhere making friends, and,
what was still more important TO him, money
He allowed himself no pleasures only the me-
cessaries of life and laid up all his gains for
the one grand object of his care-the acquir-
ing fortune for Cora. He rarely heard of
her; he knew not but that her love might
change and sometimes a sense of the utter
wildness of his project came upon him with
freezing reality, But intense love like his, in
an otherwise calm and unimpassioned nature,
acquires strength unknown to those who are
alive to every passing impulse; and Reuben's
love,
'By its own energy, fulfilled itself"
Ere the three years had expired, he returned
to America, having realized competence.
With a beating heart the young musician stood
before his mistress, told her all his love, and
knew that she loved him too. 1t was very
sweet to hear Cora reveal, in the frankness of
her true heart, which felt no shame for having
loved one so worthy how her thoughts had
continually followed her wandering lover, and
how every success of his had been doubly
sweet to her. But human happiness is never
unmxed with pain and when Cora looked at
the altered form of her betrothed his snnken
and colorless face, and his large bright eyes,
dreadful fear took possession of her, and she
felt that Joy itself might be bought with too
dear price. 1t was so indeed. Reuben's en-
ergy had sustained him until came the reac-
ton of hope fulfilled, and then his health fail
ed. A long illness followed. But he had one
blessing; his affianced wife was near him.
and amidst all her anguish, Cora felt thankful
that he had come home FIRST and that ii was
her hand aud her voice which now brought
comfort to her beloved, and that she could
pray he might live for her.
And Reuben did live Love struggled with
DEATH and won the victory. In the next year,
in the lively season of an American spring, the
the musician welded his betrothed, and took
her to a sweet country home, such as be had
often dreampt of when he used TO sit on sum-
mer evenings on the house-top in New York
looking at the blue sky, and bringing music
from his rude violin And in Reuben's plea
-. ho,,,. ,vas there no relic more treasured