Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-17

been silent so long, for that man had
lived years in the last half hour.
"Grace, come to me- 1-s-. s.st.
Still the little head bowed down, and
she made no sign of having heard him.
"Grace, aoom't you Gomez" 1,.s a-
Whether it was the strange sound of
his voice that said this so. pleadingly, or
what invisible power persuaded her,
Grace Lee raised her head, pushed back
the tangled hair from her hot face, and
| went over to the sofa. @ .s4a5
"My darling, mine at last!' and Hugh
Hamilton's arms were folded over, and
warm tears falling upon the sweet face
resting upon his bosom. s@
| Then followed the story of long
life-lonely and unloved, and Hugh
Hamilton pictured the desolation that
would always be his, unless this bright,
new-found star shone on his pathway
henceforth and forever. E"r
Grace Lee listened to it all as one in
a dream, and when he had finished he
said, "Now, Grace, which shall it be?-
Will you be my wife, or a-governess?"
Grace Lee felt the hand clasping hers
grow tighter and tighter as he waited for
her answer, still for her very life she
could not have spoken it. Slowly he
relaxed his clasp, and such a look of
utter wretchedness swept over his face,
and Grace Lee caught it as she raised
her eyes to his, then softly the white
arms were folded around his neck, and
a light kiss left burning on his forehead
and that was his answer.
I Oh! how gently the night wind parted
the white curtains around Grace Lees
couch that night!-how softly the bright
stars ,peeped in at the window, while the
pale moonlight just kissed the white
hands folded SO meekly over the futter-
ing heart! ,sA' "9aa 2ii
A beautiful dream, that Grace Lee had
always dreamed as being afar off in the
distant future, had been realized that
night; and though she had told it all
over, sitting with her blushing face bur-
led in her mothers lap, still she could
not believe it. Hugh Hamilton, the
Egreatest, the noblest of men, loving her!'
And so sleep, had stolen in upon her,
and down through bright vista of rosy
dreams floats Grace Lee, this first night
of her betrothal .- ~
Two weeks after, Hugh Hamilton was
duly reported as having returned from
his travels, and old friends and acquaint-
ances came focking around him eager to
welcome him home. a 95l
Every one pronounced him vastly i'm
proved, and indeed he could scarcely be
recognized as the Hugh Hamilton of
other days.
There was look of tranquil peace for
ever shining in his face now, SO different
from the cold, gloomy, proud reserve
that had always enveloped him as with
mantle; for the one want of that great,
noble heart was satisfied at last, and he
was going no longer life's journey alone.
Thus sped on another year, broken
only by little snatches of happiness,
found under the roof of the little white
cottage Of Glenaere, when suddenly
Hugh Hamilton electrified his friends
and acquaintances by purchasing an ele-
giant mansion on one of the most fash
ionable squares in town, and having it
furnished in the most magnificent style.
There were rumors of fabulous splen-
t doris seen there, whole boxes of foreign
treasures arriving every day, and going
into the charmed house as if by magic.
Anna Danforth, now the disconsolate
widow De We're, brushed two more little
curls out from under her widows cap,
and showed, signs of getting little bet
ter of her great grief in the general ex-
citement, and actually was seen passing
Mr.. Hamiltons house with her veil
thrown back from her face. .,..- 5,- -,
1t was the month of roses, sweet
smiling June, the queen month of the
year On one of its brightest days Glen
acre was all astir, for it was to be the
wedding day of Grace Lee. -ls, r-,r
The Rev. Herbert Gray performed the
ceremony, and DR.. Ned Leonard gave
away the bride, and, amid the tears and
congratulations of the village assembly,
Hugh Hamilton bore away his youthful
wife. sse w fad
cit is shame-a perfect scandal-to
bring such child as that here, and set
her up as first and foremost went from
one lip to another, the first time Mrs.
Hugh Hamilton made her appearance in
public in her new home.
"a mere school girl, echoed one belle
to another, whose school dayswere SO far
back in the ''long ago. that she could
scarcely remember them herself.
GA poor little golden-haired doll
baby!" groaned Mrs. De. We're, as she
brushed all the little dark curls back
under her cap again, and talked of
darling Gustavus'' from behind cam
brio handkerchief, with black border
full three inches deep.
But Grace Hamilton knew nothing of
all this in her innocent, happy-hearted-
ness; and when all Hugh's friends came
I, to see her she was delighted with them
all, and with none more than the lovely
young widow, who talked by the hour
of her great sorrow, until Grace was
ready to go distracted out of pure SYM
pathy. a .--.
7, Years have gone by since Grace Lees
glancing shadow first fell across Hugh
Hamilton's pathway. She is the same
little fairy Grace to-day that she was
years ago, although she has reigned two
seasons IN Washington, the acknowledged
queen of beauty, as Mrs. Senator Hamll-
ton.
Every summer finds them established
at the little white cottage in Glenacre,
and then goes on the warfare that is al
ways being waged between Hugh and
Ned Leonard, regarding the respective
merits of the only two angels under the
sun-Caddy and Grace.
A Lady's Hand Swallowed by u Fish.
j A day or two since large catfish was
caught in the river, below this city, and